I know Roy Clark became somewhat of a joke because of Hee Haw, but he was still a legend. R.I.P.

[Miles Archer]

https://variety.com/2018/music/news/roy-clark-legendary-country-guitarist-and-hee-haw-star-dies-at-85-1203029645/

Roy Clark, Legendary Country Guitarist and ‘Hee Haw’ Star, Dies at 85

Roy Clark, the legendary guitarist and singer, Country Music Hall of Fame and Grand Ole Opry member, Grammy, ACM and CMA award winner and co-host of the “Hee Haw” television series, died today at the age of 85 due to complications from pneumonia at home in Tulsa, Okla.

His 24-year sting on the at times deliberately corny “Hee Haw” show belied his stellar musicianship and deep pedigree as a country-music pioneer, particularly the “Bakersfield” sound of the late 1950s and early 1960s in which he was deeply involved with fellow picker Buck Owens, who also appeared on the show. With the later rise of country stars ranging from Emmylou Harris and Dwight Yoakam to Brad Paisley and Keith Urban, Clark’s vast influence has received its proper due.

He is survived by Barbara, his wife of sixty-one years, his sons Roy Clark II and wife Karen, Dr. Michael Meyer and wife Robin, Terry Lee Meyer, Susan Mosier and Diane Stewart, and his grandchildren: Brittany Meyer, Michael Meyer, Caleb Clark, Josiah Clark and his sister, Susan Coryell.

A memorial celebration will be held in the coming days in Tulsa, Okla., details forthcoming.

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Guitar players will tell you who he was.

Kicked ass is who he was.

[Miles Archer]

3. I am a guitar player...that's why I feel that way.

This is one of his best-known instrumentals, and the first one that came to mind when I learned of his passing:

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13. Right around the 2:30 mark

He looks like he's figured out how to bring it home and relaxes just ever so slightly.

[SWBTATTReg]

2. Sorry to hear this. I thought he was already gone. RIP. nt

[Cartoonist]

4. I never held it against him

He's one of only several country stars I like.

[Miles Archer]

8. Same here...I was, and still am, a MAJOR Buck Owens fan as well.

And the reality was that Hee Haw offered both of them a regular, high-profile paying gig. That's what performers are supposed to do, land a job that lets them perform and pays the bills.

[kacekwl]

5. That man could play like the wind.

RIP Mr. Clark.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

6. Damn! 😢

Roy sang this at Mickey Mantle’s funeral.

[Ptah]

7. Roy Clark - 12th Street Rag

[The Polack MSgt]

9. Roy was one of the best guitarists of his generation

I'm truly bummed out to find out he had passed.

RIP.

[underpants]

10. Meherrin VA off 360

As of 2000, the total population of zip code 23954 was 1,838. The racial breakdown was as follows: 48.3% White, 49.6% Black or African-American, 0.5% American Indian or Alaskan Native, 0.2% Asian, 0.2% Other, and 1.3% two or more races. As for education for ages 25 and over, 64.1% were high school graduates or higher and 9.3% had a bachelor's degree or higher. The median household income was $30,147.[3]

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11. If it had strings, he could play it

Guitar, mandolin, violin (fiddle, if you must), banjo, whatever. Roy Clark could go to town on it, either solo or with others, and make everyone on the stage sound better. Truly a musician's musician.

[Power 2 the People]

12. No joke to me.

Legendary guitar player and equally nice person.