Roy Clark

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While I totally respect the skills and pedigree, the goofy faces and all-around efforts took look as uncool as possible do not do it for me. I heard an interview with him on Bill Anderson show on XM one day. Very interesting cat. Not a guitar hero of mine, though... JMHO

"Lightning fingers" is right - Amazing!

And what really gets me is that he makes it look easy.

the goofy faces and all-around efforts took look as uncool as possible do not do it for me.

That's the epitome of being cool. Just being who you are. That's who Roy is. His "efforts" are effortless.:cool:

That's the epitome of being cool. Just being who you are. That's who Roy is. His "efforts" are effortless.:cool:

If you say so... If being a goofy looking overweight dude is cool, then he's right on the money... Seriously, the guy's got mad skills, I just like my guitar slingers a little edgier... JMHO

If you say so... If being a goofy looking overweight dude is cool, then he's right on the money... Seriously, the guy's got mad skills, I just like my guitar slingers a little edgier... JMHO

:lol: You young fellers.

Don't concentrate on the finger, or you will miss all that heavenly glory.

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Roy has been a fav of mine for many years since I watched him on Hee Haw as a kid. Buck, Roy, and the Hee Haw girls were a young boys dream.

If being a goofy looking overweight dude is cool, then he's right on the money...

So, there's hope for me, yet???

Great video!

Here's the thing, those were different times, it was a combination of talent, comedy, and musical performance.
If you're trying to relate that video to current times, or thought, you're missing the point.

This video made me realize that the Fender Jazzmaster body style is my absolute favorite.

Thanks for posting that. I loves me some Roy. I haven't seen that clip. Roy is an amazing player and an great entertainer on top of it! Love his sense of humor. Now I'm thirsty for some lemonade.

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If you say so... If being a goofy looking overweight dude is cool, then he's right on the money... Seriously, the guy's got mad skills, I just like my guitar slingers a little edgier... JMHO

So, you don't dig Redd?

American heritage cheesball at it's finest! I love it! He was even finger tapping in the second video.

Fezz, What year is the first video from?

If you say so... If being a goofy looking overweight dude is cool, then he's right on the money... Seriously, the guy's got mad skills, I just like my guitar slingers a little edgier... JMHO

You just described half the Men in the U.S.

I remember him from hee haw and never thought much of him as a player... Untill I saw him play malagueña on the tonight show. His depth of skill and musical talent was amazing.

American heritage cheesball at it's finest! I love it! He was even finger tapping in the second video.

Fezz, What year is the first video from?

I would guess '58...

I remember in the 60s watching a TV show devoted solely to his playing. It was in black and white, and seemed to be done in a studio, without an audience. He played the Jaguar. I don't remember whether he sang or not. I think he was wearing one of those country-style tuxes with the neckwear kind of like a bow-tie, but flat. Hard to describe. Guys in the mid-60s Fender catalog wore them. I think he played it straight, with no clowning around.

His skills were mind-boggling. I wish I could remember the name of the show. It had the feel of a one-off production, with no host or other acts, that I remember. A few years later, he had a hit with Yesterday, When I Was Young, and later he showed up on Hee-Haw.

I don't mind the clowning around. Everyone needs a way to put themselves over and develop a career. He didn't seem to be much of an improviser (he might have been brilliant, but I never heard him take solos or anything), and he didn't fit the model of a suave smoothie. So I don't know what else he could have done to make a name for himself. Chet Atkins is about the only other guitarist who didn't sing or improvise, so maybe Roy felt the Chet had the audience for that kind of guitar artistry to be sown up by him. I have always loved the looks of a Byrdland, which seemed kind of like a thinner L-5 with a cutaway.

i think benny hill stole some of roys facial expressions

I love that clip, Fezz. I really just got into Roy Clark last month. I remember him on Hee Haw growing up and never thought much of him. I ran across that same clip on YouTube and was hooked. What an amazing talent.

And being a man of similar build, I find him inspiring.

And he can play anything. Multi-intrumentalist. Just a monster talent.

