The older gent at the beginning was Louis Marshall Jones, known by the stage name "Grandpa Jones." He was a banjo player and singer/songwriter, and was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1978. He was a featured regular on a TV show that ran for years called "Hee-Haw", which was a staple of American Saturday night entertainment. Roy Clark and Buck Owens were the show's hosts, and they invited some of the greats in Country music and other forms of entertainment. It was a silly yet wholesome bit of Americana that we could use more of today.
Glen was my uncle I used to hang out with him and the family on their home on 4th street in Albuquerque . That is when he was playing on the Dick Bills show I was 8 then I am 69 now. He was and always will be a huge talent .
I'm 68. You are the lucky one! I admired Glen, even though I was and still am a huge Beatles Fan...I went for melody and harmony [two good lookin' sisters lol].Glen's life story is amazing...he came from humble beginnings to rise above to musical excellence and his voice, wow! what a singer! I still sing some of his songs in senior homes. I was a music teacher in part because of people like Glen inspiring quality and excellence...I took it as far as I could take it. Young people are discovering him on youtube and most are floored by both his musicianship and his voice. These metal head guys often admire his guitar skills technically using the "Shred" factor," but don't get what Glen was all about as an entertainer and singer in all genres. For God sakes he was a member of the Wrecking Crew, played and sing back up many records before fame...Sinatra, The Beach Boys, you name it. They watch a clip and don't even know he hosted his own Variety show, participated in comedy sketches, was in a few movies [True Grit original flick is a classic]. He went through terrible struggles with drugs and came out on top. He played the guitar so melodically, musically, not just a technical show off. I've have seen interviews about playing golf with Allice Cooper regularly 😂, who would have thunk that?
Two of the most amazing musicians in history. Roy could also play violin (country fiddle and classical), banjo, mandolin, and pretty much any stringed instrument, expertly. One of the most talented musicians, ever.
Let me recommend a guitar duo that you should definitely check out. Do Lovebites Scream for Me live Daughters of the Dawn. Midori and Miyako will blow you away with this guitar battle.
I checked this out on Google and found at least two sites confirming the truth of this. It was set up by Alice Cooper who told Van Halen, Campbell lived close to him.
This was Roy and Glen basically playing at 30% throttle, for the audience. Glen did bump up to about 40% throttle around the 4:40 mark, just because his fingers were bored. This little, entertaining snippet is just the tip of the tip of the tip of the talent iceberg, that these two legendary musicians possessed.
I'll third that motion and say "Aye" in voting. Hadn't seen your channel before so I didn't know your style. I thought if there was a cause for that it was being in rapture to recognized musical genius. To paraphrase what Alice Cooper said of Johnny Depp, Glen and Roy were the real thing
@@christophertaylor9100 One or two of them were there. Lulu was there, I have a picture of me with the blonde that end the show with “that’s all folks” i think. maybe she did some other stuff too. my dad dated Ronnie Stonean’s sister Donna for a while. Ronnie played the old hag with the ironing board. she was a great banjo player too.
pretty sure he just started riffing at the end (of the solo not the coda)... you could tell that he was just having too much fun and didn't want to stop but kinda realized maybe he needed to reel it in... so he expertly did. And of course the professionalism of a band that plays with great players all the time, just knows when and how to follow.
@DaveWildheart in this performance of the William Tell Overture he does some 32nd note tremolo picking with it behind his head: ruclips.net/video/jjTI4VRX39Y/видео.htmlsi=5oo2IFfuhS0geHqy
A reporter asked Hendrix, what's it like being the greatest guitarist in the world? Hendrix pointed to Glen and replied, he's sitting right over there, go ask him. Love it.
Glen was a member of the "wrecking crew" , the LA studio musicians that were on every album made in the 50's to the 80's in LA before he went on to a solo career. He was such a legit player that EVH actually took a few lessons from him. Roy was probably one of the biggest IYKYK players that ever existed. People think of him as just some guy from Hee Haw but the man was as good as it gets. His picking skills are insane. More people know about Glen's skills than Roy's but they both are top tier players. It is nice to see them getting their due still.
The days of Hee Haw! Glen Campbell and Roy Clark were two of the very best guitarist in those days! Simply amazing. Literally clicked just so I can hear them again after so many years. Well done Dave!
"Where, where are you tonight? How could you leave me here all alone? I searched the world over 'til I thought I found true love. You met another & pfft... You were GONE!!!"
Who else can hear the words to this song as you listen to the music? Being born in 1967, my childhood was immersed in this music. My father was the lead singer and guitar player in a gospel group which included a Dobro Master and an award winning fiddle player. It is a past that I will always cherish.
Glen also played bagpipes. His live show, in Scotland, he played "Amazing Grace" on the pipes, and it took my breath away. Check it out on youtube. You won't be disappointed 😊
Glen Campbell's acoustic guitar playing of the song is just as good as his playing with an electric guitar. The only difference was that when he performed the song with the electric guitar, he played part of it with the guitar behind his head and didn't miss a note. There's a version of each here on RUclips. A member of The Wrecking Crew along with Leon Russell.
Glen was an amazing musician & singer. Roy was the best I ever heard. He was a virtuoso on guitar, banjo, fiddle, mandolin. Roy won the National Banjo Championship in 1947 & 1948, at age 14 & 15. One of the hosts of Hee Haw which was a country version of Laugh In. Laugh In lasted five years- Hee Haw lasted 25 years.
