I grew up on Hee Haw. I think that was an early influence on me as a musician, to be honest. I use to watch that and Lawrence Welk with my Grandparents when I was little. So I had this odd Country and Big Band 40's music thing going on before I even got into any sort of rock music or pop, if you will.

There is this TV channel called RFD that plays those old Hee Haw shows. I imagine anything with strings on it, Roy can play. I don't know how he does it. Maybe he's from another planet. Heh.

Yes he actually appeared as two characters on the hayseed "Hillbillies" comedy. He did in fact play the recurring Roy Halsey (Cousin Roy) role but he also played Roy Halsey's mother who was named Myrtle Halsey in drag. Priceless.

Anyone else remember when Clark guest-hosted the Tonight Show when Johnny Carson took the night off in the early 70's? Anyone?

Clark is one of the most technically skilled pickers in recorded music history, ranking with the very best of the very best. Some of his awards:
1972 - ACM - Entertainer Of The Year
1973 - ACM - Entertainer Of The Year
1973 - CMA - Entertainer of the Year
1975 - CMA - Instrumental Group Of The Year (with Buck Trent)
1976 - CMA - Instrumental Group Of The Year (with Buck Trent)
1977 - CMA - Instrumentalist Of The Year
1978 - CMA - Instrumentalist Of The Year
1980 - CMA - Instrumentalist Of The Year
1982 - Grammy - Best Country Instrumental Recording for "Alabama Jubilee"

He's so charming when playing something that is fairly intricate as he pokes his tongue out of the corner of his mouth through a grin. He does that partly to let you know it is the hard part I think, and the tongue poking through the grin is something of a trademark move.

Little known facts! Music was not his first or second choice of a career. Music came in third behind baseball and boxing. He was the first country performer to own a theater in Branson, Mo which was called the Roy Clark Celebrity Theater in 1983 and that building is now the Hughes American Family Theater. He has won the National Banjo Championship TWICE.