Blue Grass Boy Tater Tate dies
Category: Bluegrass News
By Travis Tackett
October 19, 2007
Clarence “Tater” Tate
Clarence “Tater” Tate, who did two different stints playing for Bill Monroe, died Thursday at 77. Tate first joined the Blue Grass Boys as a fiddler in the late 1950s, replacing Bobby Hicks when he was drafted. Tate stayed with Monroe for about six months.
About 30 years later, Tate returned to the band [...]
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