Ep 63 - The Midnight Special | April 12, 1974

Hosted by Roy Clark with special guest appearances by Buck Trent, Lynn Anderson, Tom T. Hall, Charlie McCoy, Tommy Overstreet, Mel Tillis and the Statesiders, Diana Trask, Nashville Express, Conway Twitty and the Twitty Birds, and Wolfman Jack.
00:00:00 Intro
00:01:15 Roy Clark - Rollin' in My Sweet Baby's Arms,
00:04:47 Lynn Anderson - Listen to a Country Song
00:07:52 Tom T. Hall - I Love
00:10:10 Conway Twitty - You've Never Been This Far Before
00:13:47 Diana Trask - When I Get My Hands On You
00:17:43 Charlie McCoy - Orange Blossom Special
00:21:14 Roy Clark - Yesterday When I Was Young
00:25:27 Lynn Anderson - Smile for Me
00:28:44 Mel Tillis - Midnight Me and the Blues
00:31:34 Roy Clark - Honeymoon Feelin'
00:36:00 Roy Clark & Buck Trent - Dueling Banjos
00:40:25 Tommy Overstreet - (Jeannie Marie) You Were a Lady
00:44:04 Conway Twitty - It's Only Make Believe
00:46:27 Tom T. Hall - The Year That Clayton Thomas Died
00:51:50 Roy Clark - Thank God and the Greyhound
00:55:43 Roy Clark - Riders in the Sky
00:58:16 Mel Tillis - Sawmill
01:01:10 Conway Twitty - There's a Honky Tonk Angel
01:04:25 Conway Twitty - I'm Not Through Loving You Yet
01:07:12 Roy Clark - Black Mountain Rag
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[@MJ-we9vu]

I was never much on country music but I'd stop to watch Roy Clark anytime. His talent transcended any genre.

[@ianman15]

“Yesterday When I Was Young” by Roy Clark...classic, brilliant and achingly beautiful.

[@kentokaryk1071]

Lena Horne has a great version. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fJaanmmMobqamK8

[@JayBird911]

The musicianship on these country episodes is absolutely phenomenal...not that the other genres featured on the show arent great, but damn, these guys can play.

[@eggzappa]

The classic country cream of the CREAM! Such sweet sounds!

[@edc4052]

Buck Trent is the banjo player in Roy's band. He played with Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton and invented the electric banjo.

[@djavidianmx1832]

Not to mention the nylon string banjo!! Still catch those old Porter shows on RFD TV

[@knowmusicman157]

Buck Trent is super talented

[@edc4052]

@@knowmusicman157 Sadly "was". He passed away in 2023 at the age of 85.

[@BobL56]

The real deal. Real talent. Real singing, real playing. No lip sync no pitch correction no auto tune. Call me old but I miss those days, wish they still made music like this.

[@tnawcwvictoria]

Amen Brother!

[@matthewbaduria]

Lynn Anderson and Mel Tillis are two of the greatest singers in Country Music in the 70's.no doubt about it.

[@merlinsclaw]

Roy Clark was an absolute master. ❤❤

[@Wes4T2D]

Roy Clark was an incredibly talented musician

[@artg5726]

Live music then, now and in the future is my choice! The next show has always proved to be the best show! Thanks for memories (hopefully) always remembered.

[@ChadWalker-nu9dt]

Looking forward to seeing Lynn Anderson. She was a favorite growing up ... always saw her on TV back then.

[@vincentdavis3453]

Roy Clark what an entertainer. Thank you Midnight Special for putting on Country Music - beautiful music blended with magical stories.

[@SteveKraus]

Great showcase of classic country music.

[@fry9700]

Great episode, takes me back. The Dueling Banjos performance with Buck Trent is a standout.

[@ChadWalker-nu9dt]

Wow .. Lynn Anderson was something else.

[@musicsurvives]

First time seeing Lynn perform "Smile for Me" live. Invaluable footage from bygone days; I will be looking forward to more episodes!

[@robmatlock7675]

Looks like a Hew Haw line up, I hope they have some jokes! I love Roy Clark he is a guitar wizard! We used to ride by and look at Roy's house in Tulsa, big metal gates with music notes, huge house, loved it. Roy also had a charity concert with some of the folks on here, my favorite was Stringbean, he used to wear a long shirt and his pants around his knees, torso man style, so funny, great musician. I loved the Hew Haw talent but in 1974 Stringbean got murdered and Budy Rich, Buck Owen's collaborator got killed in a motorcycle accident the show lost some of its luster after that. This looks to be a great lineup, I'm fueling the Way Back Machine on Moonshine tonight!

