Vassar Clements, Tony Rice and the Low Country All-Star Band (Flatt Mountain Records FMR 001, 2006) is a live recording of one of Clements' final performances, captured in December 2004 and released in 2006 — Clements died in August 2005. Clements plays fiddle; Rice plays guitar and sings; Tony Williamson plays mandolin and sings; Carroll Clements plays banjo; Warren Amberson plays guitar and sings lead; and Scott Vestal completes the ensemble. The album documents an uninhibited performance across bluegrass standards and Monroe-associated material — described by reviewers as "floor-shaking" music — presenting Clements' fiddle in the late-career improvisational mode that made his live performances the standard by which acoustic fiddlers measured expressive freedom. The recording was produced by Randy Wood specifically for this release.
Tracklist
- 1 Ground Speed alt version 2:15
- 2 Mountain Girl alt version 3:02
- 3 Kissimee Kid
- 4 Billy in the lowground
- 5 Dark Hollow alt version
- 6 Salt Creek alt version 3:48
- 7 Toy Heart alt version 2:46
- 8 I Wonder Where You Are Tonight alt version 3:13
- 9 Unwound
- 10 Lonesome Fiddle Blues alt version 3:34
- 11 Wayfaring Stranger alt version 5:23
- 12 Wheel Hoss alt version 2:41
