What an amazing performance. Vassar was pure soul. Grease, the epitome of organic playing. Thanks to videos and CD's, his influence will live on for many generations of fiddlers. O'Connor was superb! and of course there's Jerry Douglas. flawless.
Vassar is my great uncle. I have so many pictures with him. he and grandad used to get up at family functions and play orange blossom special all the time. my grandad was very good as well but uncle Vassar was never beaten. towards the end he bought me my first guitar and showed be the roots of blues. he was such a great man and had the biggest heart of anyone I know.
They all seem like good players --- but of course --- Vassar is a legend --- and what I really like is that he never goes to smoke the other players --- always a class act
I think this is the best version of this classic ever recorded. The CD version is better because it features a great mandolin solo by Sam Bush. You can hear Vassar's influence on Mark's style. When they get really into it, if you close your eyes it's hard to figure out who's playing what.
What an amazing performance. Vassar was pure soul. Grease, the epitome of organic playing. Thanks to videos and CD's, his influence will live on for many generations of fiddlers. O'Connor was superb! and of course there's Jerry Douglas. flawless.
Vassar is my great uncle. I have so many pictures with him. he and grandad used to get up at family functions and play orange blossom special all the time. my grandad was very good as well but uncle Vassar was never beaten. towards the end he bought me my first guitar and showed be the roots of blues. he was such a great man and had the biggest heart of anyone I know.
Wow Chad. Met him at a gig - that's all I got.
Vassar was a dear friend of mine, and I still miss him... :(
They all seem like good players --- but of course --- Vassar is a legend --- and what I really like is that he never goes to smoke the other players --- always a class act
Two legends!
Since O’Connor was born in ‘61, this must have been filmed about 1990 or so.
I think this is the best version of this classic ever recorded. The CD version is better because it features a great mandolin solo by Sam Bush. You can hear Vassar's influence on Mark's style. When they get really into it, if you close your eyes it's hard to figure out who's playing what.
I think this is from 1976, look how young Jerry Douglas is in this clip.
Nuthin' like the blues by the pro's..................
this musical peace is called summertime not house of the rising sun
Wrong.