There are numerous recordings of Clarence playing “I Am a Pilgrim.” One of the best is from a Los Angeles TV show, Bob Baxter’s Guitar Workshop, recorded just before Clarence’s death in 1973. Check out that clip here for a great look at how Clarence played. Clarence never played “I Am a Pilgrim” the same way twice, so instead of learning one specific Clarence solo for “I Am a Pilgrim,” in this lesson you’ll learn a sort of “compilation” solo with many of the things he would play. So even though he never played a solo exactly like the one here, everything in this solo is something he played at one time on “I Am a Pilgrim.” Part of the problem with transcribing complete solos to Clarence’s “I Am a Pilgrim” is that some of his timing and syncopation is almost impossible to reproduce. While some of the syncopations are fairly straightforward (hitting notes on the ands of the beats you’d usually expect them to fall on and using a lot of three-against-four patterns that cross bar lines), at times he almost seemed to be playing rubato (without a fixed pulse) while his accompaniment was playing steady time behind him. This gives his playing a very free and “vocal” quality, with the sort of rhythmic liberties that singers often take. Scott takes the Clarence White style solo to “I Am a Pilgrim” apart phrase by phrase, explaining Clarence’s timing, and showing you how his melodic variations relate to the basic melody.