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" C L A R E N C E W H I T E C H R O N I C L E S "
The Online Newsletter of A Guitar Virtuoso
December 10, 1999 (Number 16)
Copyright by Bluegrass Workshop "North Field" 1999
2-13-7,Kitahirano,Himeji,Hyogo, 670-0893 JAPAN
E-mail : Etsuo Eito
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*** A P O L O G Y ***
Dear subscribers,
One year has passed since we published our last issue in last December,
and we received many inquiries to ask when the next issue was available
from our serious readers during last one year. We have to apologize to
each of our subscribers for the delay because of Editor's family affairs.
So many things happened to us during last one year; my wife's mother
had a liver cancer surgery at the end of last year and had another surgery
again in this past February, and our 19 son (19) married in this May when
we flew to Guam, the US territory in the Pacific Ocean, where we had a
joyful wedding ceremony and party. After returning from the wedding tour,
my wife's mother had a third surgery for her liver cancer. After all, she
passed away on October 5th in peace. And now here's a good news after the
deep sorrow. Our grandson was born on December 4th. ( I did never expect
to be a grandfather at the age of 46 !!!)
Anyway, please understand why we couldn't find a spare time to work for
the new issue during last year. But finally we can present you our new
issue for a season's greeting. Hope you enjoy this issue.
Thank you so much for your great interest and patience.
Special thanks to Sandy Rothman for his continuous encouragement.
Have a joyful happy pickin' holiday season !
Etsuo Eito
(Editor)
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From: "Graham Pearson"
To: "Etsuo Eito"
Subject: Best Wishes from Wales
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 18:09:58 -0000
Dear Etsuo,
I have just recieved my copy of the new Clarence video.
Tremendous. I have even e-mailed John Delgatto to thank
him for making such a thing available to people who never
had the chance of seeing Clarence perform live.
I find it very funny when Bob Baxter asks Clarence any
questions only for Clarence to reply without really repling.
Underneath it all, you can see Clarence's personality and
sense of humour shine.
Do you remember discussing with me about the Noble guitar
Clarence played. You were right. It sounded beautiful on the
video,but then again, that was probably due to Clarence. If only
Bob Baxter could have left Clarence to play by himself, or turn
his mic off.
From your Friend in Wales
Graham .
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From: "mark ellis"
To: colonels@ac.mbn.or.jp
Subject: cw from Australia
Date: Wed, 03 Feb 1999 10:46:21 EST
Dear Etsuo,
just found CW chronicles on the net and had a great time reading them.
I'm a bluegrass picker from Sydney, Australia who loves the acoustic
picking of Clarence. Listening to 'Livin' in the Past' a few years after
starting to pick just did it for me. And the Bluegrass Masters' book on
Clarence White by Russ Barenberg was magical. A funny story..someone
in the chronicles said something about gemini guitar pickers being careful
with guitars and cars..several years ago driving home from a nightclub,
I (b.13/6/62) had a car crash that should have wiped me out at about
the same time that a crazy girlfriend smashed my Martin D28 all over
the house we were sharing. The guitar and car were both written off. The
opinion on the guitar was that only the neck was salvagable, which
ironically was the only thing I didn't like about it. I kept the guitar
in pieces in the case until 6 months later it was wonderfully restored
(at some cost!). I drive carefully now and the Martin is playing
beautifully (with a lower action!).
Keep up the great Clarence work. I'm interested in Japan being so much
into Bluegrass...I'd love to come over and pick in a few bars. If you
have any info on bluegrass sessions over there I'd love to hear about it.
Regards,
Mark Ellis
Sydney.
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[From Sandy Rothman's letter]
Thanks for the forward from Mark Ellis in Australia. Speaking of astrology,
his story is pretty amazing. He sounds like some Gemini guitar players
I know (especially Evan Morgan, who can play so much like Clarence...).
Interesting that he picked up on what I wrote about this earlier.
Sandy
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Date: Thu, 04 Feb 1999 15:18:29 -0600
From: "Steve Wisner"
To: colonels@ac.mbn.or.jp
Subject: Looking For a CD.....
Hello Etsuo,
I hope you and your family are doing fine. We had a pretty rough January
here in terms of weather but I think the worst is now behind us.