Glen uses a 12 string Ovation guitar. I have a Glen Campbell Ovation six string Signature Series guitar that he released before my time. The sound has more brilliance than most acoustic guitars. The keys are plated with gold, all to making it a collector's item. Came with a custom fitted hardshell case. I saw Roy Clark in person not long before he passed. My impression of him was he was humble; good hearted and laughed at himself at times. Musically the world looks a little dimmer when these great artists leave us.
As a Johnny Cash fan, you will love him and Roy Clark doing Orange Blossom Special. I've never seen Johnny so relaxed and having so much fun ... he was two-fisting harmonicas!
I read somewhere that Roy Clark thought Jerry Reed was perhaps the best guitarist he had ever seen. I remember he referred him as a master. Talk about a compliment coming from someone like him! 😮
Chet Atkins did a PBS show with Mark Knopfler many decades ago, and it was one of best guitar shows that I have ever seen. They played all kinds of music and it was quite impressive.
Agreed... It's worth a watch, if for no other reason than to see Jack Klugman and Tony Randall completely break character out of amazement at Roy's guitar skills...
For those who are too young to know, Glen Campbell was one of The Wrecking Crew, the musicians who were hired to play on countless LA studio recording sessions for practically every top level recording artist of any genre in the 60’s. They were part of so many hit songs. Glen said he could not read music, but he could do whatever was asked anyway. Amazing. Roy Clark was always one of my favorites. Fabulous guitar abilities. I suffered through so many Hee Haw episodes just to listen to him-and watch all the beautiful women on the show except Lulu! Hey, I was a just kid then and fat shaming wasn’t a thing.
I have enjoyed these two geniuses for many years, was a teenager when Glen Campbell's albums came out and were wonderful, Roy Clark came to the fore when he performed on television on various shows. They were multifaceted in the instruments they had mastered and were a constant source of joy to music lovers. Glen could play just about everything including the bagpipes which I loved. Roy, too, could play so many instruments with true mastery. I am 76 this November so I have had the pleasure of enjoying these two great musicians for many, many years and, yes, they had fun together and the whole band behind them in that performance were having a blast watching and listening to greatness.
Two of the greatest of all-time. And when you add in that Glen is one of the best singers of his era, you realize what an unbelievable talent he was. Roy had a less "poppy" voice, and was mostly country. But Glen crossed over into pop -- one of the first musicians to do that successfully.
These guys were such a staple on tv when I was a kid. They were both amazing musicians, Campbell playing The William Tell Overture if you haven’t already
@@tommurphree5630 ‘of his time’. Is the key word. Looking at music these days, I really don’t see a lot of ‘picking’ though. Everything is synthesized or ‘studio’ produced it seems to me. Would love for music to get back to the instrumental and not be weighted so heavily on vocals.
As a 60 year old woman, I grew up watching Hee Haw every week. Great show, wholesome family entertainment that exposed everyone my age to incredibly talented people! In my house my father beat into our little heads that Chet Atkins was the best guitar player in the world, Roy Clark was next and then Glen Campbell was right behind them.
Roy Clark & Glen Campbell (may they both rest in peace) were among the most sought after studio musicians. The man at the beginning used to feature in the show "Hee Haw" singing as part of a gospel group, among other things (their rendition of the song "I'll Fly Away" is still one of my favourites).
Just be careful when you watch it! In Roy's words, "it just might scar you up!" 😂 He was basically joking around that he is so good at guitar that any young guitarists who saw him play the song might decide to give up learning guitar! Lol! Roy was such a GANGSTER on a guitar. I'm about to play mine now and most likely resting, lol! Play on, fellas! Play on!
Loved them both! Amazing talent. I’m 66 so I saw them both many times, I was very lucky in musical generation. There is a country guy who can rip the guitar today. Brad Paisley.
Roy was hands down amazing. I took my father (who looked like he could be Roy's twin brother) to a concert in Nashville, Indiana in 1995 and to this day is still one of the best live shows I've ever seen. Roy crossed over so many musical boundaries (I'm a dyed in the wool pop/rock musician, who also is a fiddle player) and I was always so entertained by him. He had an awesome stage presence and was as good a comedian as he was a musician. Miss him greatly.
@@DaveWildheart Lucky indeed. I hold roy in the same regards as Freddie Mercury and Frank Sinatra. I mourned each of them for a month after their passing. Scott from Japan
Roy refused to pigeonhole himself into one genre of music, and we are all fortunate for that. I recently dived down a rabbit hole of his non-country work, especially playing with Joe Pass and Clarence Gatemouth Brown. His joy in playing with other talented musicians in a variety of styles was so evident.
Glenn campbell was part of the wrecking crew which was a group that basically did almost all of the recording no matter what the general was in los angeles for a significant amount of time
Im not a country music fan but I used to watch Hee Haw just to hear who Roy was playing with and enjoy some of the best guitar playing there is. Glenn Campbell played with a number of bands through his carreer but seemed to settle down to an easy listening style but his great guitar playing was always there. Another great one is when he played with Jerry Reed.
Im not sure if youre aware of this, but for a brief moment in the mid 60s, Glen was a Beach Boy. He replaced Brian Wilson for a moment on bass and falsetto vocals. There are You Tube videos of Glen doing a medley of Beach Boy songs. You need to check it out and react to it.
Two *LEGENDS* of stringed instrumental skills... I grew up watching "Hee Haw" on our families 19" B/W Zenith TV, and we'd sit there, enthralled, when these gentlemen would perform. :-)
I used to do a lot of stage hand work and worked a Roy Clark show. Crazy talented. And he had a line of instruments he’s easily play. It was awesome!! 🤘
The outlaws had the best version about 9 minutes "Ghost Riders In The Sky." I'm a rock and roll player, but even I know about Roy Clark's picking and Glen Campbell's picking. Both of them are of the highest caliber, when it comes to picking a guitar, with Roy Clark it's anything with strings. This is a good song it's hard to mess it up.
