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The Foggy Mountain Boys was an influential American bluegrass band founded by guitarist Lester Flatt and banjo player Earl Scruggs. Because of the personnel, particularly Scruggs, who has since become iconic in music history for his masterful handling of the banjo, the group is often considered as one of the premier bluegrass groups in the history of the genre. Originally formed in 1948 by Flatt, who brought Scruggs with him shortly after leaving Bill Monroe’s bluegrass band. Historically, Monroe is considered a premier innovator of the musical genre of bluegrass, with the many early successes that promoted bluegrass to a higher interest. Flatt and Scruggs and The Foggy Mountain Boys (in various forms and line-ups) recorded and performed together up until 1969. The Foggy Mountain Boys are seen as one of the landmark bands in bluegrass music. Although it featured various casts, during the years of The Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs Grand Ole Opry Show, notably sponsored by grain and flour producer Martha White, the band showcased fiddle player Paul Warren, a master player whose technique reflected all qualitative aspects of 'the bluegrass breakdown' and fast bowing style, dobro player Uncle Josh Graves, an innovator of the advanced playing style of the instrument now used in the genre, stand-up bass player Cousin Jake Tullock, and mandolinist Curly Seckler. Scruggs is considered one of the most influential players of the banjo who ever lived. His three finger picking style is the standard now for mastering the instrument.
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Country Music: A Film by Ken Burns [Original Soundtrack] [2019]
Song | Duration |
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You Ain't Goin' Nowhere | 2:33 |
I Believe in You Darling [2017]
Song | Duration |
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In the Pines |
New River Ranch Rising Sun, Maryland 1959-1961 [2017]
Song | Duration |
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I Saw Mother With God Last Night | 3:14 |
American Country Classics [ZYX] [2016]
Song | Duration |
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Old Salty Dog Blues | 2:30 |
Country Hits [Music & Melody] [2014]
Song | Duration |
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Old Salty Dog Blues | 2:30 |
Countrypolitan Classics: Bill Monroe [2013]
Song | Duration |
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In the Pines | 3:24 |
Foggy Mountain Jamboree [2013]
Song | Duration |
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It Won't Be Long | 2:32 |
The Hot 100: Country Classics, Vol. 3 [2013]
Song | Duration |
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In the Pines | 3:24 |
50 Country Classics [2012]
Song | Duration |
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Cabin On the Hill | 2:32 |
A Foggy Mountain Collection [2012]
Song | Duration |
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My Little Girl In Tennessee | 2:42 |
Doin' My Time | 2:47 |
Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms | 2:34 |
Old Salty Dog Blues | 2:31 |
Cabin On the Hill | 2:26 |
Heroes of the Big Country [2012]
Song | Duration |
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Bouquet in Heaven | 2:51 |
Baby Blue Eyes | 2:58 |
Old Salty Dog Blues | 2:27 |
I'll Never Shed Another Tear | 2:25 |
Farewell Blues | 2:30 |
Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms | 2:37 |
Heroes of the Big Country: Flatt and Scruggs [2012]
The Extended Play Collection, Vol. 76 [2012]
Song | Duration |
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Roll In My Sweet Babys Arms | 2:38 |
Doin My Time | 2:48 |
Cold, Cold Heart: Early Bluegrass Heroes, Vol. 2 [2011]
Song | Duration |
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Old Salty Dog Blues | 2:27 |
Foggy Mountain Breakdown: The Essential Bluegrass Album [2011]
Song | Duration |
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Baby Blue Eyes | 2:58 |
Back to the Cross | 2:54 |
Bouquet in Heaven | 2:50 |
Doing My Time | 2:49 |
Farewell Blues | 2:29 |
The Sound of Foggy Mountain Soul [2011]
Song | Duration |
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Baby Blue Eyes | 2:56 |
Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms | 2:36 |
Preachin', Prayin', Singin' | 2:23 |
Farewell Blues | 2:26 |
Cabin on the Hill | 2:28 |
Best of the Flatt & Scruggs TV Show, Vol. 10 [2010]
Song | Duration |
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Gone Home | |