I wonder if you or any of your readers can help me with a CD I've been
attempting to track down by Nashville guitarist Ray Flacke. The CD is
Untitled Island and it was released on Intersound Records around 1991
according to the All-Music Guide on the Internet. (They even have a
picture of it and track listing so it was obviously issued.)
Ray of course, played with Ricky Skaggs and Marty Stuart and now is in
Jamie Hartford's band. He is one of my favorite guitar players so I'm quite
frustrated at not being able to locate this release. I'm sure it is out of
print but if you know of anyone you might have a copy please let me know--
I'll pay a good price for a cassette tape.
Hope you can help me out on this one. Someone in Clarence White-land
must know of this release.
Your friend,
Steve
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[From Editor]
Dear Steve, Sorry, but I haven't the CD which you are looking for. I just
only know his name.
Hey, somebody on the net ! If you have it, please help Steve my friend in
Illinois. Thanks a lot for someone's help!
(E.Eito)
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Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 13:19:52 -0600
To: colonels@ac.mbn.or.jp
From: Mark Dixon
Subject: Barenberg CWhite book accompanying tape
Dear Etsuo---
Perhaps you would be interested in this offer as well---or maybe you want
to post this to the CWhite chronicles? I would be glad to extend this
offer to those on that list as well.
Mark Dixon
>Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 11:46:13 -0600
>To: fpickmail
>From: Mark Dixon
>Subject: Barenberg CWhite book accompanying tape
>
>Dear Flatpickers:
>
>At various times, I have noticed considerable "traffic" regarding the Oak
>book by Russ Barenberg on playing in the style of Clarence White.
>
>Several years ago, I sat down and recorded virtually all of the breaks
>that are presented in the book onto a cassette tape. I think that there
>is ONE break that I didn't have the recorded reference to. Also, I seem to
>remember that I recorded them sequentially, as they are presented in the
book.
>
>Our family has recently moved into a different home and as I was unpacking
>my "stuff" I noticed this tape.
>
>It occurred to me that this tape might be a valuable learning tool, in
>conjunction w/ the RBarenberg's Oak book---as far as I am aware, I don't
>think Oak ever offered any accompanying cassette of the printed material.
>In fact, I think that is the reason I started that project myself.
>
>So, I thought I would do my "flatpick-l" good deed of the day and offer to
>copy the tape for anyone FREE OF CHARGE.
>
>Here is the deal, to ANYONE interested, pls send me a blank 90 minute
>cassette and $2-, to cover return postage. I will make a dub of my tape
>and return it to you.
>
>I must warn you, while the vinyl lps are in near perfect condition, on
>some of the recordings you have to "squint" your ears pretty hard, as the
>guitar isn't often mixed as prominently as we guitarists would like.
>
>Pls send your tapes to:
>
>Mark Dixon
>813 6th Avenue South
>Moorhead MN 56560
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[From Editor]
The following story is nothing to do with Clarence White. Nonetheless,
I dared to forward it to this list, because it was Campbell Coe who had
promoted the Kentucky Colonels in Berkeley back in April of 1964. So
I just want to let each of our readers know about him.
Big thanks to Sandy for the interesting guitar story ! He wrote it back
to me when I asked him about the fine old photographs on the
website.
(E.Eito)
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Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 22:26:54 -0700
To: colonels@ac.mbn.or.jp
From: Sandy Rothman
Subject: Campbell Coe's guitar
From the time I first met Campbell, sometime around 1959 or 1960, his
principal axe was always a full-figured old Vega guitar -- a mint condition
electric-acoustic carved-top cutaway from the 1940s with a maple-brown
sunburst finish and triple pickups with all three control knobs mounted in
the tailpiece. It was just like Campbell to play a lesser-known brand of
guitar, and although I don't have the model name or serial number of the
big Vega at this time, it certainly didn't spare any accessory or luxury of
its day and was surely the top of the company's line.
http://www.river.org/~esoft/sandy/sandy1.jpg -- 1965 photo by Campbell
Coe of me and Jody Stecher with Campbell's Vega guitar and Gibson F-4
mandolin).