Always so FUN to watch two experts having such mastery of an instrument as these two gentlemen. Haven't heard such as this talent for many years. A real treat. Thx.
Glen and Roy were among the best guitarists of my generation. If you haven't checked them out yet, you should listen to Glen playing the William Tell Overture (any live performance) and Roy playing Malaguena (the Odd Couple episode). You won't be disappointed!
I have watched this video many times in my life; and, I enjoy it every time as though I was watching it for the first time. They blow me away with their talent.
Starting out seeing Grandpa Jones really put a smile on my face. I haven't thought about him in years. My dad and I used to watch HeeHaw all the time and my dad just passed, so it was good to think about that. Thanks for that.
@@ann40069 "A Canada goose I got this fall and plenty of dressin to please you all. Pumpkin pie with cream on top and piping hot coffee, good to the last drop."
You can NEVER go wrong watching any Glen Campbell video! He was an incredibly gifted and generous musician! I got to see probably hundreds of his performances over the years. First met him around 1961 when I was 10 years old. He was a family friend. He was definitely a genius and a really nice man.
I love watching the reaction of people who react to Glen and Roy. I grew up listening and watching them. My parents loved them and we always watched Hee Haw on the television and of course their music was on all the Country music stations. I seen Roy play once when I was very young and unfortunately I do not remember his performance or any of the other performers, but (lol), I do remember Grandpa Jones' old hound dog on stage. I'm so glad that more younger people are finding out about some of these older, highly talented, ground breaking musicians. Their music will continue to live on and on.
Two of the best guitar masters you can find, they both perform all kinds of music that is just amazing. they have so many videos that will blow your mind to explore.
@@DaveWildheart Ghost Riders in the Sky - Original - Stan Jones (1948) *HD*.. I still stand with this is a must learn on guitar. This here shows what can and has been done with the song over the years. Just an over all fun song to play, even more so around a campfire.
Glen Campbell was part of the Wrecking Crew. For nearly 10 years he was one of the most in-demand session guitarists on earth. He never learned to read music well enough to play by it. He was said to be the most consistent and repeatable guitarists of all time, capable of playing take after take exactly the same.
Tommy Emmanuel is certainly an excellent guitarist. His style and the other "Masters of the Instrument" cover different ranges of musical styles. Part of that may be related to his Australian background. There's a lot of distance between Australia and Nashville and it's much more than just musical tastes. I don't think there is a meaningful comparison between these different musical backgrounds or the styles of their music. They're both excellent and yet they're quite different from each other...
That man at the beginning they always called Grandpa and a show called Hee Haw. Roy Clark was very well know for his guitar playing. The Song was written in Stan Jones in the 1940s. It's never changed. It's always played as they just did. A group called The Outlaws recorded it with the lyrics first I believe. It's so great. ❤❤😊😊👋👋
It's great watching you step back in history and bathe ourselves together in the sounds of some of the greatest that I grew up with. We are sharing that moment with everyone on RUclips, with you, all today. Thanks for being so genuine.
Glenn and that 12 string Ovation, anytime he busts that out for a performance, you know to hold on to your hat, shit's about to get real: ruclips.net/video/jjTI4VRX39Y/видео.htmlsi=5oo2IFfuhS0geHqy This live William Tell he did with an orchestra, and he started tremolo picking with it behind his head and it is super clean...made me want to just turn my guitar into a coffee table.
Saw them both live. Roy Clark at the New York State Fair. Glen Campbell when he played bass with the Beach Boys in 1964-1965. He passed the same day as my father.
Jerry Reed and Chet Atkins, who taught Jerry some of his amazing techniques. Here's one I always recommend but probably won't be reacted to. Mark Kroos playing Dueling Banjos, it is worth a listen even if you never do a video on it. Another is Hayseed Dixie doing War Pigs.
I've always loved hard rock but I saw Roy Clark at a rodeo in Oklahoma a long time ago and it's still one of the best performances I've ever seen and heard.
I grew up listening to these two. I was never a big fan of Roy Clark until I was literally dragged to one of his concerts. OMG! He could and did play all stringed instruments. He was Amazing!
That's "Grandpaw", one of the recurring characters on the show "Hee-Haw", which was just as goofy and rednecky as it sounds, but it brought us some amazing music.
Louis Marshall Jones, known professionally as Grandpa Jones, was a singer, songwriter, and banjo player whose career spanned from 1932 until his death in 1998 at the age of 84. He suffered 2 strokes after performing at the Grand Old Opry and died the next day.
OK, you’ve got a lot of very knowledgeable viewers here, but I’m just gonna say A couple of things: These two are terrific and always fun, great musicians Go ahead, watch Stevie Ray Vaughan at El Mocambo Live playing “Texas flood“! Let’s see what you think. (again, all great guitarists, Different genres). this would be fun!
Country shred. Glen Campbell ripping through scales on a 12 string will never stop being amazing. Roy clark is simply a national treasure. A world class instrumentalist that could play anything with strings, other than a harp. Timeless stuff.
From what I understand, neither of these men read music. At any rate, they both have to rank pretty high on anybody's list of top guitarists and entertainers.
Musicality is internal, notation is external… it’s a creative boon to NOT rely on printed music, as once you rely on it, you’re using your eyes more than your ears, and less likely to play with the form 🤷🏼♀️🙂
@katiee263 I can read music (not as well as I used to, due to lack of practice). I always envied people that could play by ear. These men were legends and would have been whether they could or couldn't read music. I have a friend that is a pianist and can read music but, rarely does because, he usually plays by ear.
