Hammond Report November 25 2020 from Pandemic Quarantino
- Daily Music and Stories from the organist & accordionist Jon Hammond, today's
story is about playing Roy Clark on my radio program and then interviewing him in-person in
just before he received his
and performing at the
in
- we cover his life and career and talk about our Gibson Byrdland guitars (I bought
mine when I was 18 because of Roy Clark!) - stay safe and keep masking up in public folks! Happy Thanksgiving tomorrow, I'll be back with another Hammond Report,
Jon Hammond
"Roy Linwood Clark (April 15, 1933 – November 15, 2018) was an American singer and musician. He is best known for having hosted Hee Haw, a nationally televised country variety
show, from 1969 to 1997. Clark was an important and influential figure in country music, both as a performer and in helping to popularize the genre.
During the 1970s, Clark frequently guest-hosted for Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show and enjoyed a 30-million viewership for Hee Haw. Clark was highly regarded and renowned
as a guitarist, banjo player, and fiddler. He was skilled in the traditions of many genres, including classical guitar, country music, Latin music, bluegrass, and pop. He had
hit songs as a pop vocalist (e.g., "Yesterday, When I Was Young" and "Thank God and Greyhound"), and his instrumental skill had an enormous effect on generations of bluegrass
and country musicians. He became a member of the Grand Ole Opry in 1987, and, in 2009, was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. He published his autobiography, My
Life—in Spite of Myself, in 1994."