Clarence White (born Clarence LeBlanc; June 7, 1944 – July 15, 1973) was a guitar player for Nashville West, The Byrds, Muleskinner, and the Kentucky Colonels. His parents were Acadians from New Brunswick, Canada. The father, Eric LeBlanc, Sr., played fiddle, guitar, banjo and harmonica, and his children, Roland, Eric Jr., Joanne and Clarence, took up music at a young age.
Read more about Clarence White: The Kentucky Colonels, The Byrds, Post-Byrds and Death, Musical Influence
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