Amoeba Music

By J Poet

Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs with their band The Foggy Mountain Boys did more to make bluegrass popular than any other act in the genre, due in part to three tremendously lucky breaks – performing the theme song of The Beverly Hillbillies (1962), appearing as themselves on Petticoat Junction (1963) and providing music for the soundtrack of Bonnie and Clyde (1967) –that exposed bluegrass to the mainstream pop market. “Ballad of Jed Clampett” became the first bluegrass song to hit #1 on the country charts, crossed over to pop and was nominated for a Best Performance by a Duo or Group Grammy. “Foggy Mountain Breakdown,” from the Bonnie and Clyde Soundtrack won the... Read More

Genre:

Country, Bluegrass, Traditional Bluegrass

City Of Origin:

N/A, ,Virginia United States

Formed Date:

1948