Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs "Salty Dog Blues" in 1961

Earl Scruggs & Lester Flatt on Martha White Flatt and Scruggs Show performing "Salty Dog Blues" in 1961. The Martha White-sponsored Flatt & Scruggs television show introduced bluegrass legends Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs to millions of homes in the South and throughout the nation in the 1950s and 1960s. The Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum and Shanachie Entertainment breathe new life into what had been a fond, shadowy memory with the DVD release of the Best of the Flatt & Scruggs TV Show. Each volume contains two 30-minute episodes of the classic bluegrass TV program. There are currently 8 volumes available on DVD and they can be ordered by visiting countrymusichalloffame.com.

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[Banjomountain]

Soooo classic! Too short of a video though.

[BradNC11175]

I can't get enough Flatt & Scruggs

[docmeister1]

It cooks!

[tbfnyc]

Where the hell is the rest of it?!

[TheBlankiee]

my grandpa LOVED this song. he passed away last year. so this makes me think of him

[kanesimms95]

yeee haw!!!

[textech00]

the real McCoys but shortest play on the tube

[Diarmid63]

My father always said if you knew the slang of the period and of the region this was actually a semi-dirty song. He never explained why though.

[davebob65]

i see two dislikes, how can that be?

[RattlesnakecreekBGB1]

This is a great song and we like to play it sometimes ourselves.

[kimmorris89]

i remember when they use to perform on the beverly hillbillys