Never being a big fan of country music I really liked Roy Clark music.
In my 20's I had a job where I'd fill in for a landfill attendent at times while he went to doctor visits etc. He was an older gentleman who had retired from being a Lance crackers salesman.
At times I'd hang out after he returned. He'd have visitors to his little hutch on rainy days. This one fellow with giant ears visited often and the pair of gents would discuss the younger days, summer nights, gals they'd dated etc.
One day they were discussing front porch music jams after church. Apparently some folks we now see as household names attended. Usually it was church songs and folks from other churches would attend. Dolly, Lorreta, Johnny, etc etc. Roy Clark was one who apparently enjoyed jamming with the big ear'd fellow as both played a vast array of instruments. The big ear'd fellow used to regale at all of the stuff Roy could play..often times from the first time he'd ever held it.
He used to say "there aint a musical instrument made Roy couldn't play well". The other fellow would smile and tell me "he was self-taught too".
I'm sitting in a work truck on a rainy day thinking about those days with a tear in my eye as Roy Clark tunes play in the background.....
In my 20's I had a job where I'd fill in for a landfill attendent at times while he went to doctor visits etc. He was an older gentleman who had retired from being a Lance crackers salesman.
At times I'd hang out after he returned. He'd have visitors to his little hutch on rainy days. This one fellow with giant ears visited often and the pair of gents would discuss the younger days, summer nights, gals they'd dated etc.
One day they were discussing front porch music jams after church. Apparently some folks we now see as household names attended. Usually it was church songs and folks from other churches would attend. Dolly, Lorreta, Johnny, etc etc. Roy Clark was one who apparently enjoyed jamming with the big ear'd fellow as both played a vast array of instruments. The big ear'd fellow used to regale at all of the stuff Roy could play..often times from the first time he'd ever held it.
He used to say "there aint a musical instrument made Roy couldn't play well". The other fellow would smile and tell me "he was self-taught too".
I'm sitting in a work truck on a rainy day thinking about those days with a tear in my eye as Roy Clark tunes play in the background.....