In case there was any doubt the late Roy Clark (Of "Hee Haw" fame) could play the guitar;

[A HERETIC I AM]

Watch this here;

[Clash City Rocker]

1. Buck Owens, Roy Clark and Grandpa Jones were all outstanding musicians

Unfortunately, they became known more for Hee Haw than for anything else.

[LuvNewcastle]

2. Years ago, when I was working in the theater of

a casino in Biloxi, Miss., I saw Roy Clark and his band play. I think he was about 80 at the time. We all didn't think much of him being there at first. We just thought he was that goofy guy from Hee-Haw. The band was there for a few nights and the employees seemed to get as much out of the show as the customers. The entire band was impressive and Clark held his own with all of them. I never thought of him as goofy again after that.

[True Blue American]

4. Visited Roy's Theater in Branson

He had the 15 year old open. That kid was great.

Then Roy began,” I made a small fortune,” in a mournful voice. Half the audience started laughing. That big grin, “ You are getting ahead of me!”

[LuvNewcastle]

16. lol!

Yeah, he did that one! Everybody loved it. O Brother Where Art Thou came out around that time and they did Man of Constant Sorrow. They did a wonderful job with that one and it was really popular. I saw a lot of acts at that theater while I worked there and Roy Clark and his band were definitely one of the best and most talented.

[hatrack]

3. And he's doing it on a 12-string .. .

Which is freaking hard to play from the get-go.

[whistler162]

5. Roy Clark on the Odd Couple

Same thing only a few years earlier

[JustGene]

6. Also

Banjo, fiddle, Dobro, and others.
damn good musician.

[2naSalit]

7. He was a master picker...

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Have loved his playing since before Hee Haw. Another from that era was Jerry Reed.

[True Blue American]

18. Jerry Reed, " All this exercise and we are still going to die!":)

[Warpy]

8. Saw him live at a fiddler's convention down south

in the 60s, didn't have money for a ticket to the main stage, so I sort of wandered around listening to the pickers playing with each other and wandered into hearing some amazing music, probably better than what was happening on the stage. His style was flashy, others had a more spare style and it was all wonderful.

He was a great musician who parlayed his on stage patter into a career as a comedian for farm folks. He was good at both.

[Soxfan58]

9. Never in my mind

And I hate country music. I would watch Hee Haw just to see him play.

[packman]

10. My favorite -

[lark]

11. Wow, big props to Clark. I never knew he was such a talented guitarist.

He definitely has mad skills.

[Paladin]

12. Leo Kottke could clean his clock. (nt)

[2naSalit]

24. A competition I would have liked to see!

But Roy was the forerunner for Kottke.

[Solly Mack]

13. Clark was a guitar virtuoso.

I honestly thought anyone who knew anything about him at all knew that.

Clark played multiple intruments and he played them well.

[True Blue American]

19. Clark was fired

By Jimmy Dean! They used to laugh about it.

Watched Jimmy on Gaithersburg Gospel last night. He was in a wheelchair. Must have been not too long before he died. Big Bad John!

[Solly Mack]

21. I recall reading about that. For being late, right?

Roy Clark strummed to his own tune.

[True Blue American]

22. Often!

[2naSalit]

25. I'm surprised so few knew.

[Solly Mack]

27. No biggie. Not everyone pays attention to a musician.

I've met people who didn't know Prince was such a stellar player. Really.

They didn't like his sound so they didn't pay attention.

Probably the same with Clark.

My husband plays both acoustic and bass, so...

[2naSalit]

30. True that.

I guess I was exposed to him long before Hee Haw and liked him. I didn't really care for country or western music until I was a little older.

[Layzeebeaver]

14. Whilst this a very stylised arrangement...

It is no where near the original score by the composer - Ernesto Luciano. And while this particular score is one of his most popular, he composed a wide variety of lovely compositions.

It was originally composed for the piano.

I know this because I learned this piece and performed it many many times.

Sadly arthritis takes its’ toll and I’m unable to execute the very swift fingering required.

Regardless Roy Clark was a true talent. Sadly missed.

[pecosbob]

15. This was always one of my favorite clips

[Buckeye_Democrat]

17. Yes, very talented guitarist.

I just remembered that I bought one of his albums years ago, and I was mostly a "progressive rock" fan in those days. (Lost several of those albums years ago.)

Edit: And I grew up HATING Hee-Haw. I wasn't taught to hate it, but the cultural stuff and the supposed jokes made me cringe. (Preteen years, so obviously cultural differences take hold at a very young age.)

[True Blue American]

20. Buckeye?

And you never watched Midwestern Hayride????

[Buckeye_Democrat]

23. Nope.

I'd mostly see Hee-Haw on TV while visiting grandparents over a weekend. Then I'd leave the room to do something else.

I watched and liked SNL when I was a little kid, though! (Lots of other kids in my neighborhood knew nothing about it because they always had to go to bed early, even on weekends.)

[True Blue American]

26. Midwestern Hayride was Cincinatti!

Maybefore your time. Back in the 3 stations time.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

29. Yeah, I looked it up.

The show ended in 1972 when I was 4 years old. Maybe I saw it and just don't recall?

Watched a lot of something called "Clubhouse 22" (from Dayton) around that period, before it seemed "too childish" after awhile.

https://www.daytonlocal.com/blog/entertainment/malcolm-macleod-clubhouse-22.asp

Saw SNL from the beginning, just a few years later.

[True Blue American]

31. Do you remember Uncle Orrie?

BHA means Better Home Appliances.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

34. No, but my older brothers do.

I'm the youngest by far among my siblings, a "pill baby" when my parents were in their 40's.

My oldest brother was on Uncle Orrie's show, terrified when he was briefly interviewed. (That's all I've heard about it!)

BHA appliances is well-remembered by me, with Toby coming along later.

I don't remember them, but the athletic Carter family -- Butch, George and "Cris" (HoF receiver from the NFL) -- were friends with my older brothers. The Carters would mostly come over to play basketball. They moved away before I got to know them, I guess.

My oldest brother said that I was always very strong as a baby, but he was amazed by Cris Carter. Cris was a fat and very round baby who looked like he couldn't be athletic at all, but he could toss a basketball through a hoop when he didn't look much bigger than the ball! It blew my brother's mind, and he's shared that story many times.

[True Blue American]

35. My oldest Son had to round up 5 of his friends

To sing BHA on Uncle Orrie. He was mean. One boy touched the piano. Uncle went into a tirade against him.

We bought a BHA organ. That is why the invitation.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

36. Maybe that's what spooked my brother!

My family was watching "A Christmas Story" together years ago, and during the part when Ralphie was frozen on Santa's lap, my brother said, "That's me on The Uncle Orrie Show!"

Santa and the elves were bullies in that scene, if you've ever seen it.

[True Blue American]

33. All the Dayton stations were

Pretty much one man shows then.

[Archae]

28. Funny thing...

When I was a kid in the 70's, I'd watch "Hee Haw," loved the jokes and hated the music.

Now?

I hate the jokes and love the music!

[True Blue American]

32. Sounds about right!

Classic Country, not the screeching we hear today.

BTW, Randy Travis was on that Gaither Special last night.

[Kali]

37. LOL

WAY back in the day, my beginner guitar lesson books were Roy Clark

[Ahpook]

38. Yes he is a monster musician

I am almost certain there is a clip of Roy Clark and Eddie Van Halen playing on stage together. I can't seem to find it!

I could listen to Eddie Van Halen noodle on a guitar for hours! Love that dude