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What music did Clarence White influence?
Many of the most influential flatpickers of the 20th century cite Clarence White as a primary influence, including Dan Crary, Norman Blake, and Tony Rice.
Which musicians did Clarence White help out?
Clarence White helped popularize the acoustic guitar as a lead instrument in bluegrass music, building on the work of guitarists such as Doc Watson.
What can you tell me about Clarence White's musical influence?
Music archivist and writer Alec Palao has called Clarence White one of a handful of true greats amongst the instrumentalists of 20th century popular music.
Who else was influenced by Clarence White besides Dan Crary, Norman Blake, and Tony Rice?
Marty Stuart, another guitarist influenced by Clarence White's playing, now owns and regularly plays White's 1954 Fender Telecaster with the prototype B-Bender.
Was it the influence of Clarence White's instrument that made him so renowned?
On the electric side of the guitar spectrum, Clarence White was similarly influential. Together with fellow Byrds bandmember Gene Parsons, White invented the B-Bender device.
How does Clarence White's B-Bender guitar device work?
The B-bender raises the B-string of the guitar a whole step with pulleys and levers attached to the upper strap knob and the second string on the guitar.
what type of sound did the B-bender produce?
The B-Bender is activated by pushing down on the neck, and produces a pedal steel type sound
Did the B-Bender's pedal steel type sound become more successful?
The distinctive sound of the StringBender would become a defining characteristic of that band's music during Clarence White's tenure with the Byrds.
Who else did Clarence White influence besides Dan Crary, Norman Blake, Tony Rice, and Marty Stuart?
Arlen Roth, heavily influenced by this style, did not at the time know that Clarence White and Parsons had invented a B-bender, so instead attempted to make his own.

Question: How did the critics take this new instrument sound?
Self-contained rewrite: How did the critics take Clarence White's new style of music?