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Roy Clark, country guitar virtuoso, 'Hee Haw' star, has died
wctv.tv ^ | Nov 15, 2018 | KRISTIN M. HALL

Posted on 11/15/2018 9:35:27 AM PST by rdl6989

TULSA, Oklahoma (AP) — A publicist said country star Roy Clark, the guitar virtuoso and singer who headlined the cornpone TV show "Hee Haw" for nearly a quarter century, has died.

Jeremy Westby said Clark died Thursday due to complications from pneumonia at home in Tulsa, Okla.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: countrymusic; heehaw; music; obituary; oklahoma; royclark
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61 posted on 11/15/2018 9:55:13 AM PST by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
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To: dfwgator

That was great. You could tell Tony and Jack were truly impressed. (as was I).


62 posted on 11/15/2018 9:55:33 AM PST by real saxophonist (One side has guns and training. Other side's primary concern is 'gender identity'. Who's gonna win?)
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Yes, the reference article they used to verify was posted only minutes before. They may have some computer program that monitors these things and automatically updates the site info.............


63 posted on 11/15/2018 9:55:36 AM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: dfwgator
Nice.

He was underrated as a player IMO.

64 posted on 11/15/2018 9:56:04 AM PST by zeugma (Power without accountability is fertilizer for tyranny.)
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To: rdl6989

I really enjoyed his music. The guy was a musical genius.

He was real music, unlike most these days.


65 posted on 11/15/2018 9:56:11 AM PST by Romans Nine
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To: kjam22

absolutely incredible picker- Here’s a clip from odd couple where he’s really ‘pickin and a-grinnin’ amazing clip

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhiKgeJV3k0


66 posted on 11/15/2018 9:56:55 AM PST by Bob434
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I saw Roy Clark live at the Grand Ole Opry around 2000 or so. I was in Nashville on business, and my boss had gotten tickets for us and our wives for the Grand Ole Opry. I am not a country music fan, but I was fairly familiar with a lot of country acts from my youth. I still remember on Saturdays, starting around 5:00 PM my parents would start watching a slate of 30 minute country music programs on one of the local UHF channels. To my surprise (and shock), some of those acts from decades past were still singing (or attempting to sing) at the Opry. I saw Bill Anderson and Jan Howard (they used to have a show) and Little Jimmy Dickens (he was a guest on all those old shows) and several others.

Most of those old acts were pretty dreadful. Almost all of those old timers had lost their voices. At one point, Roy Clark came out to do about 15 minutes (they rotate shows at the Opry, and they run 15-30 minutes). He was absolutely superb. He still sounded great, and he even did "Thank God & Greyhound".

67 posted on 11/15/2018 9:57:08 AM PST by Sans-Culotte (Time to get the US out of the UN and the UN out of the US!)
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sorry- already posted lol


69 posted on 11/15/2018 9:58:38 AM PST by Bob434
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I learned to play the guitar using his song book, simple but also comprehensive.


70 posted on 11/15/2018 9:58:46 AM PST by Robe (A nation can survive its fools and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within.)
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I listen online to a classic country station out of St
Louis. They have a great play list, a lot of songs I haven’t heard in years and some I had forgotten, including this one: “I Never Picked Cotton”. A great and gritty song. RIP.

https://youtu.be/HNl_Fh0KEMY


71 posted on 11/15/2018 9:58:59 AM PST by Southside_Chicago_Republican (The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog.)
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73 posted on 11/15/2018 10:00:17 AM PST by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
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Yes, I have that one bookmarked. INCREDIBLE PLAYING. and you could see Randall and Klugman step out of their roles for a couple of minutes, just in awe of what they were seeing and hearing.


74 posted on 11/15/2018 10:00:32 AM PST by Viking2002 ("For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind." Hosea 7:8)
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Oddly enough grew up for the most part in New York City.


75 posted on 11/15/2018 10:00:41 AM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (Perhaps we should be less concerned about who we might offend and more concerned with who we inspire)
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76 posted on 11/15/2018 10:00:47 AM PST by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
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There are shots for pneumonia. I guess he didn’t get any.


77 posted on 11/15/2018 10:02:05 AM PST by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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LOL!


78 posted on 11/15/2018 10:02:30 AM PST by rdl6989
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I got this album in high school.

What an amazing talent.
Well beyond what you saw on Hee Haw.

79 posted on 11/15/2018 10:02:45 AM PST by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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