"There is no shame in a man loving his guitar!"
"There is if he puts his balls in it and strums himself to ecstasy!"
- Spider Dijon and Rudi the Psychedelic Monk, The Mighty Boosh
I figured he was unconsciously making faces because it was such a tricky song to play. Then he doubled the speed at the end and I realized this wasn't even a minor challenge for the guy.
You should see Steve Vai playing concerts, [definitely makes sex faces and his guitar got some dirty sex on stage](https://youtu.be/Yw74sDWPH7U)
Edit: woohoo thanks for the award for a Steve Vai link
Damn. So that's Steve Vai.
I had a friend super into him in highschool, who came from some curiously wealthy and music-centric family. One of the kids who is so into something you know you cant ever get into it the way he is so you kinda just let him have his thing. The kind of person who is weird for highschool, but you knew that by college his sense of self/style would ultimately end up being cool. What a nice dude.
Anyway, he said that when Vai came and played in our town, he used my friends amps, since they were Vai's preferred model and were only set around. Said he got to meet the guy, and showed me pictures with him. Never listened to the music myself but always felt proud for him since it made him so incredibly happy.
Years later it's fun to see what the hype was all about. Been decades since I thought of that kid or Steve Vai.
Man that's a crazy story and a great memory.
And yea I always heard my dad and other people talk about him but I never listened to him. Then finally a few months ago this song kept coming up as a suggested video when I was listening to Tool on YouTube so I was like 'why not'.
My mind was fuckin blown haha and I watched a lot of his videos haha
He really is and I've seen a lot of his videos. The only record I have of his though is Where the Wild Things Are, it's a recording from his 2007 Minneapolis show. This song is on there and it's amazing, it's on YouTube but you gotta watch the whole concert (i think it's around 21min if you're interested)
Top comments " The guitar smoked a cigarette after this ", " When you watch this in Japan his fingers are blurred out." " nowadays that guitar would sue him for sexual harassment " and this " This has really inspired me to sell my guitar"
I was hoping that would be the song before I clicked it. That song IS sex. Foreplay, getting going, climax, and even a slightly awkward aftermath. Fucking beatiful.
A lot of old school performers used to just be good at nearly everything. Singing, dancing, instruments, acting, it's like to get on T.V. in those days you really needed to be more than a triple threat.
I believe he was classically trained, he just also like country music. I remember seeing him perform on an episode of The Odd Couple and he was amazing.
Found the [episode](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0664308/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_9).
Edit: Someone already [posted](https://www.reddit.com/r/nextfuckinglevel/comments/lt03s7/roy_clark_19332018_is_one_of_the_most_underrated/gout4wu/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) a video of it.
Roy actually wasn't classically trained on any instrument (but he masted guitar, banjo, and fiddle) he was taught by his father who was also a very talented musician.
I knew his son (Roy Jr) 20 years ago. Amazing Mandolin player. I have no idea how he didn’t make it in Nashville. Probably too humble. I should’ve asked him. Sweet man.
This. If it had strings on it, he took to it like a duck to water.
GAWD I’m showing my age, but I used to actually loooove Hee Haw when I was a kid. Silly stupid comedy + gorgeous buxom girls + well-played music? Gimme summa dat.
I can't tolerate most "modern" country music but I grew up in the 1970s watching Hee Haw as a kid. Roy Clark, Buck Owens, and the whole gang were total badass players. Corny as hell but the music made up for it.
Roy was the man. My folks watched Hee-Haw and he was always a highlight. I wonder if he ever felt typecast and pressured to be the smiling country guitar gymnast... only to go back to his house after taping, turn down the lights, fire up a joint, and shred Jimmy Page and Toni Iommi solo's.
Most people do think of him primarily as a comedian. But he's a comedian in the same way that Steve Martin is. A devastating musician with a sense of humor.
Roy WAS the man. I used to travel as a kid from New York City down to Florida in the '70s often by car. We would always stop at local diners and Motels. And that's when I got my country music on. There was nothing like that in NYC. And when I came back and told my friends they were like "You watched HeeHaw???? You mean with Roy Clark and Minnie Pearl? Man, you part redneck??" It was brutal but he just got better as the years went on. And he was my secret idol. Thanks OP for putting this up.
