Talk:Flatt and Scruggs

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I disagree with this move. The Foggy Mountain Boys were not Flatt & Scruggs, but their backing band. -- Dave C. 05:09, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs each already have their own page. The band was "Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, and the Foggy Mountain Boys" but most people call them (as a whole, not just the two leaders) "Flatt and Scruggs". The common threads between Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs were membership in Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys and this band. They never worked as a duo or a team with any other band. In other words, there really is no "Flatt and Scruggs" except in relation to the Foggy Mountain Boys. Cmadler 12:56, 16 July 2005 (UTC)

Fair enough. Since there is a redirect in place, I'm comfortable with your reasoning. -- Dave C. 18:13, 16 July 2005 (UTC)

This really makes little sense. Lester and Earl did in fact sometimes appear apart from the band, notably in a number of appearances on "The Beverly Hillbillies." It's pointless and confusing to claim there was no "Flatt and Scruggs" with the band. Thomas Goldsmith Raleigh, N.C. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rcarolinian (talk • contribs) 23:07, 19 February 2015 (UTC)


 * Flatt and Scruggs was the name of the duo, the Foggy Mountain Boys was their backing band. Flatt and Scruggs were not members of the Foggy Mountain Boys, the Foggy Mountain Boys were the musicians who supported them. All of their records say "Flatt and Scruggs" as the name of the artist. I'm moving this. Leonor Hopscotch (talk) 19:17, 4 September 2022 (UTC)

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First Sentence
The first sentence states they were active from the 40's to the 60's while the info box says they were active from the 50's -70's. If someone knows which it is it should probably be changed. 63.165.44.97 (talk) 18:50, 6 December 2009 (UTC)


 * In the "Biography" section (is that an appropriate section title for a band?) it suggests 1948 - 1969. I'm reluctant to make changes without a source, however. cmadler (talk) 14:46, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

The original Foggy mountain Boys were form by Mac Wiseman and Lester Flatt in 1948,The only living Foggys left is Mac Wiseman — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.72.208.4 (talk) 22:12, 9 October 2014 (UTC)

1948 to 1969 is correct. They left Monroe and formed in Danville, Va., in 1948 and split in 1969. It's completely incorrect to say that Wiseman and Flatt formed the band. Flatt and Scruggs go together in Danville, Va., and their original second singer was Jim Eanes. They then moved to Hickory, N.C., where fiddle Jim Shumate joined. They then moved to WCYB in Bristol, Tenn., at Wiseman's suggestion. Rcarolinian (talk) 23:02, 19 February 2015 (UTC) Based on interviews with Scruggs and Wiseman. Thomas Goldsmith, Raleigh, N.C.

Questions
1. I noticed that the vast majority of the records of the band shows the name "Flatt and Scruggs" rather than "Foggy Mountain Boys". I assume the official name of the band should still be Foggy Mountain Boys. Has anybody a comment regarding this issue?

2. The band has been active since 1948. Aside from a single in 1952, is there a reason why no recordings are listed for the period between 1948 and 1957?

3. "Changin' times" and "Nashville airplane" are listed under 1968 but the discography of Earl Scruggs has them listed as 1969 and 1970. What dates are correct?

4. "Town and country" and "Sacred songs" are listed under 1966. http://www.discogs.com/artist/Flatt+%26+Scruggs shows them under 1965 and 1967. http://www.flatt-and-scruggs.com/disco.html shows "Sacred songs" under 1967. What are the correct dates?

ICE77 (talk) 00:37, 26 December 2011 (UTC)

The Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs Grand Ole Opry Show
I'm assumeing that "The Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs Grand Ole Opry Show" and "The Grand Ole Opry" are the same thing.

This is a completely false assumption. Not worth going into detail, but it's just wrong. Thomas Goldsmith Raleigh, N.C.

Requested move 4 September 2022

 * The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion. 

Foggy Mountain Boys → Flatt and Scruggs – The title of this article should be "Flatt and Scruggs." This was the name of the duo, the Foggy Mountain Boys were their backing band. Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs were not members of the Foggy Mountain Boys at any time. The Foggy Mountain Boys included Paul Warren, Curly Seckler, Josh Graves, and a variety of other artists who worked as backing musicians to the main duo, Flatt and Scruggs, over the course of their 20-year career. All of their records say either "Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, and the Foggy Mountain Boys," or "Flatt & Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys," or some variation thereof, or simply "Flatt and Scruggs." "Flatt & Scruggs" is and always was the name of the act.

There is currently a "Flatt and Scruggs" page that redirects to this, but it should be the other way around. Leonor Hopscotch (talk) 19:37, 4 September 2022 (UTC) The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.