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    • Jun 19, 1914
    Lester Flatt is born in Duncan's Chapel, Tennessee. Along with partner Earl Scruggs, he rises out of Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys to become a leading figure in the development of bluegrass, joining the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1985
    Oct 3, 1931
    Lester Flatt marries Gladys Stacey
    Oct 31, 1931
    Lester Flatt marries Gladys Stacy at the courthouse in Cookeville, Tennessee
    Dec 8, 1945
    Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs perform together on the Grand Ole Opry for the first time as members of Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys. The moment at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium is regarded as the birth of bluegrass
    Sep 16, 1946
    Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs record for the first time with Bill Monroe in Columbia Records' Chicago studio. The day yields the original version of "Blue Moon Of Kentucky," the chart hit "Toy Heart" and "Mansions For Me"
    Sep 17, 1946
    Bill Monroe And His Blue Grass Boys, including Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs, record "Wicked Path Of Sin" at Chicago's Columbia Studios
    Nov 1, 1946
    Lester Flatt has a son, Lester Flatt Jr.
    Oct 27, 1947
    Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, including Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs, record "Sweetheart, You Done Me Wrong," "It's Mighty Dark To Travel" and "Blue Grass Breakdown" in Chicago
    Oct 28, 1947
    Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, featuring Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs, record "Little Community Church" and "When You Are Lonely" in Chicago
    Dec 11, 1949
    Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs record "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" at the E.T. Herzog Studio in Cincinnati, Ohio. The song becomes a bluegrass classic, as well as the theme song for the 1967 movie "Bonnie And Clyde"
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