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Clarence White with the Gene Parsons b-bender Telecaster

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Another stroll down the country road. From a play list largely suggested by my sister, here's 50 minutes of music from the good old boys. Featured twice this week is the peerless playing of Clarence White. First, barely out of his teens playing with the Kentucky Colonels and then with the Byrds, three years before he lost his life.

1. In the Pines, The Louvin Brothers, Tragic Songs of Life, 1956, Capitol
2. Listen To The Mocking Bird, Kentucky Colonels, Appalachian Swing!, 1964, World Pacific
3. The Race is On, George Jones, The Race is On, 1965, United Artist
4. Long Black Veil, The Band, Music From Big Pink, 1968, Capitol
5. No Longer A Sweetheart Of Mine, Dillard and Clark, The Fantastic Expedition Of Dillard and Clark, 1969, A&M
6. Galveston, Glen Campbell, 7", 1969, Capitol
7. Mama Tried, Merle Haggard, Okie From Muskogee, 1969, Capitol
8. Yesterday's Train, The Byrds, Untitled, 1970, Columbia
9. Tennessee Stud, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Will The Circle Be Unbroken, 1972,
10. United Artists
11. Pancho and Lefty, Townes Van Zandt, The Late Great Townes Van Zandt, 1972,
12. Tomato
13. Boulder to Birmingham, Emmylou Harris, Pieces of the Sky, 1975, Reprise
14. Me and Paul, Willie Nelson, Me and Paul, 1985, S and P
15. Carrie Brown, Del McCoury and Steve Earle, The Mountain, 1999, E-Squared
16. I Am Weary, Let Me Rest, The Cox Family, O Brother, Where Art Thou? (OST), 2000, Mercury
17. Van Lear Rose, Loretta Lynn, Van Lear Rose, 2004, Interscope
18. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, The Band, The Band, 1969, Capitol