Comments on: Vasser Clements dead at 77 http://www.backporchnews.net/archive/2005/08/vasser-clements-dead-at-77/ News, Commentary and Links for the Folk Music Community Sat, 05 Jul 2008 15:30:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.10 by: Just Another Rambler http://www.backporchnews.net/archive/2005/08/vasser-clements-dead-at-77/#comment-7 Fri, 19 Aug 2005 03:34:47 +0000 http://www.backporchnews.net/archive/2005/08/vasser-clements-dead-at-77/#comment-7 <p>I am very sad to hear the news of the passing of a great story teller and wonderful musician. I was able to watch several of his performances. The most memerable one was in Tennessee during the Harvest festival weekend. My husband walked up to the stage after the performance and Vasser reached out and offered his hand to a complete stranger. Luck was on myside and I was fast enough to snap a picture. He was a proud and caring man and it showed in his demenor. Later, we meet his daughter, and she was promoting his tour and doing a great job at it! She was just as nice as he was. I wish to express my sympathy and hope that the healing process will happen fast. Memories our all we have, charish the good over the bad. Vasser Clements was a founder of bluegrass. The music I was brought up on, and the sounds that I love, this man helped create. This is a sad moment in time. I grieve for his family and the bluegrass community.</p> I am very sad to hear the news of the passing of a great story teller and wonderful musician. I was able to watch several of his performances. The most memerable one was in Tennessee during the Harvest festival weekend. My husband walked up to the stage after the performance and Vasser reached out and offered his hand to a complete stranger. Luck was on myside and I was fast enough to snap a picture. He was a proud and caring man and it showed in his demenor. Later, we meet his daughter, and she was promoting his tour and doing a great job at it! She was just as nice as he was. I wish to express my sympathy and hope that the healing process will happen fast. Memories our all we have, charish the good over the bad. Vasser Clements was a founder of bluegrass. The music I was brought up on, and the sounds that I love, this man helped create. This is a sad moment in time. I grieve for his family and the bluegrass community.

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