QuestionMark Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 RIP Roy Clark. A great guitarist. A great 5 string banjoist. And, a person who had a great sense of humor and comedy timing. QM aka Jazzman Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobouz Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 For an incredibly worthwhile experience, listen to: "Roy Clark & Joe Pass play Hank Williams" This was apparently the last album Joe Pass made, consisting of instrumentals that are more jazz than anything else - beautiful stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blindboygrunt Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 New name to me from his recent obituaries His version of Folsom prison is the best thing I’ve watched in a while Will cheer anyone up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle fester Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 New name to me from his recent obituaries His version of Folsom prison is the best thing I’ve watched in a while Will cheer anyone up A little different tone to his version, I appreciated it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidblast Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 lots of admiration for Roy here. he was a SERIOUS player, but he never took himself seriously. he was always a hoot to watch, you never knew what he was gonna do to get a laugh, but that guy could play anything with strings. Guitar, Banjo, Fiddle, didn't matter just give it to him, and get out of the way. RIP Roy, One of the GREATS of our time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvi Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 great player who helped make country music greater than it was... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhanners623 Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 Monster player and a hell of a talent. Incredible speed in both hands, and he played with great taste. He may have been gifted, but all of us here know he got where he was through practice, practice, practice. The lasting impression I have of him is that he always looked joyful when he played. He looked like he was having the time of his life. "Hee Haw" was on CBS from 1969-71, my early high school years and a time when I was trying mightily to be "cool." The corn-pone humor on "Hee Haw" certainly wasn't my idea of "cool," but we lived in a rural area and mom and dad watched it religiously and since we only had one TV, that's what I had to watch. But I really came to appreciate Roy and Buck and the rest of the show's music. Mom and Dad and "Hee Haw" are now long gone, but I'm glad we watched the show together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
62burst Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 The clip that BBG offered up from the Hee Haw broadcast is how I remember him- like Benny Hill, but with massive guitar talent. The internal clock/timing he had was amazing. . . as seen in that same clip where he's talking and mugging for the camera, never missing a beat. A one-of-a-kind. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissouriPicker Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 I know most of us have seen this before. Two absolutely "off the charts" talents and I always got a kick out of how much fun Roy had when he was performing. RIP for two real legends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrairieSchooner Posted November 18, 2018 Share Posted November 18, 2018 I first saw Roy Clark playing live on the back of a flatbed semi truck in Hill City, Kansas sometime pre-1970. My girlfriend's (later my wife) family were big country music fans. I was not. Seeing him play absolutely blew me away. I began to take country music a lot more seriously after that. Thanks Roy, and RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponty Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 The clip that BBG offered up from the Hee Haw broadcast is how I remember him- like Benny Hill, but with massive guitar talent. The internal clock/timing he had was amazing. . . as seen in that same clip where he's talking and mugging for the camera, never missing a beat. A one-of-a-kind. RIP. I have only in the last month discovered Roy Clarke! I couldnt believe how much like Benny Hill he was. Highly talented in all ways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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