Noted mandolinist Butch Baldassari dies
Category: Bluegrass News
By Dan Tackett
January 13, 2009
Butch Baldassari, a beloved mandolinist in the bluegrass community, has died, according to Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn., where he was an instructor.
According to the school, Baldassari died Jan 10 at a Nashville hospice. He was 56.
Baldassari was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor nearly two years ago, according to the Vanderbilt Web site. In 2007, some of his friends including musicians Ricky Skaggs, Bela Fleck, Mark O’Connor and Dierks Bentley, participated in a benefit concert at the university to help defray his medical expenses….
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Blair School of Music, Butch Baldassari, Mandolin, Vanderbilt
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