A Living Legend, recorded in 1976 by Lester Flatt and the Nashville Grass, finds Flatt in the final years of his career — he died in 1979 — performing with a band he had built after the celebrated split with Earl Scruggs in 1969. The Nashville Grass was a capable if less storied ensemble than the Foggy Mountain Boys, and Flatt's own authority as a vocalist and rhythm guitarist gave the recordings a dignity that younger audiences were beginning to discover through the country and folk revival circuit. The album's title, self-applied, was also accurate: Flatt was by this point a recognized architect of the music, his contributions to bluegrass guitar technique and vocal style thoroughly woven into the genre's fabric.
Tracklist
- 1 I Don’t Care Anymore Source Recording 2:24
- 2 The Midnight Train alt version 2:03
- 3 Kentucky Waltz alt version 3:15
- 4 Foggy Mountain Breakdown alt version 2:20
- 5 Tramp on the Street 3:48
- 6 Love Letters in the Sand 2:18
- 7 Salty Dog Blues 1:31
- 8 Just a Little Talk With Jesus alt version 2:28
- 9 Uncle Penn 2:15
- 10 Shackles and Chains alt version 2:28
- 11 Charlotte Breakdown 1:49
- 12 Dark as a Dungeon alt version 2:47
- 13 Are You Missing Me alt version 2:27
- 14 I Saw the Light alt version 2:43
- 15 Sunny Side of the Mountain alt version 2:32
- 16 Sweeter Than the Flowers 2:55
- 17 Muleskinner Blues alt version 4:23
- 18 I Know You're Married but I Still Love You 2:15
- 19 Memories of Maybelle 3:08
- 20 Life is Like a Mountain Railway alt version 3:28
- 21 Dueling Fiddles 3:16
- 22 Paradise alt version 3:15
- 23 I Wonder Where You Are Tonight alt version 3:13
- 24 Reuben alt version 2:53
- 25 Maple on the Hill 2:57
- 26 What Would You Give in Exchange For Your Soul alt version 3:09
- 27 Night Train to Memphis alt version 2:21
- 28 Mother Maybelle 2:58
- 29 Earl’s Breakdown alt version 2:59
- 30 Bringin’ in the Georgia Mail alt version 2:48
- 31 Devil’s Dream alt version 2:35
- 32 Blue Ridge Mountain Blues alt version 3:21
- 33 Angels Rock Me to Sleep alt version 2:28
- 34 Don’t Let Your Sweet Love Die alt version 2:45
- 35 Blue Moon of Kentucky alt version 2:07
- 36 Dear Old Dixie alt version 2:57
- 37 Peach Picking Time Down in Georgia 3:16
- 38 The Ballad of Jed Clampett alt version 2:12
- 39 Rank Strangers to Me 3:03
- 40 Johnny B. Goode 2:51
- 41 The Banks of the Ohio 3:02
- 42 Dim Lights, Thick Smoke alt version 3:06
- 43 Remington Ride 2:29
- 44 Bringing Mary Home alt version 3:01
- 45 Shout and Shine 1:57
- 46 Wabash Cannonball alt version 2:36
- 47 Me and Ol' Merle 3:27
- 48 Gosh, I Miss You All the Time 2:17
- 49 Cheyenne alt version 3:30
- 50 Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane 2:44
- 51 Unclouded Day 2:45
- 52 Black Eyed Suzie alt version
- 53 Gonna Have Myself a Ball alt version 2:06
- 54 If I Should Wander Back Tonight alt version
- 55 Is it Too Late Now alt version
- 56 The Legend of the Johnson Boys alt version
- 57 Thinking About You alt version
- 58 We Can’t Be Darlings Anymore alt version
- 59 Why Did You Wander alt version
- 60 Why Don’t You Tell Me So alt version
