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Roy Clark, Hee-Haw Co-Host and Country Music Star, dead at

7:00 on a Saturday night was Hee Haw time in Yakima, back in the '70s. Whole family used to gather around, laugh and enjoy the show, and all its guests - Minnie Pearl appeared on who knows how many episodes. Charley Pride, George Jones, Loretta Lynn, etc. made tons of appearances too. May Roy Clark RIP. :-(
 
I've gotta admit, growing up in Pittsburgh I was never that much of a fan.
But watching it now in reruns on RFD-TV I have to admire both his comedic timing
and his impeccable skills as a musician.

Not to mention there were some darned fine looking women on that show. ;)
 
Roy Clark played an annual benefit concert around Christmas for Longwood University (née College) out in Farmville, VA (look that up in your Rand McNally). It was the talk of the town yearly, and he’d sell out two auditoriums full of folks every single year.

Last time I saw him in concert was 2002. He was well past retirement then...and kept doing the shows for over a decade after that!
 
Mickey Mantle told Roy Clark that "Yesterday When I Was Young" summed up his own life perfectly and asked him to sing it at his funeral. He did, but I believe he played and sang Amazing Grace as well.
 
crainbebo said:
7:00 on a Saturday night was Hee Haw time in Yakima, back in the '70s. Whole family used to gather around, laugh and enjoy the show, and all its guests - Minnie Pearl appeared on who knows how many episodes. Charley Pride, George Jones, Loretta Lynn, etc. made tons of appearances too. May Roy Clark RIP. :-(
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5:30 or 6:00 in the evening for us, but then we were on central time. Staple viewing for my dad back then! And of course, George Lindsay appeared in character as "Goober"!
 
After I got old enough to make my own choices in music I wasn't a big country music fan, but I always liked country comedy and Hee Haw, and I thought Roy Clark was a great guitarist because he played other styles besides country as well. It was the same with Chet Atkins.
 
"I'm a-pickin'" "And I'm a-grinning.'"

I got the chance to speak with Roy a few years ago. I think the occasion was a re-issue of the old Hee Haw shows on DVD. So we spent a lot of time talking about the show. I found that his memory was pretty sharp for a man of his age. He remembered every detail, and even brought up a few things I'd forgotten. Of course he'd probably told those stories many times, but he told them as though they were the first time. He was a pro. And he loved to pause and smile. Because while Buck was a-pickin,' it was Roy who was a-grinning.' Although they each were very good at both.
 
FreddyE1977 said:
Not to mention there were some darned fine looking women on that show. ;)
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There was a time not so long ago when Roy Clark was pretty much Hugh Hefner in a cornfield.
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Buck Owens reportedly was not crazy about doing the show, but it was easy money.
He is widely quoted as having said "So I just kept whoring myself out to a cartoon donkey, year after year."
 
FreddyE1977 said:
Buck Owens reportedly was not crazy about doing the show, but it was easy money.
He is widely quoted as having said "So I just kept whoring myself out to a cartoon donkey, year after year."
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By the time this show came about, Buck was focused on diversifying his income. He got control of his masters from Capitol, started investing in other businesses, with the thought of slowing down his touring and staying home more. The death of band-mate Don Rich in 1974 took the fun out of making music. The TV show helped keep him in the public eye until his music career was jump-started in 1988 by his #1 duet Streets of Bakersfield with Dwight Yoakam.
 
anotherguy said:
After I got old enough to make my own choices in music I wasn't a big country music fan, but I always liked country comedy and Hee Haw, and I thought Roy Clark was a great guitarist because he played other styles besides country as well. It was the same with Chet Atkins.
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Yeah, he wasn't always country, and that was fine. I don't consider "Yesterday When I Was Young" to be country but it sounds good. One thing I remember about that song was that in 1987 on a new gold-based AC which was not an oldies station because some songs were new, this song was played. It was obvious the station was avoiding "wimpy" songs and i thought this one might have qualified for that distinction, but apparently not.
 
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