Thank you for sharing this.. I am his grandson, and a huge fan of his music. I cant get enough of any recording of him.

I love Clarence White!

Sounds like a lot of fun - getting together with the guys and laying down some tunes. Thank you sir for sharing.

Holy crap this is so good. When it ended, I went right back to the beginning and listened to it again! Thank you for posting!

7:43 Django Esq

Doc Watson said that Clarence White’s flat picking scared him to death. He was interviewed by Pickin’ magazine.

Those are two guitar masters on that recording.

Huge loss to the world of American music.

Song starts at 4:11.

I guess you had to be there.

Are they playing this on flattops?

Roger McGuinn: “After Clarence White joined The Byrds, Hendrix came backstage at the Whiskey A Go Go, walked over to Clarence and told him how brilliant he was. He was a big admirer of Clarence’s guitar work, as we all were.”

iconic

I like the drums on this version. Different from their other versions. Also seems to have more steel guitar and I enjoy that as well. Thanks for sharing!

Great song from Clarence White. So true. Hot summer days seemed to never end. Especially when the dog was scouting for birds during long hikes. Guess you had to be there.

Guitar folks would know what McGuinn is doing to the Rick's sound--using a phaser of some sort? Interesting. The Byrds, to my knowledge, never performed this old Scottish folk song other than here. They should have put it in their sets; it's sweet and mournful. McGuinn's in good voice here, handles the song well. Nice work by Clarence, too.

Wonderful

Who is screeching the high harmony?

Rex and Vern defining the " high lonesome" sound

Prolific rendition. His use of space, melody, sustain are breathtaking. If anyone know what key he plays this in I'd like to know.

Pity this album is not on Tidal or Spotify

Loved living on Northside Drive in Leona Valley and Clarence was my neighbor … so cool to know him and loved it when he showed he his Bbender and collection . Can’t believe that drunk driving lady killed him in Palmdale the next year …

I always liked what this lineup did with this song. Its got a looser, more driving energy from the studio version.

Thanks Ben Bailey. I keep finding the diamonds you drop.

Think how much we would have of Clarence if not for that DRUNK DRIVER! Please don't drive impaired or distracted!

Thank you Buddy Emmons.

My dad used to play this on harmonica as well as guitar; back before the war (WWII)

"Caint" miss Doc's style.

...did Roland forget the melody ?

I no longer have mine. Sneaky Pete Kleinow is also featured on this, recording, along with several other players.

The Water Is Wide (Live) · The Byrds Cowtown Ballroom, Kansas City, MO, USA - Jan. 21, 1973

Clarence White never ceases to amaze me. Just when you think you know what he’s about to do, he does something different. AND flawlessly. True genius.

Queria o disco todo

Bob Warford on b bender!

If I could play this song this beautifully, I'm pretty sure I'd never want to stop. I'd just hire a backing band every Sunday afternoon and say "guys...Wichita Lineman for 320 choruses, then we'll take a bathroom break, and then we'll play some more Wichita Lineman."

Interesting arrangment...at 0:46 it sounds like it shifts into Rhythm changes that I'm having trouble connecting to 'Everybody's Talkin'', except for brief quotations of the song melody at 1:24 I like it, but I feel like there's either an in-joke or some other piece of info I'm missing that would tie it all together conceptually. ... I guess Fred Neil's tune is sort of a Rhythm changes tune if you squint and if you double the length of the B section.

There's just some chords that hit you just right in a song.. 1:26.

Does anyone know who is on guitar on this one?

I seen them do this in Cleveland in 70, or 71. This is the longest lineup of the Byrds.

Wow...that guitar picking is something else! I tried to find a live performance of this but could not. Just amazing....

Good, but you need to put in the vocal about Halley sleeping down in the valley.

Great song and great vocals. Thanks Clarence R.I.P.

Live ir!!!

But a glimpse into how that guitar talked to his fingers

Wonderful! The most underrated song writer on the planet.

Great performance Clarence. Love your Vocals. R,I.P.

FWIW Bob gets his unique, biting, edgy tone using an old Electrharmonix LPB-1 - their first product, the type that plugs into the amp - always left on with a high-gain setting, and plugged into his blackface Vibrolux Reverb (highly modified by Red Rhodes with higher output, 10” JBL’s and a master volume). The amp’s reverb channel is usually cranked, with the master used to set his overall volume level. He’s used the same rig - guitar, amp, lpb-1 (plus a spare) since’68 or ‘69, only using different amps when a fixed backline was provided (like on the Everly Brothers in Australia video.

Clarence White would have been 78 today-that's him singing and playing the Fender Telecaster with the Parson's- White Stringbender,which is now owned and played by Marty Stewart.Song was written by Larry Murray-Nora,who is referred to here,was his grandmother.Buglar was a dog that he owned.We love and miss you,Clarence.We drove from Boulder,Co.to Kansas City in 1969 to see the Byrds play.I'm not a dog guy but i can't hear this song without getting goosebumps.It's right up there with Old Shep,that Elvis did in the '50's-he got it from Red Foley[Pat Boone's father in law]who wrote it and recorded it first in 1935-when i heard Elvis do it in 1956,i cried every time i heard it.Say goodbye,Sugar.

Flat picking at its best! Clarence was amazing!

Saved for riff stealing :) Great stuff!