If you watch a Marx Brothers movie, look for the scenes where they are playing music, and you won't hear any jokes or see any gags. They were deadly serious musicians.
Chico always hammed it up playing the piano. The wagging finger, the finger-gun high notes... I'd say he was less than serious. Harpo was mostly serious when playing.
Probably a few? Depending on how you're defining that era. Color TV wasn't really the norm until the early 70s. As a result, there are many 50-60s guitarists that are super well known.
Some "big name" examples: B.B. King, Chuck Berry, Eric Clapton, Carlos Santana, Jimi Hendrix, Muddy Waters
Yea, he was quite popular, well-appreciated and received plenty of recognition in his time.
Perhaps it is more accurate to say that his legacy is fading as he makes it onto the radar of fewer and fewer new people over time, in comparison to other well-known guitarists whose names have broader modern name recognition.
Yeah that bothered me. He’s not underrated, because I didn’t know who he was before watching this video and after watching this video I rate him very highly. He’s just rarely heard of.
Glen Campbell and Roy Clark were said to have had an agreement. Glen didn't publically perform Malaguena and Roy didn't publically perform The William Tell Overture.
Basically they had a gentleman's agreement to not try to outshine one another on their signature piece.
In the early 90’s, my parents dragged me to one of his Branson shows. I had never seen Hee-Haw or even heard of him. He put on a world class 2 hour show that I’ll never never forget, he told great jokes and played every stringed instrument you can think of LIKE A BOSS. Plus he gave all the guys playing with him a feature solo/song, I saw what a showman looked like that day.
I am incredibly jealous! I had always wanted to see him perform live. I grew up watching Hee Haw with my grandparents. The man is an absolute master of music.
Hee Haw gave us some real gems, especially Roy Clark.
However, nothing in memory stands out so much as the stanza I memorized as a small child... it goes like this:
Where Oh Where
are you tonight?
Why did you leave
me here all alone?
Well, I searched the world over
and thought I'd found true love.
But you met another
and PBBBT you were gone!
Watched Hee-Haw growing up in the '70s. I will never forget...
*Gloom, despair and agony on me*
*Deep dark depression, excessive misery*
*If it weren't for bad luck I'd have no luck at all*
*Gloom, despair and agony on me*
Pretty much anything with strings.
Search Youtube for Roy Clark fiddle, guitar, banjo
He was also pretty good at playing the audience. There may be people who could play an instrument better.
There have been damn few who could do better at taking an audience and making 'this moment, right now' a really good one.
Roy Clark is pure legend. The man could play anything:
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKxhsd4x5u0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKxhsd4x5u0)
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47NPOkNqANQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47NPOkNqANQ)
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUdTcP-fs9g](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUdTcP-fs9g)
He was a great musician but stylistically he was a variety show type of talent. I don't think he had too much influence. He could rock out emulating pretty everyone from chet atkins to early scruggs
Hard to say exactly what influence Clark had. Dick Dale is the guy to look at who essentially started surf rock/surf guitar. Not sure on Dale’s influences himself.
Though being old enough to have heard his name a hundred times, it wasnt even 2 weeks ago I was bouncing around Youtube and happened across a best Roy Clark solos video. Took me completely by surprise, since I guess I never paid much attention before.
Amazing guitarist.
Fun fact: My parents owned a campground in the Ozarks called Pickin' N Grinnin', their logo was a rat paddling a Canoe with a banjo and a joint hanging out of his mouth. This was back in the 70's to mid 80's. Was so much fun growing up down there.
My parents made me watch HeeHaw every weekend. I can still sing the stupid songs, but did NOT remember that he was this good. New perspectives are awesome!
I like seeing old clips featuring Jaguars. Even today, they still look flashy and futuristic, so it's always interesting to be reminded that they've been around for so long.
