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Everyone of a certain age remembers watching Hee Haw, which began on CBS in 1969 and lives on in syndication forever. The two hosts of the show were country singer Buck Owens and singer/guitarist Roy Clark. Clark’s versatility on guitar and banjo are often overlooked because of his association with this show and it’s, um, rural sense of humor. The producers of Hee Haw were inspired by Rowan and Martin’s Laugh In and the structure of the comedy sketches were built on that model. The result was quite different.

Here is a clip fo Roy Clark playing Duke Ellington’s “Caravan” on guitar. This is from a Hee Haw episode and there is a bit of Hee Haw humor tacked on the end. Watch Clark’s face. When he is playing a difficult passage his tongue sticks out. This is a sign of high concentration.

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