The facial expressions were part of his personality and showed his humility while he’s blowing you away with his talent. It’s amazing how his mind could coordinate his brain, his left hand and his right hand to be flawless at that speed. If it had strings, Roy could play it. I swear he could shove a broomstick into a cereal box, attach some rubber bands and bang out a tune. What a talent he was.
Love Roy Clark's talent & his humor. He made it look so easy but what he did was actually very difficult. He was able to play his instruments with a really fast tempo. Roy was definitely one of the best guitarists.
@@bradneubauer4694 - Are you sure? Most of Knopfler's best guitar work came after 1980. Oh, and remember, Knopfler played almost exclusively with his fingers, rarely used a pick. But yes, Knopfler is one of the all time greats, yet still under rated.
I grew up in Northern Virgonia back in the 60's, when we needed to buy ammo for our hunting rifles we always went to Clark Brothers Guns and Surplus just off I 81, many times in my youth I walked into that store to find Roy and friends pickin and a grinning, it was always a delight, He had such a wonderfully goofy sense of humor and what an absolutely talented musician.
Roy Clark was both a guitar virtuoso and an entertainer. He could make it look so easy while making faces and tap dancing. There are a lot of good guitar players, but not a lot of players who could also entertain an audience like Roy could.
Mind blown. He was always so amazing and I did see him in the early 80s when I was in my early twenties and I had no idea what I was in for. I went with my roommate and bandmate and we were both just blown away.
If you wanna hear him on the fiddle, I suggest "Roy Clark & Jimmy Henley". The kid was his fan and happened to be a banjo master. He asked to play with him and he said yes. Together they nailed it
Chet Atkins had a Guitar Award that he gave to only a select few guitarists in the world. I always thought that he gave one to Roy. But he never ever turned down an opportunity to play with Roy. Roy won an award.
Guitarist Neil LeVang, who played for Lawrence Welk, was my great uncle, and those strange facial expressions are not on purpose, and we call it "guitar face." All master guitar players have "that face." They leave the planet like theyre in another dimension. I think they have to in order for their brains to override all else around them. We have a very musical family and I ended up playing piano, and though I ended up with a piano scholarship, I envy anyone who plays guitar. NO instrument is harder to play than a stringed instrument.12th Street Rag was composed by Euday Bopman.
Her was practically born with a guitar in his hands. His family and their friends were professional performers. He grew up that way. It was in his blood. I love your facial expression of shear amazement when near the end when he shifted to an astonishing higher level.
Well, I've watched 2 of your Roy Clark videos and it appears that you are really facinated with his playing. I was friends with a great guitarist who was really close friends with Roy in Roy's early years. Some background: Roy was a country boy from Meherrin Virginia and his whole family were performing musicians. Roy moved to Washington, DC and, as best I recall, was Jimmy Dean's guitarist. Whenever Roy would come home to meherrin, he would call my guitarist friend, Howard Akins, and Howard would go down to Meherrin and they would play guitar together. Howard had Perfect Pitch and was also a killer guitarist. Sadly, Howard had a brain anurism and died a few years ago.
Check him and Johnny Cash doing either the Orange Blossom Special or Folsom Prison Blues, him and Glen Campbell doing Ghost Riders, him and Buck Trent doing Dueling Banjos. He is also a master of banjo and mandolin and fiddle.
Roy Clark was on a comedy show called The Flip Wilson Show as a guest. In the show, he did a segment where he sang a song and would stop during the song and tell jokes, never losing his place in the song when he went back to it. One of the funniest things I ever saw him do.
This is why some of those ranking stories are about "Rock guitatists," because if you said just "guitarists," this guy, and a lot of others like him, would be included.
Roy could play anything with Strings. He was a true artist and entertainer, while maintaining that "Aw Shucks, taint nothin... " attitude. If you want to be amazed just do a Roy Clark search and find him playing... anything. He could sing to! Search for him singing "Yesterday, when I was young".
Euday Bowman wrote 12th Street Rag. He was born in Fort Worth, my hometown. Euday was a drinking buddy of my great uncle. As a boy, my father remembered Euday going to their house many times and playing his 12th Street Rag on my great grandmother’s standup piano.
Always love Roy Clark also wanted to let you know Courtney hadwin has made her first release in two years after a contractor dispute the name of the song is breakable this is a must-see must hear video and song thanks
The Orange Blossom Special with Roy and Jimmy Henley is priceless. Also, anything with Roy on the fiddle. I don't think there is a stringed instrument that he did not play. 🤩
Yeah, not only could he totally rock out, he'd ham it up too to boot. I saw a version of that song he did when he was 23, I think it was his 1st TV appearance. He was quite young, and hamming it up just as he did in this performance.
