“Foggy Mountain Breakdown” had a long history before becoming the essential bluegrass tune it is today. It was composed and recorded by banjo player Earl Scruggs in 1949.

Country Music Hall of Fame member Scruggs' Gibson RB-Granada Mastertone banjo -- heard on his 1950 composition "Foggy Mountain Breakdown," played alongside Lester Flatt and the Foggy Mountain Boys ...