Vic Jordan
Musician · b. 1938 · Washington, DC
Best known for
Banjo
Vic Jordan was a Washington, D.C.-born banjoist who relocated to Nashville and became one of the busiest first-call sidemen of the late 1960s and 1970s, working successively with Jimmy Martin, Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper, Bill Monroe, Lester Flatt, and Jim & Jesse.
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- Native of Washington, D.C.; relocated to Nashville in 1964 and based there for the rest of his career.
- Played with the Delta Ramblers in Lake Charles, Louisiana before moving to Nashville.
- Joined Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys in summer 1967; recorded banjo breaks on Monroe classics including "Gold Rush" and "Kentucky Mandolin."
- Joined Lester Flatt's Nashville Grass in 1969 as the first full-time banjo player to follow Earl Scruggs in Flatt's band; stayed through 1971.
- Played with Jim & Jesse from 1971 to 1974; later led Old Hickory (1990–91) and toured with Wayne Newton in the mid-1990s.
- Released the influential 1973 solo album "Pickaway" (Atteiram) and 1978's "Banjo Nashville" (Sugar Hill); his tune "Pickaway" was popularized as a Dobro instrumental by Mike Auldridge.
- Played banjo on the "Coal Miner's Daughter" and "Smokey and the Bandit" film soundtracks.
- Received the IBMA Distinguished Achievement Award in 2013.
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Jim & JessePlayed on recordings with Jim & Jesse
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Lester Flatt and Mac WisemanPlayed on recordings with Lester Flatt and Mac Wiseman
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Kenny BakerPlayed on recordings with Kenny Baker
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Lester Flatt and the Nashville GrassPlayed on recordings with Lester Flatt and the Nashville Grass
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Lester FlattPlayed on recordings with Lester Flatt
