British guitarist analyses Clarence White live in 1973! 

I got to take a mandolin workshop in St. Louis, in the early 2000's, with the mandolinist in this video, Clarence's brother Roland. He is a super nice guy and a great player. Clarence was one of the greats, who left us too soon.

Clarence White’s in a league of his own. There hasn’t been another master quite like him! Many may not have heard of him if you were not a fan of the genre, but all the guitar players across the music industry knew his amazing abilities! Fil, I’m so grateful that you are exposing Clarence to an entire new generation of music lovers and contemporary musicians! Another brilliant analysis video! Keep up the superb work... 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🥇

My favorite period of the Byrds was when Clarence was a member. Their live stuff during that period is phenomenon.

Dang, every musician their is at the top of their game.

I had the privilege of seeing Clarence at The Boston Tea Party 1969 with The Byrds. That lineup included Gene Parsons on drums, Skip Batton on bass and Roger McGuinn with his Rick 12. Second on the bill were The Flying Burrito Brothers with Graham Parsons. To me, there were two obvious Big Stars that night. 1) Sneaky Pete Kleinow on pedal steel with The Burritos and 2) Clarence White on what at first glance looked like a nice Tele. None of us had even heard of a B-bender but since I was seated right in front of him, it slowly dawned on me what he was doing with the strap and strap button; that the strap button was actually attached to an internal lever that was acting like a knee lever on a pedal steel. Both Pete and Clarence were amazing that night. Pete was using fuzz tones , wah wahs and knee levers making his pedal double-necked Sho-bud steel sound like Hendrix at The Grand Old Oprey, and million other things. He was unhinged. But Clarence was truly mesmerizing because he just stood motionless the whole set, looking so cool and stone faced while working that B bender with his left arm and playing the most amazing things. No one sounded like that guy. He really was a one off.

This video of Clarence is from my Sierra Home Video release, "Clarence White-Guitar Workshop" which is available on Sierra DVD. Before I released the original video on VHS in the early 90s, I played, up until then, this never before video for Jerry Garcia at the Grateful Dead's rehearsal hall in San Rafael CA. Jerry was an old friend of Clarence's, having traveled with him and the Kentucky Colonels back east in the summer of 1964. Jerry was like a "kid in a candy store" and it blew him away! Jerry told me if I needed any help to get this video out, count him in! --John Delgatto, Sierra Records

Okay. Totally mesmerized watching those right hands. Speed and precision. Wow!

I've herd of Clarence White when he was with the Byrds, did not know much about his early career. thanks for an excellent informative analysis Fil. great footage here .

So I listened to this guy and never realized that he was making the music that was so great. Thanks Fil for spotlighting and showcasing these great musicians. See you at the next one. Rock.

Wow that really gets my hillbilly blood going..........”can’t fake being great” I’ll have to remember that one, thanks Fil

This was such a suitable, comprehensive way to remember the wonderful Clarence White...thank you so much. Since deep down, I'm really shallow, I'll mention that he was VERY good looking!

Wow. Another style of music or video that I never would have listened to or watched. Yet Fil makes it eminently interesting by discussing the technical aspects of it and how the musicians created the sounds they did. Great technical discussion on this one--really enjoy these insights. Good work 👍

I'll take Clarence over any blues picker or metal shredder every day of the week. What an incredible player, yet so understated and modest.

Thanks for the post ! I think Marty Stewart now owns the B-bender tele . I WONDER at the amount of work they did as sessions players. A discography of him and Glen Campbell must be staggering

very talented for sure, great glimpse into a fantastic musician, thank you Fil, Jeff in LA USA

I love your reviews, as well as your cheery personality. The key aspect of Clarence is playing which you only touched on briefly at the end but never said specifically, was that his sense of syncopation was eons ahead of any other player at the time, and has still never been equaled by a guitar player in almost any genre of music. One can find cleaner flat pickers, but no one who has equaled his mastery of time.

Clarence White was a great flat picker ! When I was first introduced to Clarence it was during his Telecaster B bender days with the Byrds and I was blown away by his guitar skills !!! My next B bender experience was Bernie Leaden with the Eagles ! Thank you Fil !!!

Very humble player... Some consider him to be the greatest guitar player ever... Can’t laugh at anyone who makes that argument.

My absolute favorite guitarist. His Telecaster “B” Bender playing is just as mind boggling. Thank you for the post.

At one time Jimi Hendrix called Clarence White his favorite guitarist.

Great work here, Fil. Read about Clarence since the '70s but that was mostly The Byrds, The B Bender and sadly his death, Acoustic skill i never knew.

Look at those fingers just flying on the fretboard! This is wonderful.