Footprints In the Snow |
Best of Banjo Music [2002] [2009]
Song | Duration |
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Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms [*] | 2:38 |
Bluegrass & Banjo [2009]
Song | Duration |
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Old Salty Dog Blues | 2:30 |
Breaking Out/Boy Named Sue [2009]
Song | Duration |
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Bugle Call Rag | 2:29 |
Nashville Skyline Rag | 2:48 |
Folk Songs of Our Land/Fabulous Sounds of... [2009]
Song | Duration |
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Nine Pound Hammer | 2:26 |
Father's Table Grace | 2:28 |
Opry Country Classics, Vol. 2 [2009]
Song | Duration |
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Salty Dog Blues | 2:01 |
The Best of Banjo Music [2009]
Song | Duration |
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Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms [*] | 2:38 |
The Ultimate Collection: Live at the Ryman [2008]
Song | Duration |
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You Ain't Goin' Nowhere | 3:33 |
Bluegrass Masters [Primo] [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Doin' My Time | 2:51 |
Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms | 2:41 |
Bluegrass: The Essential Collection [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Doin' My Time | 2:50 |
Classic Bluegrass Collection, Vols. 1-4 [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Old Salty Dog Blues | 2:30 |
Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms | 2:39 |
Cabin on the Hill | 2:29 |
Classic Bluegrass Collection, Vol. 1 [2006]
Song | Duration |
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Old Salty Dog Blues | 2:30 |
There Is a Season [2006]
Song | Duration |
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You Ain't Goin' Nowhere | 2:35 |
Blazing Bluegrass [2005]
Song | Duration |
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Till the End of the World Rolls Around | 2:35 |
Bluegrass from Roots to Branches [2005]
Song | Duration |
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Old Salty Dog Blues |
Foggy Mountain Gospel [2005]
Song | Duration |
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It Won't Be Long | 2:31 |
Gone Home | 2:29 |
Who Will Sing for Me | 2:32 |
Give Mother My Crown | 2:52 |
Angel Band | 2:33 |
I Saw Mother with God Last Night | 2:42 |
When the Saints Go Marching In | 2:11 |
Foggy Mountain Special [Country Stars] [2005]
A Proper Introduction to Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs [2004]
An Evening Long Ago: Live 1956 [2004]
Song | Duration |
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Orange Blossom Special |
Can't You Hear Me Callin' - Bluegrass: 80 Years of American Music [2004]
Song | Duration |
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Foggy Mountain Top | 2:26 |
Foggy Mountain Breakdown [Box Set] [2004]
Song | Duration |
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Nashville Skyline Rag | 2:48 |
Legends of Bluegrass [Time Life] [2004]
Song | Duration |
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Old Salty Dog Blues | 2:30 |
A Voice from on High | 2:35 |
Doin' My Time | 2:50 |
Rocky Top Tennessee [2004]
Song | Duration |
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My Little Girl in Tennessee | 2:42 |
Selected Sides 1947-1953: The Very Best of Bluegrass [2004]
The Complete Mercury Recordings [2003]
The Complete Mercury Recordings [2003]
Song | Duration |
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A Voice from on High | 2:35 |
The Ultimate Bluegrass Collection [2003]
Song | Duration |
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Doin' My Time | 2:49 |
Treasury of Bluegrass: America's Music [2003]
Song | Duration |
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Cabin on the Hill | 2:31 |
Winning Combinations [2003]
Song | Duration |
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Doin' My Time | 2:48 |
My Little Girl in Tennessee | 2:42 |
Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms | 2:38 |
Blue Moon of Kentucky | 2:07 |
In the Pines | 3:11 |
36 All-Time Favorites [2002]
Song | Duration |
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You Ain't Goin' Nowhere | 2:34 |
Bluegrass Originals [Golden Stars] [2002]
Song | Duration |
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Old Salty Dog Blues | 2:30 |
Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms | 2:38 |
Classic Bluegrass Live: 1959-1966 [2002]
