The Lost Masters: 1963-1973 features 14 acoustic and electric tracks from guitarist Clarence White, the late country-rock pioneer who was the second longest-serving member of the Byrds. White was also a founding member of bluegrass group the Kentucky Colonels and performed with them in the 1960s and ‘70s.

The Lost Masters: 1963-1973 includes songs recorded both at the beginning and at the peak of White’s career, showcasing his critically acclaimed flat-picking guitar style. Guest players on the sessions include the Byrds’ Roger McGuinn, Gene Parsons, and Skip Battin; the Flying Burrito Brothers’ Byron Berline; multi-instrumentalist Eric Weissberg; and Don and Phil Everly on a rehearsal take of “I’m on My Way Home Again.”

Each of the 14 tracks previously appeared on White Lightnin’, a limited-edition CD released by Sierra Records in 2009.

1. No Title Yet Blues (Rehearsal)
2. Fire On the Mountain (Guitar Instruction)
3. (Now and Then There’s) A Fool Such As I (Rehearsal)
4. New Soldier’s Joy (Live at the Ash Grove)
5. Yesterday’s Train (Rehearsal)
6. Sally Goodin Meets the Byrds (Rehearsal)
7. Casper Creek aka Banjo Dog
8. Alabama Jubilee
9. Ode To Billie Joe (Live at the Nashville West Club)
10. Buckaroo (Live at the Nashville West Club)
11. Nashville West (Live at the Nashville West Club)
12. Byrd Jam aka White’s Lightning
13. Around the Barn (Jam Session)
14. I’m On My Way Home Again (Rehearsal)

The collection opens on eight from the Acoustic selections, with the fervent banjo-picking (a driving force here throughout) of No Title Yet Blues (Rehearsal), the short-but sweet Fire On the Mountain (Guitar Instruction) and then we get the dulcet ache found within (Now and Then There’s) A Fool Such As I (Rehearsal), the upbeat New Soldier’s Joy (Live at the Ash Grove), the quietly impassioned Yesterday’s Train (Rehearsal), and then we get the thigh slapper Sally Goodin Meets the Byrds (Rehearsal), the joyous foot-tapper Casper Creek aka Banjo Dog and the all-out, free flowing Alabama Jubilee.

The back eight are from the Electric selections and open with three live cuts from the Nashville West Club: the blues rocker Ode To Billie Joe, the Beatles-esque Buckaroo and the rambunctious Nashville West, the recording rounding out on the countrified rocker Byrd Jam aka White’s Lightning, the album closing on the harmonized Around the Barn (Jam Session) and a brilliant to hear first take of I’m On My Way Home Again (Rehearsal).

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