Died On This Date (January 10, 2009) Butch Baldassari / Mandolin Virtuoso
themusicsover Jerome “Butch” Baldassari
1952 – January 10, 2009
Butch Baldassari was a respected mandolin player and educator. Over the course of his career, he formed two superb groups, Weary Hearts and the Nashville Mandolin Ensemble with whom he released a handful of albums. He also played in bluegrass perennial favorites, Lonesome Standard Time from time to time. In later years, worked as an adjunct professor at Vanderbilt University in Nashville. Butch Baldassari was 56 when he died of a brain tumor on January 10, 2009.
Thanks to Craig Rosen from Number 1 Albums for the assist.
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