Birthplace of Lester Raymond Flatt

Birthplace of Lester Raymond Flatt is a Tennessee historical marker in Overton County.

Overton Co., 100 E. Court Square,Raymond Flatt Livingston. TN. D5 Putnam-Cumberland TN 24 (US 70N), at co. line Co. Line

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Born June 19, 1914, in the Duncan's Chapel area of Overton County, Lester Raymond Flatt helped define traditional bluegrass music. He became an original member of Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys in 1945. From 1948 to 1969 he achieved fame as the lead singer and guitarist for Flatt & Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys. Flatt became a member of the Grand Ole Opry in 1964, was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1985, and was an original inductee into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame in 1991.

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Historical maps covering this location

1864 · Kentucky And Tennessee (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1897 · Standingstone, Tennessee (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1898 · Standingstone, Tennessee (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1924 · Tennessee. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1944 · Livingston, Tennessee (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

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