Thanks for making this show up in my feed. Roy Clark is "was" a master with anything with strings no joke., and good with keys. I got to see him perform free at a county fair back in the late 90's. He gets forgotten in "best of" conversations. ANd Glenn. Well surprise surprise
I saw Roy Clark perform at the New York State Fair I believe in the early to mid 2000s he was so amazing even better than I thought he was. I used to sit and watch him on Hee Haw with my uncles when I was a little boy. The crowd loved him
My gosh, this brings back some memories of yesteryear and so long ago and far away. My parents, God rest their souls, never missed the Hee Haw show. They absolutely loved those guys. I was in elementary school at the time. Now I'm an oldie but goodie. 😊😄😁🤣
The older gent at the beginning was Louis Marshall Jones, known by the stage name "Grandpa Jones." He was a banjo player and singer/songwriter, and was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1978. He was a featured regular on a TV show that ran for years called "Hee-Haw", which was a staple of American Saturday night entertainment. Roy Clark and Buck Owens were the show's hosts, and they invited some of the greats in Country music and other forms of entertainment. It was a silly yet wholesome bit of Americana that we could use more of today.
The old school country comedians were often very good musicians in their own right.
No you'll never hear one of us repeating gossip, so you better be sure and listen close the first time
Good music and cornpone comedy...entertaining mix.
'Hey Grandpa! What's for supper?' 😊
Grandpa & Stringbean were my favorites! Loved those gentlemen!
Glen was my uncle I used to hang out with him and the family on their home on 4th street in Albuquerque . That is when he was playing on the Dick Bills show I was 8 then I am 69 now. He was and always will be a huge talent .
Oh that's awesome. Love that.
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I'm 68. You are the lucky one! I admired Glen, even though I was and still am a huge Beatles Fan...I went for melody and harmony [two good lookin' sisters lol].Glen's life story is amazing...he came from humble beginnings to rise above to musical excellence and his voice, wow! what a singer! I still sing some of his songs in senior homes. I was a music teacher in part because of people like Glen inspiring quality and excellence...I took it as far as I could take it. Young people are discovering him on youtube and most are floored by both his musicianship and his voice. These metal head guys often admire his guitar skills technically using the "Shred" factor," but don't get what Glen was all about as an entertainer and singer in all genres. For God sakes he was a member of the Wrecking Crew, played and sing back up many records before fame...Sinatra, The Beach Boys, you name it. They watch a clip and don't even know he hosted his own Variety show, participated in comedy sketches, was in a few movies [True Grit original flick is a classic]. He went through terrible struggles with drugs and came out on top. He played the guitar so melodically, musically, not just a technical show off. I've have seen interviews about playing golf with Allice Cooper regularly 😂, who would have thunk that?
Lucky ‼️
Yep, I remember the Dick Bills Show. Dick Bills and the Sandia Mountain Boys in Albuquerque in the early 1960s.
Two of the most amazing musicians in history. Roy could also play violin (country fiddle and classical), banjo, mandolin, and pretty much any stringed instrument, expertly. One of the most talented musicians, ever.
If it had strings... Roy could play it, like he owned it!😅😊
Glenn could play many different instruments himself including bagpipes.
Yep. Correct.
Used to be routine entertainment on three-channel TV nightly on variety shows, Hee Haw, etc. Amazing now to think about it.
I remeber hearing about clark's prowess from a relative who saw him in vegas like 50 years ago!
Two of the best guitarists EVER, and not just Country, we're talking about across the board.
And across the globe.
@@richardeast3328 Uh, that's pretty much what I said...
@@ffjsb Uh, not really.
Yes in their day, but since then there are many great players.
Both definitely are in the top 100 best players ever.
Let me recommend a guitar duo that you should definitely check out.
Do Lovebites Scream for Me live Daughters of the Dawn. Midori and Miyako will blow you away with this guitar battle.
Thank God for internet videos that allow us to revisit these passed on masters. They will never be forgotten.
Absolutely!!!
When Eddie Van Halen wanted lessons, he went to Glen Campbell. This is not a joke, he actually did.
No way!!! Really? That is like magic becoming magical.
I checked this out on Google and found at least two sites confirming the truth of this. It was set up by Alice Cooper who told Van Halen, Campbell lived close to him.
Campbell was part ot he Wrecking Crew, back in the 60's.
This was Roy and Glen basically playing at 30% throttle, for the audience. Glen did bump up to about 40% throttle around the 4:40 mark, just because his fingers were bored. This little, entertaining snippet is just the tip of the tip of the tip of the talent iceberg, that these two legendary musicians possessed.
Two geniuses feeding off each others energy. Thankfully it was recorded!
Thank you for letting their performance play to the end without interrupting.
Absolutely!! So many other reaction videos don't let the videos play all of the way through. Great choice, David!
I'll third that motion and say "Aye" in voting. Hadn't seen your channel before so I didn't know your style. I thought if there was a cause for that it was being in rapture to recognized musical genius. To paraphrase what Alice Cooper said of Johnny Depp, Glen and Roy were the real thing
Roy Clark had to be a space alien... Goat doesn't begin to describe him... Glenn was a master musician, guitarist, and singer, AND actor...
That is a fantastic way to express it. Glenn Campbell was an amazing talent, a master...and Roy Clark was WAY more than that.
I went to grandpa Jones’ birthday party in Oct of 77, I was 14, I met them all, a great blessing!
So cool
Were the Hee Haw girls there? Because Barbie Benton...
