Lonesome Fiddle Blues

Vassar was as good as it gets. Got to meet him in Dallas in the 80's. Smoked a pipe. Would put it lit into his pocket-play-take it out and puff.Great. He ,Chubby Wise, Benny Martin and others grew up in Depression. Would play bluegrass one night, formal dance the next. They had to be versatile to eat. Loved them all, but Vassar was and is still my favorite. Get lucky once in a while and hit one of his unique licks. It's so easy that it's almost impossible.

Vassar still makes me smile a big, dumb smile when I hear his incomprehensible genius.  WOW!

Vasser was the greatest

YEE HAW!!!!!!!!! I love it!!

You were a lucky man . Vassar is from my home town of Kissimmee, fl but I was too young to really get to know him. but I do know he was the best and a fine man.,

Ya know gang, alot of fiddle tunes sound alike.
Charlie daniels just compiled a few of them to make his music. Nothing new here. I been playin fiddle for 40 years now and once in awhile i mistake one tune for the other. And yes, I did have the chance to meet Vassar Clements in FT. Collins Colorado. A fine ,gentle figure of a man. He let me hold his fiddle to check it out. Iit was nice. The Advice he gave me was"Never quit playin or get discouraged with the fiddle" God rest his soul!
Dont Hate!!

Yup, even Johnny Cash did it.

Who did he copy the lyrics from? I haven't heard about that one.

Correction: I was led astray on this one, after doing some digging. The lyrics was a new one to me, too. In researching, I think CD was just "inspired" by "The Mountain Whippoorwhill" which is the same ol' story of making a deal with the devil.