You can’t pick just one of his performances Roy was a true national treasure got back and watch hee haw I grew up on it he had some many great things and he made it look so effortless that you under appreciated it he was truly awesome
You really have to watch/react to "Orange Blossom Special" - Roy Clark & Jimmy Henley. Showcases his talent on the fiddle along with the goofy humor, facial expressions, and the train sounds!
You should watch some old Hee Haw footage. He played a silly hillbilly most of the time and his facial expressions had always been just part of his vibrant personality. One of the greatest musicians of all time and in my opinion never really got the respect and credit as a musician that he deserved. He was the first big name country music star to build a theater in Branson, MO, about 3 1/2 hours from my hometown and my parents got to see him live multiple times. He blew his audiences A.W.A.Y. So glad to see you are impressed by his talent!
Hey I am really enjoying your videos. I appreciate seeing Roy in different situations where I have not seen him before. I’ve been watching him my entire adult life and I’m 79. I absolutely believe that he is the best and most versatile guitarist and or stringed instrumentalist ever. Have you ever heard him play the fiddle? How about the harmonica?
I remember watching Roy on variety shows in the 60's, this was before Hee Haw came along. They used to bill him as the fastest guitar player in the world - and maybe he was, although there were some lightning-fingered country players around back then, like Joe Maphis or Leon Rhodes.
Michael Duffy, what you said is probably true. He's labored on this instrument the great majority of his life. But, he also plays the mandolin, violin/fiddle, and banjo--all with the same level of skill.
He always had a lot of fun when playing. I think him acting goofy is why nobody ever took him serious. If you want to really see him go ahead watch him with Johnny Cash singing Johnny Cash's song Folsom prison blues.
My dad and i watched HeeHaw when i was young. Roy Clark and Buck Owens with different musical guests eavh week. I did not realize his great talent. It was a fun hour with my dad every week. He would make popcorn on the stove and drink Coca Cola.
Hey thanks for bringing Roy Clark back into my thoughts. As a kid I watched him on TVs Hee- Haw. Loved when him and buck Owen's did thier pick'n and Grin'n bit. Never a county fan but man that guy can play. Just a thought since you enjoyed his banjo playing. You should check out Steve Martin. One of the best out there.
Many of his guitars were custom made by the type companies. Fender made a matching pair for him. He kept one and gave the other to my uncle. They played at alot of the same places and got together alot, just to pick and have fun. He was IMHO, the greatest guitar player ever. And he was just as good on any other stringed instrument.
Tommy the one man band! Love him! I also love listening to Molly Tuttle and Billy Strings, but then, who doesn't? (And Billy's dad (or step-dad) Terry Barber, might even be a little bit better.)
Maybe this has been said, but other videos have said that, I believe it was, Eric Clampton even took some lessons from Roy Clark and the some of the great guitarists of the day respected him.
There is a video of him playing a banjo a guitar and a fiddle all back-to-back was pretty cool to watch, there's also a full video of him doing Malaguena that's awesome but my favorite song with him is probably yesterday when we were young he's singing on that one
Michael, you are wrong about one part. Roy was not dedicated to his craft on the guitar. He also played the banjo, fiddle (violin for some), bass, and almost anything else with a string. He was invited to play with a national orchestra in Europe - violin in that case. He was a master showman with comedy and drama. Maybe he was dedicated to the joy that entertaining others brought him.
The facial expressions were part of his personality and showed his humility while he’s blowing you away with his talent. It’s amazing how his mind could coordinate his brain, his left hand and his right hand to be flawless at that speed. If it had strings, Roy could play it. I swear he could shove a broomstick into a cereal box, attach some rubber bands and bang out a tune. What a talent he was.
Is this The Richard Smith? You are equally amazing yourself!
Love Roy Clark's talent & his humor. He made it look so easy but what he did was actually very difficult. He was able to play his instruments with a really fast tempo. Roy was definitely one of the best guitarists.
one of the GREATEST guitar players of all time!
Absolutely 💯
What are the names of the others?
So Under-rated. Should be in the guitar hall of fame.
I was just thinking the same thing.
Guitar hall of Fame should start with Roy Clark and then Hendrix ?
Can you imagine him doing rock and shredding their would be piles of strings
Musicians voted on who was the best picker and Roy Clark and Mark Knopfler tied, that was around 1980!
