Lester Flatt
Lester Raymond Flatt (June 19, 1914 – May 11, 1979) was an American guitarist and singer from Tennessee whose lead vocals and rhythm guitar, including the "G run," helped define bluegrass. As a member of Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys in the classic mid-1940s lineup with Earl Scruggs, he helped create the genre's sound. In 1948 he and Scruggs formed the Foggy Mountain Boys, whose recordings, Martha White radio shows, and "The Ballad of Jed Clampett" made them the most popular bluegrass act of their era. After the duo split in 1969 he led the Nashville Grass until his death. He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1985 and the IBMA Hall of Honor in 1991.