Roy Clark - Folsum Prison Blues

Roy Clarks Act Was Based On His Comedy and Speedy/Specialty Guitar Licks In His Early Days...

[@buzinaocara]

there is something surprisingly modern about this guy's akward deadpan sense of humor. good job old man from the past.

[@MitchellGWhitehead]

That dude is a legend.

[@buzinaocara]

@@FishCow Dude, I'm 28.

[@msg238]

Maybe because he's one of the greatest musicians and entertainers who ever lived.

[@Actiomedey]

@@FishCow Stop

[@tombstonejones9581]

@@FishCow lol you sound like the butthurt simpleton. Ironic.

[@willyaxehamster]

this guy walked so tenacious d could run

[@daemonelectricity]

Roy Clark could run like nobody's business.

[@nicholasmaxwell9899]

That's great! I see some similarities for sure.

[@tombstonejones9581]

@@officialmetalwill And you're daft if you don't understand the point he's trying to make. Roy was one of the earliest, most prolific musicians to mix comedy with quality instrument playing so future acts such as Tenacious D could find an audience and a market. 😐

[@thesuprisedbitch4077]

@@officialmetalwill better luck next time feller

[@theaccursedj.e.2723]

@@officialmetalwill you mad bro?

[@christopherbako]

He was a fantastic guitar player....He's fooling around here.

[@chancebriggs2171]

Christopher Bako true

[@jayunitedwestand1810]

he was more than Fantastic he was a guitar god these people have no idea

[@389383]

Well duh!

[@willierants5880]

Umm, yeah, it's a comedy act. The late great Roy Clark is one, if not the, greatest guitarist of all time.

[@389383]

@Leonardo's Truth Folsom Prison Blues is a novelty song and is ripe for parody.

[@diarmaidmac2149]

Some serious multitasking going on here - guitar, comedy, sound effects, story telling and reacting to audience etc.

[@justinhorn2395]

Most don't recognize the talent on display here, high level skills, a pro amongst pros.

[@domainofthesun4400]

indeed!

[@siasdiane7431]

Jajajajajaja

[@fafodiesel1]

his ability to go completely out of sync with the backing to do the train or gunshots or anything, then resume mid-beat on an upstroke perfectly, is amazing.

[@seapackgaming4316]

Entertainer. A Multifaceted Entertainer.

[@pallidbustofpallas4679]

Back when entertainers got famous for having talent.

[@decimustv4257]

So are you saying Kim Kardashian doesn't have talent? Are you serious dude? Man you are disrespectful

[@elijahman5769]

@@decimustv4257 xD

[@joeshmoe7967]

@@decimustv4257 This is a tough one. I tend to think this was sarcasm, but I can't quite tell. Kim has not a single cell of talent. Roy was one of the best to ever inhabit this planet, and back in his day you HAD to be better than good, you had to be great, and he was.

[@SeaSerpentLevi]

@@decimustv4257 hahahah lol "Humanity is evolving, just backwards" kind of thing 🤪

[@ManuelPassarella1]

I salute you Dude, guru of Dudeism.

[@chuckcribbs3398]

Roy was one of the most underrated guitarists of all time. A great entertainer too!

[@kdxracer184]

True.

[@mikedegregorio9113]

Roy Clark, Jerry Reed, Ray Stevens, Jim Stafford, all had their playing talent overshadowed by their humorous approach to entertainment. All were top notch musicians.

[@cynthiahunter519]

Yep, if it had a string he could play it 😃

[@theaccursedj.e.2723]

Very!

[@willierants5880]

How so? If he was perhaps it was because is was firstly a comedian, but I don't think anyone would underrate Roy Clark. If they do they haven't heard or seen him play.

[@danabowring]

Wikipedia: Clark used humor as a musician as well, and it was not until the mid 1960s that he felt confident enough to perform in public without using humor in his act.[8]

[@ataraxia7439]

aww, it's funny to think people struggled with the same kind of personal insecurities and anxieties throughout so many different time periods.

[@Ursulamerger]

Ataraxia except he’s probably much better than any of us will ever be

[@JonHop1]

@@ataraxia7439 Why is it funny to think that? It's common sense more than anything.

[@JonHop1]

@Cosmos ! lol I know I was kinda just trolling and being a dick

[@truthmirage]

He dint hold back humor for Hee Haw. Buck Owens needs a shout while we’re here.

