British guitarist reacts to the day that Roy Clark WON at playing the guitar!
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- Опубліковано 28 тра 2024
- Tonight I'm taking a look at Roy Clark. Sometimes you just have to say holy cow!
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As the story goes, someone once asked Eddie Van Halen what it was like being the greatest guitar player in the world, and his response was, "you'll have to go ask Roy Clark"
That is a true statement! Nuff said.
Is that really true?
@@LloydMcCoy I wasn't there, but that's the story I've heard from multiple different sources.
You know it's true if you've ever seen/heard the two of them play guitar...or banjo. Van Halen was good, Clark was great.
Out of all the interviews I've seen, Eddie has only mentioned Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Ritchie Blackmore, and Allan Holdsworth. I've never seen or read where Eddie mentions Roy Clark.
According to Jack Klugman, he and Tony Randall had no idea he was going to play Maleguena on set. They thought it was going to be a slow strummy piece. The director wanted their reaction to be genuine.
They were not Felix and Oscar anymore. They were Tony Randall and Jack Klugman, absolutely mesmerised just like everyone else.
And they both genuinely reached out to shake that hand that had just blown them away. I doubt that was scripted.
@@darylbernard2616 Especially Tony falling backward
One of the best musicians you will EVER hear. Period.
I'd like to share a story. Back in the mid-late 80s, I worked at a honky tonk in Hattisburg, Mississippi called the Cobblestone later called The Hop. I got the job because my uncle was the drummer for the house band. The house band's lead guitarist and singer was also the owner of the club. His name was Wallace Baker. Wallace was an enigma of sorts. He had this really gruff voice when talking with him but when he sang it was totally different and really smooth. Wallace work rodeo shirts and a big ole rodeo belt buckle attached to an ornate belt. He was also the greatest guitar player I have ever known. He played acoustic, electric, steel, banjo... if it had strings, he could play it.
So I'm working the door on a slow Wednesday night and none other than Roy Clark and Chet Atkins walks up. There were some other folks too but I didn't recognize them. Our other bouncer says hi and confesses his fandom of Roy and Chet. Both being as humble as ever thanked him and said "Well I hear there's someone in here who is a heckuva picker." They go in and Wallace finds out Roy and Chet are in the crowd. Wallace goes all out in his playing. Just blows the doors off the place. When they walk out a couple of hours later we ask them "Well what did you think of Wallace?" And Roy Clark's response was "That is the best guitar player in the entire south right now." Chet agreed. They were blown away. And that was all Wallace ever needed. It was like being handed a Grammy. He not only got to meet and talk with legends they both considered him a contemporary.
The moment I knew Wallace was extraordinary was the movie Crossroads had come out on VHS and that final show down with Steve Vai just blew me away. I kept telling Wallace about it and how he had to see the whole movie. Wallace invited me and my uncle over to his house on a Saturday morning and we watched the movie together. He really enjoyed. In his gruff voice and thick southern accent "Man that Steve Vai guy can really play." It was the first time he had see or heard of him. So we left, I took my tape with me. That night at the club, as Wallace and the band was taking the stage and tuning and warming up.... Wallace started doing some bluegrass picking that transitioned into blues and then into the solo that Steve Vai did in Crossroads. My jaw hit the floor as he winked at me.
He didn't have UA-cam to look it up. He literally saw that scene ONE time and he nailed it. That's when I knew he was on a different level of playing. That's when I realized there were so many amazing musicians out there that most of us will never hear or know about.
They are humble people without pretense that don't want the hassles of stardom and are content with their lot in life. Many of the greats play by ear, not knowing music theory, and that helped them pick up what they saw and heard.
If you have good knowledge of scales and modes you can play pretty much anything just by hearing it. As long as it's standard tuning. Wallace probably had both ear, and clinical ability. That's why he was a beast.
@@starblazer5178 And a good memory! There are a lot of notes/chords in a 3-4 minute song going at that pace.
@@wylieecoyote definitely. I just taught myself dust in a baggie by Billy strings. It was pretty easy seeing how Ive played bluegrass all my life. It sounds wicked when listening to it though
@@starblazer5178 That is very good! Bluegrass is quite special. Ralph Stanley is one of my relatives. There is a museum for him and Bluegrass in a little town called Clintwood, Va., which is in the Appalachian Mountains. That is where Bluegrass began and still thrives. There was a resurgence after the George Clooney movie "Oh Brother Where Art Thou" featured a lot of folk music.
Roy has never gotten the recognition he deserves because he was never that well known outside of Country music. He is, quite simply, one of the best guitarists who has ever lived regardless of genre.
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I have to disagree. There was a time when everyone knew who Roy Clark was. I remember it well
@@timgelder4263 ask a millennial who he is....
Julie my point was that in his heyday he was well known by nearly everyone in America and much appreciated which is why he was featured on The Odd Couple. My experiences with millennials show that they GENERALLY have little interest in what came before them
Got to see him in concert. Eddie Van Halen, yes he did that too!
