Mandolin player David Grisman pays tribute to fiddle great Vassar Clements, who died this week at 77. Grisman says Clements was a Nashville virtuoso and "one of the architects of bluegrass." Vassar ...

Fiddle virtuoso Vassar Clements, described by critics as the "Miles Davis of bluegrass" died August 16 at the age of 77, following a battle with lung cancer. The highly regarded musician played on ...

Acclaimed fiddle virtuoso Vassar Clements died yesterday (Aug. 16) at his daughter Midge Cranor's home outside Nashville following a battle with cancer. By Billboard Staff Acclaimed fiddle virtuoso ...

Acclaimed fiddle virtuoso Vassar Clements died on August 16 at his daughter, Midge Cranor’s, home outside Nashville following a battle with cancer. He was 77. Born in 1928, Clements was referred to as ...

That Vassar Clements was a musician who bridged gaps instead of burning bridges and an artist whose truly massive body of work is characterized by inclusion was instantly apparent when the ...

Vassar Clements, a legendary fiddler who launched his career with Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry in 1949 and later toured or recorded with a raft of musical stars, including the Grateful Dead, the Allman ...

It was 1977 or so when I first heard Vassar Clements play. As a suburban Yankee teenager, I turned up my nose at "hillbilly" music, until I heard the eponymous debut of Old & In the Way, a short-lived ...

Jonathan Edwards, Vassar Clements and a reunion of Seldom Scene are highlights of the seventh annual Podunk Bluegrass Music Festival, which begins today and runs through Saturday evening. Thirteen ...

Vassar Clements, a virtuoso fiddle player who transcended genres and influenced generations of bluegrass musicians, died of lung cancer Aug. 16 at his home outside Nashville. He was 77. A self-taught ...

Fiddler Vassar Clements grew up in Kissimmee, Florida, listening to big-band jazz at local dance halls and to the Grand Ole Opry on the radio. In the mid-40s he was captivated by Chubby Wise, whose ...

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