[@inwoodliver]

Hee haw

[@knowmusicman157]

Don Rich. Buddy Rich is a drummer.

[@michaelrochester48]

Hee Haw was Awesome! So proud that I can call some of the ladies from the show friends of mine now

[@curtisphilumalee1447]

I witnessed Roy Clark live as a kid at The National Rodeo Finals in OKC. Can’t remember the year but I believe it was in 76. He was the scheduled entertainment for the midway intermission. The biggest take away from that show was how many different instruments he played which surprised me cause I thought he was just a banjo / guitar player. ( Hee Haw show ) His last song that day was Ghost Riders in the Sky which got a standing ovation from the crowd. His talent level was ridiculous. A true American entertainer.

[@robmatlock7675]

I grew up in Tulsa and Roy had a charity concert every year, the level of musicianship he brought was excellent, and his guest were too!

[@curtisphilumalee1447]

I concur his level of musicianship was up there. He was one hellva entertainer. I didn’t realize he had a place up in Tulsa or did charity concerts back in the day. I’ve never been to Tulsa. We always went on trips to KC, Denver and DFW as a kid. I left Oklahoma at the end of 79.

[@robmatlock7675]

@@curtisphilumalee1447 I lived in OKC in 1974/74

[@curtisphilumalee1447]

@robmatlock7675 Noice, I grew up in Bethany over by the Wiley Post airport. Graduated from Putnam City HS.

[@robmatlock7675]

@@curtisphilumalee1447 we used to go to a go cart track in Bethany with the youth group. I went to Carver Jr high in downtown OKC the school year I lived there. I graduated from Tulsa Central high in 1978

[@michellesupport89]

Thank you for posting these episodes every week. I was born in 1971 so I was too young back then to watch it. It is now one of my favorite shows because I love Live music.

[@eggzappa]

Yep, thanks so much for these postings of Midnight special. I didn't start watching regularly till summer of '76 @ 10 years old.

[@ardiris2715]

That is about as definitively mid-70s country as you can get. (:

[@recordguy4321]

COUNTRYPOLITAN!!

[@thevoid99]

but this was when country music was pure and fun. it had so much to offer. nowadays, it's garbage.

[@Keytone1961]

@@ardiris2715 yes,1974 .Roy Clark could pick a barbed wire fence and UT make it sound good.So can Keith Richards.with a Paint can.Ask Tom Waits. Whew Roy played faster than lightning. Pure and clean.

[@ardiris2715]

@@thevoid99 At this point, even Dolly was over the hill. Until 9 to 5.

[@roadwary56]

That episode was a talent title wave! Loved it!!

[@TheRealPynkPanther]

this is gonna be gooooood! love the country episodes!

[@noelmcewen6516]

Mr Banjo himself, Buck Trent, sitting in with Roy. "Uh huh, ohhh yeeeaahhhhh!"

[@luvbasses5487]

I’ll listen to most any music - the more you hear the more we can learn right? When it comes to this classic Country though I have a real soft spot for. It’s just special in so many ways.

[@glennriddle285]

Thank you for showing this. I love your Country Shows! 5 *****

[@martinbench3657]

Epic sideburns ,legendary guitar

[@fredcloud9668]

Real country music from Nashville.

[@edgefan4437]

Back in 1974 I would not have liked this show very much but I always liked Lynn Anderson. I Never Promised You a Rose Garden was a great song.

[@Le_Serviette_Noir]

Unfortunately, she isn't singing Rose Garden in this episode 🙁

[@edgefan4437]

@@Le_Serviette_Noir Yeah, I see that in the list. I checked too. I think Rose Garden came out like in 1970.

[@Le_Serviette_Noir]

@@edgefan4437 It did, and I really don't know any other of her songs. She should've played it as her signature song.

[@Le_Serviette_Noir]

@@clapolla Correct spelling. Jim Messina from Loggins & Messina.

[@therealdarrenlwilliams2183]

"thank God & Greyhound you're gone". That's worthy of a bumpersticker or a t-shirt

[@OWR0406]

I Love, Smile for me and Honky Tonk Angel clearly the best songs from this show.

[@raysmusic49]

Roy Clark had serious charisma… fine musician

[@mikewest6569]

What was interesting about country music back then was that it was mostly middle-aged performers that were the stars, not young kids like today.

