Vassar Clements

Vassar Carlton Clements (April 25, 1928 – August 16, 2005) was an American jazz, swing, and bluegrass fiddler. Clements has been dubbed the Father of Hillbilly Jazz, an improvisational style that blends and borrows from swing, hot jazz, and bluegrass along with roots also in country and other musical traditions.

Birth and Death Data: Born April 25, 1928 (Kinard), Died August 16, 2005 (Goodlettsville)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1950 - 1967

Roles Represented in DAHR: violin

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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings

Company	Matrix No.	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Role
Decca	NA 2076	2/3/1950	Blue grass ramble (Instrumental)	Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys	instrumentalist, violin
Decca	NA 2077	2/3/1950	New mule skinner blues	Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys	instrumentalist, violin
Decca	NA 2078	2/3/1950	My little Georgia Rose	Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys	instrumentalist, violin
Decca	NA 2079	2/3/1950	Memories of you	Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys	instrumentalist, violin
Decca	NA 2080	2/3/1950	I'm on my way to the old home-1	Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys	instrumentalist, violin
Decca	NA 2081	2/3/1950	Alabama waltz	Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys	instrumentalist, violin
Decca	NA 2082	2/3/1950	I'm blue, I'm lonesome-1	Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys	instrumentalist, violin
Decca	NA 2118	4/8/1950	I' ll meet you in church Sunday morning	Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys	instrumentalist, violin
Decca	NA 2119	4/8/1950	Boat of love	Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys	instrumentalist, violin
Decca	NA 2120	4/8/1950	The old fiddler-2	Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys	instrumentalist, violin
Decca	NA 9179	9/16/1955	Brown County breakdown (Instrumental)-2, 3	Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys	instrumentalist, violin
Decca	NA 11803	11/9/1961	Little Maggie	Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys	instrumentalist, violin
Decca	NA 11804	11/9/1961	I'm going back to Old Kentucky	Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys	instrumentalist, violin
Decca	NA 11805	11/9/1961	Toy heart	Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys	instrumentalist, violin
Decca	NA 14765	8/9/1967	Goin' ape	Jimmy "Timmy" Martin, Jr.	instrumentalist, violin
Decca	NA 14766	8/9/1967	Steal away somewhere and die	Jimmy "Timmy" Martin, Jr.	instrumentalist, violin
Decca	NA 14837	11/9/1967	Is the blue moon still shining?	Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys	instrumentalist, violin
Decca	NA 14838	11/9/1967	Train 45 (Heading South)	Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys	instrumentalist, violin

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Clements, Vassar," accessed April 16, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/308848.

Clements, Vassar. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 16, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/308848.

"Clements, Vassar." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 16 April 2024.