- Real name
- Vassar Carlton Clements
- Born
- April 25, 1928
- Died
- August 16, 2005
- Country
- United States
- IPI
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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
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Old & In the Gray
Old & In the Way
Gifts from the Dead
Earl Scruggs Revue
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