In years to come I developed a unique history with Campbell's pride and
joy. Traveling to the Bay Area on a visit from Ohio where I was living in
1971, I decided to rent a car at the airport and cruise Telegraph before
heading to my mother's apartment in San Leandro. I knew Campbell wasn't in
town -- his father had passed away and he had gone to Seattle for the
funeral -- but for old times' sake I walked north on Telegraph Avenue from
Dwight Way on the east side, as though headed for Campus Music Shop. As I
approached the Haste corner, where the old Berkeley Inn stood, I saw a
street kid playing a guitar in front of the Inn. There was certainly
nothing at all unusual about this scene, except for one thing: the kid was
playing Campbell's Vega.
This would have been freaky enough on a normal day, but I had just flown in
from Ohio and an hour earlier. To see Campbell's elegant Vega electric, its
original brown case open in front of it, on the streets of Berkeley was "a
bad flash." Instinctively, I immediately dashed up to Campbell's apartment
a block away, where I could see signs of forced entry at the doorway. I
called the Berkeley Police, stressing the rarity of the stolen instrument
in telling my story. They said to have the guitar's owner call them. I
called the number I had for Campbell's brother in Seattle, luckily reached
him and told him the story, and gave him the information on the officer to
contact. Then I went back to where the kid was (hoping he hadn't moved and
he hadn't) and listened awhile. I talked to him about the guitar and asked
if he would sell it. He said he might, and I said I'd come back later. I
talked to the police again -- Campbell had already called them -- and they
set up a sting operation to buy the guitar from the kid. I told them where
it was, described the easily-identifiable guitar, and, amazingly, they
succeeded. I didn't watch it happen, but when I called them again they said
they had the instrument in their custody and would release it to its owner,
who couldn't leave Seattle immediately but would be down in a few days.
I visited Campbell after his reunion with the Vega, which had been taken
from his apartment along with his old Speed Graflex camera and some other
valuable photographic gear. (Some years earlier he had sold his only other
longtime guitar, an original Selmer Maccaferri like the one Django
Reinhardt played -- said to have once been owned by Django's brother Joseph
-- to Bob Wilson, so it was spared from this robbery.) Following this,
Campbell did acquire a second guitar for his everyday use, a fairly
ordinary 1960s Gibson double-cutaway electric which is pictured in a
self-timed Polaroid snapshot he took of us and a couple I took, including
one of him playing "double guitar," the next time I was in the Bay Area a
year later in 1972. Sad to say, there was a second robbery at Campbell's
apartment before he finally relocated back to Seattle in the early 1980s --
I think this may have happened in 1976 -- and the Vega was stolen for good,
along with other items including the Gibson guitar and his venerable old
Ampex 601 tape recorder, with which he'd recorded Clarence and Roland
White, Sonny Osborne, and many other people over the years.
http://www.river.org/~esoft/sandy/sandy2.jpg self-timed photo by Campbell Coe
http://www.river.org/~esoft/sandy/sandy3.jpg photo by Sandy Rothman
http://www.river.org/~esoft/sandy/sandy4.jpg photo by Sandy Rothman
In the nearly 20 years that Campbell has been living back in Seattle, I
don't think he has owned a guitar the entire time. I visited him once, in
July of 1996, and didn't see any sign of an instrument at his house. He
told me that his guitar interest had been rekindled by someone there who'd
loaned him a stack of "Fingerstyle Guitar" magazines. He seemed amazed at
the existence of the publication and prolifery of interest in the kind of
country-jazz guitar stylings which had been his specialty for many years.
It sounded like Campbell had the urge to play again, at the age of 75, and
I was overtaken with a desire to send him a guitar. "Mail a guitar to
Campbell Coe" -- what an idea! Eccentricities notwithstanding, he was
responsible for putting instruments into (and occasionally taking them out
of) the hands of so many of us during the 1960s that it only seemed right
to somehow return the favor.
Recently I found a Vega guitar from the 1940s listed for sale at Bernunzio
Instruments in New York for $1600. They were nice enough to email some
jpegs of the guitar, a big, blond, two-pickup model that wouldn't quite fit
Campbell's understated taste, in my opinion. Of course it would be
fantastic to locate Campbell's old guitar -- I'd try to buy it if at all
possible -- but short of that dream, my idea is to find something
appropriate and affordable and ship it up.