Song | Duration |
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Salty Dog Blues | 2:13 |
Father's Table Grace [2002]
Song | Duration |
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Angel Band | 2:35 |
First Generation Blue Grass [2002]
Song | Duration |
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Old Salty Dog Blues | 2:30 |
O Bluegrass [2002]
Song | Duration |
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Salty Dog Blues | 1:54 |
The Very Best of the Byrds [2002]
Song | Duration |
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You Aint Going Nowhere | 2:33 |
20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Flat & Scruggs [2001]
Song | Duration |
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Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms | 2:39 |
Baby Blue Eyes | 3:00 |
Old Salty Dog Blues | 2:30 |
I'll Just Pretend | 2:31 |
Doin' My Time | 2:49 |
Farewell Blues | 2:29 |
American Roots Music [Box Set] [2001]
Song | Duration |
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Salty Dog Blues | 1:54 |
Bluegrass Bonanza [2001]
Song | Duration |
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Farewell Blues | 2:29 |
Baby Blue Eyes | 2:58 |
My Little Girl in Tennessee | 2:43 |
I'll Never Shed Another Tear | 2:27 |
Bluegrass Bonanza: Classic Bluegrass, 1946-50 [2001]
Song | Duration |
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Baby Blue Eyes | 2:58 |
My Little Girl in Tennessee | 2:43 |
I'll Never Shed Another Tear | 2:27 |
Bluegrass Meets Banjo: 23 Original Bluegrass Class [2001]
Song | Duration |
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Down the Road | 2:41 |
Early Country Music and Cowboy Ballads [2001]
Song | Duration |
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No Mother or Dad | 2:44 |
Foggy Mountain Breakdown [2001]
My Cabin in Caroline [2001]
Song | Duration |
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Baby Blue Eyes | 2:58 |
Bouquet in Heaven | 2:50 |
Down the Road | 2:40 |
I'll Never Shed Another Tear | 2:25 |
No Mother or Dad | 2:42 |
I'll Be Going to Heaven Sometime | 2:32 |
My Little Girl in Tennessee | 2:41 |
Doin' My Time | 2:48 |
Preachin', Prayin', Singin' | 2:24 |
Newport Folk Festival: Best of Bluegrass 1959-1966 [2001]
Song | Duration |
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Salty Dog Blues | 1:59 |
Cabin on the Hill | 2:34 |
When the Saints Go Marching In | 2:42 |
Time-Life's Treasury of Bluegrass, Vol. 2 [2001]
Song | Duration |
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Old Salty Dog Blues |
Too Late to Cry [2001]
Song | Duration |
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Hey, Hey, Hey | 2:43 |
Country Music Hall of Fame: 1985 [2000]
Song | Duration |
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Cabin on the Hill | 2:30 |
Foggy Mountain Breakdown [Instrumental] | 2:21 |
Earl's Breakdown [Instrumental] | 3:00 |
Polka on a Banjo [Instrumental] | 2:42 |
Dueling Banjos/Live at Kansas State [2000]
Song | Duration |
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You Ain't Going Nowhere | 2:22 |
Bugle Call Rag | 2:29 |
Earl Scruggs: His Family and Friends/Nashville Airplane [2000]
Song | Duration |
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Love Is Just a Four-Letter Word | 4:59 |
Nashville Skyline Rag | 1:51 |
You Ain't Going Nowhere | 2:27 |
Salty Dog Blues | 1:59 |
Appalachian Stomp: More Bluegrass Classics [1999]
Song | Duration |
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Salty Dog Blues | 2:30 |
Dueling Banjos [1999]
Song | Duration |
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Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms | 1:36 |
Artist's Choice: The Best Tracks (1970-1980) [1998]
Song | Duration |
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You Ain't Going Nowhere | 2:30 |
Folk Duets [1998]
Song | Duration |
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Salty Dog Blues | 1:59 |
This Is Country: Giants of Country [Cleopatra/Big Eye] [1998]
Song | Duration |
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Doin' My Time | 2:46 |
Live Again [1997]
Song | Duration |
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Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms |
Southern Country Gospel [1997]
Song | Duration |
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Cabin on the Hill | 2:27 |
The Essential Flatt & Scruggs: 'Tis Sweet to Be Remembered [1997]
Song | Duration |
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Till the End of the World Rolls Around | 2:34 |
