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Clarence White and the Rise of Nashville West: 1966-67

Posted by Lance Davis - August 15, 2008 - Bakersfield International, Clarence White, Gary S. Paxton, Gene Parsons, Gib Guilbeau, Gosdin Brothers, James Burton, Nashville West, The Reasons
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“HOLY MACKEREL! CAN THIS GUY PLAY GUITAR?!?!” As noted last time, Clarence White spent most of 1966 busy with session work and pickup gigs. Sometime in the late summer or fall of that year he worked a session at Ion Records in Hollywood. I would’ve included this track in my previous post as it fit […]

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Clarence White and his Transition to Telecaster: 1965-66

Posted by Lance Davis - July 28, 2008 - Byrds, Chris Hillman, Clarence White, Gene Clark, Gosdin Brothers, Hugh Masekela, James Burton
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  1965 had to be bittersweet for Clarence White and the Kentucky Colonels. In February of that year, fiddler Scotty Stoneman joined the band for a half-year stint, transforming the Colonels into perhaps the greatest bluegrass group of all-time. If Clarence and Scotty weren’t the Bird and Diz of bluegrass, they were at least its […]

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Clarence White and his Bluegrass Bebop: 1964-65

Posted by Lance Davis - July 22, 2008 - Charlie Parker, Clarence White, Django Reinhardt, Doc Watson, Joe Maphis, Kentucky Colonels
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My original plan was to focus solely on Clarence White as an electric guitarist, but it would be professionally remiss to sidestep his formidable acoustic guitar background. So, let’s take a brief tour through CW’s stint in the Kentucky Colonels before matriculating to his work on the Telecaster. Above all, this post and the several […]

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RIP Clarence White

Posted by Lance Davis - July 15, 2008 - Byrds, Clarence White, Sundazed
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35 years ago today, the great guitar player, Clarence White, was killed by a drunk driver as he and his brother, Roland, were loading out after a gig. Clarence has been one of my favorite musicians for as long as I can remember, so I’ve decided to pay homage to him in a fun (and […]

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