Clarence White

Clarence Joseph LeBlanc, *07-06-1944 Lewiston, ME, +14-07-1973
by Praguefrank
SESSIONS  see also Kentucky Colonels, Nashville West, Mulskinner
1962 Los Angeles, CA – Clarence White (Clarence White [gt], Roger Bush [gt])
001 WILDWOOD FLOWER Sierra 1019 4629
002 MASTER'S BOUQUET Sierra 1019
003 BURRY ME BENEATH THE WILLOW Sierra 1019  4629
004 BLACK MOUNTAIN BLUES Sierra 1019  4629
005 BILLY IN THE LOW GROUND Sierra 1019  4629
006 I'M SO HAPPY Sierra 1019
007 HE WILL SET YOUR FIELDS ON FIRE Sierra 1019
008 SUGARFOOT RAG Sierra 1019
009 NINE POUND HAMMER Sierra 1019  4629
010 CRIPPLE CREEK Sierra 1019
011 UNDER THE DOUBLE EAGLE Sierra 1019  4629
012 FAREWELL BLUES Sierra 1019  4629
013 I AM A PILGRIM Sierra 1019
014 COUNTRY BOY ROCK AND ROLL Sierra 1019
015 FORSAKEN LOVE Sierra 1019
016 FALSE HEARTED LOVER Sierra 1019
017 BLACK JACK DAVY Sierra 1019
018 BANKS OF THE OHIO Sierra 1019  4629
019 JIMMY BROWN THE NEWSBOY Sierra 1019
020 SALLY GOODIN Sierra 1019  4629
021 BUCKIN' MULE Sierra 1019
022 SHADY GROVE Sierra 1019 4629
023 PIKE COUNTRY BREAKDOWN Sierra 1019
024 OLD JOE CLARK Sierra 1019
025 ARKANSAS TRAVELLER Sierra 1019
026 FOOTPRINTS IN THE SNOW Sierra 1019  4629
027 IN THE PINES Sierra 1019  4629
028 JOURNEY'S END Sierra 1019
029 PRETTY POLLY Sierra 1019  4629
030 COTTON EYED JOE Sierra 1019
031 CLINCH MOUNTAIN BACKSTEP Sierra 1019
032 RANDY LYNN RAG Sierra 1019
033 MANDOLIN MEDLEY Sierra 1019
March 1963 [rehearsal] unknown – Clarence White
03301 NO TITLE YET BLUES 5035
03302 FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN  5035
February 1964 [rehearsal] World pacific Studio, Los Angeles, CA – Clarence White
03303 (NOW AND THEN THERE’S) A FOOL SUCH AS I 5035
14 April 1964 [live] Ash Grove, Los Angeles, CA – Clarence White
03304 NEW SOLDIER’S BOY  5035
Ca April 1964 Los Angeles, CA – Clarence and Roland White (Clarence J. White [gt], Roland White [gt], Sandy Rothman [mandolin])
034 JOHN HENRY BLUES RHY 1024 SZCD 6026   
035 RENO RIDE RHY 1024 SZCD 6026   
036 SALT CREEK RHY 1024 SZCD 6026
037 KICKIN' MULE RHY 1024 SZCD 6026   
038 BIG SANDY RIVER RHY 1024 SZCD 6026  
039 SHEIK OF ARABY RHY 1024 SZCD 6026  
040 BLACK MTN BLUES / SOLDIER'S JOY RHY 1024 SZCD 6026   
041 DURHAM'S REEL RHY 1024 SZCD 6026  
042 BAREFOOT NELLIE RHY 1024 SZCD 6026   
043 WEEPING WILLOW RHY 1024 SZCD 6026   
044 RAGTIME ANNIE RHY 1024 SZCD 6026  
045 WHEN YOU'RE SMILING RHY 1024 SZCD 6026   
046 COLUMBUS STOCKADE BLUES RHY 1024 SZCD 6026   
047 TEXAS GALES AND BLACKBERRY RAG RHY 1024 SZCD 6026   
048 SILVER BELLS RHY 1024 SZCD 6026   
049 SAN ANTONIO ROSE RHY 1024 SZCD 6026  
050 LISTEN TO THE MOCKING BIRD RHY 1024 SZCD 6026
051 LAUGHING GUITAR RHY 1024 SZCD 6026   
Summer 1964 poss. Los Angeles, CA – Bush – Lathum – White (Clarence White [ld gt], Billy Ray Lathum [banjo], Roger Bush [bass/ gt/ banjo], Bobby Slone)
