Clarence White

Clarence White (June 7, 1944 - July 14, 1973) was a guitar player for The Byrds and the Kentucky Colonels. His work with brother Roland White in the Kentucky Colonels helped to establish the acoustic guitar as a strong melodic soloing device in bluegrass music. Famous not only for his excellent guitar playing but for co-inventing, along with former Byrd Gram Parsons, the b-bender device. This device raises the b (second) string of the guitar a whole step by the use of pulleys and levers attached to the upper strap knob and the second string on the guitar. It is activated by pushing down on the neck which produces a "pedal steel " type sound.

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June 7 - 1944 - July 14 - 1973 - Guitar - The Byrds - Kentucky Colonels - Roland White - Bluegrass music

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