Vassar Clements
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American jazz, swing, and bluegrass fiddler (1928–2005)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Vassar Clements Fiddle Pack
- Vassar Clements, fiddle
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Known for
- The Tao of Bluegrass: A Portrait of Peter Rowan — Self2013
- Larry Keel: Beautiful Thing — Self2004
- Great Drives — Self1996
- Nashville — Vassar Clements1975
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1928-04-25
- Active to
- 2005-08-16
bluegrassjazz
Discography
- Southern Country Waltzes1970
- Crossing the Catskills1973
- Norman Blake/Tut Taylor/Sam Bush/Butch Robins/Vassar Clements/David Holland/Jethro Burns1975
- Superbow1975
- Vassar Clements1975
- Vassar Clements Band1977
- Vassar1980
- Vassar Clements, John Hartford, Dave Holland1985
- Hillbilly Jazz Rides Again1986
- Together at Last1987
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 7,710
- Total plays
- 55,488
Tags
bluegrassfiddlecountryfolkamericana
Vassar Clements was a world class fiddler, originally from Florida, who got a break playing with Bill Monroe. He claims to have not owned a fiddle until he got the job with Monroe, and lost the first one he bought while taking the bus to Nashville. He went on to work with artists including The Byrds, Jerry Garcia, and most famously the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band on the classic Will The Circle Be Unbroken album. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Vassar+Clements">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of death
- Goodlettsville
- Genre
- bluegrass music
- Instrument
- fiddle
- Image
- Vassar Clements, Seattle, 1974.jpg
Show 5 more facts
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- lung cancer
- date of birth
- 1928-04-25
- date of death
- 2005-08-16
- Commons category
- Vassar Clements
Sources (2)
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Available in 7 languages
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