The New Sound of Bluegrass America is a 1963 album released by the Kentucky Colonels on Briar Records (LP-P C 109). The recording lineup features Clarence White (guitar, vocals), Billy Ray Latham (banjo), Roger Bush (bass), and Leroy Mack McNees (dobro); Roland White was serving in the U.S. Army and does not appear. Recorded when Clarence was still a teenager, the set demonstrates the precocious flatpicking voice he was developing—rooted in Appalachian tradition but reaching toward a more expansive melodic vocabulary—establishing the Colonels as one of Southern California's premier bluegrass acts and previewing the technical mastery Clarence would bring to The Byrds and beyond.
Tracklist
- 1 Three Finger Blues 2:18
- 2 I'll Be Coming Home Tomorrow 2:08
- 3 If You're Ever Gonna Love Me 2:15
- 4 Banjo Picking Fever 2:18
- 5 I Might Take You Back Again alt version 2:12
- 6 Memphis Special 2:02
- 7 Cabin in the Sky 1:54
- 8 Leroy's Ramble 2:26
- 9 Howdy Hoss 2:01
- 10 Won't You Call Me Darling 1:55
- 11 Rainbow Shining Somewhere 1:52
- 12 420 Special 2:28
- 13 Just Joshing 1:49
- 14 To Prove My Love for You 1:53
