In 1944 Scruggs joined Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys, where he met his future partner, guitarist Lester Flatt . Scruggs stayed with Monroe until January 1948. Soon after, Earl and Lester teamed up to form Flatt and Scruggs , the beginning of the Foggy Mountain Boys group.
Mercury Records was immediately attracted to the pair and signed them to a recording contract in 1948 that lasted until October 1950. While at Mercury they recorded “Foggy Mountain Breakdown,
” which was used...