Fiddler Virtuoso Vassar Clements Dies

By JOHN GEROME

Associated Press Writer

August 16, 2005, 2:21 PM EDT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. --

Vassar Clements, a fiddle virtuoso and A-list studio musician who played with Paul McCartney and an array of others, died at his home Tuesday after a battle with lung cancer, his daughter said.

Clements, 77, was hospitalized for 18 days earlier this year, receiving chemotherapy and other treatment.

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TOPICS: Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: bluegrass; clements; fiddle; obituary; vassar

Another article on the passing of the great fiddler, Vassar Clements.

1 posted on 08/16/2005 6:57:47 PM PDT by RosieCotton

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To: RosieCotton

I hadn't heard.
Thanks for posting

2 posted on 08/16/2005 6:59:21 PM PDT by nuconvert (No More Axis of Evil by Christmas ! TLR) [there's a lot of bad people in the pistachio business])

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To: nuconvert

No problem.

There's another article here, with some interesting links.

3 posted on 08/16/2005 7:03:14 PM PDT by RosieCotton ("Fallacies do not cease to be fallacies because they become fashions." - G. K. Chesterton)

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To: RosieCotton

Thanks.

Here's the Vassar Clements website link........

http://www.vassarclements.com/

4 posted on 08/16/2005 7:07:35 PM PDT by nuconvert (No More Axis of Evil by Christmas ! TLR) [there's a lot of bad people in the pistachio business])

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To: RosieCotton

Wow. God bless him.

His fiddle accompanied a great deal of my youth.

5 posted on 08/16/2005 7:44:02 PM PDT by billorites (freepo ergo sum)

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