[@clapolla]

Lynn Anderson was 27 - hardly middle-aged, however, re. Mel, Roy, Conway ... point taken

[@AdrianDeVore]

I'm not a country music fan but this episode was fun to watch. 😂🤠

[@dorklyasmr6017]

god damn roy clark could PLAY!

[@tommyford-xv7lw]

Roy was a monster on the guitar well any instrument he picked up

[@luciovids9208]

Great upload. Conway had such a great rock and roll voice, it's a shame that he did mostly country ballads in his later career. Love Lynn Anderson's 'Listen to a Country song' performance. Roy Clark always impresses as do all the stars on this fine show.

[@lauriebarnes2999]

Can't wait, The Midnight Special!

[@JamieAndersonMusic]

I'd forgotten how funny Roy Clark is. And Lord, can he pick a banjo. That "Dueling Banjos" mashup was brilliant.

[@JamieAndersonMusic]

Tom T Hall is one of country's best writers. I love his story songs.

[@gregoryduncan3067]

🤠 All right, I get to put my hat back on for yet another Midnight Special country music festival.

[@StephanieJeanne]

I'll have to pretend. I don't have one of those.😄

[@gregoryduncan3067]

@@StephanieJeanne 🤠 You don't have to have a hat to be a cowgirl, cowgirl 😎.

[@StephanieJeanne]

@@gregoryduncan3067 Well, then...Yippee ki-yay or Hi-ho Silver ...away! 🤠🐎

[@Le_Serviette_Noir]

​@@StephanieJeanne Roy is a great guitar picker! I remember watching him and Buck Owens on Hee-Haw back in the day.

[@michaelrochester48]

@@Le_Serviette_Noir Hee Haw actually had some of the best musicians and some of the prettiest women in the world

[@Keytone1961]

Thank you so much Midnight special.Made my night.See ya'll next Friday. Love that show.See you later .A.K.A.Rollin Walter.☝️🔥🎼😇💯😁😎

[@Danthecoinman68]

Yup. As I sit here sippin a ice cold Coors Banquet , smokin a joint . Yeah , I just wasn't made for these times . This is real country

[@DestinyFilmWorks]

Roy Clark and Buck Trent..talk about musicianship..

[@duradim1]

Great music then and now.

[@JamieAndersonMusic]

Loved this show! My dad was a country singer and this reminds me of him. He looked a bit like Conway Twitty and sounded like Mel Tillis. Sang some of their songs, too.

[@carolinebrown8965]

Thanks

[@CowGirlKat8691]

Grew up with my parents who were country music professionals. Momma sang like a bird & dad was tone deaf but could play a mean rhythm guitar & sang some so this is my childhood here! 🤠

[@darleneschneck]

The year I graduated from high school-when Top 40 music was still wonderfully diverse and a song like “I Love” was woven among pop and rock songs.

[@parmahmac6073]

Roy Clark was a beast. Conway Twitty’s diamond ring was so sparkly they didn’t need the spotlights. 💎😂 Sheesh.

[@betsysloan4619]

Thanks for sharing this show! What incredible talent!❤

[@TonyTheBassPlayer1]

Ok who got Roy baked before he went up there? Im dying!

[@MisterBeauJanGels]

He was nowhere near as high as Sly Stone, trust me.

[@MisterBeauJanGels]

He was nowhere near as high as Sly Stone, trust me.

[@martinbench3657]

13 year old me barely remembers this episode , but hot damn

[@Ibrian8888]

Awesome Burt!!!! 🙏🤗🍺cheers

[@jamesw.scarber4924]

Used to watch every time it was on ...such great bands ..artists and memories.,..

[@user-xp5dv1me6e]

Not a country music fan but I give everything a chance, and this sounds great. I figure this was both classic and modern country at that time. And yes, great singing and musicianship although they all seem to have one bandmember too many on stage.

[@kathryn8304]

Yahoo I was 6 years old 🙌🤠🙌

[@stvitalkid7981]

Conway’s tune, You’ve Never Been This Far Before, got a fair bit of Top 40 pop radio airplay in Canada.

[@robmatlock7675]

Man, Conway could make cheating sound So good!

[@Dr_Paul_Proteus]

Roy has such a great right hand.

[@DannyHaralson-ol1io]

Nobody said nothing abought a country show this Friday. Oh well, I'll be watching.

[@michaelrochester48]

Buck Trent later became a regular on Roy’s show Hee haw

[@DannyHaralson-ol1io]

I thought 🐺MAN said last Friday Randy Newman would be host for Episode 63. I'm not disappointed. This will still be a good episode.

