CFMD28 (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)

I have to say this, it's amazing that I too have learned some tasty licks from watching this video. It makes you feel good to know that even after being gone for 35 years, Clarence is still teaching people like us to really "play" the guitar. Indeed he was "THE MAN." Thanks Clarence White. Your elegance and style are still very much alive.

hutchflash (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)

ive learned tons of licks from this one video...cw was the man...

CFMD28 (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)

Your Grandfather is the idol of a lot of pickers, including me.

FascistStatement (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)

What a fantastic jam, and they all seemed to be enjoying it. To know this must have been one of the last recordings the one Mr. White recorded adds meaningfulness to an already astounding session of music.

gtrpicker49 (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)

Watch how Clarence picks in this video, and you can easily see the pick doesn't come CLOSE to doing any damage. This guitar would have shown the same sort damage Tony's guitar does it a pick had done this.Well, again, the guitar in the video is not Tony's old Martin, anyway.

gtrpicker49 (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)

It's VERY inlikely the soundhole was shredded from a pick. 99.99% of soundhole wear is from fingernails...NOT picks.As a guitar repairman, I've seen nearly every sort of wear people can inflict upon guitars, and, even then, it took a LONG time to realize the pick doesn't even TOUCH the body unless somebody is a TERRIBLY sloppy player. Clarence wasn't. Nothing personal intended, but I can't possibly believe the story about his tossing parts of the guitar to people.

panamintjoe (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)

I've heard that Clarence would sometimes use a metal pick, even a 50 cent piece on occasion, and the soundhole edge then became shredded. Also, friends who saw him play in L.A. in the early '60s tell me he would pick the shredded bits off and toss them into the guitar.

irunalotinky (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)

cant tell you how much this video means to me.. not only is clarence white my grandfather, but im also learning to play! :) thanks so much!!

elmar9 (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)

The banjo picker is Alan Munde. I think at the time of the video, Alan had only been playing for about 5 years. He later went on to play with the Country Gazette...and taught banjo for many years at Levelland College in Texas.

easguitar (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)

Bob Baxter was a fine acoustic guitarist and teacher who wrote a popular column in Guitar Player magazine named "Easy Guitar" in the 1970's before retiring from music reportedly to join a perfomance/therapeutic acting group.