A metal head here too and that gives me chills... I loved Hee Haw and watching him play and the banjo too... him and Glen Campbell were AMAZING...
I am pretty sure I also saw a video somewhere where he said it HURTS to play like that... his fingers get pretty sore after that I guess... I can just imagine...
A lot of county western artists and blues player were far better then the rock crowd will ever know! Look up what music owes Les Paul!
Roy, Glen, Jerry, and chet. All criminally underrated guitarist.
Also Jerry reed
Yes. Glen campbell too. You are right. Check out glen campbell playing back home again in Indiana on his good time hour. show. Shreds it.
I'm an advanced player. This is THE greatest Acoustic performance I have ever seen.
can we just take a second to appreciate Roy's sideburns, they're borderline majestic
Yeah, those are impressive. I remember my dad and uncles sporting those back in the day.
I think he just made sideburns great again!
Sweet chops.
Absofrigginglutely, perfection on performance and mutton chops.
I love it☺Roy was such a good person it seems by everything I've read or seen
if you start feeling cocky as a guitar player, listen to this and back down to earth.
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or listen to "Friday Night in San Francisco" for a week, and try not to give up entirely.
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Seriously though...Roy sent Uncle Ted packing for the back cutting heads once...anybody else remember that?
When I was a kid watching guys like Roy Clark, BB King, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Hendrix, made me want to learn to play guitar. Now I am 45 and watching them makes want to throw my hands up. I have had to accept the fact that I will never be that good. I still play, as a hobby for fun, but so humbling to watch these guys, still love it.
Roy Clark is so underappreciated. That man's fingers on a guitar or banjo were almost magical in their speed.
Fiddle. Violin. Strings!! Lol.
The years he spent on "Hee-Haw" probably kept people from paying attention to anything remotely serious that he did.
Almost?
@@JayTemple Hee Haw was by far the best musical shows of all time !
Not underappreciated in the slightest, you ever checked his awards list? his talent was recognized at the time
I was at the taping of this episode. Got to hang out with Mr. Clark in his dressing room. He told me that classical violin was his first love but he had to go where the money was. Super nice guy. Incredible night.
Guitarist, Banjo, Violinist, etc. Roy mastered all types of music. Had a rare skillset which is unmatched .
Lucifer offers many talents to those willing to sell their soul.
He was a pretty good singer, too.
@TLM WTF ? You gotta be kidding me?
@@patriotofgod9827 Sorry I'm late to the party but, GOD! What is GOD? Oh yeah, it is just a figment of our imagination. Nothing real, just imaginary. "God" is just a state of mind, not a real entity. No one has ever seen nor heard from GOD.
Picture this, "A child being molested and crying out for GOD to save him/her and GOD is no where to be found". Kinda proves that there is no GOD. My GOD, if I had one, would not allow such atrocities to occur. I do not believe in GOD. There has NEVER been any proof given that there is a GOD. Having said that, this is proof that there is not a GOD.
Roy’s guitar needed a four hour nap after this scene.
And an ice bath! lol
The guitar had to smoke a cigarette first.
Hell he earned it
Pay Me!!!!😃😄
@@richardjacques1731 afterwards it needed another cigarette and a gatorade
@@richardjacques1731 And most definitely afterwards.
Roy did more in that 3 mins than I have my entire life. Amazing.
Oh My! The speed of that right hand! It’s like watching the wings of a hummingbird!
Roy Clark's sideburns could play guitar better than most men.
You've captured my thoughts perfectly!!!
Lol
Now that was hilarious.
Best comment ever. lmao
Wow yes lol!
After the way Roy just played, someone needs to give that guitar a cigarette LOL
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LOL
Lololol! That was a great number Roy did. Awesome! 🙂
Paul Lauth
LOL !!!! 🤣
@ Paul Lauth I took the time to read nearly all of the post on this video and all were full of praise for Roy's stellar performance. Yours, made me laugh out loud! And one about how the guitar " had to be Holy now because he played the hell out of it". Roy would have loved them both. RIP Roy, you are a hard act to follow!
The kid is truly hits the money in his opinion of Clark, the fact that he's a baby to my 58 years on this Earth speaks volumes of his appreciation. I was probably about 10 or 11 when I saw this first run episode and even though I didn't know the piece, I knew it was strongly Spanish influence and the fact that we loved Hee Haw and so this gentleman played something from my culture just blew me away 🥰 God bless you Roy Clark , playing in heaven now.
Tfuuf Tdi do
If uyd
Ffd
I’m 70 and Roy was a favorite to watch all my life
He studied with Sebeleous (sp?)
Roy also was so ridiculously talented, that he could add silliness and slapstick to his performance while not appearing to diminish his skill level one bit.
I'm a metal head at heart but Roy is one of my absolute favorite guitar players ever. You don't need amps to melt faces,. Look at those two actors, they felt the heat coming from Roy's axe.