@@bradneubauer4694 - Are you sure? Most of Knopfler's best guitar work came after 1980.
Oh, and remember, Knopfler played almost exclusively with his fingers, rarely used a pick. But yes, Knopfler is one of the all time greats, yet still under rated.
I grew up in Northern Virgonia back in the 60's, when we needed to buy ammo for our hunting rifles we always went to Clark Brothers Guns and Surplus just off I 81, many times in my youth I walked into that store to find Roy and friends pickin and a grinning, it was always a delight, He had such a wonderfully goofy sense of humor and what an absolutely talented musician.
Roy Clark could play anything with strings. And play it great.
Sorry. I posted my opinion in the above thread before I read yours. (Great minds think alike.) 😀
Probably not his shoes, but who knows?
Roy Clark was both a guitar virtuoso and an entertainer. He could make it look so easy while making faces and tap dancing. There are a lot of good guitar players, but not a lot of players who could also entertain an audience like Roy could.
The show Hee Haw was very popular and loved by many. Roy Clark was a big part of that show, and you really got to see how funny he was
Mind blown. He was always so amazing and I did see him in the early 80s when I was in my early twenties and I had no idea what I was in for. I went with my roommate and bandmate and we were both just blown away.
I love watching Roy Clark. A really amazing performance is Glenn Campbell playing William Tell Overture!
If you wanna hear him on the fiddle, I suggest "Roy Clark & Jimmy Henley". The kid was his fan and happened to be a banjo master. He asked to play with him and he said yes. Together they nailed it
He excelled on the banjo and fiddle as well if it had strings Roy could play it
Clark won the National Banjo Championship in 1947 and 1948, and briefly toured with a band when he was 15.[
Roy was the best. Good post. Thank you.
He also slays on mandolin, banjo, and fiddle.
Chet Atkins had a Guitar Award that he gave to only a select few guitarists in the world. I always thought that he gave one to Roy.
But he never ever turned down an opportunity to play with Roy.
Roy won an award.
Chet awared the Certified Guitar Picker award to fingerstyle pickers, the Chet style, but he really admired great guitar players of all styles.
Guitarist Neil LeVang, who played for Lawrence Welk, was my great uncle, and those strange facial expressions are not on purpose, and we call it "guitar face." All master guitar players have "that face." They leave the planet like theyre in another dimension. I think they have to in order for their brains to override all else around them. We have a very musical family and I ended up playing piano, and though I ended up with a piano scholarship, I envy anyone who plays guitar. NO instrument is harder to play than a stringed instrument.12th Street Rag was composed by Euday Bopman.
Her was practically born with a guitar in his hands. His family and their friends were professional performers. He grew up that way. It was in his blood. I love your facial expression of shear amazement when near the end when he shifted to an astonishing higher level.
Entertainer of the year many times in Vegas
Roy Clark an Amazing Talent on the Strings
He could play literally anything with strings at a very high level in any style.
All the way back to early childhood Roy loved to make people laugh. He was both a great guitarist and a great comedian. A true showman.
Well, I've watched 2 of your Roy Clark videos and it appears that you are really facinated with his playing. I was friends with a great guitarist who was really close friends with Roy in Roy's early years. Some background: Roy was a country boy from Meherrin Virginia and his whole family were performing musicians. Roy moved to Washington, DC and, as best I recall, was Jimmy Dean's guitarist. Whenever Roy would come home to meherrin, he would call my guitarist friend, Howard Akins, and Howard would go down to Meherrin and they would play guitar together. Howard had Perfect Pitch and was also a killer guitarist. Sadly, Howard had a brain anurism and died a few years ago.
I love his facial expressions, they go from funny to intense in a matter of a second, h's a living art form.
Check him and Johnny Cash doing either the Orange Blossom Special or Folsom Prison Blues, him and Glen Campbell doing Ghost Riders, him and Buck Trent doing Dueling Banjos. He is also a master of banjo and mandolin and fiddle.
Roy Clark was the best thing about the Hee Haw variety show! Great reaction & totally agree. What a comedic, talented sweetheart!❤
Buck Owens was no slouch of a song writer. pairing these two was GENIUS
You should watch/listen to him playing a fiddle with a ten year old kid playing banjo.( Orange Blossom special) think the kids name is hanley
One of the greatest guitarists/instrumentalists that we've ever been blessed to experience!!