052 SHUCKING THE CORN SRCD 1005
053 CHUG-A-LUG SRCD 1005  
054 SHE'S NO ANGEL SRCD 1005  
055 SALTY DOG SRCD 1005
056 JUST STAY AROUND SRCD 1005  
057 DIXIE BREAKDOWN SRCD 1005  
058 MOCKING BANJO SRCD 1005  
059 ONCE MORE SRCD 1005  
060 GREEN CORN SRCD 1005  
061 RUBIN'S TRAIN SRCD 1005
062 DON'T LET YOUR DEAL GO DOWN SRCD 1005  
063 FLOP EARED MULE SRCD 1005   4629
064 BLACK EYED SUZIE SRCD 1005  
065 SALLY ANN SRCD 1005  
066 CUMBERLAND GAP SRCD 1005  
067 SHADY GROVE SRCD 1005   
1965 [private recordings] Los Angeles, CA – Tut Taylor and Clarence White
06701 SWEET PICKIN' TIME IN TOOMSBORO, GA Tutlee TL-1003?
06702 GROUNDHOG
06703 HAPPY DOBRO Tutlee TL-1003
06704 ALL SMILES TONIGHT Tutlee TL-1003
06705 PLAYING AROUND Tutlee TL-1003
06706 untitled instrumental
06707 DOBRO COUNTRY Tutlee TL-1003
06708 HAPPY DOBRO
06709 SWEET GEORGIA BROWN Tutlee TL-1003
06710 WHAT A FRIEND Tutlee TL-1003
06711 I'LL BE ALL SMILES TONIGHT
06712 DOBRO TWIST Tutlee TL-1003
06713 PLAYING AROUND
06714 DON'T LET YOUR SWEET LOVE DIE – instr-
06715 SLEEPY HEAD Tutlee TL-1003
06716 TRAVELIN' DOWN THIS LONESOME ROAD (ABORTED)
06717 MAGGIE Tutlee TL-1003
06718 PANHANDLE RAG Tutlee TL-1003
06719 FALSE-HEARTED LOVER Tutlee TL-1003
06720 LONESOME DOBRO Tutlee TL-1003
06721 WESTGATE
06722 TENNESSEE DOBRO WORKS (2)
06723 PICKING PEANUTS (1) Tutlee TL-1003?
06724 PICKING PEANUTS (2) Tutlee TL-1003?
06725 WABASH CANNONBALL Tutlee TL-1003
06726 FADED LOVE (with phone interruption)
06727 FADED LOVE Tutlee TL-1003
06728 LITTLE GREEN PILL Tutlee TL-1003
06729 STEEL GUITAR BLUES Tutlee TL-1003
06730 CARELESS LOVE Tutlee TL-1003
06731 HAWAIIAN SUNSET Tutlee TL-1003
06732 HAPPY PICKERS Tutlee TL-1003
06733 SWEET PICKIN' TIME IN TOOMSBORO, GA Tutlee TL-1003?
06734 PICKING FLAT Tutlee TL-1003
06735 GROUNDHOG (1)
06736 GROUNDHOG (2)
06737 TURN AROUND Tutlee TL-1003
1967 unknown, CA – Clarence White
068 TUFF AND STRINGY BIP 1003/ CDWIKD-227
069 TANGO FOR A SAD MOOD BIP 1003 / CDWIKD-227
July 1967 [live] Nashville West Club, ?, - Clarence White
06901 ODE TO BILLIE JOE 5035
November 1967 [live] Nashville West Club, ?, - Clarence White
06902 BUCKAROO 5035
1967 or 1968 unknown, CA – Clarence White
070 BUCKAROO CDWIKD-227
071 ADAM AND EVE CDWIKD-227
January 1968 [live] Nashville West Club, ?, - Clarence White
07101 NASHVILLE WEST 5035
1968 unknown, CA – Clarence White
072 GRANDMA FUNDERBUNK'S MUSIC BOX BIP 108/ CDWIKD-227
073 RIFF-RAFF BIP 108/ CDWIKD-227
BIG BEAT CDWIKD-227 TUFF AND STRINGY SESSIONS 1966-68 – 1969 (UK, 2003)
1969 unknown, CA – Clarence White
074 LAST DATE CDWIKD-227
March 1969 [jam session] unknown- Clarence White
07401 AROUND THE BARN  5035
June 1970 poss. Los Angeles, CA – Clarence White
075 KICKIN' MULE SZCD 6026  
076 SHEIK OF ARABY SZCD 6026  
077 SOLDIER'S JOY / BLACK MOUNTAIN BLUES (RAG) SZCD 6026  
078 WAY DOWNTOWN SZCD 6026  