Mighty fine picking..feel good music..thanks Fil

One of my favorite players ever. Your observations are always spot on and point out the techniques so well. It actually makes me appreciate and enjoy their playing even more.

Thanks Fil. Did I hear u say 'mandorin' player? Well, that's ok, as you a wise guru. I have a number of albums with Clarence & Roland playing. The Kentucky Colonels were something. Roland is still kicking it. He recently released a record called Roland White and Friends. Some good pickin. On a fun note, back in the day, a physcodelic country band was a rock band that a pedal player sitting in. Thanks again Sir. Keep Smiling.

Thank you some much. Clarence's daughter Michelle White text me the link to watch. Thank you also for the vid you did on my husband, Tony Rice.

Yes I totally agree such a tragic avoidable loss of life. I was fortunate enough to come of age in the 70's and early 80's we had the richfield coliseum where many a rock legend shook the steel girders. I saw John Denver perform there in April of 1978 he had a Kentucky Bluegrass band that warmed up for him he also played a few numbers with them before he did his set. It was amazing to watch them play. I swore the fiddlers were going catch fire! I saw many different bands of several different genre's there before they tore it down.

Another great video and analysis! One thing I love about this video that you hit on is that the camera showed the incredible picking and fretting. Amazing flat picking runs and how about that fiddle?!

Always learn something on your videos. I ventured off to another YT video to learn that even as an American I never pronounced Appalachia the same as an Appalachian XD

Thanks for doing a video on Clarence White. I suggested this to you way back. Thanks !! B

Thanks Fil!.....Love to listen to Bluegrass but do not know many of the artists in the genre! What a talented artist Clarence was God Rest his soul....✌❤🤘

He also plays on the first two really breakout "Country Rock" songs - both released in early '67. The Byrd's - Time Between and Gene Clark's - Tried So Hard.

the flatpicking knocked me out in absence of a thumb pick. you really nailed it, Fil.. Question: those who give a thumbs down: do they do this as a response to the music or the commentary? To my mind the commentary is always impeccable. Rock!!

I was lucky ,managed to see Clarene play with the Byrds in 1971 .He was a very very special musician.

Thanks for recognising Clarence Fil!

Really cool Fil! Clarence is an outstanding player! His left and right hand coordination is totally incredible! Absolutely flawless! Great Fil! Cheers Mario! 😀🤘🤘

Such a prolific innovator. Master of the B bender. Thanks Fil.

Clarence was awesome! He was playing at whiskey a gogo and a guy came back stage and said your my favorite technician on the guitar. Clarence replied graciously and said whats your name and he said Jimi, Jimi Hendrix. See mike Bloomfield song east west

Great stuff Fil!

Look at those fingers fly! It was great to really be able to see all the action. Great video, great critique. Well done Fil.

Love bluegrass! Love acoustic playing! Thanx Fil!! Awesome💝💝💝💝

A. great, great guitatrist who changed my playing style.and my life.

Clarence is pickin' & we all know Fil is grinnin' 😆 Great video & as always good info... Thank-you Fil ! 😎🤘 " Rock " Request: I'll give you the night off mate... I've been pushing the requests pretty hard as of late 😉 Sorry Fil.... I can't help myself ! 🙄 Joe Bonamassa & Beth Hart '- I'll Take Care Of You - Lyrics ( With Beth's voice & Joe's guitar work you can't go wrong ! ) I've been going through all of her old stuff with Joe and this is one of their best.... Thank-you 😆

The string section analyses, and it was great Fil. 👍👍

Man I learned a lot on that one, you are the best on YT by far professor. R i p to one of the best. Thanks again for always making it so interesting. Peace Boogie Woogie. PS Workin for MCA

What a great band doing awesome Blue-Grass. Some of my favorite artists,Dan Fogelberg,Ther Dixie Chicks,Poco,and Alison Krauss&Union Station do this same type of great music! In any case,this video is superb,and so is your analysis,Fil! I will drive you crazy until you do an analysis of my favorite singer/songwriter/musician,Dan Fogelberg. The live 1991 DVD has some great material,but not his best material! Still,"Intimidation", "Road Beneath My Wheels",etc would be fun to watch with analysis! Do whatever moves you,Fil,and keep up your great job!! Sincerely,BobbyK

At one time White owned what is considered the Holy Grail of flat top guitars.A 1935 D-28 Martin guitar.In the mid '70's, Tony Rice was able to acquire it.Lot of history on this.Tony still plays it today.He was a big admirer of White.I can't think of anyone but Tony to hold onto White's beloved D-28! Thanks Fil !

Now THIS is what I call a jam session! Amazing! So sad how his life ended but what a run he had in his short 29 years.