Bluegrass, country, jazz, Spanish classical, the guy could play any genre at the highest level, and he could also play several other stringed instruments at a high level. The man is the god of strings.
Btw, if you like metal, but also roy Clark, check out tinfoil and turmoil by Billy Strings, another genre bending stringed instrument virtuoso, who blends jazz, metal, rock, and other styles into bluegrass.
@Miles Doyle there’s a time and place, this isn’t it
@@JasonZakrajsek Hes fucked nuff said , he needs help.
Check out Glenn Campbell playing the William Tell Overture on the 12 string guitar!!
I'd put Roy Clark up against the best in the world on a guitar....on a fiddle.....on a banjo.....he was a freak of nature. The dude had talent on loan from God. No other explanation. Wow.
I'd pay to see Roy Clark vs S.R.V.
Dittoes!
Roy also played a mean classical violin.
He definitely belongs on the players Mt. Rushmore!
Mh R He could also make up a song about anything on the spot...name a few different things...no matter how random..he makes it a song...👍
I don't know a single guitarist (personally) who can strum that fast and that aggressively without blowing at least 2 strings in the middle. Roy Clark is just another level.
I lose the pick every damn time. I stopped trying years ago. But the practice really helped with my gallops. Roy is the reason I can play battery.
To me the greatest guitarist that ever lived. Just incredible chops and he played so many instruments...incredible.
I totally agree!
Rollingstone had their 100 greatest guitarist of all time and Roy WAS NOT ON THE LIST. I WILL NEVER READ ROLLINGSTONE AGAIN. LAUGHABLE!!!
Rolling stone has been trash for decades
@@stevejohnson1577 amen!
They took forever and a day to induct Rush but they put other people on that aren’t even legit rock artists.
@@yahopostinguy429 i agree. I think he didnt get his due because of the genre of music. Hendrix, clapton, van halen- Clark?
Im a rock n roll guy on the heavy side. But make no mistake, roy clark could shred. And not just guitar, but banjo, fiddle and guitar. If it had strings, roy clark could play it at a master level
Agreed - when they voted Keith Richards as #4 in 2015, I haven't read a copy since
Probably the most underrated guitarist ever.✌
I don't think that's true. He may be the most skilled guitarist that many people have never heard of, but I don't know of anyone who has actually seen/heard him play and then low-balled or underrated his talent. Pete Townshend said that Led Zeppelin has never done anything he's liked, which I found stunning, but I've never heard of an accomplished guitarist that said Roy wasn't a master of his craft.
Only among those ignorant of the craft.
Always been weird with him that he’s more well known to general audiences based on tv appearances instead of guitar and banjo, but this dude is simply an amazing player.
He was not underrated, he played with the best ,Johnny Cash ,Glen Campbell,just sayin"
@@Meatball2022 Also a great fiddle player.
Roy is amazing his hand is just a blur what a phenomenal musician.
Roy Clark holds a special place in my memories. What a legend and truly a good guy.
I was in a guitar shop in suburban Nashville about 15 years ago, and Roy came in. He was buying picks, and as he did, he spoke to everyone in the store. Warm, humble guy. He did pick up a Martin DX that a guy was looking at and played Church Street Blues in it without warming up and nailed it. He then humorously suggested that the guy should play for him. The guy played Deep River Blues, and Roy told him how good it sounded (it was decent, but the guys nerves were showing). Just a great man.
You're a lucky person to have had that experience.
He's an Oklahoma boy. Most Okies are like that.
This eye-witness story of Roy makes me just love the man even more. Thank you kindly.
I'm no techie but he is playing faster than the film is recording.
By about 1.5 fps, good eye.
Roy Clark has always been one of the finest players I’ve seen in 6+ decades. Thanks for finding this gem from the 60’s.
So clean, so precise, almost inhuman. Clark was the absolute best.
How could over 300 idiots give this a thumbs down? This guitar playing is INSANELY GOOD, it's friggin EXQUISITE, A MASTERPIECE.
With the costs for doing 1 show , you had to be damn good to perform live on a show like this other than a piano player where strings don't break .
All of the Beatles songs in 1964 on Ed Sullivan were recorded on video tape during their visit there , even the last song in August 65 was from the 1963 recording. The later Beatles tunes on the show were pre-recorded in a London studio and aired as Live.
Roy was on his own up on the high wire without a net , Volume, tempo , Key and playing had to be dead on with no where to hide.
I agree...
Miserable pricks are going to be miserable pricks!!!
Agree1000%
Simple bc theyre idiots
They have grown up with their glorified talent mocking buffoons on the airwaves today that they simply have no appreciation for real talent!
The Devil went down to Georgia because he was looking to stay out of whatever state Roy was in!
LMAO!
Catfish Cave, I Totally Agree!
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You're a genius
Oh my God, thanks for that laugh.
Bakersfield California baby
Roy Clark was a virtuoso on at least half a dozen instruments. Guitar is just the beginning. He was just as good on banjo. I have also seen him play fiddle, dobro, and mandalin. I wouldn't rule out anything with strings on it.