079 CRAWDAD SONG SZCD 6026  
080 NEW RIVER TRAIN SZCD 6026  
081 JULIUS FINKBINE'S RAG SZCD 6026  
082 BILLY IN THE LOWGROUND SZCD 6026  
083 FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN SZCD 6026
January 1971 [rehearsal] Wally Heider Studio, Hollywood, CA – Clarence White
08301 SALLY GOODIN MEETS THE BYRDS 5035
Spring 1973 [live] Ash Grove, Los Angeles, CA – Clarence White
08302 MOONLIGHT WALTZ SZCD 6026  
08303 OLD JOE CLARK SZCD 6026  
March 1973 [demo session] unknown – Clarence White
08304 LOST HIGHWAY SZCD 6026   
29 June 1973 Wall Heider Studios, Hillywood, CA - Clarence White (Clarence White [gt], Herb Pedersen [gt], Alan Munde [banjo], Roland White [mandolin], Roger Bush [bass], Leland Sjlar [el bass], Ed Green [drums], Byron Berline [fiddle]. Producer: Jim Dickson)
084 ALABAMA JUBILEE RHY 1024  5035



ALBUMS
Sierra 1019 33 Acoustic Guitar Instrumentals: Wildwood Flower; Master's Bouquet; Burry Me Beneath The Willow; Black Mountain Blues; Billy In The Low Ground; I'm So Happy; He Will Set Your Fields On Fire; Sugarfoot Rag; Nine Pound Hammer; Cripple Creek; Under The Double Eagle; Farewell Blues; I Am A Pilgrim; Country Boy Rock and Roll; Forsaken Love; False Hearted Lover; Black Jack Davy; Banks Of The Ohio; Jimmy Brown The Newsboy; Sally Goodin; Buckin' Mule; Shady Grove; Pike Country Breakdown; Old Joe Clark; Arkansas Traveller; Footprints In The Snow; In The Pines; Journey's End; Pretty Polly; Cotton Eyed Joe; Clinch Mountain Backstep; Randy Lynn Rag; Mandolin Medley – 01 (reissued in 2003 on Rural Rhythm RHY 1019)
Tutlee TL 1003 Tut And Clarence Flatpicking: Picking Peanuts; False Hearted Lover; Happy Dobro; Sweet Georgia Brown; Panhandle Rag; What A Friend; All Smiles Tonight; Dobro Twisted; Playing Around; Lonesome Dobro; Tennessee Dulcimer Works; Sleepy Head; Maggie; Wabash Cannonball; Dobro Country; Little Green Pill; Steel Guitar Blues; Faded Love; Careless Love; Hawaiian Sunset; Happy Pickers; Sweet Picking Time In Toomsboro, GA; Picking Flat; Turn Around – 03 w. Tut Taylor
Shikata SRCD-1005 Rare Performance: Shucking The Corn; Chug-A-Lug; She's No Angel; Salty Dog; Just Stay Around; Dixie Breakdown; Mocking Banjo; Once More; Green Corn; Rubin's Train; Don't Let Your Deal Go Down; Flop Eared Mule; Black Eyed Suzie; Sally Ann; Cumberland Gap; Shady Grove; [Kentucky Colonels, live:] Chicken Reel; Little Darlin' Pal Of Mine; The Crawdad Song; Pike County Breakdown; Flop Eared Mule; Arkansas Traveler – 03 Bush, Lathum And White
Rural Rhythm RHY 1024 Flatpick: John Henry Blues; Reno Ride; Salt Creek; Kickin' Mule; Big Sandy River; Sheik Of Araby; Black MTN Blues and Soldier's Joy; Durham's Reel; Barefoot Nellie; Weeping Willow; Ragtime Annie; When You're Smiling; Columbus Stockade Blues; Texas Gales and Blackberry Rag; Silver Bells; San Antonio Rose; Listen To The Mocking Bird; Laughing Guitar; Alabama Jubilee 1973 - 06