Excellent information, great video as always! Thanks, Fil!

You’ve created a trend here Fil. I really get a lot of good info from your analyses. Thanks for all you do!

If I’m not mistaken, the Martin D-28 Clarence is playing in this video is the same one later played by Charles Sawtelle of the bluegrass band Hot Rize. Charles passed in 1999 of leukemia, his friend and bandmate Nick Forster inherited the D-28, which is now on long-term loan to Ben Eldridge of the Punch Brothers. What a wonderful thing when through the years an exceptional instrument continues to be used by musicians who revere the music of the previous players. Nothing has made me feel so sad as to see Bill Monroe’s Gibson Lloyd Loar F-5 mandolin inside a glass case in a museum after having watched him play it with such soul and force for all those years.

you should check out the carl perkins medley with Eric clapton and george harrison.

Thanks for this one. Very interesting!

What a great guitar player. McGuinn, The Byrds, were fortunate to have him. Clarence was also awesome in playing Parsons string bender.....thanks Fil

Bless you Fil. I needed to hear this. He was one of the greatest.

I absolutely love his. Patterns... Thanks teach Great job

Clarence was a tremendous talent. He accomplished so much in only 29 years. Glad to see you cover him. (That's me playing his Tele in my profile picture.)

Did you ever hear the recordings from Clarence's unfinished solo album? He was working on it around the time of his death and it's got some great electric and acoustic picking on it.

Damn...killin it!Great vid Fil.

Clarence White took what Doc Watson was doing and put in bluegrass,he's the reason we have Tony Rice,Bryan Sutton,Molly Tuttle ,Billy Strings,And a bunch of other killer FlatPicker's.another guy you might want to look at is Norman Blake another guy who toke what Doc Watson was doing and made his own style from it.he's less rapid fire more rhythmic you could dance to it.ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-UEkVkJax2Co.html

W of P, best thing on RU-vid,,thanks for the great videos.

Been a CW fan for decades. His work with The Kentucky Colonels was stellar. Then, with The Byrds. Untitled really showcases his thing, both acoustic and electric.

The b bender on you ain't going nowhere is just beautiful.. Sweet heart was a. Amazing album

So happy u like all these different genres as do I 😊💝!!

Hey Fil, I hadn't seen you cover Clarence until just now. Apologies I hadn't put you back on this account. RU-vid has lost my account twice so this is a new account. I was formerly known as James Ratliff and put some comments on your other videos. Clarence was married to my mom's first cousin Susie. I've found some really good videos of Clarence recently playing both Bluegrass with Mule Skinner and and some other players and here in this video a guitar workshop with Bob Baxter and of course The Kentucky Colonels. Thanks for featuring this. Very cool.

I'm not a bluegrass musician but I respect their ability and determination to be so accurate, fast and spot on! I sent it to my bluegrass friend who's learning violin and fiddle playing. Rock Fil as always.

Great pickin’ session! Love your analysis, Fil❣️

Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs, Foggy Mountain Breakdown Bonnie & Clyde, '67.

Wonderful analysis of one of my heroes.

Wow Fil is the only thing I can say about this performance I've never seen somebody pick acoustic guitar so quickly I enjoyed that one keep up the good work Fil

Some fine bluegrass. Rock! :-)

"The banjo" here is played by Alan Munde. Fiddle is Byron Berline (Rolling Stones alum). Both masters. Please listen to their early 1970's Country Gazette albums with Clarence. 'Single-string style' banjo picking (Don Reno-style) was an attempt to imitate guitar flatpicking, which in itself was trying to copy 3-finger (Scruggs-style) banjo playing... Clarence was killed by a drunk driver who drove into their truck as he was loading it after a gig. Try guitar master David Grier too. My favorite Clarence guitar solo is CG's Huckleberry Hornpipe. Enjoy! There are also nice videos of Clarence and Doc Watson, and Clarence and Earl Scruggs. Welcome to bluegrass.

Soldier's Joy is the epitome of Bluegrass 'pickin'. Many of the great bluegrass groups played the tune, featuring various featured instrumentalists. Few indeed featured multiple guitar solos. Usually considered a fiddle tune, featuring the guitar wasn't the usual norm. All the guys in this video are top B G musicians. The tempo of this great performance is truly astounding.

DEAR FRIEND, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR VERY NICE VIDEO. CLARENCE IS A KING AND MASTER ON GUITAR AND HIS GOD'S MUSIK TO BRINGING US STILL BEAUTIFULL JOY. SINCELERY GREETING FROM CZECH REPUBLIC 🇨🇿

I once was lucky enough to see Clarence Live with the Byrds.