And, by the way, he has performed that same piece on a guitar strung in reverse - in other words, strumming left handed and chording right.
"He played " Something on a trumpet one time I saw.. But being older than dirt, I cant remember the titile..
@@craigsmileycj9600 it doesn't surprise me, even though brass and stringed instruments are not much alike. I really think he was a musical savant.
As for being "old," I feel you. But I much prefer "experienced". Or maybe "seasoned". I earned these gray hairs, and probably gave more than I've got.
Roy Clark is a beast
Him, Chet Atkins,Jerry Reed & Glen Campbell
Those guys can hang with even today's guitar players
Hell even EVH & Kirk Hammett
Both Jimi Hendrix and Eddie Van Halen were asked by interviewers what it was like to be the world's best guitar player. Both of them answered that maybe someone should ask Roy Clark. And rightly so.
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Yeah I have heard that same story, w/Hendrix saying that about Phil Keaggy.
@@marksmela7748 i heard he said Rory Gallagher. The legend grows lol.
NO THEY DID NOT HA HA
it was the late great terry kath.
Hello Wings.
I have known Roy Clark's music since I was a little kid back in the 60's and 70's. My mother was a huge fan of 'Hee Haw' and Roy was one of the regular musicians featured in the show. I bring all this up because I once saw a live act with Roy, between sets with the other actors and musicians. He was alone on stage, fairly close up, and playing live while they set up the stage behind the curtains for the next act. During this performance I saw something amazing. I saw him playing a nice song on an acoustic guitar, but one of the strings snapped. Now most musicians would apologize, get a new guitar, and do another song. Roy didn't stop playing. He picked around the missing string, using alternate chords. Other than that one spoiled note when the string snapped, the song went on at the same timing and rhythm, and his hands flew over the guitar as he bridged alternate chords to compensate. He was literally disheveled and out of breath at the end, but he succeeded in playing the song to it's end. One of the most amazing things I have ever seen done by a musician, and it was LIVE on national television.
I just thought you should know about that incident, and why I consider him to be the best musician ever to pick up an instrument.
speaking Frank-ly
I saw him blow out a string during a wicked jam live and he didn't even flinch and just kept smokin' the jam
Frank Smedley
Great story, thank you for sharing!
That's awesome. Not to out do that story or even try by any means cuz what I'm gonna say is no comparison, and not to change the subject either, but kind of the same situation I saw with Steven Stills on David Letterman or Jay Leno, can't remember exactly but he was playing a song live and dropped his pick and didn't miss a beat. Played it all the way through like nobody's business. Then he admitted that he dropped it when he was done. The great ones can pull that shit off. Good stuff
Wow! I remember seeing that on TV! I could hear the string break & expected him to grab a different guitar but he just kept playing. To this day, I have admired his tenacity & model my piano playing after his guitar playing. Hee-Haw had a huge influence on my music education. Thanks for reminding us of that! 🎶🎹🎸🎻
What a cool storey. We used to watch Hee Haw as well at my mom's insistance, we wanted to watch Dr Who. I'm glad she usually won out now.
You could say, he "stole the show", but it was more than that.. He made me forget there was a TV show even happening. The World needs more things like this. Art so good that no matter who you are or where you come from or who you voted for or prayed to, all can agree, "this is amazing." If you are an Artist, we need you. ..and we need you, now.
He might have been even better on the banjo and definitely the violin(fiddle) just a pure musical genius. Throwing in the comedy at the same time. He could outplay just about anyone without even trying while making the audience laugh just at his expressions
I took my wife to see Roy Clark at the Stambaugh Theatre in Youngstown, OH about 23-24 years ago. He played Malaguena on an Adamas 12-string alone on the stage. It was magnificent. My wife who is a classically trained flautist was left with her mouth agape at his mastery of the guitar. The man is unparalleled.
Cool!
I had to put my acoustic back in its case during that performance as it was getting frightened.
Could this be the right time to mention Tommy Emmanuel? ua-cam.com/video/l4s8hWLOOcc/v-deo.html
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hmmm maybe Robert Fripp?
@@SidBonkers51 Tommy E. is not human!
good thing you don't own a banjo - otherwise you'd have 2 frightened case buddies.
Roy Clark is the most impressive guitarist I've ever seen, due to his range of technique, and the precision of each technique. There are guitar players that could outplay him negligibly in one specific technique, style or genre, because they've devoted their entire lives to that particular skill. But I don't know of any other guitar player that is elite at literally everything you can do with a guitar. I have zero doubt that he could master Eruption, or any Yngwie song, in probably a couple hours. Or Segovia, or Lucia for that matter. The man is truly incredible.
Roy was playing lead guitar, rhythm guitar backup, and percussion all at once all by himself. All at faster than the speed of sight. 😉🎸
Am I a country music fan? No. is Roy Clark one of the most underrated guitarists ever? Yes.
