Sparta, Tennessee
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Sparta is a city in and the county seat of White County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 5,001 in 2020.
Sparta's business district
The Sparta Rock House
Oldham Theater
Lester Flatt Memorial in Sparta
Lester Flatt
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Lester Raymond Flatt was an American singer, bluegrass guitarist, and mandolinist, best known for his collaboration with banjo picker Earl Scruggs in the duo Flatt and Scruggs.
Sparta, Tennessee
…George Gibbs Dibrell, Civil War general (Confederate) and U.S. Congressman Lester Flatt, bluegrass musician in the Foggy Mountain Boys John C. Floyd, U.S. Congressman…
Flatt in 1979
Flatt (right) with Earl Scruggs (left) as part of Flatt and Scruggs in 1949