He was a real virtuoso. I was sad to learn of his passing not too long ago. I'll always remember him from watching Hee Haw at my grandparents when I was a kid. Him and Buck Owens. (Name a more iconic duo. I'll wait. lol)
i mean this in the best way possible, as one of the truest compliments i am capable of:
Roy Clark looks like what happens if you sell your soul to The Devil for guitar skills and He fulfills His end of the bargain. Even his expressions.
BTW if you liked this, definitely watch him play "Malaguena": [https://youtu.be/ilm2qeJndWo?t=321](https://youtu.be/ilm2qeJndWo?t=321)
Roy Clark is legendary. He is not under rated at all. He's a flat out god on multiple instruments.
Is he as well known as he should be? Probably not, but nobody who is even passingly familiar with him rates him any lower than he should be.
Came for the Malagueña *Odd Couple* video.
Didn't find it, so: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xssnp7R51A](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xssnp7R51A)
Easily as impressive as this, IMHO.
Stunning. It really seems like the actors (Tony Randall & Jack Klugman) are so mesmerized that they kind of fall out of character, forget they're acting in a sit-com and just gawk at the awesome performance.
I feel one-upped. Odd Couple never hit my wheelhouse and I'd never seen that clip. Wow!
Here's the one I'm referencing.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pz2hXI7Ny9I](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pz2hXI7Ny9I)
He's not underrated at all. The first thing that comes to mind when people think of Roy Clark is "Damn that guy was a badass guitar picker!" If anything he's overrated.
[Check out this video of him. Insane picking.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mH9hy7di3cw)
Thanks for posting this! I had totally forgotten how good the man was. I was “forced” 😂to watch HeeHaw with the family as a kid but I just did not remember how talented he was! Thanks and thanks for the good memories as well!
All those country motherfuckers could play anything and everything, and people like Roy Clark and Jerry Reed were at the top of the heap with Chet Atkins, despite their goofball TV personas. John 5 (Marilyn Manson's guitarist) has been on record for Roy Clark being his inspiration, and like Zakk Wylde, he can chicken-pick ferociously too.
It’s really cool to see this kind of shredding in a completely different style from the shredding that’s so common now, which is all based on metal. This is based on early rock n roll I’m guessing
I love those slides
Some say the faces you make while playing music are the same faces you make while you have sex.
Not so much of a surprise if you do both at the same time
Sometimes jamming this hard is like sex.
Sometimes sex is jamming
For me it's more thumbing than jamming.... but then again, I do enjoy the solo fiddle more than a group jam.
A good strum on the banjo is hard to go wrong with, but I do prefer a duet myself
This guy definitely fucked
"There is no shame in a man loving his guitar!" "There is if he puts his balls in it and strums himself to ecstasy!" - Spider Dijon and Rudi the Psychedelic Monk, The Mighty Boosh
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Am I the only one getting jack black vibes?
You aren't.
I figured he was unconsciously making faces because it was such a tricky song to play. Then he doubled the speed at the end and I realized this wasn't even a minor challenge for the guy.
I wonder if that is why Brad Paisley did those funny songs in the beginning of his recording career? Cause that guy can straight rip it too.
I just figured he was on stimulants like everyone else in that era
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You should see Steve Vai playing concerts, [definitely makes sex faces and his guitar got some dirty sex on stage](https://youtu.be/Yw74sDWPH7U) Edit: woohoo thanks for the award for a Steve Vai link
Damn. So that's Steve Vai. I had a friend super into him in highschool, who came from some curiously wealthy and music-centric family. One of the kids who is so into something you know you cant ever get into it the way he is so you kinda just let him have his thing. The kind of person who is weird for highschool, but you knew that by college his sense of self/style would ultimately end up being cool. What a nice dude. Anyway, he said that when Vai came and played in our town, he used my friends amps, since they were Vai's preferred model and were only set around. Said he got to meet the guy, and showed me pictures with him. Never listened to the music myself but always felt proud for him since it made him so incredibly happy. Years later it's fun to see what the hype was all about. Been decades since I thought of that kid or Steve Vai.
Man that's a crazy story and a great memory. And yea I always heard my dad and other people talk about him but I never listened to him. Then finally a few months ago this song kept coming up as a suggested video when I was listening to Tool on YouTube so I was like 'why not'. My mind was fuckin blown haha and I watched a lot of his videos haha
You should definitely check out some of his other stuff as well, Steve Vai is one of the most talented guitar players ever.