Amen!
This commentary set me to looking for Roy Clark videos and I found and early comedy performance on the Jimmy Dean show from 1963 that blew me away because he was doing genuinely difficult effects as well as singing, joking, telling stories and even dancing! You can see him using his thumb as a cheat once in a while and then a flurry of picking that Jimmy Dean says is "like a herd of turtles!"
ua-cam.com/video/6dtQbt3y7a0/v-deo.html
Talent transcends genre.
I have been listening to country for 6 decades, no one with knowledge of the genre would call Roy Clark underrated, under employed (HEE HAW)....where talent went to die, is more like it, but I agree with you, you know your pickers
i had you right on the tips of my fingers, but I let you slip right through my hands..........thats me talking to my guitar about my lack of musical talent at this point in my utterly wasted life, Wilson `s pissed at me I guess, cause he aint said shit
All of us who grew up in the 70s watchin' Hee Haw every Saturday night, we knew what a bad ass Roy Clark was. Although we never framed it in those words.
Tennessee Ridgerunner
I'm 50 now. We watched Hee Haw on the farm growing up. But I had no idea Roy could do that! That was amazing! Hope things are going good down south. We are getting ready to go to Pigeon Forge.
Saw Roy in Vegas in the 80s. He would close his show with this song. I had never seen anything like it. It was loud and it echoed through my head. Amazing.
Many years ago, Roy was appearing in concert in my town. I went alone and it was sold out so I did standing room in the balcony. OMG! What a talent. He played guitar, violin, and some other instruments and sang. His talent was underestimated.
I had the luck (and high honor) of meeting Tony Randall and Heather (his wife) at a restaurant in NYC in 1998. I asked him about this particular scene and he told me this story.
He and Jack Klugman rehearsed this scene with Roy many times, but Roy would play a different piece every time (but NEVER Bach or Mountain Dew!). When they shot this in front of the studio audience, he and Jack were both simply 'reacting', not acting. When he fell back over the sofa, that was not planned (they would have framed the shot differently it it were) and Jack was laughing at Tony's genuine reaction as he turned away from the audience and Jack mouthed "He got us!". The audience applauded, as well as most of the crew. It was a 'true moment' that was caught forever on tape. A one-take wonder thanks to the legendary Roy Clark.
So, it was shot live, the music was unrehearsed, and the reactions were real. Awesome!
Brilliant and THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT
Great
Wonderful story!
Tidbits like this are why I love the Internet. Now everyone can learn about that, forever (or at least until an EMP fries all the electronics).
Thanks for that extra info. I was watching and thought that Tony's reaction seemed genuine. Now I know for sure.
I used to work in a Bose store. An older guy in a riders cap and unfortunately a neck brace came in. He seemed so familiar to me. After the whole chit chat and Q&A he bought a product. As I was ringing him up, I asked how he wanted to pay for it and he plunked down his credit card.
ROY CLARK
It all clicked in my head and I almost lost my mind. I had been chatting for 15-20 minutes very casually with a living legend. He was the kindest and warmest person. That is a cherished memory of mine
Wow! Cool!
John Bullock morning
One of the cooler stories I've read, and only 9 people have been smart enough to read, and not just mindlessly listen. Unfortunate.
This was awesome. Thank you for sharing it. I can only imagine not being able to speak. Lol
Very cool story sir. Thank you for sharing......
Wow! That is awesome you not only met him but actually talked for a bit.
If you gave him an electric guitar he would absolutely melt your face!
Wow Roy Clark! What can I say? Absolutely stunning performance. I can tell Tony and Jack just forgot they were acting and instead they were fans savoring a great player. Thanks for your detailed analysis, Fil!
Roy Clark and Glen Campbell were shredders before it was popular
mark holman Atkins also
@@FighterFlashAnd with acoustic guitars, had to hit every note clean.....
@@timclaus8313 That's what turns me off to lots of guitarists. They plug into a Marshall, or other highly distorting amp. All of a sudden they can play notes that sustain and run into each other. It has nothing to do with ability, just hardware. Use an acoustic guitar or a clean amp and play the same notes and you have to have magic in your fingers, in your approach, to get the same feeling and tones across.
Jerry Reed was pretty amazing.
@@JHelak there are FEW players that can. Believe it or not Angus is one of them. He always said if they can't play it Live, it'll never be on an album, per Eddie Van Halen.
everyone from my generation knows who Roy Clark is, I mean we only had 3 televisions stations to watch back then, oh an PBS, but Hee Haw could not be missed.
Had my Hee Haw overalls back then.
BR-549
19 yr. old here, I watched Hee Haw nearly every Thursday night as a kid before bed on RFD TV, the farewell song meant time to go to bed and go to school in the morning, so it was a bitter goodbye. Plus the Hee Haw girls were great for someone going into puberty lol
Yep even us coloreds saw heehaw
"I'm a pickin'" and "I'm a grinnin'
His talent was otherworldly. Absolutely out of this world.
