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Vassar Clements

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Real name
Vassar Carlton Clements
Born
April 25, 1928
Died
August 16, 2005
Country
United States
IPI
00006338504 2 works
Affiliation
ASCAP
Comments
Sometimes called the "Father of Hillbilly Jazz", Clements combined swing jazz with country music who was particularly popular as a bluegrass fiddler. Clements was a multi-instrumentalist who also played guitar, mandolin, double bass, cello, viola and the tenor banjo.
Member of
Old & In the Gray
Old & In the Way
Gifts from the Dead
Earl Scruggs Revue
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Title Performer Release date Originally by
June 8, 2004 Hank Locklin
i 1987 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
June 8, 2004 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
1975 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
2000 The Grateful Dead
1975 Bob Dylan
i 1974 George J. Gaskin, Knickerbocker Male Quartette
2003 Jimmy Dean
i 1973 (unknown)
i June 14, 2006 (unknown)
i 1987 Toots Thielemans
1974 Bob Wills - Vocal by Tommy Duncan with His Texas Playboys
April 2011 (unknown)
i 1974 Benny Goodman and His Sextet featuring Count Basie
2000 The Grateful Dead
2000 Grateful Dead
1974 Delmore Brothers
2000 Grateful Dead
  June 8, 2004 Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians - Vocal Chorus by Weston Vaughan REC,REL, Pit Musicians [What Price Glory] PRF
i 1974 Spud Murphy and His Orchestra
i 1974 Barney Bigard and Orchestra
i 1973 Charlie McCoy and Bo Chatman
1974 Spade Cooley and His Orchestra - Vocal by "Tex" Williams
i August 24, 2004 Skip James
i June 8, 2004 Selvin's Novelty Orchestra
June 14, 2006 Buell Kazee, Bill Browning and His Echo Valley Boys
i June 8, 2004 Guido Deiro
2000 Grateful Dead
i October 3, 2000 Don Reno, Red Smiley and The Tennessee Cutups
i October 3, 2000 Arthur Smith & Don Reno
i 1973 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
i 1970 Wyzee, Tucker & Lecroy
February 1, 2002 Henry Thomas [US1]
i 1973 Arthur Smith Trio
2000 The Grateful Dead
i 1984 John Hartford
i 1975 Anton Seidl
October 3, 2000 Cliff Carlisle
i 1973 Hank Locklin
i   1974 The Oscar Peterson Trio REC, Herb Ellis REL
i August 24, 2004 Booker T. and The MG's
i June 14, 2006 Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs and The Foggy Mountain Boys
i 1974 Foy Willing and His Riders of the Purple Sage
June 8, 2004 Foy Willing and His Riders of the Purple Sage
June 2001 Jim and Jesse and The Virginia Boys
August 24, 2004 "Dock" Boggs, (unknown)
i 1984 Ashley and Foster
i September 14, 1993 Ashley and Foster
August 24, 2004 Bessie Smith
i 1987 Johnny Nash
June 8, 2004 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
i 1987 The Beatles
i 1975 "Dock" Walsh
i 1987 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
2000 Robert Hunter
1974 Spade Cooley (King of Western Swing) and His Band
June 2001 The Beatles
June 14, 2006 Jimmy Wakely and His Rough Riders
October 3, 2000 Eva Davis
i 1984 John Hartford
i August 24, 2004 Blind Willie Johnson
i 1984 Martin and Roberts (Asa Martin, James Roberts [US])
i 1975 John Yorke Atlee
i 1974 Joe Sullivan [US1]
i 1975 The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
i June 14, 2006 The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
i 1987 The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
April 2011 (unknown), (unknown)
April 2011 Johnny Bond and His Red River Valley Boys
April 2011 Leon Jackson & Johnny Bryant & The White Oak Mountain Boys
2000 Bob Weir
June 8, 2004 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Vocal by Tommy Duncan
June 14, 2006 Sammy Shelor
  June 2001 Jerry Jeff Walker REL,REC
i November 2, 1999 Jimmie Rodgers [US1]
April 2011 The Louvin Brothers
i 1975 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, Jimmy Forrest and All Star Combo
i 1973 The Beatles
i 1992 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal by Al Hendrickson
i   1984 Russel Wise and Mr. White, Walter Hurdt and His Singing Cowboys REL, Roy Hall and His Blue Ridge Entertainers REC
i 1973 Patrick J. Gaffny
i 1974 Leon McAuliffe and His Western Swing Band
i 2000 Leon McAuliffe and His Western Swing Band
i 1984 Arthur Smith and His Dixie Liners
i 1992 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
August 24, 2004 Robert Johnson
April 2011 Henry Whitter
i 1984 Gordon Lightfoot
2000 The Grateful Dead
i June 14, 2006 Kessinger Brothers
1974 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys, Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys - Vocal by Tommy Duncan with Orchestra
i 1996 Bill Monroe
i 1974 Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Doris Day
1974 Mississippi Sheiks
i 1992 Sonny Rollins
i 1984 John Hartford
  February 2013 Helen Jepson REL, Abbie Mitchell PRF, Abbie Mitchell under the direction of George Gershwin REC
i 1992 Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra
1975 Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra
April 2011 Ben Jarrell - Acc. by Da Costa Woltz‘s Southern Broadcasters
1974 Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
i 1987 Pee Wee King and His Golden West Cowboys - Vocal Refrain by Redd Stewart REL, Cowboy Copas REC, (unknown)
  2003 Randy Sparks BRD, Robert Mitchum with Orchestra conducted by Jack Marshall REL
June 2001 The Dillards
June 8, 2004 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
June 14, 2006 Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys with Lester Flatt
i 1987 Miles Davis Quartet
i 1984 Lulu Belle & Scotty and Five String Banjo
i June 8, 2004 Earl Johnson and His Clodhoppers
June 14, 2006 George Strait
2000 Grateful Dead
i June 14, 2006 Vaughan's Texas Quartet
April 2011 Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs and The Foggy Mountain Boys
i June 14, 2006 Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys
April 2011 Benny Martin
June 2001 Cream
1973 Eva Davis
  October 3, 2000 The Rolling Stones REC, The Flying Burrito Brothers REL
June 8, 2004 (unknown)
June 2001 Bad Religion
i 1987 Frank Sinatra with Orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle
June 2001 Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs and The Foggy Mountain Boys
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