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The fiddle part in The Devil Went Down to Georgia is taken from a Vassar Clements song called Lonesome Fiddle Blues

Oct 24, 2022•1 min read

Fun Fact: The fiddle part in “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” is taken from a Vassar Clements song called “Lonesome Fiddle Blues”

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