Clarence White: Drug Store Truck Drivin’ Men: 1968-69

Posted by Lance Davis - October 23, 2008 - Byrds, Chris Hillman, Clarence White, Flying Burrito Brothers, Gary S. Paxton, Gene Parsons, Gram Parsons, Jimi Hendrix, Wynn Stewart

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In July 1968, The Byrds played South Africa without Gram Parsons, who decided that shooting smack with Keith Richards was better than playing segregated Johannesburg, so he essentially fired himself. While GP’s political motives were as much expedient as heartfelt, to his credit he flew the coop on a tour that was by all […]

Clarence White: From Bakersfield To Byrdland: 1967-68

Posted by Lance Davis - September 5, 2008 - Bakersfield International, Byrds, Clarence White, Gary S. Paxton, Gene Parsons, Gosdin Brothers, Sierra Records, The Reasons, Wynn Stewart

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“To have been a Renaissance Hillbilly in Hollywood in the 1960s would have been great for me. I could have hung out with Leo Fender, Buck Owens and Don Rich, Moon (Ralph Mooney), Merle (Haggard) and Roy Nichols. Gone to check out Wynn Stewart recording at Capitol or witnessed Johnny Cash, Joe Maphis, and Merle […]

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 […]