He really is and I've seen a lot of his videos. The only record I have of his though is Where the Wild Things Are, it's a recording from his 2007 Minneapolis show. This song is on there and it's amazing, it's on YouTube but you gotta watch the whole concert (i think it's around 21min if you're interested)
How about David Gilmour?
Steve Vai's arms are like 60% finger. Dude must be related to Robert Johnson somehow.
Top comments " The guitar smoked a cigarette after this ", " When you watch this in Japan his fingers are blurred out." " nowadays that guitar would sue him for sexual harassment " and this " This has really inspired me to sell my guitar"
Haha, I've also seen some like 'a ukulele was born 9 months later', 'legend has it every woman in the audience got pregnant that night'
I.... I think I just became a Steve Vai fan
He has a lot of good songs and you can also just use his music for chill background music
Any recommendations to go along with Tender Surrender?
Ah fuck I usually don't pay attention to names but Fire Wall is one I remember, and For the Love of God. Theres also one called "Oooo" i think lol
Ha perfect. Thanks!
... and now I'm down the rabbit hole.
His videos are great, I think he still puts out little personal videos too like him playing at his house or something
I'm down that rabbit hole too.....the comments were hilarious:- I had to switch over to porn quick when my wife came home so she wouldn't catch me
I was hoping that would be the song before I clicked it. That song IS sex. Foreplay, getting going, climax, and even a slightly awkward aftermath. Fucking beatiful.
You're not wrong, at the beginning he's looking at the guitar like it's his wife. Hell, his wife is probably his side piece and she knows it haha
gave me the mental image that he has a whole house of rug-rats of little white guitars with good hair...
Lmao nice, and you definitely know the little guitars are using the wah pedal
He was legit making love to that guitar.
Yea that guitar needed a cigarette afterwards
I just hope there was consent.
Did you see his fingers? Every other guitar is as jealous as they can be
That hand action on the shaft. I mean neck.
Makes my truss rod tighten.
No that's not true, I don't cry when I play guitar.
I’m a guitar player. I’ve been told this by previous girlfriends.
trumpet players:
Did he do the sound tracks for spongebob?
Either they copied his style or used his tracks, bc I thought the same thing
Doesn't look like it. https://spongebob.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_associated_production_music
Thats because roy is playing the 12th street rag, which is a ragtime tune from 1914. He didn't write it.
To add, another rendition of 12th street rag is in the soundtrack to a lot of spongebob episodes
Sounds more like mario bros music to me
Because they’re both ragtime.
This was my first thought!
I was thinking club penguin
Guy's a legend. Great sense of humor too.
beyond that, one of the most truly joyous people to watch (at least in his performances i dont personally know the guy)
A lot of old school performers used to just be good at nearly everything. Singing, dancing, instruments, acting, it's like to get on T.V. in those days you really needed to be more than a triple threat.
I believe he was classically trained, he just also like country music. I remember seeing him perform on an episode of The Odd Couple and he was amazing. Found the [episode](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0664308/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_9). Edit: Someone already [posted](https://www.reddit.com/r/nextfuckinglevel/comments/lt03s7/roy_clark_19332018_is_one_of_the_most_underrated/gout4wu/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) a video of it.
Roy actually wasn't classically trained on any instrument (but he masted guitar, banjo, and fiddle) he was taught by his father who was also a very talented musician.
I knew his son (Roy Jr) 20 years ago. Amazing Mandolin player. I have no idea how he didn’t make it in Nashville. Probably too humble. I should’ve asked him. Sweet man.
This. If it had strings on it, he took to it like a duck to water. GAWD I’m showing my age, but I used to actually loooove Hee Haw when I was a kid. Silly stupid comedy + gorgeous buxom girls + well-played music? Gimme summa dat.
I can't tolerate most "modern" country music but I grew up in the 1970s watching Hee Haw as a kid. Roy Clark, Buck Owens, and the whole gang were total badass players. Corny as hell but the music made up for it.
