Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys
Grand Old Opry - June 1953 - Nashville, TN
Sponsor: 'Martha White Flour Show' with 'How many Biscuits' being their jingle.
This is 5-Shows in June '53 (every Monday morning, correct order is unknown)
Legacy: WSM-FM[!] SBD> R2R?> ?> SHN
f&s1953,06-xx_Nashville, TN

Disc 1

f&s1953,06-xx_101-[S1}'How many Biscuits') intros
f&s1953,06-xx_102-Turkey in the straw
f&s1953,06-xx_103-Little girl in Tennessee
f&s1953,06-xx_104-I'm gonna make heaven my home
f&s1953,06-xx_105-I'll just pretend
f&s1953,06-xx_106-I'll never shed another tear
f&s1953,06-xx_107-Charleston No 1
f&s1953,06-xx_108-God loves his children
f&s1953,06-xx_109-Earl's Breakdown
f&s1953,06-xx_110-I'm working on a road to gloryland
f&s1953,06-xx_111-Me and my fiddle
f&s1953,06-xx_112-Cumberland Gap
f&s1953,06-xx_113-Jimmy Brown the Newsboy
f&s1953,06-xx_114-'How many Biscuits'


f&s1953,06-xx_115-[S2} 'How many Biscuits'
f&s1953,06-xx_116-Fire on the mountain
f&s1953,06-xx_117-If I should wander back tonight
f&s1953,06-xx_118-Get in line, brother
f&s1953,06-xx_119-Orange blossom special
f&s1953,06-xx_120-Pain in my heart
f&s1953,06-xx_121-Long journey home
f&s1953,06-xx_122-Give me my roses
f&s1953,06-xx_123-I'm gonna settle down
f&s1953,06-xx_124-Cripple Creek
f&s1953,06-xx_125-Reunion in heaven
f&s1953,06-xx_126-Why did you wander
f&s1953,06-xx_127-Ain't nobody gonna miss me
f&s1953,06-xx_128-Bugle call rag


Disc 2

f&s1953,06-xx_201-[S3}'How many Biscuits') intros
f&s1953,06-xx_202-Katy Hill
f&s1953,06-xx_203-Dim Lights, Thick Smoke
f&s1953,06-xx_204-announcements
f&s1953,06-xx_205-Preachin', prayin' singin'
f&s1953,06-xx_206-I'm head over heels
f&s1953,06-xx_207-A purple heart
f&s1953,06-xx_208-I heard my mother call my name
f&s1953,06-xx_209-Grey eagle
f&s1953,06-xx_210-Salty dog blues
f&s1953,06-xx_211-Lover's lane
f&s1953,06-xx_212-'How many Biscuits'

f&s1953,06-xx_213-[S4}banter with Grant Turner
f&s1953,06-xx_214-I have found the way
f&s1953,06-xx_215-Back up and push
f&s1953,06-xx_216-Over the hill to the poorhouse
f&s1953,06-xx_217-announcements
f&s1953,06-xx_218-He took your place
f&s1953,06-xx_219-Thinking about you
f&s1953,06-xx_220-Moonlight on the Cabin
f&s1953,06-xx_221-'How many Biscuits'

f&s1953,06-xx_222-[S5} It's 2 o'clock
f&s1953,06-xx_223-I'm getting ready to go
f&s1953,06-xx_224-Doin' my time
f&s1953,06-xx_225-I'll be going to heaven sometime
f&s1953,06-xx_226-You took my sunshine away
f&s1953,06-xx_227-Steel guitar rag
f&s1953,06-xx_228-'How many Biscuits'
f&s1953,06-xx_229-closing) 'How many Biscuits'

Revised setlist, titles, venue and dates, added info about WSM-FM and info about F&S and Martha White Flour
-RJ 29-May-2003
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WSM-FM, Nashville


WSM-FM is a 100,000-watt station that features contemporary country music. The history of this FM radio station is an interesting one.


By the late 1930s, the communications industry was in the throes of rapid change. WSM's Chief Engineer "Jack" DeWitt had been following the progress of "high frequency" broadcasting closely, as he had an eye on eventually expanding the station's holdings.

[!] Finally, in 1941, WSM continued its role as an industry trailblazer by giving America its first commercial FM station at an assigned frequency of 44.7 megaHertz. DeWitt, who had manned the audio controls at the first Opry broadcast, was the driving force behind this new venture.


WSM's FM operation first went on the air under the designation "W47NV." The call-code was a combination of the "W" (radio) prefix, the number forty-seven for the last two digits of the assigned frequency, and the letters NV representing Nashville. The station operated with an effective radiated power of 65,000 watts and cast a healthy signal into Kentucky and Alabama.


In 1947, the Federal Communications Commission reappraised its pre-war rulings and moved the commercial frequency modulation to 100.1 Mhz. In the process, the station re-designated itself "WSM-FM". Four years later, DeWitt saw greater promise in the new medium of television and WSM-FM and its all-classical programming format went off the air.


WSM's absence from the FM airwaves, however, was temporary, for in 1968 WSM purchased an existing station, WLWM-FM, and used the frequency to return to the FM band at 95.5 Mhz. WSM became Nashville's first AM stereo station on December 6, 1982 before WSM-FM made its debut as "Nashville 95 FM - The New Country" the following month.
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Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys reached bluegrass legend status with the help of Martha White. In 1953, the company hired an unknown band to barnstorm the South, promoting its flour and corn meal. The members became known as the "World's Greatest Flour Peddlers," appearing on the Grand Ole Opry, playing on the Martha White early morning radio show, and hosting the Flatt and Scruggs television program.

Lester Flatt, who had the voice, and Earl Scruggs, known as the fastest banjo picker in the world, performed at Carnegie Hall twice, played the Hollywood Bowl, recorded the theme song for "The Beverly Hillbillies" and appeared on that television show six times.