I'll Never Shed Another Tear [#] | 2:27 |
Cabin on the Hill | 2:29 |
Vanguard Collector's Edition [1997]
Song | Duration |
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Salty Dog Blues | 1:56 |
Bluegrass Masters [1996]
Song | Duration |
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When the Saints Go Marching In [#] | 2:06 |
Bluegrass Super Hits [1996]
Song | Duration |
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Cabin on the Hill | 2:30 |
Complete Columbia Recordings [1996]
Song | Duration |
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Let Me Be Your Friend | 2:43 |
I Love No One But You | 2:37 |
Too Late to Cry | 2:59 |
Hey! Hey! Hey! | 2:42 |
Pretty Polly | 2:50 |
Sweetest Love | 2:22 |
The Best of Bluegrass: Preachin' Prayin' & Singin' [1996]
Song | Duration |
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Preachin', Prayin', Singin' | 2:25 |
Angel Band: The Classic Mercury Recordings [1995]
Song | Duration |
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A Voice from on High | 2:35 |
Will He Wait a Little Longer | 2:24 |
Will He Wait a Little Longer? | 2:20 |
20 Bluegrass Originals [#2] [1994]
Song | Duration |
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Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms | 2:37 |
20 Bluegrass Originals [Deluxe #2] [1994]
Song | Duration |
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Salty Dog Blues | 2:29 |
When You're Hot You're Country [1994]
Song | Duration |
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Doin' My Time | 2:46 |
1948-1959 [1992]
1959-1963 [1992]
1964-1969, Plus [1992]
Jubilation, Vol. 3 (Country Gospel) [1992]
Song | Duration |
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Preachin', Prayin', Singin' | 2:24 |
Mercury Sessions [1992]
The Complete Mercury Sessions [1992]
The Complete Mercury Sessions [1992]
Song | Duration |
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Old Salty Dog Blues | 2:27 |
Country U.S.A.: 1959 [1989]
Song | Duration |
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Cabin on the Hill |
16 Greatest Original Bluegrass Hits [1988]
Song | Duration |
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Doing My Time | 2:43 |
You Can Feel It in Your Soul [1988]
Song | Duration |
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Cabin on the Hill | 2:31 |
Who Will Sing for Me? | 2:33 |
It Won't Be Long | 2:33 |
Gone Home | 2:29 |
Give Mother My Crown | 2:52 |
Give Me Flowers While I'm Livin' | 2:25 |
Golden Hits [1987]
Song | Duration |
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Salty Dog Blues | 2:29 |
Doin' My Time | 2:48 |
Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms | 2:39 |
Farewell Blues | 2:29 |
Preachin', Prayin', Singin' | 2:23 |
Mercury Sessions, Vol. 1 [1987]
Song | Duration |
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Salty Dog Blues | |
Farewell Blues | |
No Mother or Dad | |
Back to the Cross | |
I'll Just Pretend | |
Down the Road | |
I'll Be Going to Heaven Sometime |
Mercury Sessions, Vol. 2 [1987]
Song | Duration |
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My Little Girl in Tennessee | |
I'll Never Shed Another Tear | |
Bouquet in Heaven | |
Baby Blue Eyes | |
Doin' My Time | |
Preachin', Prayin', Singin' |
20 Greatest Hits [1986]
Song | Duration |
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Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms | |
Down the Road | |
Salty Dog Blues | |
Doin' My Time | |
Farewell Blues | |
Preachin', Prayin', Singin' | |
Preachin' Prayin' Singin' |
30 Bluegrass Hits [1986]
Song | Duration |
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Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms | 2:35 |
Salty Dog Blues | 2:28 |
20 All Time Great Recordings [1983]
Song | Duration |
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Salty Dog Blues |
Columbia Historic Edition [1982]
Song | Duration |
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Till the End of the World Rolls Around | 2:33 |
Cabin on the Hill | 2:28 |
Blue Ridge Cabin Home [1979]
Song | Duration |
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I'll Never Shed Another Tear | 2:26 |
On My Mind | 2:46 |
The Golden Era 1950-55 [1977]
Song | Duration |
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Till the End of the World Rolls Around | 2:35 |
The Golden Years [1977]
Song | Duration |
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I'd Rather Be Alone |
Opry Time in Tennessee [1976]
Song | Duration |
