Mandolin player David Grisman pays tribute to fiddle great Vassar Clements, who died this week at 77. Grisman says Clements was a Nashville virtuoso and "one of the architects of bluegrass." Vassar ...

That Vassar Clements was a musician who bridged gaps instead of burning bridges and an artist whose truly massive body of work is characterized by inclusion was instantly apparent when the ...

Acclaimed fiddle virtuoso Vassar Clements died yesterday (Aug. 16) at his daughter Midge Cranor's home outside Nashville following a battle with cancer. By Billboard Staff Acclaimed fiddle virtuoso ...

Acclaimed fiddle virtuoso Vassar Clements died on August 16 at his daughter, Midge Cranor’s, home outside Nashville following a battle with cancer. He was 77. Born in 1928, Clements was referred to as ...

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. He was 77. Clements was ...

I can't pinpoint the exact moment in my childhood when I realized I actually liked country music, but it might have happened when I heard the fiddle virtuoso Vassar Clements making a cameo on my dad's ...

Fiddle virtuoso Vassar Clements, described by critics as the "Miles Davis of bluegrass" died August 16 at the age of 77, following a battle with lung cancer. The highly regarded musician played on ...

Jonathan Edwards, Vassar Clements and a reunion of Seldom Scene are highlights of the seventh annual Podunk Bluegrass Music Festival, which begins today and runs through Saturday evening. Thirteen ...

Vassar Clements, a legendary fiddler who launched his career with Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry in 1949 and later toured or recorded with a raft of musical stars, including the Grateful Dead, the Allman ...

Fiddle virtuoso Vassar Clements, an A-list studio musician who played with Paul McCartney and other notables, died at his Nashville area home Tuesday after a battle with lung cancer. He was 77. He ...