Diane And Roland Music 4629 The Essential Clarence White :  Shady Grove; Sally Goodin; Flop-Eared Mule; Banks Of The Ohio; Wildwood Flower; Billy In The Lowground; Black Mt. Rag; Pretty Polly; Under The Double Eagle; Footprints In The Snow; Bury Me Beneath The Willow; Nine Pound Hammer; Farewell Blues; In The Pines; [instructional (with Missy Raines [bass]):  Shady Grove; Shady Grove; Sally Goodin; Sally Goodin; Flop-Eared Mule; Flop-Eared Mule; Banks Of The Ohio; Banks Of The Ohio; Wildwood Flower; Wildwood Flower; Billy In The Lowground; Billy In The Lowground; Black Mt. Rag; Black Mt. Rag; Pretty Polly; Pretty Polly; Under The Double Eagle; Under The Double Eagle; Footprints In The Snow; Footprints In The Snow; Bury Me Beneath The Willow; Bury Me Beneath The Willow; Nine Pound Hammer; Nine Pound Hammer; Farewell Blues; Farewell Blues; In The Pines  - 09 (double, with book)
Sierra SXCD 6033 Bush, Lathum and White: Shucking The Corn; Chug-A-Lug; She's No Angel; Salty Dog; Just Stay Around; Dixie Breakdown; Mocking Banjo; Once More; Green Corn; Ruebin's Train; Don't Let Your Deal Go Down; Flop Eared Mule; Black Eyed Suzie; Sally Ann; Cumberland Gap; Shady Grove – 11 Roger Bush, Billy Ray Lathum and Clarence White (all track from SRCD 1005)
Sierra SZCD 6026 Flatpick: [RHY 1024:] John Henry Blues; Reno Ride; Salt Creek; Kickin' Mule; Big Sandy River; Sheik Of Araby; Black MTN Blues and Soldier's Joy; Durham's Reel; Barefoot Nellie; Weeping Willow; Ragtime Annie; When You're Smiling; Columbus Stockade Blues; Texas Gales and Blackberry Rag; Silver Bells; San Antonio Rose; Listen To The Mocking Bird; Laughing Guitar; Alabama Jubilee 1973; [June 1970 Stereo Session:] Kickin' Mule; Sheik Of Araby; Soldier's Joy / Black Mountain Blues (Rag); Way Downtown; Crawdad Song; New River Train; Julius Finkbine's Rag; Billy In The Lowground; Fire On The Mountain; [1964 Guitar Instruction Tape:] Sally Goodin'; Black Mountain Blues (Rag); Farewell Blues; [Spring 1973 Live - Ash Grove:] Moonlight Waltz; Old Joe Clark; [Demo Recording Session - March 1973:]Lost Highway – 13 (double)
Liberation Hall 5035 The Lost Masters 1963-1973: No Title Yet Blues (Rehearsal); Fire On the Mountain (Guitar Instruction); (Now and Then There's) A Fool Such As I (Rehearsal); New Soldier's Joy (Live at the Ash Grove); Yesterday's Train (Rehearsal); Sally Goodin Meets the Byrds (Rehearsal); Casper Creek aka Banjo Dog; Alabama Jubilee; Ode To Billie Joe (Live at the Nashville West Club); Buckaroo (Live at the Nashville West Club); Nashville West (Live at the Nashville West Club); Byrd Jam aka White's Lightning; Around the Barn (Jam Session); I'm On My Way Home Again (Rehearsal)  – 22-09-23

SINGLES
Bakersfield International    
BIP 1003 Tango For A Sad Mood / Tuff And Stringy - 67
BIP 108 Grandma Funderbunks Music Box / Riff-Raff - 68