Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs were a duo for many years. Scruggs reached his highest level of fame in the 1960s when he and partner Lester Flatt recording the theme song for The Beverly Hillbillies. "Foggy Mountain Breakdown," a Scruggs instrumental was used to accentuate the violent action in the film Bonnie and Clyde. Flatt and Scruggs split in 1969, in a breakup believed to be largely due to musical differences, as Scruggs was more interested than his partner in covering contemporary material. Scruggs had been recording and touring with his own band and/or family ever since. Earl Scruggs, one of the pioneering figures of bluegrass music, died at 88.
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