@@christophertaylor9100 One or two of them were there. Lulu was there, I have a picture of me with the blonde that end the show with “that’s all folks” i think. maybe she did some other stuff too.
my dad dated Ronnie Stonean’s
sister Donna for a while. Ronnie played the old hag with the ironing board. she was a great banjo player too.
Notice how smoothly Glen shred’s that 12 string!
It's mad
pretty sure he just started riffing at the end (of the solo not the coda)... you could tell that he was just having too much fun and didn't want to stop but kinda realized maybe he needed to reel it in... so he expertly did. And of course the professionalism of a band that plays with great players all the time, just knows when and how to follow.
@DaveWildheart in this performance of the William Tell Overture he does some 32nd note tremolo picking with it behind his head:
ruclips.net/video/jjTI4VRX39Y/видео.htmlsi=5oo2IFfuhS0geHqy
Ovation 12 string?
@@SvenTviking Glen usually played Ovations.
A reporter asked Hendrix, what's it like being the greatest guitarist in the world? Hendrix pointed to Glen and replied, he's sitting right over there, go ask him. Love it.
You mean Roy.
@@kenhart5259I heard they asked Eddie Van Halen how liked being the best guitar player in the world and he said you need to ask Roy Clark about that!
Great story. Glen knew everybody in the business. Glen was guitar for Sinatra on Strangers in the Night.
@@jamestone265 I doubt that ever happened.
I've heard the same story with several different guitarists named. Terry Kath, Ry Cooder, Billy Gibbons.
Glen was a member of the "wrecking crew" , the LA studio musicians that were on every album made in the 50's to the 80's in LA before he went on to a solo career. He was such a legit player that EVH actually took a few lessons from him. Roy was probably one of the biggest IYKYK players that ever existed. People think of him as just some guy from Hee Haw but the man was as good as it gets. His picking skills are insane. More people know about Glen's skills than Roy's but they both are top tier players. It is nice to see them getting their due still.
There is no telling how many albums Glen played on back in the day. He was the most sought after studio guitarist in his time.
He did some excellent sets on He Haw too.
What Campbell did as as a session guitarist, Page was already doing in England. The rest is history.
@@Ice-Fall Page also started at a much younger age which was even more impressive.
@@Ice-Fall not sure i follow your point
The days of Hee Haw! Glen Campbell and Roy Clark were two of the very best guitarist in those days! Simply amazing.
Literally clicked just so I can hear them again after so many years.
Well done Dave!
So many fond memories with Hee Haw & family.
"Where, where are you tonight? How could you leave me here all alone? I searched the world over 'til I thought I found true love. You met another & pfft... You were GONE!!!"
@@jasonsphinx8461 LOL, You took my line!
Who else can hear the words to this song as you listen to the music?
Being born in 1967, my childhood was immersed in this music. My father was the lead singer and guitar player in a gospel group which included a Dobro Master and an award winning fiddle player. It is a past that I will always cherish.
Me
Absolutely. '65 baby here. Hee Haw was on the TV every weekend and I was glued to the screen. Amazing time for music.
‘64 here. I’m with ya
I'm loving all the historical & personal perspectives in here. Thank you, everyone! 😊
Two of the Worlds finest guitarists.
Recommend:
Roy Clark - "Malaguena"
Glen Campbell - "The William Tell Overture"
I would add 12th Street Rag and the super fun Folsom Prison Blues.
I second this recommendation.
Glen also played bagpipes.
His live show, in Scotland, he played "Amazing Grace" on the pipes, and it took my breath away.
Check it out on youtube.
You won't be disappointed 😊
Glen Campbell's acoustic guitar playing of the song is just as good as his playing with an electric guitar. The only difference was that when he performed the song with the electric guitar, he played part of it with the guitar behind his head and didn't miss a note. There's a version of each here on RUclips. A member of The Wrecking Crew along with Leon Russell.
These recommendations are perfect ❤
You can't stop this rabbit trail until you see Glen and Roy playing the same guitar at the same time. No kidding.
That, was, EPIC....! Definitely this..!
I can't find it can you please share a link
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MDA Telethon
I can't remember what song they were playing when they did that.
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It so great to hear some one actually plying the notes and NOT just screaming the strings
Glen was an amazing musician & singer. Roy was the best I ever heard. He was a virtuoso on guitar, banjo, fiddle, mandolin. Roy won the National Banjo Championship in 1947 & 1948, at age 14 & 15. One of the hosts of Hee Haw which was a country version of Laugh In. Laugh In lasted five years- Hee Haw lasted 25 years.
Two great performers who liked, respected and enjoyed each other!
Glen uses a 12 string Ovation guitar.
I have a Glen Campbell Ovation six string Signature Series guitar that he released before my time. The sound has more brilliance than most acoustic guitars. The keys are plated with gold, all to making it a collector's item. Came with a custom fitted hardshell case.
I saw Roy Clark in person not long before he passed. My impression of him was he was humble; good hearted and laughed at himself at times.
Musically the world looks a little dimmer when these great artists leave us.
Hee Haw was a HUGE part of my childhood ‼️
Mine, too!: I loved this show!
@@dawnschare do you remember "findercella?"
When the barber told Cinderella all backwards? I cracked up over that! 😅
@@CherylHughes-ts9jz I was a huge fan of the Carol Bernette comedy hour, too... 😆
@@dawnschare and Sonny and Cher, and Tony Orlando, Chico and the Man, Jeffersons, All in the Family ‼️ Man, I'm getting old😅
@@CherylHughes-ts9jz we're not getting old... we're vintage... 😆
As a Johnny Cash fan, you will love him and Roy Clark doing Orange Blossom Special. I've never seen Johnny so relaxed and having so much fun ... he was two-fisting harmonicas!