Roy was my first musical hero well before I ever thought about playing guitar, age 6 or 7. My dad had a cassette of him, Malaguena and Rocky Top were on there. I wore that album out. I always stop an listen if Roy's playing. Super cool dude.

I'm another big meh to the Royster.
Kinda liked his singin' more.
Like "Thank God And Greyhound, She's Gone", and "Yesterday, When I Was Young".

The cat was a boxer too.

I like this one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhiKgeJV3k0

Roy's an entertainer. You guys who are trying to make it in the business should take note.

Amazing right hand, too.

If you say so... If being a goofy looking overweight dude is cool, then he's right on the money... Seriously, the guy's got mad skills, I just like my guitar slingers a little edgier... JMHO

Typical internet BS. Let's see a pic of you; I'm guessing you are not some toned, "hunk". Even if you are, no one now or ever cares.

And, let's hear you play. If you can play at 1/10th that level it would astound me.

Being "edgy" is a "skill" that every human has.

Non-players bashing the greats is a pet peeve of mine, so sorry if I sound irritated.

I like this one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhiKgeJV3k0

that's the clip i always think of first when his name is brought up. no funny faces, just excellent playing. i'll help with embedding

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The cat was a boxer too.

I could see that..

Roy Clark is a bad ass, don't anybody even think different.

If there's strings on it, he could play it.

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Thanks Fezz! Roy Clark is brilliant... always loved watching him .
I grew up around the "show-biz" environment so it was normal for people to make goofy faces and pull shapes on t.v. The first thing The Beatles learned when they turned up in Hamburg for a gig was "you better jump around" .

I like Roy Clark, sure he is a ham, but a nice player. I love the album of Hank Williams tunes that he did with Joe Pass. That is always a fun listen.

If you can hang with Joe Pass, then you know you have some chops.

Roy has been a fav of mine for many years since I watched him on Hee Haw as a kid. Buck, Roy, and the Hee Haw girls were a young boys dream.

Yeah, buddy!!!:lol: Roy Clark, I think, was such a good player that he thought he had to make it look hard (n a comical way). Saw him on TV during a Hee Haw reunion thiing playing Ghost Riders In The Sky with Buck Trent. He can still tear it up.:lol:

I love the fact that Mr. Clark is an " entertainer ". In his day you were expected
to play for the people. Why does everyone take the art of makin' music so
damned serious,nowadays? :cool:

I first really got into Roy when a buddy of mine gave me a tape of Roy playing with Gatemouth Brown, called "Makin Music"... I'm a HUGE fan of Gate, and to hear this supposed Country goofball (at least, that's how I thought of him then) going toe-to-toe with Gate opened my ears, to say the least... even more impressive was how he really could sing the blues, really authentic... the music was just in him, the music industry just wanted to keep him pigeonholed so that everyone could make some coin... shame in a way, Roy is just too good to keep locked up in one genre...

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I like Roy Clark, sure he is a ham, but a nice player. I love the album of Hank Williams tunes that he did with Joe Pass. That is always a fun listen.

If you can hang with Joe Pass, then you know you have some chops.

yeah, that is some fine playin'

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I first really got into Roy when a buddy of mine gave me a tape of Roy playing with Gatemouth Brown, called "Makin Music"... I'm a HUGE fan of Gate, and to hear this supposed Country goofball (at least, that's how I thought of him then) going toe-to-toe with Gate opened my ears, to say the least...

Franc Robert

Hearing Roy with Gate gave me a new perspective on Roy too-well said Franc Robert.

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Clarence was a bad, bad man on guitar. And here's one with Roy doing his shtick...:lol:

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Roy is just as cool in his own way. And it really doesn't matter which one i prefer (GATE!) cause i can't play like either one. I have to play like me using the cards i've been dealt. Because the whole point of playing music is finding out who you are and maximizing that.

Brilliant thread, Fezz.

Growing up in Houston, of course, every February-March was fatstock show and rodeo time at the Astrodome. One year (1970), the musical act for the day on which we had tickets was Roy and Buck (this was at the height of Hee Haw). One of my earliest memories is of a red-white-and-blue guitar. :mrgreen: