"original" guitar hero? lol wut?

I'll vote in favor of the hero tag for that performance. Maybe not original hero, but that was great. Thanks, subby

Dude could play anything that had strings on it.

El Maestro dela guitarra. No es el heroe original, pero es un heroe dela guitarra.

Mil gracias.

I'm a pickin'...and I'm a grinnin'...

Hobodeluxe: "original" guitar hero? lol wut?

Yeah. Original doesn't work in that sentence.

I do believe the boy child dressed in blue is quite capable of doing what he so intended. Obscure? Yes. Stolen many times? Yes.

revrendjim: Dude could play anything that had strings on it.

Freakin THIS^

/and make it look easy, too
//I had a love/hate relationship with him

MaudlinMutantMollusk: revrendjim: Dude could play anything that had strings on it.

Freakin THIS^

/and make it look easy, too
//I had a love/hate relationship with him

What's to hate? I thought his cornball act on Hee haw was stupid, yes, but he's a genuine musical legend and rightly so. The guy is farking awesome.

Benevolent Misanthrope: MaudlinMutantMollusk: revrendjim: Dude could play anything that had strings on it.

Freakin THIS^

/and make it look easy, too
//I had a love/hate relationship with him

What's to hate? I thought his cornball act on Hee haw was stupid, yes, but he's a genuine musical legend and rightly so. The guy is farking awesome.

I hated how easy he made his incredible talent look

/because I had no talent at all
//well maybe not no talent, but not much
///and he had to act to make it look challenging
////freakin amazing

Awesome!

The man could play.

Should have been a greenlight.

saaaaaaaa-lute!

wow.

Congrads to the mod who went back and greenlighted this link.

I'm a grinnin'

//not subby

revrendjim: Dude could play anything that had strings on it.

MaudlinMutantMollusk: Freakin THIS^

You guys realize he's not dead, right? He's not even that old, really. In fact, you can still go see him.

w00t!!

I like how no one in the audience yelled out "Whoooo!" during his performance or some other annoying thing that audiences do today.

that is so farking awesome.

I love Roy Clark but I'm pretty sure the title of "original" guitar hero belongs to either Django Reinhart or Robert Johnson.

Snapper Carr: Reinhardt

FTFM

MaudlinMutantMollusk: I hated how easy he made his incredible talent look

Showing off on Hee-Haw, he would always toss in a bad last note as if "It's OK, even I make a mistake once in a while"
Except he'd toss it in at the end, last note, so well rehearsed and masterfully executed a bad note as if to say, "Yeah, that's no 'accidental' I played there"

Glad it hit green.
/Subby

Snapper Carr: I love Roy Clark but I'm pretty sure the title of "original" guitar hero belongs to either Django Reinhart or Robert Johnson.

A case can be made for Les Paul as well. I have tons of respect for Mr. Clark also.

I couldn't understand Oscar. WHat song did he request at the start? It sounded like Mountain Dew.

He was always the best part of Hee Haw for me.

Dude could rock, too.
Link

mr_a: Congrads to the mod who went back and greenlighted this link.

I'm a grinnin'

And I'm a pickin'
Thanks, Mod.

boring.it is fast, technically correct and so on. so is grandma's knitting. i don't excited over mittens either. guitars are the hemorrhoids of musical instruments. the faster you finger it the better you feel but i'm left smelling stink from your fingers.

Thank you, subby.

starlost: boring.it is fast, technically correct and so on. so is grandma's knitting. i don't excited over mittens either. guitars are the hemorrhoids of musical instruments. the faster you finger it the better you feel but i'm left smelling stink from your fingers.

If serious, let me know when you get the stick out of your ass, so I can plant a boot in it.

Ebenator: I couldn't understand Oscar. WHat song did he request at the start? It sounded like Mountain Dew.

Link

Malaguena!

With some practice, that guy could probably get to be pretty good.

I remember Roy Clark when he was in his prime. Quite a player. And a really genuine and generous guy, at that.

Thosw: Malaguena!

Link


/It's a shame that one of Segovia's students had to resort to such a ridiculous schtick to get anywhere..

MadameX: He was always the best part of Hee Haw for me.

Dude could rock, too.
Link

I giggled.

Thank you for that.

He also plays Mozar, until he turns it into Memphis.

 


/Always liked his guest appearances on the Beverly Hillbillies as well.

THanks to all who identified this as the Lecuona "Malaguena"--I wish the YouTube video would have identified it, too.

Here's Roy Clark doing it a couple years earlier (1969) on an amplified, arch top, jazz-box kind of instrument (with bonus psychedelic video goodness):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxDQQD F6j0Y


/Roy Clark = very talented musician who could change right over from flat picking guitar to fingerpicking 5-string banjo--and an engaging personality as well.

Ah yes, yesterday when he was young.

icebalm: Ebenator: I couldn't understand Oscar. WHat song did he request at the start? It sounded like Mountain Dew.

Link

Mystery solved. Thanks.

If you're going to play Malaguena on a guitar, play it right.

Just going to leave this here: Sabicas

(Picks? We don't need no stinkin' picks...)

used this when I tried to learn guitar, was my dad's

I always liked Roy Clark, but my knowledge of him is from watching shiatloads of "Hee Haw" when I was a kid.

I had no idea he could play guitar like this.

_{/Excuse me while I pick my jaw up off the floor}

Agree with a couple of others. Technically correct but way too fast.

Try listening to this young lady Link

starlost: boring.it is fast, technically correct and so on. so is grandma's knitting. i don't excited over mittens either. guitars are the hemorrhoids of musical instruments. the faster you finger it the better you feel but i'm left smelling stink from your fingers.

Hey look everybody!! That guy is here! Hooray!

/farking jackhole

vudukungfu: mr_a: Congrads to the mod who went back and greenlighted this link.

I'm a grinnin'

And I'm a pickin'
Thanks, Mod.

absolutely. thanks to you too, vudu

Diagonal: Agree with a couple of others. Technically correct but way too fast.

Try listening to this young lady Link

Impressive talent!

Here he is at 74 at Grand Ole Opry aging gracefully. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0-VxB 7DhlI

Little known factoid. Two Tulsa, Oklahoma talents in that clip. Tony Randall was born and graduated from High School in Tulsa and Roy Clark has made his home in Tulsa since the late 70's.

HOW HAVE I NEVER HEARD OF HIM UNTIL NOW?

THAT WAS AWESOME!!!

./harmonics and slappin in 71??

As a semi-competent hack guitarist I say hot damn! I am humbled.