Yeah I got that one coming soon
Two all time legends! A couple other country pickers worth a listen include Jerry Reed and Chet Atkins.
They’re more than worth a listen. Include Doc Watson in this list. Listen to his song Doc’s Guitar
and Chet Atkins protegee Tommy Emmanuel
I read somewhere that Roy Clark thought Jerry Reed was perhaps the best guitarist he had ever seen. I remember he referred him as a master. Talk about a compliment coming from someone like him! 😮
Love Jerry's Amos Moses ‼️
Chet Atkins did a PBS show with Mark Knopfler many decades ago, and it was one of best guitar shows that I have ever seen. They played all kinds of music and it was quite impressive.
Roy Clark playing "Maleguena" on the Odd Couple TV show. You won't be disappointed.
Agreed... It's worth a watch, if for no other reason than to see Jack Klugman and Tony Randall completely break character out of amazement at Roy's guitar skills...
He already did, that was his Roy Clark introduction.
@@c0dy1287 - Good, that's a definite "don't miss"!!!
These 2 don’t make mistakes. Both stellar players
That's a fact.
Roy and Glen two of best guitar pickers that ever lived .
2 of the best of all time. I can't imagine how someone could play that part on a 12 string, but Glenn made it look so easy.
For those who are too young to know, Glen Campbell was one of The Wrecking Crew, the musicians who were hired to play on countless LA studio recording sessions for practically every top level recording artist of any genre in the 60’s. They were part of so many hit songs. Glen said he could not read music, but he could do whatever was asked anyway. Amazing. Roy Clark was always one of my favorites. Fabulous guitar abilities. I suffered through so many Hee Haw episodes just to listen to him-and watch all the beautiful women on the show except Lulu! Hey, I was a just kid then and fat shaming wasn’t a thing.
Thanks for mentioning this fact.. a LOT of people think Glen Campbell was solely a country music artist...
A top studio musician who can’t read sheet music is unimaginable. But Glen was that good.
Glenn also subbed in on Beach Boys tours, of course, their music was not challenging…
watch the doc I'll be me, great story telling about Glen. if you don't cry watching it, you aren't human ! 💜
@@everybodylovesducksauce7158 I have, it was phenomenal...
Now you are looking at TWO guitar legends.
I have enjoyed these two geniuses for many years, was a teenager when Glen Campbell's albums came out and were wonderful, Roy Clark came to the fore when he performed on television on various shows. They were multifaceted in the instruments they had mastered and were a constant source of joy to music lovers. Glen could play just about everything including the bagpipes which I loved. Roy, too, could play so many instruments with true mastery. I am 76 this November so I have had the pleasure of enjoying these two great musicians for many, many years and, yes, they had fun together and the whole band behind them in that performance were having a blast watching and listening to greatness.
Two of the greatest of all-time. And when you add in that Glen is one of the best singers of his era, you realize what an unbelievable talent he was. Roy had a less "poppy" voice, and was mostly country. But Glen crossed over into pop -- one of the first musicians to do that successfully.
These guys were such a staple on tv when I was a kid. They were both amazing musicians, Campbell playing The William Tell Overture if you haven’t already
Roy Clark was the greatest musician of his time. He could play any instrument. He was amazing.
Roy Clark and Ricky Skaggs; the best of the best 'stringed' instrumentalists!
I think that might be an exaggeration .
@@tommurphree5630 ‘of his time’. Is the key word. Looking at music these days, I really don’t see a lot of ‘picking’ though. Everything is synthesized or ‘studio’ produced it seems to me. Would love for music to get back to the instrumental and not be weighted so heavily on vocals.
@@tommurphree5630 I've heard him since the 1960's. No exaggeration, about him being great.
As a 60 year old woman, I grew up watching Hee Haw every week. Great show, wholesome family entertainment that exposed everyone my age to incredibly talented people! In my house my father beat into our little heads that Chet Atkins was the best guitar player in the world, Roy Clark was next and then Glen Campbell was right behind them.
Those guys are included on every "BEST GUITARISTS" list for the past 70 years, and deservedly so.😊
That segment was on Hee Haw. A show that was on about 20 years but Roy Clark was part of the shows every week with different guest
Glen was watching Roy so intently. I loved the smile when he realized this was going to be "one of those performances".
Roy Clark & Glen Campbell (may they both rest in peace) were among the most sought after studio musicians. The man at the beginning used to feature in the show "Hee Haw" singing as part of a gospel group, among other things (their rendition of the song "I'll Fly Away" is still one of my favourites).
-That's Grandpa Jones! Glen and Roy - two of the best ever and having an absolute blast on HeeHaw.
-Hey Hon, your headstock is crazy dusty. ;)
I love the sound of Roy's telecaster in this piece!! No special effects here, just pure talent!🎵🎶 😍👍👍👍
Roy had a great sense of humor. Watch an early black and white recording of him doing Folsom Prison Blues.
Will do
Just be careful when you watch it! In Roy's words, "it just might scar you up!"
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He was basically joking around that he is so good at guitar that any young guitarists who saw him play the song might decide to give up learning guitar! Lol!
Roy was such a GANGSTER on a guitar. I'm about to play mine now and most likely resting, lol!
Play on, fellas! Play on!
Saw this as a child. Masterful. Brilliant playing. Thank you!
Loved them both! Amazing talent. I’m 66 so I saw them both many times, I was very lucky in musical generation.
There is a country guy who can rip the guitar today. Brad Paisley.
...And Glen playing lead on a 12 string guitar. Incredible!
