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Earl Scruggs, left, plays banjo and Lester Flatt, right, plays guitar as they perform with The Foggy Mountain Boys at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee around 1960.
The Stanley Brothers
Alison Krauss
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Key People

Skaggs, Ricky
Ricky Skaggs
American musician and producer
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Tom T. Hall
American songwriter and entertainer
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Béla Fleck
American musician
Bill Monroe
Bill Monroe
American musician
Bluegrass icon Alison Krauss
Alison Krauss
American musician
Ralph Stanley (left) and his brother Carter (right) appearing as the Stanley Brothers.
Ralph Stanley
American musician
Earl Scruggs
Earl Scruggs
American musician
The Foggy Mountain Boys
Lester Flatt
American musician

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