[@Kimblesgarage]

"they're probably smokin' whiskey, and drinkin' a big cigar"

[@EnCrypticon23x]

lmao, I thought I heard that but I didn't want to stop the music and go back to double check.

[@Helo_rides_for_commies]

So that's where Pat Travers got it.

[@marshmangunnar9150]

Haha! Niiiiice

[@Voodoo_Robot]

That was my big mistake when i was learning spanish. I invited my colleague to beber tabacco y fumar cafe during the break

[@GeorgeSagen]

"Thanks Mic"

[@aaronz9410]

Actor, comedian, singer, guitar player, Roy had it all covered and had it covered well.

[@dansgroi1472]

Just say entertainer. Hehe

[@vinmangob8555]

One of the best guitar players EVER, hands down.

[@Moonshinedave1]

One could argue Roy Clark is one of, if not the most under rated guitar player of all time.

[@bennylloyd-willner9667]

But then again, maybe one shouldn't. All the praise he has gotten from both other great musicians and the general public. At least from what I've seen, heard and read, he is very well known and appreciated as a great inspiration for a lot of today's musicians.

[@sirjanska9575]

For once an appropriate use of the word underrated. He truly was.

[@vladimirpoutine7522]

2 years later: In my 30 years of playing guitar, I can count on 3 fingers the amount of times Roy was noted during a conversation about the guitar greats. That conversation was typically reserved for the 80's guitarists everyone knew. Underrated is an underestimation, and hence why he was underrated.

[@terrysetree2839]

Have you seen him play with Brad Paisley (who needs to start writing metal, dude can shred) and he looked at an old man like "dude, CHILL"

[@jessemartin1838]

Yes. Agreed

[@jota3732]

In all the 57 years on this planet and being a music junkie I’ve never heard of this man , but I’m glad I’ve found him amazing 🙏🇬🇧

[@wehrewulf]

WTF?

[@seannel2005]

Likewise mate.

[@bryanmannoia8410]

57 years and you never heard of hee haw?! this guy killed every Saturday night in the 70s.

[@jota3732]

@chiefscalpalot4696 To be fair i live in the UK 🇬🇧

[@rosedolch8637]

Look up the tv show Hee Haw.. late 70's early 80's!!!! He was the star of the show .. Loved him when I was little..

[@kyle8442]

This man deserves a longer guitar cable

[@bassinbillRC5300]

You ain't lying.....

[@Burnt_Gerbil]

It was done like that so he didn’t step on it and pull it out of the guitar. Nothing unusual.

[@builderman912]

ahahahahahahaha!

[@Chaelsonen]

or at least the cable should buy him a drink first

[@gabberpietor]

yeah thats unusual moron. what the fuck are you saying?@@Burnt_Gerbil

[@ruthmaryrose]

What Roy could do with a guitar didn’t even seem like it should be possible. He was amazing!

[@johnathanmphoto]

One of the best guitarists of all time. SUPER talented on many instruments. It's why you know Rolling Stone magazine (and others) are a f*cking joke when they don't even list him in the Top 100. He could play so fast on the guitar, he could give Dave Mustiane from Megadeath a run for his money.

[@ox6942]

Roy Clark was fired by Jimmy Dean. Jimmy was overheard saying, "He's the most talented person I've ever had to fire!" Roy was constantly late showing up for work and Jimmy was a stickler about being on time. The more you know...

[@stevedavis8329]

I think the same thing happened to Mingus. As I recall, Duke Ellington wound up firing him half a dozen times because he wouldn't show up on time, but had to keep rehiring him because he was just the best damned bass player in the business.

[@5oclockshadowbanned154]

Well then I guess that makes Jimmy Dean a jackass. I will never eat that sausage again.

[@jamesutley1352]

I remember the Jimmy Dean show but the world will remember him for sausage. The world will remember Roy Clark as one of greatest and most versatile musicians of the 20th century. R.I.P. Roy Clark

[@389383]

@@5oclockshadowbanned154 Same with me, except when it is on sale.

[@jb888888888]

Roy was tearing him apart!

[@reiglelauren]

R.I.P. Roy Clark. We love your humor and you'll be missed.

[@ckoritko]

This is a gem. We’re fortunate to have footage like this!