This is where the idea stands now. If anyone receiving this mailing has any
thoughts or would like to participate in any way, please let me know.
Thanks, and special thanks to Earl Crabb for scanning and preserving the
accompanying snapshots.
Sandy Rothman
srothman@flash.net
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Date: Sat, 13 Mar 1999 13:11:11 +0900
From: nn
To: colonels@ac.mbn.or.jp
Subject: Clarence White
Dear Eito-san,
Just a quick note to let you know that there's an interesting story in a
foreign book which I just bought yesterday (although you already might have
known that book).
The title of the book is "LIFE ON THE ROAD - The Incredible Rock 'n Roll
Adventure of Dinky Dawson" (ISBN 0-8230-8344-6) written by Dinky Dawson,
published by Billboard Books.
Dinky Dawson was a former roadie of Fleetwood Mac, then he became a
roadie of the Byrds. He wrote about the days during hehad worked for the
Byrds. He is a British, so he married an American lady who was a Japanese
American named Nancy to keep on working in the United States. This
Japanese American lady was an old aquaintance of Clarence White. He
arranged their marriage.
Thinking of Clarence's tragic accident caused by a Japanese drunk woman
upon his friendly activity to a Japanese American aquaintance, I feel
something so strange coincidence.....
If you could contact Dinky & Nancy who seem to live in the East Coast,
you might be able to get new information about Clarence White from them.
However, their email or snail mail address is not mentioned in that book.
Hopefully some of the CWC subscribers may be able to help you to contact
them.
Keep good work !
Naoki Nishiyama
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Hello Nishiyama-san,
Thanks always for your geat interest! You are the first and the only
Japanese guy who posted to this list. I was always wondering if there's
no Japanese serious fan of Clarence White. Now I know there is one
person at least except me in Japan. Editor
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From: "scott murray"
To: colonels@ac.mbn.or.jp
Subject: Friends of Clarence
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 03:01:44 PST
Hi Etsuo-
I know of three people I've met on the Internet who knew and played with
Clarence out in California. I urge you to contact these people by e-mail,
tell them about yourself and "your destiny" (keeping Clarence's memory
alive) and you will most certainly get a friendly response from all three,
and more stories and memories to add to the CW Chronicles.
Mike Perlowin is a musician best-known for applying Classical music to
the pedal steel guitar. He played bluegrass with Clarence in LA. His e-mail
address is: mperlowin@aol.com
Herb Steiner is also a pedal steel player who has played with many people
from Johnny Bush to Jerry Jeff Walker. He was also a member of Linda
Ronstadt's band, and worked with Clarence on the 'Home Grown/Hand
Sown' album. And he also played bluegrass with Clarence and the Colonels
before that. He mentions Clarence on his homepage which is located at:
http://members.aol.com/herbs10178/index.htm
His e-mail address is: herbs10178@aol.com
Lastly is John Beland, who you may know as a later member of the Flying
Burrito Brothers. His e-mail address is: flyingb@aol.com
Here is a story about Clarence that John posted on the Telecaster
Discussion Page:
Take care Etsuo, and good luck with contacting these Friends of
Clarence. Please let me know how it goes.
Farewell for now,
Scott Murray
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[Note] I asked to John Beland if I could reprint his TDP post in our issue,
and he kindly gave me a permission as you can see in the below.
(Editor)
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From: Flyingb@aol.com
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 02:08:58 EDT
Subject: Re: Permission
To: the CWC
Dear Etsuo,
By all means. Feel free to use whatever you need.
Kindest Regards,
John Beland /
Flying Burrito Brothers
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[John Beland's post]
Clarence White was one of my dear friends. When I was Ronstadt (in '69
thru 72) our band, SWAMPWATER, ran with The Byrds. Gib Guilbeau, our
fiddler & singer, was best friends with Clarence. In fact, Clarence's
brother Eric was our first bass player. Anyway, Clarence was a huge
influence on my playing, and I was always in awe of him. But he was also
one of the funniest guys I had ever met. Practical joker to the max!
