Clarence White of the Byrds not in the RRHOF

[hotwater]

I don't get on here a lot i do read it most days though, But i just found out that Clarence White didn't make it in the RRHOF either with the byrds. I was kinda appaled for several reasons. 1 being he was with the Byrds from 1968 to 1973. 2. being a very good session musician playing on several hall of famers albums plus on linda's first one which blew me away at the time, well still does,, 3. being along with Gene Parsons the 2 people who developed a very unique sound with there B-Bender on the guitar which was heard on so many country rock songs,, from the byrds ,linda, eagles any way to me it's sad and another snub from those people,,,,, if any of you care too there is a petition to try and right another wrong by them. excuse my typing and hope some of you see to help out ,, thanks

www.gopetition.com/petitions/elect-clarence-white-to-the-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame.html

ps. I found this on the Martin guitar forum in the bluegrass section,,, lol

[erik]

Had Roger McGuinn hired White as a royalty artist, I think White would have been inducted into the Hall of Fame. God knows he should have been there anyway just for the invention of that B-bender that made it possible for him to emulate the sound of a steel guitar on his Fender Telecaster and gave country-rock its own guitar sound. Guys like Bernie Leadon, Bob Warford, and John Beland, all of whom also worked with Linda, will testify to how big a deal White was in this area (IMHO).

[sliderocker]

Dec 22, 2012 23:55:34 GMT -5 hotwater said:

I don't get on here a lot i do read it most days though, But i just found out that Clarence White didn't make it in the RRHOF either with the byrds. I was kinda appaled for several reasons. 1 being he was with the Byrds from 1968 to 1973. 2. being a very good session musician playing on several hall of famers albums plus on linda's first one which blew me away at the time, well still does,, 3. being along with Gene Parsons the 2 people who developed a very unique sound with there B-Bender on the guitar which was heard on so many country rock songs,, from the byrds ,linda, eagles any way to me it's sad and another snub from those people,,,,, if any of you care too there is a petition to try and right another wrong by them. excuse my typing and hope some of you see to help out ,, thanks

www.gopetition.com/petitions/elect-clarence-white-to-the-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame.html

ps. I found this on the Martin guitar forum in the bluegrass section,,, lol

Clarence should be in but when you're talking about the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the lists of individuals and groups who are eligible and who have been ignored by the hall is a long and lengthy one. Signing a petition won't change anything as it's essentially a waste of time. Rhino Records started one for the Monkees. Beach Boys founder Brian Wilson was the first signer and they amassed a fairly large group of signers, but the hall ignored the petition. And there were fans of the Moody Blues who liekwise started a petition. They must've annoyed the hall as the hall contacted the Moody Blues and told them to tell their fans to knock it off with the petitions or the Moody Blues would never be considered. Why they would've contacted the group rather than directly contact the people who started the petitions is a mystery to me, but the petitions stopped.

It's criminal that certain acts are in while others remain on the outside. Particularly galling for me is the fact that acts like the Eagles and Jackson Browne are in while Linda isn't in. With the Eagles, I think it's possible that if the key members of the Eagles hadn't been members of Linda's band, there wouldn't have been an Eagles. As for Browne, Linda was among the first to cover his tunes even though his career was taking off at about the same time. But, her cover helped boost his career.

When it comes to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, all they are interested in from you is your money, whether it's in the form of visiting the hall or being a contributor. Other than that, they don't care about who you want to see inducted into the hall. You see, it's their hall, their rules and what you want counts for nothing!

[Debbie]

It saddens me that Clarence White was not recognized with The Byrds and their induction into the RRHOF! Like was mentioned above. Clarence was in the band longer than David Crosby, yet David was recognized. Both great musicians and so not cool to leave Clarence out!! That had to break his families heart after loosing him at such a young age! Rock on Clarence ~

[erik]

Quote by Debbie:

It saddens me that Clarence White was not recognized with The Byrds and their induction into the RRHOF! Like was mentioned above. Clarence was in the band longer than David Crosby, yet David was recognized. Both great musicians and so not cool to leave Clarence out!! That had to break his families heart after loosing him at such a young age! Rock on Clarence ~

I think there has been an enormous bias in the hall over the decades against musicians who have a background in country-and-western music, as opposed to rhythm and blues. Clarence's background was in Bluegrass, which is about as Country as one can get, having started in the late 1950's with his brothers in The Kentucky Colonels and bringing the flat-picking style of acoustic guitar to the forefront. By 1965, with the advent of folk-rock and with the encouragement of friends like James Burton, Clarence then took up electric guitar, and then began to look for ways to emulate the bend of a pedal steel guitar, which was what led his good friend Gene Parsons to put that device on Clarence's 1954 Fender Telecaster that got that sound to come into existence.

If nothing else, Clarence White has to be in there as a sideman par excellence, and for the fact that he probably has influenced more rock guitarists than almost anyone else who originally came from a country music background.