Roy Clark was on a comedy show called The Flip Wilson Show as a guest. In the show, he did a segment where he sang a song and would stop during the song and tell jokes, never losing his place in the song when he went back to it. One of the funniest things I ever saw him do.
Favorite Roy Clark has got to be Dueling Banjos .. it’s lots of fun
This is why some of those ranking stories are about "Rock guitatists," because if you said just "guitarists," this guy, and a lot of others like him, would be included.
He's good at many instruments.
Always entertaining to see someone with talent on any musical instrument react to someone with even more talent on the same musical instrument. 😁
Not just the guitar, if it had strings, Roy dominated it. For more fast picking try Roy's The Drifter's Polka. Little known but worth a look.
He is a comedian! I grew up watching his shows on TV!
Any music by Roy Clark is fantastic. His comedy is epic, too. I remember the TV comedy variety series Hee Haw.
Thanks, brings back memories. ✌🏻👊🏼
Les Paul and Mary Ford got me hooked on this kinda guitar playing.
Roy could play anything with Strings. He was a true artist and entertainer, while maintaining that "Aw Shucks, taint nothin... " attitude. If you want to be amazed just do a Roy Clark search and find him playing... anything. He could sing to! Search for him singing "Yesterday, when I was young".
He could play anything that had strings.
In addition to his musical genius, Roy was also a gifted comic--hence his expressions.
Euday Bowman wrote 12th Street Rag. He was born in Fort Worth, my hometown. Euday was a drinking buddy of my great uncle. As a boy, my father remembered Euday going to their house many times and playing his 12th Street Rag on my great grandmother’s standup piano.
Always love Roy Clark also wanted to let you know Courtney hadwin has made her first release in two years after a contractor dispute the name of the song is breakable this is a must-see must hear video and song thanks
The Orange Blossom Special with Roy and Jimmy Henley is priceless. Also, anything with Roy on the fiddle. I don't think there is a stringed instrument that he did not play. 🤩
This song really demonstrates banjo techniques on a guitar... he was a master of his craft, and his craft was stringed instruments....
Yeah, not only could he totally rock out, he'd ham it up too to boot. I saw a version of that song he did when he was 23, I think it was his 1st TV appearance. He was quite young, and hamming it up just as he did in this performance.
The best of the best!
Roy is the G.O.A.T. musician of anything with strings.
Roy Clark live is a great album and it shows his comedy skills too.
You can’t pick just one of his performances Roy was a true national treasure got back and watch hee haw I grew up on it he had some many great things and he made it look so effortless that you under appreciated it he was truly awesome
Listen to him sing Yesterday When I Was Young!
String genius. I suspect he practiced for years to do all that he did so WELL.
I appreciate your support of Roy Clark,! He really was an amazing entertainer!
The One and Only, ROY CLARK.
You really have to watch/react to "Orange Blossom Special" - Roy Clark & Jimmy Henley. Showcases his talent on the fiddle along with the goofy humor, facial expressions, and the train sounds!
Roy Clark & Gate Mouth Brown will BLOW your mind!
And the boy could sing almost as good as he played.
He used to be a regular on "Hee Haw" a comedy show from the 60s....the greatest guitarists don't need effects.
You should watch some old Hee Haw footage. He played a silly hillbilly most of the time and his facial expressions had always been just part of his vibrant personality. One of the greatest musicians of all time and in my opinion never really got the respect and credit as a musician that he deserved. He was the first big name country music star to build a theater in Branson, MO, about 3 1/2 hours from my hometown and my parents got to see him live multiple times. He blew his audiences A.W.A.Y. So glad to see you are impressed by his talent!
King of the strings, Banjo, mandolin you name it, he is the Master.
The band kept up with Roy perfectly too! I used to make fun of my dad for watching Hee Haw. I had no appreciation for Roy’s talent on the guitar
Hey I am really enjoying your videos. I appreciate seeing Roy in different situations where I have
not seen him before. I’ve been watching him my entire adult life and I’m 79. I absolutely believe that he is the best and most versatile guitarist and or stringed instrumentalist ever. Have you ever heard him play the fiddle? How about the harmonica?
I’ve heard him on the fiddle once I believe never on the harmonica! 😃
this is back when tv was live. one take.
When asked what it felt like
to be the greatest guitar player
of all time, Jimi Hendrix replied
"I don't know, you'll have to ask
Roy Clark".
Roy Clark could expertly play anything with strings.
This was a great reaction to this. Thank you for sharing.
3:21 I imagine, as a guitarist, watching Roy Clark makes you feel like I did, as a drummer in the 80s, watching Neil Peart and Stewart Copeland.