Now back then in L.A there were only four of us with BBENDERS at the
time. Clarence, Bob Worford, Bernie Leadon, and myself. We all played in
the same style..When Clarence was double booked or couldn't get back in
town on time, he would have me sub for him.
One day Clarence calls me and asks if I would like to hang with him
while he plays on this guy's session at Sunset Sound. "Sure", I say, and
later that night Im cruisin down the Strip with Clarence (who drove like
a madman)..We get to the studio and all the lights are low..booze and
drugs and groupies are everywhere. And in walks... GRAM PARSONS, flanked
by two tall lean biker chicks. The session was for a solo post-Burritos
project for Gram. Anyway, I sat in the booth quietly and watched as the
session proceeded well into the wee hours. After it was over and the
musicians were packing up..Clarence brings me over to meet Gram..who by
now is compleatly wiped out.
"Gram", says Clarence. "I want you to meet Linda's guitar player John
Beland." Gram gives me a long stare..smiles and throws his arms around
me and says in that unforgettable Georgia drawl..
"Hey John...you picked your goddamned ass off tonight." As he's sqeezing
me I look behind him, and see Clarence with his eyes rolled in the air
chuckling...I just said "Thanks, man"... even though I had'nt played a lick
all night, but was only a spectator in the booth!!!!!
An ironic meeting when you consider that ten years from that night I
would take over leading The Burritos..like I still am today.
As for Clarence, we shared many a story. For a while we were all thick
as thieves, Gib, myself, Gene Parsons & Clarence....what a great time
that was to be in LA. We ruled...and we made plenty of great music. Some
time, if I have'nt bored you guys already, I'll tell you some more stuff
from those days. Thanks for listening..see ya later!
John / FBB
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Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 18:33:03 -0700
From: Dave Smith
To: colonels@ac.mbn.or.jp
Subject: CW Chronicles
Dear Etsuo,
I just want to express my deep appreciation for your being the true
'Keeper of the Flame' for Clarence White. For those like myself, that
never knew him personally, your chronicles add fuel to the inspiration
that CW has left so many of us with...It's great to know what a
wonderful person he was, not to mention the incredible picker...Thank
you (and all the others!) for sharing with us! I would like to
subscribe to the CW Chronicles if I may....
If you ever come up with another list of CW devotees, I would feel
privileged to be on it...Best regards to you and your family...
Name : Dave Smith
E-mail : fromtheforest@earthling.net
Snail mail : 7272 Shelter Cove Rd Shelter Cove CA 95589
Occupation : Commercial fisherman, Yun zhi nutraceautical mushroom
teas
Hobbies : music, music, fishing, music, fungus fishing, music
PC machine : Gateway
Born : July 9th, 1956 - California
Instrumentals that you have : 84 Martin D-28 , 96 Collings D2H, all
keys of Lee Oskar Blues Harps
When did you begin to play ? : Age 16
When & how did you first hear Clarence White's music ? : 1968 from
the Byrds, 'Sweethearts of the Rodeo', and later got more interested
after a neighbor of mine showed me an album cover he designed for Gene
Parsons' 'Kindling' album...I listened to it over and over...hen I
started getting ever ything I could get my hands on. His phrasing and
touch were 'untouchable'!
I think I'll go play my new Collings D2H...I'm feeling inspired! Thanks
for the great newsletter
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Frrom: TandGEwing@aol.com
Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 21:58:40 EDT
Subject: Hello & Thanks
To: colonels@ac.mbn.or.jp
Hello, Etsuo!
Thank you very much for your personal message and the latest edition of CWC.
I've been a fan of Clarence White since I first heard his magical guitar
music coming from the Elektra album "New Dimensions In Banjo and Bluegrass"
in 1964. His playing was certainly the new dimension in bluegrass. For me,
a guitar player, he "stole the show" completely. It was at that point that I
realized that I would never be that good a guitar player! But, at the same
time, it was inspirational.
Well, I've gotta get back to work. I'm editing a collection of writings
about Bill Monroe, _The Bill Monroe Reader_, which will be published next
year by the University of Illinois Press. It's a full-time job, which I'm
sure you'll understand with your publishing experience, but also a labor of
love, right? So I'm a little obsessed with it! I hope to have some spare
time soon to visit your homepage. It's wonderful to know that it's all there.
