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RIP Roy Clark

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Great player and Gibson afficianado Roy Clark is dead at 85.
 
deytookerjaabs

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RIP, not many left from that Era.



Never met the guy but always wanted to hang with fellas like him. When I moved to Nashville I knew Leon Rhodes was still around and shot a message via facebook to see if I could get a lesson. No response, then I spoke to someone who knew him well and came to find he had dimentia, passed away sometime later. :dang
 
Ed Driscoll

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RIP. Like Jerry Reed, once you got past the southern-fried humor, you discovered an awesome guitar player. Speaking of which, what's the story on this goldtop he's playing? '70s reissue with black speed knobs?

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Ed Driscoll said:
RIP. Like Jerry Reed, once you got past the southern-fried humor, you discovered an awesome guitar player. Speaking of which, what's the story on this goldtop he's playing? '70s reissue with black speed knobs?

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I know he had a 50s Goldtop. That might be it. Stage lighting really screws the colors.

He was the best part of Hee Haw, until they made him sing instead of shred. :ganz

:rip
 
Ed Driscoll

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Here's a clip of Roy and Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown each just smoking on "Take the A Train:"

 
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Summer weekend nights in the country watching Hee Haw with my grandma. Thank you Buck and Roy.

Roy Clark was perhaps the first player I recognized as a virtuoso, understanding the definition long before knowing the word.

RIP to one of the great pickers.
 
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sonar said:
Summer weekend nights in the country watching Hee Haw with my grandma. Thank you Buck and Roy.

Roy Clark was perhaps the first player I recognized as a virtuoso, understanding the definition long before knowing the word.

RIP to one of the great pickers.
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Yessir!
 
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Does the guitar in the Folsom Prison video look like a thin bodied L-5 to anyone else?
 
ourmaninthenorth

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sonar said:
Summer weekend nights in the country watching Hee Haw with my grandma. Thank you Buck and Roy.

Roy Clark was perhaps the first player I recognized as a virtuoso, understanding the definition long before knowing the word.

RIP to one of the great pickers.
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What a beautifully succinct crafted piece of writing that is.


Bravo sonar.

:salude
 
DOSE!

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A great entertainer and such a talented picker.
I loved watching Roy when I was young just being silly then got serious on a variety of instruments that he played with greatness
 
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Outside of the Country scene, totally underrated and under-appreciated (IMHO) player. A real talent.

R.I.P. Roy.
 
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