Posted on 09/02/2016 8:37:30 PM PDT by Old Yeller
I saw Roy Clark this evening at an event called "A Conversation with Roy Clark" here in Kansas, and got a book autographed by him. So I thought I would put this song out here. I saw him one other time 36 years ago at the Las Vegas Hilton during a taping of The Mike Douglas Show.
Still might have it somewhere.
I remember watching Roy Clark on local TV in L.A. in the sixties.
I loved him. I loved that song!
I saw him at a small venue in Indiana in the early 2000s.
What a talent!
IDK if he still tours,but one of the best concerts I've ever seen.
Probably one of the top guitarists I've seen.
He broke his E string while playing, threw the string over his shoulder, and didn't miss a single note while finishing the song.
He loved to perform and was having every bit as much fun as the audience.
Roy Clark is still alive and doing well in his 80’s. I looked him up the other day.
Love Roy and this song. He sung it at Mickey Mantle’s funeral.
Now I remember why I watched this show every week.
Beautiful song but when you’re long in the tooth like me it’s so melancholy.........sigh
I hated HEE HAW, watched it just to see Roy Clark play...I’ve already posted a couple of his videos in another thread, here are a couple of his more humorous ones.
The Great Pretender
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGlyn4XfHPQ
In the Summer Time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8YUwn27mjQ
OK a serious one, Under the double Eagle.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQlgqtfieSs
I found this one a while back, the volume is a bit low but this is a young Roy Clark, some amazing guitar. 12th Street Rag
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rT2PTetKMU8
my Idol, did you see him play flight of the bumblebees, the best, a true legend
I worked in the hotel business in Dallas (Addison) in the mid 80’s. Roy Clark was a guest and I had the privilege of driving Mr. Clark to the small civil aviation airport close by. He was the nicest and most normal, down to earth celebrity that I ever had the opportunity to serve. A truly genuine nice man.
Along the lines of Roy Clark, I’ve always liked Hoyt Axton. Mellow voice — a bit soulful.
Love this song. Several years ago, I did a switch and sang it in church as an expression of disappointment in the forced departure of our senior minister. I’m certainly not within an order of magnitude the guitarist that Roy Clark is, but I pulled it off and made my point.
Dusty Springfield hit this tune out of the park.
You can find Hee Haw reruns on RFDTV.
This song when I heard it was always sung by a woman, who sounded wistful that her days of youth & beauty, when she was fending off men right & left and refusing to commit to a relationship, were now gone, leaving her lonely and middle aged with no hope.
Kind of like “When I Was Seventeen”. Didn’t care for either one and for the same reason.
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