Thanks again and again, Etsuo.
Holler if you need me.
Tom Ewing
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[From Editor]
Hi Tom, I look forward to reading your book "The Bill Monroe Reader",
and I always enjoy your column "Thirty Years Ago This Month" in
Bluegrass Unlimited magazine. Regarding Bill Monroe, you wrote a very
interesting article about Bill Monroe & the Blue Grass Boys' West Coast
tour back in 1967. They appeared at the Ash Grove in Los Angeles, where
Roland and Clarence White were there among the audience.
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From: "Dan"
To:
Subject: Hi Etsuo
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 15:51:35 +0100
Hi Etsuo
how are you? i have not heard anything from you for a long time i was
wondering if your website was still up and are the clarence white chronicles
still going ? it would be great if you could convert some of your rare
clarence recording into MP3 format to share, how would you feel about this?
my band has a website now, if you can play mp3's maybe you would like to
hear our songs << http://ds.dial.pipex.com/town/way/ydw78>>
i play some stringbender on "silver lined" :)
I hope you and your family are well
Best Wishes
Dan Little
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Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 07:07:37 -0700
To: Etsuo Eito
From: Sierra Records
Subject: Re: CWC Information
Dear Etsuo:
In reference to Dan Little's request for MP3 recordings of Clarence. The
whole matter of MP3 recordings on the internet is a hot topic. The issues
of rights (in this case Clarence's) has yet to be fully resolved. It was
one thing trading tapes (poor quality audio cassettes) among collectors and
musicians. Putting material on the internet via MP3 without the regard of
the actual artist living or dead is another matter.
As a company that holds certain rights to many recordings including that of
Clarence White, this matter needs to be addressed and how best to serve the
artists and the company in light of the various written agreements between
both parties. I am sure the lawyers are going or have already jumped in to
muddy the waters on the issue.
At this very moment, nothing can be done until who owns what and who will
get paid for such use is clarified.
In regards to any recordings of Clarence, there is also the issue of who
does have the original recordings of many of these live tapes. Why put a
recording on the internet via MP3 if is a third or more generation removed
from the original? Who owns the original? Is Clarence's estate being
conpensated? Or is this just a free market of exchange?
But, all these questions and more should be explored before anything can be
done.
Respectfully,
John Delgatto
Sierra Records, Books & Home Video
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Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1999 21:06:25 -0700
From: InfiNet Customer
To: colonels@ac.mbn.or.jp
Subject: clarence white guitar
I own the roy noble guitar that clarence used with the byrds and other ects
"muleskinner for one" I got this guitar from susie befor she was killed.
I am now iterested in selling this guitar. If you know someone who would be
into buying this kind of history, contact at hhopkins@xxxx.xxxi.net
i love your cronicles.
thanks
harry hopkins
(Note: Susie was Clarence's wife. Editor)
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[From Editor]
Hey! This must be an incredible news! Clarence's Roy Noble guitar has
been missing for a long time. Never expected to receive such an email so
suddenly from the owner of that guitar. John Delgatto told me he was looking
for Mr. Harry Hopkins to get it back to Michelle who should possess it as a
right heiress. It is one of the reason why I made Hopkins' email address
hidden. Please understand our situation.
(E.Eito)
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From: "Michelle W. Bledsoe"
To:
Date: Sun, 2 May 1999 13:57:47
Dear Mr. Eito--
My apologies for not keeping in touch. There was a while where I just lost
interest in the computer, then my husband bought me one. So, that's just
no longer the case! he he.
I hope everything is good with you and yours. Everything here is good for
now. I cannot complain.
>From now on... I think you have my e-address as
Well if you do that is correct and I have my very own mailbox so feel free
anytime to send me a message. I read all of the newsletters, of course, and
have the others stored on my husbands computer. I am going to print them
as soon as we get the printer running again.
Again, I hope everything is good with you and hope to hear from you soon*
Keep up the good work-
Sincerely,
Michelle W. Bledsoe
(Note: Michelle is Clarence White's daughter, now lives in Nashville,
TN.)
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