(From the "Boston Globe")
NASHVILLE -- Vassar Clements, a fiddle virtuoso and A-list studio musician who played with Paul McCartney and an array of others, died at his home yesterday after a battle with lung cancer, said his daughter Midge Cranor.
Mr. Clements, 77, last performed Feb. 4 in Jamestown, N.Y., Cranor said.
His work bridged a variety of styles, including country, jazz, bluegrass, rock 'n' roll, and classical.
The 2005 Grammy for best country instrumental performance went to ''Earl's Breakdown," by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band featuring Mr. Clements, Earl Scruggs, Randy Scruggs, and Jerry Douglas.
(Read more at
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/ob...77_fiddler_played_with_array_of_bands?mode=PF
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NASHVILLE -- Vassar Clements, a fiddle virtuoso and A-list studio musician who played with Paul McCartney and an array of others, died at his home yesterday after a battle with lung cancer, said his daughter Midge Cranor.
Mr. Clements, 77, last performed Feb. 4 in Jamestown, N.Y., Cranor said.
His work bridged a variety of styles, including country, jazz, bluegrass, rock 'n' roll, and classical.
The 2005 Grammy for best country instrumental performance went to ''Earl's Breakdown," by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band featuring Mr. Clements, Earl Scruggs, Randy Scruggs, and Jerry Douglas.
(Read more at
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/ob...77_fiddler_played_with_array_of_bands?mode=PF
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"What's That?" "French Horns!"
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