Lester Flatt & The Nashville Grass – Heaven’s Bluegrass Band (1976/2024) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Lester Flatt & The Nashville Grass – Heaven’s Bluegrass Band (1976/2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 28:35 minutes | 605 MB | Genre: Country, Bluegrass
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © CMH Records

Lester Flatt is a name familiar to most any bluegrass fan. His work with Earl Scruggs is considered essential by many and his later work with the Nashville Grass helped pave the way for traditional bluegrass and bluegrass gospel in the decades to come. Heaven’s Bluegrass Band was Flatt and the Nashville Grass; first album for CMH. Here, Flatt is joined by an all-star ensemble featuring Curly Seckler, Marty Stuart and Paul Warren among others, presenting some of the warmest and most authentic bluegrass gospel recordings of the era.

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Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs – When The Saints Go Marching In (1966/2016) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs – When The Saints Go Marching In (1966/2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 25:49 minutes | 998 MB | Genre: Country
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Columbia Nashville Legacy

Probably the most famous bluegrass band of all time was Flatt & Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys. They made the genre famous in ways that not even Bill Monroe, who pretty much invented the sound, ever could. Because of a guitar player and vocalist from Tennessee named Lester Flatt and an extraordinary banjo player from North Carolina named Earl Scruggs, bluegrass music has become popular the world over and has entered the mainstream in the world of music.

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Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs with Doc Watson – Strictly Instrumental (1967/2013) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs with Doc Watson – Strictly Instrumental (1967/2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 24:18 minutes | 536 MB | Genre: Country
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Columbia Nashville Legacy

Strictly Instrumental is the 1967 masterpiece by Flatt & Scruggs. The GRAMMY® Award-winning pair is one of the most influential bluegrass ensembles of all time. This unforgettable classic finds Flatt & Scruggs joined by the legendary Doc Watson. Each musician displays their renowned virtuosity producing one of the finest bluegrass instrumental albums ever. It features the standouts “Pick Along,” “John Hardy Was a Desperate Little Man” and “Spanish Two-Step.”

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