One of your best breakdowns. Roy Clark is more than deserving of this one.
Don't forget that Roy Clark was also amazing at the banjo and the fiddle. Not just good, but amazing. He was pure musical talent. He also happened to be a very nice person. We lost two amazing musicians so close together (Glen Campbell and Roy Clark). I will enjoy their music until the day I die.
Yeah anything with strings!
Glen Campbell & Leon Russell both played on the Wrecking Crew In LA
Good point sir, may I add Don Williams. DW passed shortly after GC did. 2 very hard hits to real music fans.
You said it all!!
I believe the man could competently at the very least,play any stringed instrument. And most,at a much higher level than mere competence. As much as Hee-Haw did to bring attention to Clark, I also believe it hindered his career a great deal by burning the image of the "less than brilliant,probably his own relative in multiple ways" hillbilly into the general consensus. I think that image forever blocked audiences from the ability to consider the obvious brilliance of the man. But what recognition that was never graced on this talented man was surely well compensated in trade as the man and his easy to like personality and genuine warmth were recognizable to anyone at all times. Even the rare moments when that great smile was not plastered on his face. My mother bawled her eyes out for a day when he left. She had met him and spent a few hours with him once when he performed in Vegas. She said you couldn't hope to meet a more charming likable man if you lived ten long lives.
His hands are moving faster than the cameras FPS ability.
Noticed that as well.
@Satchel McQueen Video Maybe Marty, but Mustaine couldn't play that, I don't think.
That would be a fixed 30fps. FILMED before a live, studio audience, donchya know?
I wish my Internet was that fast.
Back in my day that was called" bionic speed".
I feel very fortunate to have seen Roy play that in person. Too bad now that he has passed on that he is recognized as one of the greatest if not the greatest guitar player who has ever lived.
I had no idea that Roy Clark could play guitar like that! What a true talent. 👍👍👍
“If you gave him an electric guitar he’d melt your face”. Lol best line of 2019. Great video
Defendyourclam If I remember right, I saw him absolutely going to town on a telecaster quite often. When you saw all these guys that he mentioned in this video playing duets together for various tv shows over the years, you could tell there was an air of mutual respect, but also a sense of “let’s see you top THIS”, along with a little banter thrown in. It’s great that we can just search up all this stuff.
Eddie Van Halen:" Lemme play you some Eruption."
Roy Clark:"Hold my beer..."
That should have said "Hold my sweet tea"..
Eddie was THE guitar god you fool haha
@@ForrestGump1212 I don't believe Eddie as great as was could have played this
Roy Clark didn't go to eddie for lessons. Eddie went to Roy . Always the padawan learner trying to overtake the master. I love Eddie though
@@ForrestGump1212 Eddie tied Roy's shoes for lessons
I am a big fan of Spanish, flamenco and what they tend to call "world" guitar - Paco de Lucia was amazing and I've seen Jesse Cook in concert more times than I can count. I have CDs of a number of guitarists (for Bach you need John Williams) and so I have heard many versions of Malaguena. I watched Roy Clark on Hee Haw growing up and always liked him. I never would have imagined that piece played by him at all, let alone the way he played it. I'm not usually a "my jaw dropped in astonishment" kind of person - but my jaw dropped in astonishment. That was unbelievable. Since I know how it typically sounds I realized immediately that as fast as he was playing - every note is still there. Amazing. Just. Wow.
I'm a full on metal-head who loves Roy Clark. He shreds.
Play that on a strat with distortion and it would have melted our faces off. I think us metalheads appreciate talent where it is, from Johnny Cash to Amadeus Mozart.
I am so pleased to see this gentleman receive the accolades he deserves. Roy Clark was the master of stringed instruments. Guitar, violin, banjo, mandolin, it made no difference, he mastered them all. Play on
Roy, play on.
He played trumpet also. Probably some other wind instruments also
@@ericwalstrand3512 Genius'
Roy passed away last year (2019). RIP
A particularly sad day for music lovers. A giant has left our midst.
Actually 15th Nov 2018.. still what loss..
@@digbysdownunder Oops. I guess since it was late in the year, I lost track. Remember growing up watching him on "Hee Haw". I now live just down the road from his lake home. Hoped for an opportunity to meet him, but never did...
RIP to a great and humble man who was blessed with unbelievable talent. Roy Clark.
It should show you where county music is today. I'd like to see who they think a great (talented) country musician is from today's era. Today, you just have to look good and they'll do the rest. It doesn't matter if you can't play or sing, just look good and record a song with a catch phrase and you'll be famous. It wasn't like that before the 1980s. If you couldn't sing, there wasn't much they could do with mix board magic to help you. You had to have talent. It didn't matter how you looked. It didn't matter how Charlie Pride looked. He had talent. There is more real talent with the UA-cam singers and instrument players than in all of the music label catalogs combined. They can't hide and they need to use their talent for their audience.