[@brycekirk5529]

Nope, the episode last week was a reairing. The Randy Newman episode won't be uploaded until we get to season 3. It will be the first episode of that season, that we will see later this year.

[@Le_Serviette_Noir]

@@brycekirk5529 Wolfman Jack TWICE announced Randy Newman as the host next week. Once in the middle of the episode in a pop-up in the middle of the MS logo (not in front of the audience) and again at the very end of the episode, canned audio. These episodes are being shown in order, so there had to be a last-minute change in the choice of host.

[@groovedohg]

I can't watch Country music so did not stay up early to watch the premiere. Do you know who's on the Monday members show?

[@brycekirk5529]

@groovedohg Flip Wilson from July 11, 1975, is Monday's episode.

[@DannyHaralson-ol1io]

@@groovedohg Flip Wilson Host, With guest Blue Magic KISS, Jenny Rankin Carol Wayne and 🐺man Jack

[@DannyHaralson-ol1io]

12 🔈🔈🔈🔈🔉🔉🔉🔉🔊🔊🔊🔊Sounding good for tonights show

[@billharden7127]

OUTSTANDING. Thank you.

[@ajdc88]

hell yeah!

[@charmerci]

Charley McCoy. wow.

[@obelix703]

2:17 those other two banjos on the stage are popularly known as “Chekhov’s Banjos.”

[@obelix703]

37:41 And there it is.

[@user-qj2pj7rz6k]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@joekowalski182]

Roy was a bad ass

[@HughCorbyCruick]

Guitar players loved to watch him. He would pick at those strings like a beast.

[@herbstencil]

"A pickin' and a grinin'" on The Midnight Special. "BR459"

[@linuslittlefield2112]

Break out the banjo!

[@vondoobie4203]

Nice pedal steel

[@williamcrowe2576]

An hour of pickin' and grinnin', and we're not even in Cornfield County.

[@zibbyzubb]

I had forgotten all about Diana Trask. Whatever happened to her?

[@JamieAndersonMusic]

She's still kickin'. She released a new album in 2020.

[@user-tm1bq9rd3w]

컨트리 특집

[@meowkitty5588]

I’m Gumby Dammit!.

[@knowmusicman157]

M M Mel Tillis wrote Ruby Don’t Take Your Love to Town a big hit for Kenny Rogers

[@knowmusicman157]

@@djavidianmx1832 sorry bro I had a Joe Biden moment

[@clapolla]

Mel Tillis DID write that song

[@timclary5614]

This is from back when country was country. Not this overproduced crap that tries to pass as country music these days. Conway Twitty is the quintessential country singer because he looks like a country singer, not some pretty boy American Idol judge.

[@talon262]

You do realize that countrypolitan and other evolutions of the Nashville Sound (examples of which included Lynn Anderson, as well as Charlie Rich, Glen Campbell, Charley Pride, and others) was still very popular on country radio when this episode originally aired (hence, why Anderson was on this episode, I'm sure) and that a lot of its detractors at the time were saying the same thing about it as you're saying about contemporary country now, right?

[@timclary5614]

And you're telling me this because? Even the countrypolitan sound still resembled the roots of country. This crap today sounds like they're trying too hard to have a twang in their voices to sound country. And there's more to country music than just the Nashville sound.

[@MisterBeauJanGels]

This is basically the same comment I've seen in a hundred-plus other videos in the past month alone. Why is there such a problem with diversity in thought?

[@raysmusic49]

I totally agree! The new country singers are horrible…

[@knowmusicman157]

Triple X Twitty doing his thang

[@canogasnow]

Bum bum bum....

[@CoCotheTurtle]

Alternative take: Tom Thall did hit many _good_ notes...

[@bassthang2277]

You need to correct the song title of the Tom T Hall song "The Year That Clayton Delaney Died". It's not "The Year That Clayton Thomas Died".

[@MisterBeauJanGels]

"The Year That Clayton Thomas Died"? David Clayton Thomas?

[@robmatlock7675]

The song is based on Hall's childhood neighbor and boyhood hero, Lonnie Easterling, the man who taught Hall how to play guitar and inspired him to become a musician and songwriter. He had died at age 19 from either lung cancer or tuberculosis.

[@deja75m]

T Hall..be genuine country

[@deja75m]

Harmonica blows hurricane

[@deja75m]

11am

[@deja75m]

Don't mean these bois are talentless...just CHRISTLESS

[@deja75m]

Guy..the gay..nothin wrong with his pervision?oops