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Guitariste
Country Rock et Bluegrass US né Clarence LeBlanc le 7 Juin 1944 à
Lewiston (Maine). Clarence White est connu surtout pour sa participation au
groupe The Byrds de 1968 à 1973, et pour ses participations au sein des
formations bluegrass Muleskinner et
Kentucky Colonels. Il est
décédé le 15 Juillet 1973 à Pamldale (Californie).
Clarence
White was a gifted guitarist who was one of the pioneers of country-rock in the
late '60s. Although died young, his work with the Byrds and
the Kentucky Colonels, among
others, remained celebrated among country-rock and bluegrass aficionados in the
decades following his death.
Born in Maine but raised in California, White began playing the guitar at an
early age, joining his brothers' band, the Country Boys, when he was just ten
years old. The band eventually evolved into
the Kentucky Colonels.
Clarence left the Colonels in
the mid-'60s, becoming a session musician; he played electric guitar on many
rock and pop albums. He also began playing with the duo of Gib Gilbeau and
Gene Parsons in local California clubs.
Gilbeau and Parsons frequently worked
with the Gosdin Brothers, so the duo was
able to land a cameo appearance for White on the
Gene Clark With the
Gosdin Brothers album. Around the same
time, Clarence recorded a solo album for Bakersfield International which the
label didn't release.
In 1968, White joined Nashville West, which also featured
Gene Parsons, Gib Gilbeau,
Sneaky Pete Kleinow, Glen D.
Hardin, and Wayne Moore. Nashville West recorded an album for Sierra Records,
but the record didn't appear until 1978. White was invited to join the Byrds in
the fall of 1968. Roger McGuinn was rebuilding the Byrds' lineup after the
departure of Chris Hillman and
Gene Parsons, who went on to form
the Flying Burrito Brothers.
Clarence White fit into the revamped Byrds' country-rock direction. He played on
the group's untitled album, which spawned the single "Chestnut Mare." While he
was with the band, he continued to work as a session musician, playing on Randy
Newman's 12 Songs (1970), Joe Cocker's eponymous 1969 album, and
the Everly Brothers' Stories Would Could
Tell (1971), among others.
Once the Byrds disbanded in 1973, Clarence White continued his session work and
joined Muleskinner, which also
featured David Grisman,
Peter Rowan, John Guerin,
Bill Keith, John Kahn, and
Richard Greene.
Muleskinner only released one album,
which appeared later in 1973.
After the Muleskinner record was
finished, White played a few dates with
the Kentucky Colonels and
began working on a solo album. He had only completed four tracks when he was
killed by a drunken driver while he was loading equipment onto a van; he died on
July 15, 1973. Following his death, several posthumous albums of his work with
the Kentucky Colonels and the
Byrds appeared, as did various albums that featured his playing, including
Jackson Browne's Late for the Sky and Gene
Parsons' Kindling.
Talents : Guitar, Vocals
Style musical : Country Rock, Bluegrass, Progressive Country, Folk-Rock, Psychedelic
Years in activity :
| 1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 | 10 | 20 |
DISCOGRAPHY
Singles
| 1967 | SP Bakersfield International BIP-1003 (US) |
Tango For A Sad Mood / Tuff And Stringy |
| 1968 | SP Bakersfield International BIP-108 (US) |
Grandma Funderbunks Music Box / Riff-Raff |
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Albums
| 1964 | LP 12" World Pacific WP-1829 (mono) / ST-1829 (stereo) (US) |
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| 1974 | LP 12" UNITED ARTISTS UAS 29514 (UK) |
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KENTUCKY COLONELS FEATURING ROLAND AND CLARENCE WHITE - Clinch Mountain Back Step / Nine Pound Hammer / Listen To The Mocking Bird / Wild Bill Jones / Billy In The Low Ground / Lee Highway / (That's What You Get) For Lovin' Me / I Am A Pilgram / Prisoner's Song / Sally Goodin / Ballad Of Farmer Brown / Faded Love / John Henry / Flat Fork | ||