This performance is the absolute pinnacle of rhythm guitar playing.
Really awesome the future still seeing The Classics..❤️
He was paying a complex piece ( that is normally played on a classical guitar, nylon strings) on a STEEL STRING. If you play guitar, enough said.
Yup. What I just watched I simply cannot understand. I've played acoustic guitar for years along with electric and he plays acoustic faster than I can play electric. Mind blowing
Hell....the tripple strum which is a FULL strum is another feat. I can tripple all day, on 3 strings at most on electric and thats just a quick twitch in the wrist. Hes doing a full on elvis strum 3 times in a fraction of a second............
On an electric, he would melt your face....perfect!
That was well put! I've never heard this British guitar player play or his bands music that I know of, but I would bet that he probably plays very good, at least if he plays like his mind works and like I said, I'd bet he does.
OMG !!!! Saw Garth Brooks play electric blues rock metal fusion one night and he was playing like Jimi Hendrix on Red Bull. He blew it up! These guys are REAL GUITAR PLAYERS.
I love this quote.
Was thinking the same.
Gosh!!! Brilliant gave me shivers, my late hubby loved to listen him, he was a great fan of country music. Thank you!!
We knew he had this talent while we watched him on Hee Haw. Occasionally, they'd give us a taste. Also, a great variety of instruments too. Banjo & "fiddle" and more
Roy is a master at guitar, banjo, fiddle, and mandolin. He was/is an actor, comedian, and singer/recording artist. He was a baseball player and boxer in his youth, and also an airplane pilot. How gifted and amazing a talent. Thank you, Roy, for your gifts to humanity.
Amen!
I fueled his planes as a teenager in grove Oklahoma.
Very interesting. In the 50’s my dad was hitchhiking in Nashville and was given a ride by Grandpa Jones (Hee Haw) in a black Cadillac.
Secondinsight he’s also a Mason. My grandfather and Roy were members of the same lodge in Tulsa. I talked with him a few times as a kid during unofficial Masonic gatherings. I never knew who he was until my grandfather watched HeeHaw with me a few times. One would never know he was someone special at those gatherings. He was just one of the crowd and carried himself as such. He is an amazing and humble human being to this day.
Wings of Pegasus and to think he could endorse a mean bottle of Hunts ketchup.
In all seriousness, you said it well. Roy was one of the best and it got overshadowed by his entertaining.
Some people can't see brilliance in someone who's down-to-earth. The man was amazing.
And humble
I don't care who you are as a guitarist...i don't care how famous you are as a guitarist...NOBODY beats Roy Clark...NOBODY!
Um... John Entwhistle, now there was a bass player.
@@I_Palaver Never heard of him!
@@larrydewein401 The WHO
Except chet atkins.
Certainly one of the best ever.
When I was in college in the early 70's, I had the good luck to see him in concert. He played this song and it was amazing! The audience went wild! It was almost unbelievable how good he was. Classical guitar at its finest! Wonderful entertainer and person. It was an honor to see him perform live. His music and personality is missed so much today.
Very well said ! Amen ! 🙏💕
The incomparable Roy Clark!!!! He is a guitar legend, he is a member of the country hall of fame-well deserved-. His right hand technique is incredible. Happily; he is still with us😌
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Jazz cat... I thought he was dead for all these years! I just Googled! You're right! He's still alive!
When Roy goes everyone will know it. World leaders should be paying their respects to a highly skilled musician and a good guy who has entertained and inspired millions of people.
yu stu I agree!! Very well said
Roy Clark has passed 11/16/2018. Sad day for music lovers.
Your observation about how Jack Klugman and Tony Randall stopped being actors and actually became just awe struck spectators is spot on. Roy just took them out of their element. Dude, you're very observant.
Ok, I'm REALLY late to this but I've been a huge fan of Roy forever honestly, since I was a boy. His Malaguena is epic, of course, but he played SO many styles, and was excellent on banjo, mandolin, and violin. I'm glad to hear you, even years later, acknowledge his virtuosity.
I’m so glad I found this! Having lived in Spain, I adore flamenco. I watched the Odd Couple in reruns but never saw this episode… and what a shame it would be to miss this. What an incredible performance of Malagüeña. The analysis was great as well. I don’t play guitar so your commentary gives me a greater appreciation for what is happening. Thanks, Fil.
Being a 65 year old American and a music lover, I noticed Roy Clark at a young age. He was on TV and of course, Hee Haw when I was a kid. Roy was and is one of the greatest guitarists that has ever lived. Chet Atkins is in the same class. I am very happy that young people have heard and recognize him as such.
I loved Roy and Buck growing up with Hee-Haw.
....gimme a call at BR549...
Dont leave out glen Campbell so so underrated.a d of course stevie ray Vaughn.
Atkins was good but he didn't have the absolute raw talent Roy and Glen had. I couldn't pick between Roy and Glen as to who was the best.
@@savannahdockins7022 _I Won't Talk_ was my favorite song from Chet as a child. It had the sounds of a man being interrogated until he finally confesses at the end of the song.
