Louise Scruggs (née Certain 17 February 1927 — 2 February 2006) was an American music manager and booking agent. Scruggs became the first woman manager in the music industry when she started managing American bluegrass band Flatt and Scruggs in 1955.

Feb 4, 2006 · Louise Scruggs, 78, who as the wife and manager of banjo legend Earl Scruggs helped broaden the audience for bluegrass and country music, died Thursday in Nashville. Her family said she had...

Flatt and Scruggs were an American bluegrass duo. Singer and guitarist Lester Flatt and banjo player Earl Scruggs, both of whom had been members of Bill Monroe 's band, the Bluegrass Boys, from 1945 to 1948, formed the duo in 1948. Flatt and Scruggs are viewed by music historians as one of the premier bluegrass groups in the history of the genre.

Mar 11, 2022 · Flatt & Scruggs formed in 1948, the same year Earl married Louise. By the mid-'50s, Louise assumed a pivotal role for the band. "Originally, Earl was doing their booking and business management,"...

Apr 4, 2014 · She married Lester Flatt when she was only 16 years old. He was only 17. The couple shared an interest in music. For a while they played together as a duo, entertaining in the Roanoke, Virginia area. In 1943 they joined Charlie Monroe & His Kentucky Pardners – Gladys Flatt used the stage name ‘Bobbie Jean’ – Lester played mandolin and sang tenor.

Lester Raymond Flatt (June 19, 1914 – May 11, 1979) [1] was an American bluegrass guitarist and mandolinist, best known for his collaboration with banjo picker Earl Scruggs in the duo Flatt and Scruggs.

Lester Flatt and his wife moved to Nashville in 1944 and was soon hired by Bill Monroe to play in his "Bluegrass Boys Band" for the next four years. In 1948, he would form a partnership with Earl Scruggs , which would last for twenty one years as the most popular duo Bluegrass act.

Mar 29, 2012 · His wife of 57 years, Louise Scruggs, died in 2006. He is survived by two sons, Gary and Randy.

Louise Certain, wife of Earl Scruggs and Gladys Stacey, wife of Lester Flatt. Scruggs, who had always shown progressive tendencies, experimented on duets with saxophonist King Curtis and added songs by the likes of Bob Dylan to the group’s repertoire.

Lester Flatt's real wife Gladys Flatt does not appear. Joi Lansing plays Gladys Flatt during the show's run. Earl Scruggs' real wife Louise Scruggs does not appear either.