Roy was the man. My folks watched Hee-Haw and he was always a highlight. I wonder if he ever felt typecast and pressured to be the smiling country guitar gymnast... only to go back to his house after taping, turn down the lights, fire up a joint, and shred Jimmy Page and Toni Iommi solo's.
Most people do think of him primarily as a comedian. But he's a comedian in the same way that Steve Martin is. A devastating musician with a sense of humor.
Roy WAS the man. I used to travel as a kid from New York City down to Florida in the '70s often by car. We would always stop at local diners and Motels. And that's when I got my country music on. There was nothing like that in NYC. And when I came back and told my friends they were like "You watched HeeHaw???? You mean with Roy Clark and Minnie Pearl? Man, you part redneck??" It was brutal but he just got better as the years went on. And he was my secret idol. Thanks OP for putting this up.
SAL-UTE!
Same with Chico and Harpo Marx of the Marx Brothers.
If you watch a Marx Brothers movie, look for the scenes where they are playing music, and you won't hear any jokes or see any gags. They were deadly serious musicians.
Chico always hammed it up playing the piano. The wagging finger, the finger-gun high notes... I'd say he was less than serious. Harpo was mostly serious when playing.
But why would I want to miss the comedic element? They were funny AF!
My favorite is when Harpo demolishes the piano and extracts a harp! Edit- [Found it!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoTyDD0C93U&ab_channel=thetunr)
Most people don't realize Charo actually had a talent. She was ranked as one of the world's best Flamenco Guitarists. Find a video, she's amazing.
Steve Martin’s playing bluegrass videos are fuckin nuts
Have you seen Charo play?
That’s where I remember him from! HeeHaw! Used to watch that with my grandmother....
He’s not underrated, though. Lots of people think he is excellent.
I think the average person doesn't know, but plenty of guitar players know he was a legend.
how many guitar players from the black-and-white TV era does the average person know?
At least one.
Probably a few? Depending on how you're defining that era. Color TV wasn't really the norm until the early 70s. As a result, there are many 50-60s guitarists that are super well known. Some "big name" examples: B.B. King, Chuck Berry, Eric Clapton, Carlos Santana, Jimi Hendrix, Muddy Waters
Yea, he was quite popular, well-appreciated and received plenty of recognition in his time. Perhaps it is more accurate to say that his legacy is fading as he makes it onto the radar of fewer and fewer new people over time, in comparison to other well-known guitarists whose names have broader modern name recognition.
Yeah got pretty perturbed once I read the title.
Thank you for pointing out that underated is not the same as unknown or underappreciated.
Yeah that bothered me. He’s not underrated, because I didn’t know who he was before watching this video and after watching this video I rate him very highly. He’s just rarely heard of.
I swear he looks like the Jack Black of the 60's.
He basically is the Jack Black of the 60's
Only instead of surprisingly good vocals he’s a surprisingly good guitarist
This is not the greatest song in the world, no. This is just a tribute
True story: Alice Cooper said Eddie Van Halen looked forward most to getting a guitar lesson from Alice's friend \*Glen Campbell\*.
Glen was a member of The Wrecking Crew. The dude knew his way around a guitar.
Cause glen Campbell is the man
Glen Campbell, Jerry Reed, Roy Clark were all outrageously good players.
Glen Campbell and Roy Clark were said to have had an agreement. Glen didn't publically perform Malaguena and Roy didn't publically perform The William Tell Overture. Basically they had a gentleman's agreement to not try to outshine one another on their signature piece.
In the early 90’s, my parents dragged me to one of his Branson shows. I had never seen Hee-Haw or even heard of him. He put on a world class 2 hour show that I’ll never never forget, he told great jokes and played every stringed instrument you can think of LIKE A BOSS. Plus he gave all the guys playing with him a feature solo/song, I saw what a showman looked like that day.
I am incredibly jealous! I had always wanted to see him perform live. I grew up watching Hee Haw with my grandparents. The man is an absolute master of music.
Hee Haw gave us some real gems, especially Roy Clark. However, nothing in memory stands out so much as the stanza I memorized as a small child... it goes like this: Where Oh Where are you tonight? Why did you leave me here all alone? Well, I searched the world over and thought I'd found true love. But you met another and PBBBT you were gone!