| 1976 | LP 12" ROUNDER 0070 (US) |
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THE KENTUCKY COLONELS - 1965-1966 FEATURING ROLAND AND CLARENCE WHITE - New River Train / Blue Moon Of Kentucky / Lee Highway Blues / Don't Let Your Deal Go Down / New Soldier's Joy / Wicked Path Of Sin / Rawhide / Bucking Mule / How Mountain Girls Can Love / Black Mountain Rag / Sunny Side Of The Mountain / Jimmy's Barnyard Shuffle / You Won't Be Satisfied That Way / Clich Mountain Backstep / Let Me Fall | ||
| 1976 | LP 12" ROUNDER 073 (US) |
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THE WHITE BROTHERS - CLARENCE, ERIC, AND ROLAND - LIVE IN SEDEN 1973 - Tell Me Baby Why You Been Gone So Long/ Banjo Boy Chimes / Last Thing On My Mind / Sally Goodin / Take A Whiff On Me / Rawhide / If You're Ever Gonna Love Me / I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome / Alabama Jubilee / You Won't Be Satisfied That Way / Soldier's Joy / I Know What It Means To Be Lonesome / Blackberry Blossom / New River Train |
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| 1980 | LP 12" ROUNDER 98 (US) |
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CLARENCE WHITE & THE KENTUCKY COLONELS - Alabama Jubilee / I Am A Pilgrim / Billy In The Lowground / Bury Me Beneath The Willow / Footprints In The Snow / Wildwood Flower / Farewell Blues / When You're Smiling / Prisoner's Song / Good Woman's Love / Whitewash Chimney / Listen To The Mockingbird / Teardrops In My Eye / Working On A Building | ||
| 1997 | CD BGO BGOCD357 (UK) |
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KENTUCKY COLONELS Featuring Roland & Clarence White With Billy Ray Latham, Roger Bush, Bobby Slone & Leroy Mack - Clinch Mountain Back-Step / Nine Pound Hammer / Listen To The Mocking Bird / Wild Bill Jones / Billy In The Low Ground / Lee Highway / (That's What You Get) For Lovin' Me / I Am A Pilgrim / Prisoner's Song / Sally Goodin / Ballad Of Farmer Brown / Faded Love / John Henry / Flat Fork |
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| 2001 | CD SIERRA1019 (US) |
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33 ACOUSTIC GUITAR INSTRUMENTALS - Wildwood Flower / Master's Bouquet / Burry Me Beneath The Willow / Black Mountain Blues / Billy In The Low Ground / I'm So Happy / He Will Set Your Fields On Fire / Sugarfoot Rag / Nine Pound Hammer / Cripple Creek / Under The Double Eagle / Farewell Blues / I Am A Pilgrim / Country Boy Rock & Roll / Forsaken Love / False Hearted Lover / Black Jack Davy / Banks Of The Ohio / Jimmy Brown The Newsboy / Sally Goodin / Buckin' Mule / Shady Grove / Pike Country Breakdown / Old Joe Clark / Arkansas Traveller / Footprints In The Snow / In The Pines / Journey's End / Pretty Polly / Cotton Eyed Joe / Clinch Mountain Backstep / Randy Lynn Rag / Mandolin Medley | ||
| 2003 | CD TUTLEE TL 1003 (US) |
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TUT AND CLARENCE FLATPICKING - Tut TAYLOR & Clarence WHITE - Picking Peanuts / False Hearted Lover / Happy Dobro / Sweet Georgia Brown / Panhandle Rag / What A Friend / All Smiles Tonight / Dobro Twisted / Playing Around / Lonesome Dobro / Tennessee Dulcimer Works / Sleepy Head / Maggie / Wabash Cannonball / Dobro Country / Little Green Pill / Steel Guitar Blues / Faded Love / Careless Love / Hawaiian Sunset / Happy Pickers / Sweet Picking Time In Toomsboro, GA / Picking Flat / Turn Around | ||
| 04/2003 | CD BIG BEAT CDWIKD-227 (UK) |
