Clarence White

jeff wall

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Apr 26, 1997, 3:00:00 AM4/26/97

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Howdy friends and neighbors,

here is yer assignment for today.....

I am writing an article about Clarence White and could use some help.

I am searching for......

What projects he played on,
who he played with,
what gear he used,
who has his gear now,
stories about Clarence,
anything and everything.

Any leads at all will be appreciated.

can anyone help?

Please e-mail any responses as I will be on the road for a while and
unable to check in on the news groups.

Thanks
jeff
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Jeff Wall wh...@ezdial.com
Guitar & Mandolin Plunker Part-time philosopher
Defender of the Free World Full time bad speller
Professional Slacker Illiterate Writer

Doug Gladstone

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Apr 27, 1997, 3:00:00 AM4/27/97

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On Sat, 26 Apr 97 17:46:23 GMT, wh...@ezdial.com (jeff wall) wrote:

>Howdy friends and neighbors,
>
>here is yer assignment for today.....
>
>I am writing an article about Clarence White and could use some help.
>

The Flatpick mailing list just had reposted in the last couple weeks
several issues of a newsletter by a guy from Japan which is all about
CW, interviews with people he played with, his history, etc. There is
a flatpick archives somewhere - try searching in Yahoo for flatpick-l.
The CW stuff should be plenty for several articles.

Doug

William Wagman

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Apr 29, 1997, 3:00:00 AM4/29/97

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Tony Rice has his guitar now. Quite a number of years ago he had it fixed
up by the Santa Cruz Guitar Company. Tony did a guitar workshop quite a
number of years ago which I attended during which he told the history of
the guitar. Then he passed it around for everyone to look at. It's the
nicest guitar I ever played.

jeff wall (wh...@ezdial.com) wrote:
: Howdy friends and neighbors,
:
: here is yer assignment for today.....
:
: I am writing an article about Clarence White and could use some help.

:
: I am searching for......

:
: What projects he played on,
: who he played with,
: what gear he used,
: who has his gear now,
: stories about Clarence,
: anything and everything.
:
: Any leads at all will be appreciated.
:
: can anyone help?
:
: Please e-mail any responses as I will be on the road for a while and
: unable to check in on the news groups.
:
: Thanks
: jeff
: ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
: Jeff Wall wh...@ezdial.com
: Guitar & Mandolin Plunker Part-time philosopher
: Defender of the Free World Full time bad speller
: Professional Slacker Illiterate Writer

--
Bill Wagman
Univ. of California at Davis
Information Resources
(916) 754-6208

John Lupton

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May 7, 1997, 3:00:00 AM5/7/97

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In article <5k55d5$p9$2...@mark.ucdavis.edu>, itb...@chip.ucdavis.edu (William
Wagman) wrote:

=>Tony Rice has his guitar now. Quite a number of years ago he had it fixed
=>up by the Santa Cruz Guitar Company. Tony did a guitar workshop quite a
=>number of years ago which I attended during which he told the history of
=>the guitar. Then he passed it around for everyone to look at. It's the
=>nicest guitar I ever played.

I've heard, though, that Tony has gotten a little tired of people asking him,
on- and off-stage, "Is that Clarence White's guitar?", he's been said to
get a tad testy and reply "No, it's Tony Rice's guitar..." Can't say as I
blame him.

I'm coming in late on this thread, apologies if it's already been mentioned,
but this guitar has an enlarged sound hole. The story that gets passed around
is that Clarence, a chain smoker, was in the habit of stubbing out his butts
along the edge of the sound hole, so that eventually the hole had to be
enlarged to repair the damage. Maybe this story is true, maybe not, but it's
become part of the folklore of bluegrass...

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John Lupton, SAS Comm & Network Svcs, University of Pennsylvania
"Rural Free Delivery", WVUD-FM 91.3, Newark, Delaware
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/~jlupton/rfd.html
Brandywine Friends of Old Time Music
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/~jlupton/bfotm.html
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The University of Pennsylvania: a bar with a $31,000 cover charge...

McGuinn

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May 8, 1997, 3:00:00 AM5/8/97

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As I remeber it Clarence always put out his smokes on the floor.

BTW Marty Stuart has Clarence's Telecaster with the "B" bender.

All the best ..... Roger

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MCartsonis

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May 10, 1997, 3:00:00 AM5/10/97

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Hey! Don't forget that Marty Stuart has his Tele with the b-bender...