Earl Scruggs

Lance LeRoy has become a top music manager in Nashville, TN, and is the founder of the Lancer Agency. Among his clients was the famed guitarist Lester Flatt. Lance helped outline Mr. Flatt’s career during our interview by sharing facts and stories about his long-time musical teammate Earl Scruggs (Flatts & Scruggs) as well as his own relationship with Lester. Lester passed away on May 11, 1979, and since that time Lance has worked to ensure that books and musical notes related to Flatt are complete and factual.  

 Mac Wiseman joined the Foggy Mountain Boys in 1946, the same year the legendary bluegrass band was formed.  The groups two founders, Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs, formed their own group after performing and recording with the father of bluegrass, Bill Monroe.  When the Foggy Mountain Boys began recording, Mac played guitar.  In later years he also sang with the group, but it wasn’t until he branched out on his own did he become known as the “voice with a heart.”  Mac released a string of hit songs and classic roots and country albums beginning in the 1950s.  It was during that same decade that he began recording gospels and hymns, a category for wh

Earl Scruggs is the father of bluegrass and country banjo playing. His style and techniques have been both influential and inspiring for generation of banjo players around the world. His easy-going personality has endured thousands of music students who would often receive a lesson when they approach him with a question. With his guitar-playing partner, Lester Flatts, the duo made music history with a string of important recordings –including the theme for the 1960s TV sitcom “The Beverly Hillbillies.”