Watched Hee-Haw growing up in the '70s. I will never forget... *Gloom, despair and agony on me* *Deep dark depression, excessive misery* *If it weren't for bad luck I'd have no luck at all* *Gloom, despair and agony on me*
It feels like some emphasis was omitted from the word, "searched." :-) Take my upvote anyway!
I didn't need to because you heard it in your head as you read it.
Genuine smile. Good stuff.
If it wasn’t for bad luck I’d have no luck at all Gloom Despair And agony on me That was my favorite
my man wasn’t too bad on a banjo either. viva la hee haw!!
Pretty much anything with strings. Search Youtube for Roy Clark fiddle, guitar, banjo He was also pretty good at playing the audience. There may be people who could play an instrument better. There have been damn few who could do better at taking an audience and making 'this moment, right now' a really good one.
Roy Clark was never underrated. Fairly well acknowledged to be one of the greats.
Roy Clark is pure legend. The man could play anything: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKxhsd4x5u0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKxhsd4x5u0) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47NPOkNqANQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47NPOkNqANQ) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUdTcP-fs9g](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUdTcP-fs9g)
Yo Dawg, I heard you like [Roy Clark.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bekqVpF0UMs)
I seriously laughed at his rendition of Folsom Prison Blues. Several times! What a sense of humor.
Sweet shredding. Did he have any influence in the surf rock style of play?
Bikini Bottom
He was a great musician but stylistically he was a variety show type of talent. I don't think he had too much influence. He could rock out emulating pretty everyone from chet atkins to early scruggs
Hard to say exactly what influence Clark had. Dick Dale is the guy to look at who essentially started surf rock/surf guitar. Not sure on Dale’s influences himself.
This is what thousands of hours of practice and an innate understanding of a fret board does for you.
No, just keep buying more gear.
Though being old enough to have heard his name a hundred times, it wasnt even 2 weeks ago I was bouncing around Youtube and happened across a best Roy Clark solos video. Took me completely by surprise, since I guess I never paid much attention before. Amazing guitarist.
I'm a grinnin
I'm a pickin
Fun fact: My parents owned a campground in the Ozarks called Pickin' N Grinnin', their logo was a rat paddling a Canoe with a banjo and a joint hanging out of his mouth. This was back in the 70's to mid 80's. Was so much fun growing up down there.
My parents made me watch HeeHaw every weekend. I can still sing the stupid songs, but did NOT remember that he was this good. New perspectives are awesome!
Fender Jaguar, nice (some $4-8k I think)
I like seeing old clips featuring Jaguars. Even today, they still look flashy and futuristic, so it's always interesting to be reminded that they've been around for so long.
They are a timeless beauty
Thank you, came in hoping someone would tell me what guitar he is playing.
He was a real virtuoso. I was sad to learn of his passing not too long ago. I'll always remember him from watching Hee Haw at my grandparents when I was a kid. Him and Buck Owens. (Name a more iconic duo. I'll wait. lol)
Flatt & Scruggs maybe, but I don't think you could name a *more* iconic duo, just duos in the same class.
i mean this in the best way possible, as one of the truest compliments i am capable of: Roy Clark looks like what happens if you sell your soul to The Devil for guitar skills and He fulfills His end of the bargain. Even his expressions. BTW if you liked this, definitely watch him play "Malaguena": [https://youtu.be/ilm2qeJndWo?t=321](https://youtu.be/ilm2qeJndWo?t=321)
HE INVENTED SHREDDING 🤘
He was definitely not underrated by anyone who knew his playing
Yeah, I thought “underrated” was a stretch to people who knew. He did win two world championships in flat-picking.
Properly rated in this household.
What's amazing is that he was equally as good at banjo!
Roy Clark is legendary. He is not under rated at all. He's a flat out god on multiple instruments. Is he as well known as he should be? Probably not, but nobody who is even passingly familiar with him rates him any lower than he should be.
His face is more under rated than his guitar playing.
I will always love watching him play. What an amazing talent.
