Warning: session_start(): Cannot start session when headers already sent in /home/adios/public_html/wp-content/plugins/boom-captcha/libs/EnMask/Wp/Init.php on line 240
The Reasons | The Adios Lounge

Home» The Reasons

Clarence White: Easy Ridin’ in ’69

Posted by Lance Davis - December 18, 2008 - Arlo Guthrie, Byrds, Clarence White, Everly Brothers, Flying Burrito Brothers, Gene Parsons, Gib Guilbeau, Johnny Darrell, Kentucky Colonels, Linda Ronstadt, Randy Newman, The Reasons, Wynn Stewart

For Clarence White, 1969 began with the release of his first album as a member of The Byrds, Dr. Byrds & Mr. Hyde, and ended with the release of that album’s follow-up, Ballad Of Easy Rider. In between, the band played over 70 dates throughout the US, many of those gigs featuring multiple sets (early […]

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

“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

“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 […]