Flatt and Scruggs at Carnegie Hall!, recorded live in 1962 and released the following year, documents one of the more surprising cultural events in early 1960s American music: a hard-country bluegrass band filling one of the world's most prestigious concert venues on the strength of the folk revival's enthusiasm. The album captures Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys in energetic, crowd-pleasing form, with Scruggs's banjo work generating audible excitement from a sophisticated urban audience. The Martha White Theme — familiar to millions from the Grand Ole Opry — becomes, in this context, a playful acknowledgment of the band's roots. The performance helped validate bluegrass as a concert music worthy of the same attention as the folk revival's acoustic guitar singers.
Tracklist
- 1 Salty Dog Blues - Live 2:43
- 2 Durham's Reel - Live 3:57
- 3 Down the Road alt version 2:40
- 4 Rainbow - Live 1:12
- 5 Big Ball in Brooklyn alt version 1:46
- 6 Flint Hill Special alt version 2:45
- 7 Dig a Hole in the Meadow Source Recording 2:11
- 8 I Hung My Head and Cried Source Recording 2:40
- 9 Hot Corn, Cold Corn Source Recording 2:31
- 10 Little Darling Pal of Mine alt version 2:50
- 11 You Can't Stop Me from Dreaming - Live 1:17
- 12 Footprints in the Snow alt version 2:49
- 13 The Martha White Theme Source Recording 1:27
- 14 I Wonder Where You Are Tonight alt version 2:44
- 15 Old MacDonald Had a Farm - Live 3:16
- 16 He Will Set Your Fields On Fire alt version 2:33
- 17 Let the Church Roll On - Live 2:15
- 18 Wildwood Flower alt version 4:26
- 19 500 Miles alt version 3:18
- 20 Fiddle and Banjo - Live 2:06
- 21 Old Leather Britches - Live 1:54
- 22 The Ballad of Jed Clampett alt version 2:03
- 23 Yonder Stands Little Maggie - Live 1:58
- 24 Reuben alt version 2:53
- 25 Mama Blues - Live 2:01
- 26 I Know What it Means to Be Lonesome alt version 2:16
- 27 Foggy Mountain Rock alt version 3:58
- 28 Take This Hammer Source Recording 2:18
- 29 McKinley's Gone - Live 2:56
- 30 Roll in My Sweet Baby’s Arms alt version 2:37
- 31 Gotta Travel On alt version 2:32
- 32 Mountain Dew alt version 2:43
