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Callin’ Me Home: 50 Years of Sweetheart Of The Rodeo

Posted by Lance Davis - July 29, 2018 - Byrds, Chris Hillman, Clarence White, Fabulous Superlatives, Gram Parsons, Marty Stuart, Mike Campbell, Roger McGuinn, Tom Petty
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  On Tuesday I was lucky enough to see the very first 50th anniversary tribute performance of Sweetheart Of The Rodeo at The Theater at Ace Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. It was Roger McGuinn and Chris Hillman from The Byrds and Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives as backing band. It’s a partnership that […]

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RIP Earl Scruggs

Posted by Lance Davis - March 30, 2012 - Bob Dylan, Byrds, Clarence White, Doc Watson, Earl Scruggs, Joan Baez, Ron Swanson
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  What Scruggs had done was to begin playing a five-string banjo with three fingers. His thumb, middle, and index fingers were all picking, creating two strands of harmony to buttress the melody. In a sense, he could function as a trio all by himself. Because he alternated three fingers, Scruggs could play one note […]

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Clarence White: Bringing It All Back Home: 1973

Posted by Lance Davis - May 27, 2011 - Arlo Guthrie, Byrds, Clarence White, Country Gazette, Emmylou Harris, Gene Parsons, Gram Parsons, Kentucky Colonels, Muleskinner, New Kentucky Colonels, Roland White, Tony Rice, White Brothers
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“Dry your eyes and stand up straight Bugler’s got a place at the Pearly Gates Say goodbye sugar Oh, say goodbye” And so we come to the final year of Clarence White’s life and the eleventh and final (for now) chapter of my Adios Loungeography. I’ve put off this part of his bio for as […]

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The Notorious Good Brothers

Posted by Lance Davis - December 30, 2010 - Byrds, Clarence White, Cramps, Neil Young, Sadies, Stooges, The Band
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  One of my favorite moments of 2010 was seeing John Doe and The Sadies play Cal State Northridge on November 20, and totally by chance. I stumbled upon the LA Weekly listing the day of the show, called a friend, and was at the venue before realizing the enormity of what I was about […]

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Clarence White: Roadmaster: 1972

Posted by Lance Davis - August 21, 2010 - Byrds, Clarence White, Everly Brothers, Gene Clark, Roger McGuinn, Skip Battin
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  1972 was a bit of a transition year for Clarence White. Even though The Byrds were nominally a going concern, most of their touring commitments were completed by May, though they did several weekend runs later in the year. The main reason activity came to a halt was because Roger McGuinn was negotiating a […]

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