With his five-string banjo virtuosity, Earl Scruggs has transcended humble beginnings to become an indelible part of American popular culture. This essential two CD compilation features his best work both solo and with Lester Flatt and Bill Monroe & The Bluegrass Boys.

Flatt & Scruggs:

1. Foggy Mountain Breakdown
   
2. The Ballad Of Jed Clampett
   
3. Nashville Skyline Rag
   
4. Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms
   
5. Earl's Breakdown
   
6. Down The Road
   
7. Pike County Breakdown
   
8. Old Salty Dog Blues
   
9. Come Back Darling
   
10. Jimmie Brown, The Newsboy
    
11. Don't Get Above Your Raising
    
12. Get In Line Brother
    
13. Flint Hill Special
    
14. Dear Old Dixie
    
15. Foggy Mountain Chimes
    
16. Till The End Of The World Rolls Round
    
17. Foggy Mountain Special
    
18. Randy Lynn Rag
    
19. Sally Goodwin
    
20. Foggy Mountain Top (with Mother Maybelle Carter)
    
21. Georgia Buck
    
22. John Hardy Was A Desperate Little Man (with Doc Watson)
    
23. John Henry (live at Newport 1959)
    
24. Cumberland Gap (live at Newport 1959)
    

Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys:

1. Heavy Traffic Ahead
   
2. Blue Grass Breakdown
   
3. Molly and Tenbrooks (The Race Horse Song)
   

Earle Scruggs (solo):

1. Nashville Blues
   
2. I Saw The Light
   
3. Some Of Shelley's Blues
   
4. Peking Fling
   
5. I Shall Be Released
   
6. Stash It
   
7. I Still Miss Someone (with Johnny Cash)
   
8. Lonesome Valley (with Tom T. Hall & The Oak Ridge Boys)
   
9. We'll Meet Again Sweetheart (with Ricky Skaggs)
   
10. American Made - World Played