Roy was hands down amazing. I took my father (who looked like he could be Roy's twin brother) to a concert in Nashville, Indiana in 1995 and to this day is still one of the best live shows I've ever seen. Roy crossed over so many musical boundaries (I'm a dyed in the wool pop/rock musician, who also is a fiddle player) and I was always so entertained by him. He had an awesome stage presence and was as good a comedian as he was a musician. Miss him greatly.
Ahh you were lucky to get to see him. I'm sure it was amazing.
@@DaveWildheart Lucky indeed. I hold roy in the same regards as Freddie Mercury and Frank Sinatra. I mourned each of them for a month after their passing. Scott from Japan
Roy refused to pigeonhole himself into one genre of music, and we are all fortunate for that. I recently dived down a rabbit hole of his non-country work, especially playing with Joe Pass and Clarence Gatemouth Brown. His joy in playing with other talented musicians in a variety of styles was so evident.
Glenn campbell was part of the wrecking crew which was a group that basically did almost all of the recording no matter what the general was in los angeles for a significant amount of time
I just basically put the same thing you did before I read any of the comments, I just finished watching the documentary of The wrecking Crew.
Glenn was also a part of The Beach Boys for awhile. He once commented on how hard it was to play bass/any deep music, while singing high notes.
Glen Campbell as A temporary BEACH BOY!!!
Im not a country music fan but I used to watch Hee Haw just to hear who Roy was playing with and enjoy some of the best guitar playing there is. Glenn Campbell played with a number of bands through his carreer but seemed to settle down to an easy listening style but his great guitar playing was always there. Another great one is when he played with Jerry Reed.
Im not sure if youre aware of this, but for a brief moment in the mid 60s, Glen was a Beach Boy. He replaced Brian Wilson for a moment on bass and falsetto vocals. There are You Tube videos of Glen doing a medley of Beach Boy songs. You need to check it out and react to it.
Two *LEGENDS* of stringed instrumental skills...
I grew up watching "Hee Haw" on our families 19" B/W Zenith TV, and we'd sit there, enthralled, when these gentlemen would perform.
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Look at the band behind them. The guy back there is just shaking his head in amazement....
I used to do a lot of stage hand work and worked a Roy Clark show. Crazy talented. And he had a line of instruments he’s easily play. It was awesome!! 🤘
That would be a memory to hold forever! So precious!!
The outlaws had the best version about 9 minutes "Ghost Riders In The Sky." I'm a rock and roll player, but even I know about Roy Clark's picking and Glen Campbell's picking. Both of them are of the highest caliber, when it comes to picking a guitar, with Roy Clark it's anything with strings. This is a good song it's hard to mess it up.
Always so FUN to watch two experts having such mastery of an instrument as these two gentlemen. Haven't heard such as this talent for many years. A real treat. Thx.
Glen and Roy were among the best guitarists of my generation. If you haven't checked them out yet, you should listen to Glen playing the William Tell Overture (any live performance) and Roy playing Malaguena (the Odd Couple episode). You won't be disappointed!
There's a video of Roy playing Malaguena in concert. It's amazing.
I have watched this video many times in my life; and, I enjoy it every time as though I was watching it for the first time. They blow me away with their talent.
Definitely worth watching again... and again... and again //// STOP THAT! 😂🤣
Starting out seeing Grandpa Jones really put a smile on my face. I haven't thought about him in years. My dad and I used to watch HeeHaw all the time and my dad just passed, so it was good to think about that. Thanks for that.
Hey grandpa,..... what's for supper????
@@ann40069 "A Canada goose I got this fall and plenty of dressin to please you all. Pumpkin pie with cream on top and piping hot coffee, good to the last drop."
You can NEVER go wrong watching any Glen Campbell video! He was an incredibly gifted and generous musician! I got to see probably hundreds of his performances over the years. First met him around 1961 when I was 10 years old. He was a family friend. He was definitely a genius and a really nice man.
Pure legends. Absolutely the gold standards of guitar.
I love watching the reaction of people who react to Glen and Roy. I grew up listening and watching them. My parents loved them and we always watched Hee Haw on the television and of course their music was on all the Country music stations. I seen Roy play once when I was very young and unfortunately I do not remember his performance or any of the other performers, but (lol), I do remember Grandpa Jones' old hound dog on stage. I'm so glad that more younger people are finding out about some of these older, highly talented, ground breaking musicians. Their music will continue to live on and on.
There is a video on Facebook that Glen stands behind Roy and they play the SAME song on the SAME guitar at the SAME time! IT is hilarious!
Two of the best guitar masters you can find, they both perform all kinds of music that is just amazing. they have so many videos that will blow your mind to explore.
Yeah I've got a long road ahead!
Most people only knew glen for his singing not his guitar work but when they found out you couldn't wipe the smiles off their faces
Check out Glen doing William Tell Overture.
I really should
@@DaveWildheart Ghost Riders in the Sky - Original - Stan Jones (1948) *HD*.. I still stand with this is a must learn on guitar. This here shows what can and has been done with the song over the years. Just an over all fun song to play, even more so around a campfire.
@@DaveWildheart And perhaps Roy Clark and Buck Trent, dueling banjos. Which is also a Hee Haw vid.
Enjoy watching you discovering these guys! Happy New Year!
That’s Grandpa Jones.
He was an incredible claw hammer/frailing banjo player.
Wow !!!👏👏👏👏👏👏Thank you for this delightful surprise!
At one point Gen Campbell was in the wreaking crew and was on many recordings for many bands.
I saw Roy play a few times. Once during halftime at a Shriners game. He was genuinely a happy guy, and extremely talented.
