Clarence White and the Kentucky Colonels, released on Rounder in 1980 from live recordings made in the 1960s, centers on the flatpicking guitarist who is widely regarded as the most influential acoustic guitar improviser in bluegrass history. White, who would achieve separate fame in the rock context as a member of the Byrds before his death in 1973, is here captured in the setting that first revealed his gifts: the acoustic string band he built with his brothers and bandmates in the early California bluegrass scene. His playing on these recordings is inventive, melodically fearless, and rhythmically assured in ways that still sound modern, and the album is essential for anyone seeking to understand the guitar's expressive possibilities within the bluegrass tradition.
Tracklist
- 1 Alabama Jubilee alt version 2:52
- 2 I Am a Pilgrim alt version
- 3 Billy in the Low Ground alt version 2:43
- 4 Bury Me Beneath the Willow alt version 2:43
- 5 Footprints in the Snow alt version
- 6 Wildwood Flower alt version 4:26
- 7 Farewell Blues alt version 3:10
- 8 When you're smiling
- 9 Prisoner’s Song alt version 2:43
- 10 Good woman's love
- 11 Little White Washed Chimney alt version 2:27
- 12 Listen to the mocking bird
- 13 Teardrops in My Eyes alt version
