Vassar clements, american fiddler born april 25, 1928, kinards, s. From the mid70s onward fiddler vassar clements was well known for his loose jam albums that combined elements of swing jazz and hillbilly bluegrass and oldtimey. Music profile for vassar clements, born 25 april 1928. His virtuosity and ability to blend several different genres, including swing and hot jazz, into his style made him a pioneer in country music and much soughtafter session musician.
Vassar carlton clements april 25, 1928 august 16, 2005 was a grammy awardwinning american jazz, swing, and bluegrass fiddler. 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. Vassar clements is considered one of the worlds finest and most. Explore releases from the vassar clements band at discogs. Clements was a member of the progressive earl scruggs revue in the 1970s, and his work with jerry garcia and the grateful dead helped plant the seed to a musical reputation that spread well beyond nashville circles. Their 1972 country countryrock album sweet dreams was recorded at bearsville studio in woodstock and produced. Vassar clements in concert ramblin 810 shanachie records. Vassar clements explores the classic licks and techniques that have made him one of the greatest fiddlers of all time. Vassar clements soon became one of the most distinctive, inventive, and popular fiddlers in bluegrass music. Vassar clements biography, albums, streaming links. He was mainly holding his fiddle and chatting with fans, when suddenly mike marshall breezed into the store, pulled out his fiddle and got into a hot twin fiddle version of old joe clark. Stream adfree or purchase cds and mp3s now on amazon. Understandably, the form of jazz music created by virtuoso vassar clements is an amalgam of the diverse influences that have touched him throughout his career, but particularly his affinity for the jazz and swing music of his youth. Josh graves set, norman blake set, vassar clements set 1974.
Albums include let it flow, norman blake tut taylor sam bush butch robins vassar clements david holland jethro burns, and hillbilly jazz. His phenomenal ability to virtually play any kind of music bluegrass, country, pop, rock, jazz and swing garnered him various awards including five grammy nominations and a track record that involves multitudes of recording performances. A discography of commercial sound recordings of bluegrass music, that portion of the countryfolk music universe which was based largely on the string band music of bill monroe, lester flatt and earl scruggs, the stanley brothers, and others, originating in the mid1940s. His phenomenal ability to virtually play any kind of music bluegrass, country, pop, rock, jazz and swing has garnered him various awards, including five grammy nominations and a track record that involves multitudes of recording performances. There may be many imitators, but vassar clements will always remain the king of hillbilly jazz. Homespun the fiddle according to vassar clements dvd. Taylor made wave records peter ind bass john richardson drums recorded. This discography is an attempt to catalog all the recordings including tv shows on which j.
After free fall keyboardist steve davidowski quit from dixie dregs, following violinist vassar clements. Vassar clements hillbilly jazz reissued 1992 cd1 mp3. When we went onstage in japan, there were people holding up vassar clements placards. Community center for the performing arts wow hall award best instrumentalist of 1999. Vassar clements, david grisman, sam bush, norman blake, tut taylor, doug dillard, john cowan, curtis burch i believe johns incredible music should be enjoyed by all forever. Martin, a member of the grand ole opry, is a wonderful singer. The group had a short existence playing through much of 1973 then briefly reconvening for one bluegrass. His albums often featured newgrass style music and what clements called hillbilly jazz. Walur aguiar you are what i am brazil allenward trio. Because our mp3s have no drm, you can play it on any device that supports mp3, even on your ipod. The initial group comprised jerry garcia, david grisman, peter rowan and john kahn. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from vassar clements at the discogs marketplace. Vassar clements was one the united states most versatile fiddle players.
Old melodies emile ford and the checkmates emile ep. Before his signing with arista nashville in 1999, vassar was a prominent songwriter, having cowritten number one hits for jo dee messina and alan jackson, and top 5 singles for tim mcgraw and collin raye. The discography of american country music singer phil vassar consists of seven studio albums including one holiday album, three compilation albums, one live album and twentytwo singles. Josh graves set, norman blake set, vassar clements set. Vassar clements discography vassar clements was a member of bill monroes bluegrass boy from 1949 to 1956 though he recorded with the group only in 1950 and 1951 during this period. One occasion when i got to observe vassar clements was when he was promoting his new album at a record store. Avalanche good womans love lonesome fiddle blues orange blossom special down yonder and more. Despite his fondness for flash, stuart was one of the most eclectic country artists to rise. Rounder c0287 beats me vassar clements westport drive vassar clements come on home jake landers florida blues chubby wise the other end vassar clements rain, rain, rain jake landers ramblin vassar clements rounder. What you have here is a grateful dead country tribute band that managed to lure the great vassar clements. Clements has been dubbed the father of hillbilly jazz, an improvisational style that blends and borrows from swing, hot jazz, and bluegrass along with roots also in country and other musical traditions. But just as bill monroe is to bluegrass, elvis presley to rock and roll, and bob wills was to western swing, so will and should be vassar clements to the field of hillbilly jazz.
Discography merchandise vassar s news seminars and projects millies song photo gallery guestbook vassar s links contact information. Mp3 is a digital audio format without digital rights management drm technology. Vassar clements highquality music downloads 7digital. Vassar clements band lonesome fiddle blues youtube. Vassar clements and byron berline workshop winterhawk 1992 duration. A conversation with vassar clements by frank goodman pure music.
Meanwhile the initiativeheavy artist was testing audiences desire for a more electric band, coming up with a 1977 album that sounds quite a bit like the ideas similar bandleaders such as bela fleck and tony trischka were still. His frenzied, jazzinfluenced fiddle playing made him. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from the vassar clements band at the discogs marketplace. Vassar clements by vassar clements album, progressive. Each has a full discography available for download. Vassar clements was a world class fiddler, originally from florida, who got a break playing with bill monroe. Vassar clements 1 singer, songwriter, violinist master of country violin 2. Between his beginnings with bill monroe and the circle album, clements did many. One of country musics most historically minded new traditionalists, marty stuart is also one of its more flamboyant showmen, supporting his partyhearty image with a wardrobe of rhinestoneladen nudie suits. Bettss first solo album, highway call, was released in 1974, and featured fiddle player vassar clements. The dakotas were most closely associated with liverpoolborn singer billy j. Norman blaketut taylorsam bushbutch robins vassar clements david hollandjethro burns selftitled 1975 320kbps 3 months ago t h e.
I just seeded this new torrent at btdotetreedotorg. Original keyboardist mark parrish, having completed his studies at georgia state university, returned to the lineup at the fall of 77. Vassar clements livin with the blues, 2004, acoustic disc vaughan brothers family style, 1990, sony volker strifler volker strifler band, 2002, blue rockit records. Vassar clements then joined the group and appears on all their recordings. Included are singles, eps, lps, cds, as well as information on the labels releasing these recordings. Vassar clements is considered one of the worlds finest and most versatile fiddle players. High quality vassar clements music downloads from 7digital united kingdom. Sweet dreams and quiet desires the members of the group borderline were jim rooney and the brothers jon and david gershen. Find vassar clements discography, albums and singles on allmusic.
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