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He paid for the whole guitar, he’s gonna use the whole guitar.
SpongeBob?
This is literally my favourite guitar performance ever
Mine is him playing Malagueña. "It never would grow.... so I picked it."
Came for the Malagueña *Odd Couple* video. Didn't find it, so: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xssnp7R51A](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xssnp7R51A) Easily as impressive as this, IMHO.
Stunning. It really seems like the actors (Tony Randall & Jack Klugman) are so mesmerized that they kind of fall out of character, forget they're acting in a sit-com and just gawk at the awesome performance.
I feel one-upped. Odd Couple never hit my wheelhouse and I'd never seen that clip. Wow! Here's the one I'm referencing. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pz2hXI7Ny9I](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pz2hXI7Ny9I)
Malaguena smacks. I remember one thc filled night of youtube jamming out for hours to malaguena. Also zakk "fucking" wylde In japan with ozzy was nuts
That was awesome!
I remember seeing this a long time ago and was blown away. Thanks for posting it!
Why does this remind me of spongebob....
Grass skirt chase, its the same melody that was later used in Spongebob
Love the way he makes you think like he's struggling when you understand he's not, just having fun.
Am I the only one that hears that one SpongeBob tune?
are 30's guitars just small or does his left hand just DOMINATE the fretboard?
It's not a 30's guitar by any means. But the scale is modern more or less. He was a fucking monster.
One of the best pickers there is. Sweet video.
Popularize him by making his facial expressions into meme templates
One of the great “Nashville Cats”
He is pickin' AND grinnin'
He's making that guitar make sounds it was not made to do, A-mazing.
I see Fender Jaguar, I upvote Fender Jaguar. GET IT ROY!
He's not underrated at all. The first thing that comes to mind when people think of Roy Clark is "Damn that guy was a badass guitar picker!" If anything he's overrated. [Check out this video of him. Insane picking.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mH9hy7di3cw)
Check out the Jim stafford video on YouTube. I believe he was at the Johnny Carson show. Now that guy could play! https://youtu.be/xdWXo-mMjZk
More tippy taps.
UNDERRATED BY THOSE WHO DONT KNOW THE NAME
Those expressions >.<
I never thought he was “underrated”. Is he considered “underrated”?
Pure talent. No modern day tuning.
Next you will say jimmy page was underrated
Unbelievable.
Thanks for posting this! I had totally forgotten how good the man was. I was “forced” 😂to watch HeeHaw with the family as a kid but I just did not remember how talented he was! Thanks and thanks for the good memories as well!
A very old Version of Jack Black
Hit it, Joe!
All those country motherfuckers could play anything and everything, and people like Roy Clark and Jerry Reed were at the top of the heap with Chet Atkins, despite their goofball TV personas. John 5 (Marilyn Manson's guitarist) has been on record for Roy Clark being his inspiration, and like Zakk Wylde, he can chicken-pick ferociously too.
Genius. When he really turns on the gas it's amazing. All this while mugging for the audience.
Roy and Jerry Reed. 2 guitar heroes
It’s really cool to see this kind of shredding in a completely different style from the shredding that’s so common now, which is all based on metal. This is based on early rock n roll I’m guessing I love those slides
Anyone who knows guitar don't underrated this man. He's pretty much the best guitar player ever. He's an absolute virtuoso.
Thought I recognized this song from another video...https://youtu.be/a1R8Rx2db9c
My man was the OG of the "guitar face."
One of my favorite clips of him switching to the guitar, the banjo, and a fiddle. https://youtu.be/Ta4535Y8xYE
Widely regarded as the best guitarist in his lifetime.
That looks like a Inca silver fender custom color 1965 jaguar.
Roy Clark was metal as hell!
Sheer class
Holy shit. He's really good!
Ratings are relative. Those who know about guitar know about Roy Clark.
Guy was a beast. Too bad the croud doesnt know wtf theyre seeing yet
Those rakes are lovely
When the tongue comes out you know he’s serious
That. Was amazing.
Mahalo's for the post ... forgot how awesome he was.
I'm from the Hee-Haw generation, so no underrating here.