Glen Campbell was part of the Wrecking Crew. For nearly 10 years he was one of the most in-demand session guitarists on earth. He never learned to read music well enough to play by it. He was said to be the most consistent and repeatable guitarists of all time, capable of playing take after take exactly the same.
Great seeing these two together. Still enjoy their individual hits, such as "Gentle on My Mind" and "Thank God and Greyhound You're Gone".
THE guitar maestro is Tommy Emmanuel. Check him out!
Tommy Emmanuel is certainly an excellent guitarist. His style and the other "Masters of the Instrument" cover different ranges of musical styles. Part of that may be related to his Australian background. There's a lot of distance between Australia and Nashville and it's much more than just musical tastes. I don't think there is a meaningful comparison between these different musical backgrounds or the styles of their music. They're both excellent and yet they're quite different from each other...
That was the " Old " country when I first started listening to music and it was so good. Nice reaction.
Playing with Roy Clark is an honor, and Glenn is no slouchbever.
That man at the beginning they always called Grandpa and a show called Hee Haw. Roy Clark was very well know for his guitar playing. The Song was written in Stan Jones in the 1940s. It's never changed. It's always played as they just did. A group called The Outlaws recorded it with the lyrics first I believe. It's so great. ❤❤😊😊👋👋
You should listen Glen doing The William Tell Overture.
It's great watching you step back in history and bathe ourselves together in the sounds of some of the greatest that I grew up with. We are sharing that moment with everyone on RUclips, with you, all today. Thanks for being so genuine.
Glenn and that 12 string Ovation, anytime he busts that out for a performance, you know to hold on to your hat, shit's about to get real:
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This live William Tell he did with an orchestra, and he started tremolo picking with it behind his head and it is super clean...made me want to just turn my guitar into a coffee table.
Saw them both live. Roy Clark at the New York State Fair. Glen Campbell when he played bass with the Beach Boys in 1964-1965. He passed the same day as my father.
Jerry Reed and Chet Atkins, who taught Jerry some of his amazing techniques.
Here's one I always recommend but probably won't be reacted to. Mark Kroos playing Dueling Banjos, it is worth a listen even if you never do a video on it. Another is Hayseed Dixie doing War Pigs.
I definitely want to check out Mark
@@DaveWildheart you are the first one to say that. Thanks and you should try the other group. One of the members father wrote Dueling Banjos.
I've always loved hard rock but I saw Roy Clark at a rodeo in Oklahoma a long time ago and it's still one of the best performances I've ever seen and heard.
Tat is a cool Ovation 12 string. **drool**
Jerry Reed with draw the views too
Coming up...
I grew up listening to these two. I was never a big fan of Roy Clark until I was literally dragged to one of his concerts. OMG! He could and did play all stringed instruments. He was Amazing!
You should check out Roy Clark both with Johnny Cash and solo on Folsom Prison Blues
I should do that
Many never knew what a tremendous guitarist Glen was. First time I saw him strut his stuff I was floored.
That's "Grandpaw", one of the recurring characters on the show "Hee-Haw", which was just as goofy and rednecky as it sounds, but it brought us some amazing music.
Awesome. I knew I could count on my youtube comments!
Louis Marshall Jones, known professionally as Grandpa Jones, was a singer, songwriter, and banjo player whose career spanned from 1932 until his death in 1998 at the age of 84. He suffered 2 strokes after performing at the Grand Old Opry and died the next day.
I remember that show. Where, oh where are you tonight? 🎶
@@EdwardCooler-py6mu🎶Why did you leave me here all alone?🎶
🎶You met another and (raspberry) you were gone🎶
They compliment each other so well, effortless and clean.
OK, you’ve got a lot of very knowledgeable viewers here, but I’m just gonna say A couple of things:
These two are terrific and always fun, great musicians
Go ahead, watch Stevie Ray Vaughan at El Mocambo Live playing “Texas flood“! Let’s see what you think. (again, all great guitarists, Different genres). this would be fun!
I like that idea
Great stuff! Keep up the good work. Glad I found your channel.
I wish you check out Chet Aikins I believe one of the best ever.
Country shred. Glen Campbell ripping through scales on a 12 string will never stop being amazing. Roy clark is simply a national treasure. A world class instrumentalist that could play anything with strings, other than a harp. Timeless stuff.
From what I understand, neither of these men read music. At any rate, they both have to rank pretty high on anybody's list of top guitarists and entertainers.
Musicality is internal, notation is external… it’s a creative boon to NOT rely on printed music, as once you rely on it, you’re using your eyes more than your ears, and less likely to play with the form 🤷🏼♀️🙂
@katiee263 I can read music (not as well as I used to, due to lack of practice). I always envied people that could play by ear. These men were legends and would have been whether they could or couldn't read music. I have a friend that is a pianist and can read music but, rarely does because, he usually plays by ear.
Thanks for making this show up in my feed.
Roy Clark is "was" a master with anything with strings no joke., and good with keys.
I got to see him perform free at a county fair back in the late 90's.
He gets forgotten in "best of" conversations.
ANd Glenn. Well surprise surprise
Two of the absolute hottest players ever.
Agreed
A genuine pearl of a video. Thanks.
Two exceptional and legendary guitarists
I saw Roy Clark perform at the New York State Fair I believe in the early to mid 2000s he was so amazing even better than I thought he was. I used to sit and watch him on Hee Haw with my uncles when I was a little boy. The crowd loved him
My gosh, this brings back some memories of yesteryear and so long ago and far away. My parents, God rest their souls, never missed the Hee Haw show. They absolutely loved those guys. I was in elementary school at the time. Now I'm an oldie but goodie.
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