[@GrasshopperRDG]

"I most certainly SHARE❤ your sentiments indeed!!"😊 A Stupendous SIGNATURED Talent! MR. ROY🎸CLARK❣ He was "THE🎁MAN" 💚*🙏🏼

[@deriza_]

this is hilarious in 2020 - Roy is a legend. also, I'd like to acknowledge the "thanks Mic" joke at 3:05; it sounded like the audience missed

[@dimia615]

lol'd hard

[@BluesCat1980]

This hilarious regardless of what era or time. Great comedy and talent transcends all time and generations.

[@ElisandroDeLeon]

I was born in 1986. this is the first time Ive ever even heard of Roy but yes, this man is hilarious.

[@deriza_]

@@ElisandroDeLeon I was more saying that since the routine was likely filmed in the 70's - its impressive that the bits are still funny ~50 years later. a testament to the hilarity of Roy Clark

[@deriza_]

@@BluesCat1980 my sentiments exactly - Roy Clark was a genius :)

[@JamesJones-i2v]

I was never really introduced to Roy Clark. Man was he ahead of his time

[@trouttrout3553]

Like it or not, love it or hate it, get it or don't...you can't deny the talent, Talent TALENT!!!

[@b3u3g3g3y]

In those days, Roy Clark was known as a heavy guy. But now he doesn't seem so heavy, he just looks kind of normal weight!

[@mattmexor2882]

Sad!

[@savoy99]

That’s an excellent observation

[@bigtech191]

Everyone is fat af anymore.

[@nope110]

I presume youre american then lmao

[@user-ox5kh3fy8g]

You are an idiot

[@robertgolden1080]

A true gentleman and a genius with a guitar.

[@robertmcmillan5640]

a guitar in this persons hands is like having third arm to him and He dealt with it meticulously . What a God given gift to us on Planet Earth . Thank you Sir for all your entertainment and delivering it to the public

[@gillythekidd]

this guy was way ahead of his time

[@monkeyman12328]

Jack black could play him before in a movie

[@jamesagwe2981]

Or a biopic

[@franckmarronier130]

@@jamesagwe2981 lol whats the difference

[@lefthandcigg4253]

monkeyman12328 don’t taint this good mans legacy and talents

[@oldtimetinfoilhatwearer]

jack can't play that well

[@justdave5145]

@@oldtimetinfoilhatwearer no but he can sing and act pretty fucking well

[@dannyl2598]

I once took my elderly mother to see Roy Clark, I never expected that I would be entertained too. He was a performer for sure.

[@thecolonel5209]

Roy was just amazing on that guitar. What an entertainer!

[@painkillerjones6232]

He will never get the credit he deserved as one of the guitar greats!!!

[@user-ox5kh3fy8g]

Are you making a vow??

[@painkillerjones6232]

@@user-ox5kh3fy8g No...

[@68air]

@@painkillerjones6232 Ask anyone who knows how to shred and they will mention Roy.

[@drew9719]

1:13 I already love this guy

[@TrueIndie88]

That made me tear up.... How blessed I was as a child to group listening to talent like this.

[@retirednavy8720]

RIP Roy. You truly were one of a kind. Thanks for decades worth of laughs and music.

[@russpooley7281]

Out of everything I've seen of him, the one thing that stands out the most (aside from obvious talent), is how much of an amazing person he comes across as. That smile is endearing. He looks like the guy everyone would want to be friends with.

[@w33dwizard5]

If metal had existed during this mans time he'd of become a metal god

[@melissafarmer4149]

Legend on anything with strings!!! RIP Roy Clark! Your music and performances are some of the absolute BEST!!!♥️♥️♥️

[@ReneeJoan]

Tough gig - playing in the shadow of Johnny Cash. Roy Clark is so good!

[@imeldahiggins-wiffle8302]

Roy Clark is a national treasure for sure!!!

[@slickmic6113]

he was the master on any stringed instrument I will put Roy Clark up there with any heavy metal or or rock and roll guy!!!!!! rip mr. Roy Clark

[@arisdelis1]

Many Rock musicians knew how talented Roy Clark was...

[@danieldavis9832]

I hang my head and cry because we don’t have talent like this in country anymore.

[@jfiosi]

Absolutely awesome! And if you like Roy Clark, you may also like Victor Borge on piano. These entertainers didn't need to insult people or use filthy language to entertain. True talents who relied on those talents to entertain and delight audiences. RIP to both. God is entertained now.