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Salty Dog Blues |
A Boy Named Sue [1973]
Song | Duration |
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Bugle Call Rag | |
Nashville Skyline Rag |
The World of Flatt & Scruggs [1973]
Song | Duration |
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Orange Blossom Special [Instrumental] | |
Salty Dog Blues | |
Footprints in the Snow |
Greatest Folksingers of the '60s [1972]
Song | Duration |
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Salty Dog Blues | 1:55 |
Live at Kansas State [1972]
Song | Duration |
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You Ain't Going Nowhere | 2:23 |
Detroit City [1969]
Song | Duration |
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When the Saints Go Marching In | |
Give Me Flowers While I'm Living | |
Who Will Sing for Me |
Original Theme from Bonnie & Clyde [1968]
Song | Duration |
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Doin' My Time | 2:47 |
I'll Be Going to Heaven Sometime | 2:32 |
Bouquet in Heaven | 2:49 |
My Little Girl in Tennessee | 2:40 |
No Mother or Dad | 2:41 |
Songs to Cherish [1968]
Song | Duration |
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Give Me Flowers While I'm Livin' |
Sacred Songs [1967]
Song | Duration |
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Gone Home | |
Give Mother My Crown |
Strictly Instrumental [1967]
Song | Duration |
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Careless Love | 1:55 |
When the Saints Go Marching In [1966]
Song | Duration |
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When the Saints Go Marching In | |
Cabin on the Hill | |
I Saw Mother With God Last Night | |
Who Will Sing for Me? |
The Original Sound of Flatt and Scruggs [1963]
Song | Duration |
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I'll Be Going to Heaven Sometime | |
Bouquet in Heaven | |
My Little Girl in Tennessee | |
No Mother or Dad | |
Doin' My Time |
Flatt & Scruggs at Carnegie Hall! [1962]
Song | Duration |
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Salty Dog Blues | |
Durham's Reel | |
Footprints in the Snow |
Flatt & Scruggs at Carnegie Hall! [The Complete Concert] [1962]
Song | Duration |
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Salty Dog Blues | 2:40 |
Durham's Reel | 3:57 |
Down the Road | 2:06 |
Footprints in the Snow | 2:48 |
Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms | 0:53 |
Foggy Mountain Banjo [1961]
Song | Duration |
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Ground Speed [Instrumental] | 2:11 |
Home Swet Home [Instrumental] | 2:13 |
Home Sweet Home [Instrumental] | 2:13 |
Bugle Call Rag | 2:28 |
Flatt & Scruggs with the Foggy Mountain Boys [Mercury] [1960]
Song | Duration |
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I'll Never Shed Another Tear | |
Baby Blue Eyes | |
Back to the Cross |
Songs of Glory [1960]
Song | Duration |
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Give Mother My Crown | 2:47 |
Angel Band | 2:31 |
Give Me Flowers While I'm Livin' | 2:31 |
Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs [1959]
Country Music [1958]
Song | Duration |
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Farewell Blues | |
Doin' My Time | |
Down the Road | |
Salty Dog Blues | |
I'll Just Pretend | |
Preachin', Prayin', Singin' |
Foggy Mountain Jamboree [1957]
Song | Duration |
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On My Mind |
Foggy Mountain Jamboree [1957]
Song | Duration |
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On My Mind [*] | 2:47 |
Foggy Mountain Jamboree [Bonus Tracks] [1957]
Song | Duration |
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It Won't Be Long | 2:32 |
The Best of Bluegrass, Vol. 1 [Polygram] [1953]
Song | Duration |
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Salty Dog Blues | 2:28 |
Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms | 2:36 |
Bluegrass at Newport: 1959-1963
Song | Duration |
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Salty Dog Blues | 2:07 |
Cabin on the Hill | 2:43 |
Classic Country Hits!
Song | Duration |
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Old Salty Dog Blues | 2:30 |
Final Fling
Song | Duration |
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Nashville Skyline Rag |
Flatt & Scruggs and The Stanley Brothers
Hard Travelin' Featuring the Ballad of Jed Clampett/Final Fling
Song | Duration |
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Nashville Skyline Rag | 2:48 |
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