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    • Oct 20, 1967
    Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs record their third studio version of "Foggy Mountain Breakdown," this time with record producer Bob Johnston at the Columbia Recording Studios in Nashville
    Oct 23, 1967
    Flatt & Scruggs provide background music for an episode of NBC-TV's "The Monkees" titled "Hillbilly Honeymoon"
    Nov 20, 1968
    Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs have acting roles in "The Beverly Hillbillies" for the seventh and final time. The theme song, "The Ballad Of Jed Clampett," is closely associated with the bluegrass duo
    Jan 20, 1969
    Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs perform at inaugural ceremonies for Richard Nixon
    Feb 22, 1969
    Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs make their final public appearance on the Grand Ole Opry before a nasty split
    Mar 11, 1969
    After 25 years as a bluegrass duo, Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs split up
    Mar 12, 1969
    Flatt & Scruggs win Best Country Performance, Duo or Group--Vocal or Instrumental with a remake of their own "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" during the 11th annual Grammy Awards
    May 24, 1969
    Two months after his split with longtime partner Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs debuts The Earl Scruggs Revue--sons Gary and Randy Scruggs, Boomer Castleman and Travis Murphy--in Gatlinburg
    Aug 22, 1969
    Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs record together for the last time, five months after they broke up the duo, at the Columbia Recording Studios in Nashville. Among the session's musicians are two future members of the Country Music Hall of Fame: Charlie Daniels and Charlie McCoy
    Sep 13, 1969
    Earl Scruggs makes his first appearance on the Grand Ole Opry at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium since splitting with longtime partner Lester Flatt. He plays "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" with his sons, Gary and Randy Scruggs
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