 
Mastering
Bluegrass Guitar
by Russ Barenberg
6-CD Set
One of America's finest flatpickers unravels the secrets
of great picking technique. He includes Clarence White
rhythm variations, Texas swing progressions, bluegrass breakdowns,
fancy fiddle tunes, intricate solos and other advanced guitar
techniques. Includes tab.
#HL 641526. $69.95 (US).
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Clarence White
An extraordinary country flatpicker, Clarence White inspired the
emerging country-rock scene in the late 1960s. Influenced by Bill
Monroe and Doc Watson, White began his career playing bluegrass
and country with his brother Roland in their bands the Country
Boys and the Kentucky Colonels, before moving into session work
in the mid ‘60s.
In 1966 he signed with Bakersfield International Records, where
he and friend Gene Parsons formed Nashville West, and along the
way, invented the Parsons/White String Bender, an amazing device
attached to a guitar strap that allows guitarists to get a pedal-steel
string bend from a Fender Telecaster .
Also influenced by British rock bands of that time, White found
his talents in demand with the hitmaking folk-rock band the Byrds
at the same time their personnel lineup was falling apart. He
participated in the Byrds’ direction change into country
music during Gram Parsons’ brief tenure with the band, and
played on the groundbreaking album Sweetheart of the Rodeo
in 1968 before joining the band full-time along with Gene Parsons
(no relation).
White made five albums with the Byrds, all heavily country-influenced,
until the band broke up in 1973. Following the breakup, he hooked
up with his brother again along with other country-rock artists
of the time for touring and recording. Tragically, at the very
peak of the country-rock scene he had helped create, Clarence
White was killed by a drunk driver while loading his car after
a gig in California in July, 1973.
Find Clarence White’s music at www.sierra-records.com.
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