Clarence White And The Kentucky Colonels,Feat. Clarence & Roland White, Rounder
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Clarence White And The Kentucky Colonels, Featuring Clarence & Roland White, Rounder Records. Original release 1980. Catalog # 0098. Lacquer cut at Masterdisk. Pressed by Wakefield Manufacturing. Front Cover: Excellent Condition overall, there is a light scuff mark in the upper right hand corner. A crease mark in the lower left corner, and a faint hint of ringwear at the top. The Back Cover is in: Mint condition.The original insert is included. There are no seam splits, no markings, no cut-out marks, no bar code. The Record is in Mint/Like New condition. This is a rare, hard to find, and out of print record. This record is historic in that shows the true beginnings of the White brothers. Bluegrass and Country at it's finest! The ensemble, The Kentucky Colonels features the flat-picking style of the legendary, Clarence White, who would later become a member of The Byrds. Clarence White and founder Roger McGuinn were the longest tenured members of this influential group who would meld Country and Rock music together. Clarence is credited with being a pioneer of this genre in the late 1960's. Together with frequent collaborator, Gene Parsons, he invented the B-Bender, a guitar accessory that allows a player to mechanically bend the B-String up a whole tone to emulate the sound of the steel guitar. Clarence was a child prodigy, playing the guitar at the age of six, playing mandolin, and also a vocalist. He would help popularize the acoustic guitar as a lead instrument in Bluegrass Music. His flat-picking style is credited by many as influential and a dominating force. In The Byrds he would transition to the Fender Telecaster. Considered to be "one of a handful" of true greats among the instrumentalists of the 20th century." After leaving The Byrds, Clarence White was a highly sought after session player and would continue to play his own brand of music. He would gig with his brother, Roland, and tragically in 1973 after playing a concert, Clarence White was killed by a drunken driver.
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