I loved watching Roy Clark on Hee Haw. "I'm a pickin' and I'm a grinnin'!"
Roy Clark is 85 now, when I was a child I was in such awe when he played classical Spanish guitar........he was a country and country western musician of course, but when he diverged and played this music you just felt overwhelmed by the sound and by his very being and soul he was putting into his instrument. What a talent this man is! Thank you !
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Have you heard him play that song on the electric guitar? Brilliant!
Dude could roll out some Jazz just as smooth as glass too.
he's still alive? honestly we should all write him an email. Seriously.
Ive driven by/near andy Griffiths home. he made my childhood so much less painful. And is a brilliant actor. Always wanted to meet him. Always meant ot find a way to say thank you. I didnt because im an idiot. We should thank Roy and the other people who gave us joy
Probably mentioned many times before. Roy's left handed he was stupendous with either hand.
He was shredding before shredding was cool! Dude can play just about any instrument. And, get this, humble.
This episode of The Odd Couple was the very first thing my Dad and I taped when we got a VHS machine back in 1982 !! .. Great choice Fil, Roy Clark was on fire here .. Love this
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I remember this episode, but I didn't have a recorder. Lucky Man.
You’re absolutely right: Roy wasn’t just a country player, he was one of the greatest guitar players of all-time, period. So many guitar techniques and so much captivating charisma and stage presence, just oozing out of him. He was a virtuoso guitar player and a beloved showman. And that from someone who’s not even a country music fan, per se.
Roy Clark was a member of a VERY SMALL group of guitarists. Thank you for this!
Yeah, this was filmed before a live studio audience. It's all Roy live. Beautiful.
Fil, you have really been on fire of late, featuring Glen Campbell, Jerry Reed, Chet Atkins and now Roy Clark. Thank you for bringing to light these amazing guitarists from a totally different era, playing music in a totally different genre, and playing it with such athleticism, musicality and sheer virtuosity. I may be an old goat, but I appreciate Buckethead, as much as I appreciate Segovia, as much as I appreciate Wes Montgomery, as much as I appreciate Jerry Reed, and as much as I appreciate Hendrix . And I have the feeling you do too. When someone plays a guitar in these videos and makes you smile as you do watching them, you know that guitarist is on a different plane. Your facial expressions really give you away. Serious guitarists see the artistry in other guitarists, regardless of the style or genre. For those who don't, that's a real fucking shame.
Amen!
+Gaetano Albani Well said!
And hee haw day'z were awesome
Fantastically well said!! I watch Fil during the videos & he's smiling & freaking out at the same time I am!! Love his analysis!
Perfectly stated
You can't have a legitimate "greatest guitar players ever" list without Roy Clark's name on it.
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I don't believe he was on the top 100 in Rolling Stones. I could be mistaken.
At the top
@@patrickhoose-saukas5162 because rolling stone is just toilet paper. In no order. Roy Clark, Andrea Segovia, Chet Adkins, Glenn Campbell. Can't narrow it down for #5
@@randyhooks1214 Agree with all, read an interview where Chet Atkins said his brother was even better than he was.
THE BEST musician ever....he can play a washboard and make it sing!
I meet Roy Clark in Columbia, SC. Took him to the airport with his drummer. He was such a nice person.
the look on Tony Randall's and Jack Klugman's face says it all. They were no longer acting on a sitcom they were 2 dudes watching a virtuoso at work.
I'm sure that Tony Randall falling backwards at the end was a natural reaction and not planned.
Have to throw that guitar away, he played all the notes out of it.
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LOL
Literally lol!
Nice one!
That guitar needed a cigarette after that
Roy was just a magical player... didn't matter which instrument 🎸
I used to work for Roy Clark at his dinner theater in Branson MO. Roy was an amazing entertainer. He played this every night at the end of his show.
Roy Clark had more talent in his little finger than most modern musicians could ever hope to achieve in a 10 lifetimes . the day he died the world lost one of the greatest musicians who ever picked up any instrument not just the guitar Mr. Clark could play almost any instrument he put in his hands.
Eric Clapton... I can play acoustic
Roy Clark... Hold my beer
Alex Lifeson: Lemme play you some La Villa Strangiato.
Roy Clarke: Fuck yeah Lerxt dude, lemme hold your beer.
Alex Lifeson: Thanks Roy.
Roy: The Right Hand of God.
What a gift from God to play like he did , truly tremendously gifted and such a blessing , thanks Fil for your commentary your a blessing as well !!
Fil,
Every time I see & hear this - one word - WOW!!!!!!!!!! Just unreal skills.... MASTER at work!!!!!!!!!!! EPIC. Love it.
Goodbye Roy. Goodbye Jerry. Goodbye Glen. We have lost so much greatness in the past few years. The younger generations will never have the joy us older folks have had in watching these men for decades. Thank you, Phil, for having had this up for so long. :-)