I wish you would do a video of Clarance White on the b-bender

*Hi , Fil :) Oh.. What A Terrific Performance Alive ; The "Fusion " Of The Instruments Were Magnificent And Of Course Clarence White Was Amazing Too !!!! °Thanks & ROCK !!!! X3

Great show... . I was thinking as I was watching have you ever analized Jimmy Arnold... I knew Jimmy well.... There are some videos of Jimmy out there now that I sent James Stiltner and he posted them along with others... Jimmy was friends and played with Keith Whitley, Ricky Skaggs, and Tony Rice among others... Jimmy had straightened his life out the last 3 years of his life... That was when I got to know him as He was playing and became best buddies with my dad H.O. "Sleepy" Jenkins Jr.... Somewhat sad story but what could have been... Love your show... :)

If the guitar looks familiar it’s been owned and played by Tony Rice since 1975. A 1935 Martin D-28. The Rices and the Whites were good friends.

It's great to see people discovering Clarence White all these years later, a tragic loss, I'll never forget hearing the bad news from my uncle when I was 12 years old, uncle Billy played banjo with the Kentucky Colonels, they were amazing with Clearances brother Roland on mandolin

Please react to tommy emmanuel with frank vignola and vinny raniolo. It will blow you away!! The video is called - "hot club" style medley- i believe

You probably already know this but the second verse of in my hour of darkness by Gram Parsons is about Clarence. It's the last song on his last album which is kinda spooky. He says he had music in him that very few possessed. So true.

That was awesome! 😎

Awesome buddy

Wow Fil you put that across so well, so much was new to me but you delivered.

Many thanks, what a talent, he played on The Byrds Sweetheart of the Rodeo album in '68 , along with Gram Parsons, not sure if Clarence came here with them, they played The Royal Albert Hall and were due to go to South Africa, Gram called Keith Richards asked what it was like there, Keith said " like Mississippi only twice as bad" , Gram refused to go, said he had seen enough segregation to last a lifetime , Gram and Phil Kaufman attended Clarence's funeral, two months later Gram died at the Joshua Tree National Park, having gone there to celebrate completing Grevious Angel, his second album with Emmylou Harris, two lives gone in two months

When the long haired hippies invaded Nashville. Talk about rocking the boat. Good times indeed.

The Byrds were never better than when Clarence was with them. Everybody remembers them as the original five guys but their country rock period with Skip Battin, Gene Parsons, and Clarence made for one of the best live bands of their day.

How about a review of Clarence with The Byrds doing Tulsa County with the B Bender.

Phil, I don't know if you've analysed Gatemouth Brown but he was a Grammy winner playing fiddle and a lot of people don't even know he played fiddle and harmonica as well. I saw him maybe 6 times and he just played guitar. He did a great album with Roy Clark in 1978 called Makin' Music. You can find the whole album on You Tube. Great Album!

So awesome😎🎶that’s my dad

I saw Clarence with the Byrds and he was just in a class all of his own.

I bought a B-Bender from Gruhn Guitars about 20 years ago - Guess I don't have the skillset to make good use of it! It was a 1981 Red Fender Telecaster that had a Bigsby and B-Bender.....It was a cool guitar.

Great as always. Thinking some Mick Taylor may be appropriate.

Amazing Picking there .He is using a plecter I mean the one that opens the Tune.You said it of course You know being a Great Guitar player and singer yourself..He can not use a fingerpicker to do this .You are so Right and your analyses are always Interesting and right .Iv said it befoe ,the way you see and hear the songs just shows how deep your understanding for this is .I watch al your Videos but dont aleays have time to write something ,but keep up the Good work both in your own Singing and Playing and those Videos .I just Love them ..!

Top marks on your review indeed.

I can't believe you have Clarence white on here

Sorry that I was late. Thank you FOR SHARING!

Move these guys back to 1850 (time machine) i say it would be a fit, maybe slow it down a bit. This style of music part of the American heritage. Thanks Fil.

I believe Clarence's Martin guitar is owned by Tony Rice and it has been in many a scrape in its life. His Telecaster is owned by Marty Stuart. Here is Clarence with the Byrds and his Telecaster just after Hillman quit the band. Clarence had played on various Byrds studio albums before joining. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Q21BF38W3Gs.html 50 years on here is Marty Stuart with the guitar and McGuinn & Hillman of the Byrds doing this same song- you really a get a feel for the steel guitar sound it can create: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-aM5imteluDI.html From the same concert Hillman gives a plug for Clarence ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-O68OGbehQFs.html One of the real monsters of bluegrass was Benny Martin. He was exceptional- on fiddle and guitar. He had a very hard life and should be better known. Here he is on fiddle- there may be guitar clips. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-KdaxYYxyROY.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-sriJFdMkcfo.html