Roy Clark was one of the best pickers ever! Totally underrated. Loved him as a kid.
And you haven't even seen him on the banjo and fiddle. ❤❤❤❤❤
That's what really blew MY mind! I know he kills on guitar, but he can basically kill on anything with strings.
One of MY favorite skits is Roy Clark and Buck Trent doing Dueling Banjo's on Hee Haw
I remember watching Roy on variety shows in the 60's, this was before Hee Haw came along. They used to bill him as the fastest guitar player in the world - and maybe he was, although there were some lightning-fingered country players around back then, like Joe Maphis or Leon Rhodes.
Eddie VanHalen was once asked what it was like being the greatest guitar player in the world. He replied, " Go ask Roy Clark "
I wasn't aware there was a guitar hall of fame but yes he should certainly be a member.
Roy Clark, Eddie Van Halen and Dimebag Darrell, 3 of my favorite guitarists that ever picked up a guitar
Michael Duffy, what you said is probably true. He's labored on this instrument the great majority of his life. But, he also plays the mandolin, violin/fiddle, and banjo--all with the same level of skill.
I'm a pickin'!! And I'm a grinnin'!!!
😜 I told ya 2 months ago ( Folsom Prison Blues.. reaction ), Roy is a Master
Someone asked Jimmy Hendrix what's it like to be the best guitar player and he said ask Roy Clark
He always had a lot of fun when playing. I think him acting goofy is why nobody ever took him serious. If you want to really see him go ahead watch him with Johnny Cash singing Johnny Cash's song Folsom prison blues.
I find it sad that 'musicians' of our time have no idea this man existed.
My dad and i watched HeeHaw when i was young. Roy Clark and Buck Owens with different musical guests eavh week. I did not realize his great talent. It was a fun hour with my dad every week. He would make popcorn on the stove and drink Coca Cola.
Grew up watching him, total demon , Everyone else blows
We share the same bday, his energy doesn’t tire, , One of the all time greats
Hey thanks for bringing Roy Clark back into my thoughts. As a kid I watched him on TVs Hee- Haw. Loved when him and buck Owen's did thier pick'n and Grin'n bit. Never a county fan but man that guy can play. Just a thought since you enjoyed his banjo playing. You should check out Steve Martin. One of the best out there.
he was the fastest guitar in the world
This is the man that Hendrix said was the best guitar player he had ever seen.
Roy and glen Campbell together were an act to behold!
Can someone identify his axe? Looks like a Fender Jaguar with crazy modifications.
Many of his guitars were custom made by the type companies. Fender made a matching pair for him. He kept one and gave the other to my uncle. They played at alot of the same places and got together alot, just to pick and have fun. He was IMHO, the greatest guitar player ever. And he was just as good on any other stringed instrument.
Roy was great. For a more contemporary option try Tommy Emmanuel Amazing Grace or Guitar Boogie.
Tommy the one man band! Love him! I also love listening to Molly Tuttle and Billy Strings, but then, who doesn't? (And Billy's dad (or step-dad) Terry Barber, might even be a little bit better.)
Roy was at one time judged the fastest thing on strings, either guitar or banjo. And his kooky antics just added to his act.
Country shredders! Roy Clark, Glen Campbell, Jerry Reed, Chet Atkins. S-A-L-U-T-E!
probably been to...and back from...the Moon...and maybe an even higher Aeon
Roy Clark is THE Guitar God.
Video carnaval en mi pais es el más largo. En América del Sur Montevideo Uruguay. Y los, turistas van a visitar. En serio michael. Abrazo grande 🇺🇾
Maybe this has been said, but other videos have said that, I believe it was, Eric Clampton even took some lessons from Roy Clark and the some of the great guitarists of the day respected him.
Roy Clark was the best, a total package
Good singer too..
Roy Clark is master class
You should listen to him sing and play at the same time a very smooth voice
That was just apart of THR GREAT ROY CLARK .He plays slval string instruments .,
There is a video of him playing a banjo a guitar and a fiddle all back-to-back was pretty cool to watch, there's also a full video of him doing Malaguena that's awesome but my favorite song with him is probably yesterday when we were young he's singing on that one
Michael, you are wrong about one part. Roy was not dedicated to his craft on the guitar. He also played the banjo, fiddle (violin for some), bass, and almost anything else with a string. He was invited to play with a national orchestra in Europe - violin in that case. He was a master showman with comedy and drama. Maybe he was dedicated to the joy that entertaining others brought him.