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TUFF AND STRINGY SESSIONS 1966-68 - Hong Kong Hillbilly Aka Nashville West (1969) (Clarence WHITE) / Mother-In-Law (1967) (Gary PAXTON) / Make Up Your Mind (1968) (SPENCERS) / Grandma Funderbunk's Music Box (1968) (Clarence WHITE) / Guitar Pickin' Man (previouslyuUnissued) (Wayne MOORE) / Vaccination For The Blues (1968) (SANLAND BROTHERS) / Don't Pity Me (1967) (Darrell COTTON) / Gotta Go See The World (1968) (Leon COPELAND) / Everybody Has One But You (previouslyuUnissued) (KENTUCKY COLONELS) / She's Gone (previously unissued) (GIB & JAN) / Tuff & Stringy (1967) (Clarence WHITE) / I'm Tied Down To You (1967) (Richard ARLEN) / Hey Juliana (1967) (Wayne MOORE) / Last Date (1969) (Clarence WHITE) / I'll Live Today (1972) (Dennis PAYNE) / Not Enough Of Me To Go Round (1968) (Jack REEVES) / Riff-Raff (1968) (Clarence WHITE) / If We Could Read (1967) (Darrell COTTON) / Rocks In My Head (1967) (Wayne MOORE) / Made Of Stone (previously unissued) (KENTUCKY COLONELS) / Buckaroo (previously unissued) (Clarence WHITE) / Adam & Eve (previously unissued) (Clarence WHITE) / Why Can't We Be (alternate version) (1969) (GREAT LOVE TRIP) / Nature's Child (previously unissued) (JAN & CLARENCE) / Tango For A Sad Mood (1967) (Clarence WHITE) / If We Could Read (Backing Track) (previously unissued) (Darrell COTTON) | ||
| 2003 | CD Shikata SRCD-1005 (US) |
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Bush, Lathum And White – Rare Performance - Shucking The Corn / Chug-A-Lug / She's No Angel / Salty Dog / Just Stay Around / Dixie Breakdown / Mocking Banjo / Once More / Green Corn / Rubin's Train / Don't Let Your Deal Go Down / Flop Eared Mule / Black Eyed Suzie / Sally Ann / Cumberland Gap / Shady Grove / Chicken Reel / Little Darlin' Pal Of Mine / The Crawdad Song / Pike County Breakdown / Flop Eared Mule / Arkansas Traveler |
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| 2003 | CD RURAL RHYTHM RHY 1019 (US) |
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33 Acoustic Guitar Instrumentals - Wildwood Flower / Master's Bouquet / Bury Me Beneath The Willow / Black Mountain Rag / Billy In The Low Ground / I'm So Happy / He Will Set Your Fields On Fire / Sugarfoot Rag / Nine Pound Hammer / Cripple Creek / Under The Double Eagle / Farewell Blues / I Am A Pilgrim / Country Boy Rock & Roll / Forsaken Love / False Hearted Lover / Black Jack Davy / Banks Of The Ohio / Jimmy Brown The Newsboy / Sally Goodin / Buckin' Mule / Shady Grove / Pike County Breakdown / Old Joe Clark / Arkansas Traveller / Footprints In The Snow / In The Pines / Journey's End / Pretty Polly / Cotton Eyed Joe / Clinch Mountain Backstep / Randy Lynn Rag / Mandolin Medley |
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| 10/2006 | CD RURAL RHYTHM 1024 (US) |
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FLATPICK - John Henry Blues / Reno Ride / Salt Creek / Kickin' Mule / Big Sandy River / Sheik Of Araby / Black MTN Blues & Soldier's Joy / Durham's Reel / Barefoot Nellie / Weeping Willow / Ragtime Annie / When You're Smiling / Columbus Stockade Blues / Texas Gales & Blackberry Rag / Silver Bells / San Antonio Rose / Listen To The Mocking Bird / Laughing Guitar / Alabama Jubilee | ||
| 2009 | 2 CD DIANE AND ROLAND MUSIC 4629 (US) |
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THE ESSENTIAL CLARENCE WHITE :
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| 2009 | CD SIERRA SXCD 6030 (US) |
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WHITE LIGHTNIN' - No Title Yet Blues / Tuff And Stringy / Tango For A Sad Mood / Buckaroo / Tuff And Stringy / Yesterday's Train / Sally Goodin Meets The Byrds / Oakridge Tennessee / Louisiana Redbone / Birmingham / Freeborn Man / Dear Landlord / Cuckoo Bird / From Eden To Canaan / I'm On My Way Home Again (take 1) / I'm On My Way Home Again (Silver Meteor album) / White's Lightning / Around The Barn | ||
| 2011 | CD SIERRA SXCD 6033 (US) |
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Bush, Lathum & White - Roger Bush, Billy Ray Lathum & Clarence White - Shucking The Corn / Chug-A-Lug / She's No Angel / Salty Dog / Just Stay Around / Dixie Breakdown / Mocking Banjo / Once More / Green Corn / Ruebin's Train / Don't Let Your Deal Go Down / Flop Eared Mule / Black Eyed Suzie / Sally Ann / Cumberland Gap / Shady Grove |
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