Date:
November 14, 2006
Label: CowTrails Productions
Format: DVD
Category: Live Performances
"Recorded at Seney-Stovall Chapel, Athens, Georgia, December 18, 2004. The performance was an amazing event, filled to the brim with spontaneous jams, trash can solos, and will not be soon forgotten by those attending. Vassar spent the last month of his working life, giving his gift of music to help friends and strangers alike. We were all blessed to be a part of his long and generous life."
"I had the time of my life. Those boys sure made me break a good sweat." - Vassar.
Musicians: Mark Van Allen (pedal steel); David Blackmon (fiddle); Carroll V. Clements (acoustic guitar, vocals); Vassar C. Clements (fiddle, vocals); Joe Craven (mandolin, vocals, kids toys, percussion, triangle); Alan Dalton (banjo, vocals); Tyler 'Falcon' Greenwell (drums, percussion); Harold 'Count M'Butu' Jones (congas, percussion); Ted Pecchio (stand up bass); Bobby Lee Rodgers (guitar, vocals). Special appearance by Andrea Zonn (fiddle "Old Joe Clark," vocals "Dog Gone Blues").
"Documenting the final performance of fiddler Vassar Clements, (1928-2005), this DVD celebrates the fruits of more than a half-century of paying dues. With the performance at the Seney-Stovall Chapel, in Athens, Georgia, divided between two one-time-only bands, Clements masterfully mixes bluegrass classics ("Foggy Mountain Breakdown" and "Old Joe Clark") with uplifting "hillbilly jazz" treatments of Django Reinhardt and Sonny Rollins instrumentals.
The intimacy of a backstage rehearsal, included as a bonus track, helps to make this DVD a fitting memorial to one of the past century's great musicians." - Dirty Linen Magazine (June/July 2007)