[@larrypresnall5360]

I’m a pilot for a major airline. Back in the early regional airline days, I brought Roy into Minneapolis to connect to Phoenix where he had a gig coming up. He loved airplanes and was a very accomplished pilot in his own right. He invited me to sit with him in the gate area before his flight and we talked airplanes for 45 minutes. I never once mentioned I, “played” guitar (not a total fool, y’know!). He said, “I’m surprised a young fella like you would even know my name.” I told him that having been raised in Alabama, I was put down in front of the TV to see every episode of, “Hee Haw” that ever aired and that I knew his name before I knew all my relatives’ names! He gave me his autograph for my favorite uncle who idolized him, shook my hand, said, “nice landing back there!”, and we parted company. Class act all the way.

[@davidweaver2156]

One of the most talented musicians of all time. If it has strings this man could play it.

[@paulforrest6000]

I recall watching Roy Clark on TV as a young lad. Only now do I recognize just how talented this man truly was. Amazing!

[@collisw8302]

Roy Clark is easily one of the best and most entertaining performers ever, I could watch this guy for hours!

[@markvandam5567]

This guy could play the banjo like nobody's business. Roy was the man.

[@LouisAlvarado-mf7xn]

Its really a shame that today’s music sucks because the beauty of musicianship is dead

[@GrasshopperRDG]

To hear this "GUITAR GOD" play the sound of a train is so fascinating to me! He certainly went BEYOND my introduction of Hee Haw📺 watching days from my youth! {ROY CLARK.🙌🏼} "STILL!~ ❣❣❣❣❣" 😊💚*🙏🏼

[@larrybill2661]

Hello Renee how are you doing!!

[@GrasshopperRDG]

@@larrybill2661 Good, thanks for asking.

[@larrybill2661]

@@GrasshopperRDG You are welcome Renee

[@larrybill2661]

@@GrasshopperRDG it my pleasure having you as a friend and where are you from if you really don’t mind me asking?

[@GrasshopperRDG]

@@larrybill2661 I don't have any intrusive, inappropriate friends Larry. Proper decorum should ALWAYS be exercised and when there's not...nothing else need be exchanged.

[@Hawkeye935]

Hysterical..Wondering what Cash thought of this.

[@dippydija6275]

if you look up roy clark folsom prison blues, there should be a video of roy when he is older and he explains his meeting with johnny and what he thought

[@ITMeCE]

I mean, considering he played with Johnny all the time.. Must have like it! :D

[@chrissistrunk]

Smiley Williams they played it together...can't wipe the smile off my face kzbin.info/www/bejne/imfXqaKMlNJ6h8k

[@dansdotcom]

Cash stole this song from Beverly Maher and paid 75,000.00 in 1968 for the rights to this song. kzbin.info/www/bejne/m53SfoelopKZpqs

[@dcb_75]

@NORTHWOODSPREPPER1He's right - Cash combined a couple songs to make Folsom Prison but never acknowledged where he got it from and made money off of it. Years later he paid for the rights to the original material so he couldn't be sued for stealing it which would have cost him a fortune. So he stole it and then paid for it.

[@goobienoob3589]

He could shred like anyone else on earth but being able to make people laugh with and instrument is a whole other level of talent that you just don't see much of anywhere else.

[@boilinghell]

Absolutely brilliant! One of the most under-rated guitar players of all time not just because of his technical mastery but because of the amount of fun he has on stage.

[@frank1672]

There's a man that knows his craft.

[@mac7083]

😂😂😂😂 Roy Clark was one of the BEST guitarists f all time.... and bloody funny to boot.

[@wolfie5]

Never heard this sung by anyone but Johnny Cash - and wow the effects are amazing

[@tylerthepianoman4686]

Home Free does an interesting acapella cover. You might enjoy that.

[@timschmidt3784]

Amazing guitar and banjo picker, and very funny, too. A true American legend. We miss you Roy!

[@RetroPlus]

This is timeless, his performance is still funny and enjoyable today which I think is remarkable

[@Mainbusfail]

My papa did work for Mr Clark here in Tulsa, I was just a kiddo when I met him for the first time. His hand was so huge compared to mine it stunned me. He just winked and smiled. What a great man in every measure. He is and will be missed for generations.

[@tonymemphis72]

One of a kind! ... thnx for sharing... Peace n Love!

[@TheDaaazer]

Genius guitar player. One of my favorites. This clip always brings a smile to my face.

[@DZCamaro-kz2vd]

same here

[@jameskoch7190]

Someone asked Jimmy Hendrix “What’s it like to be the world’s best guitarist?” He replied “I don’t know you’ll have to ask Roy Clark”.

[@aaronkirchdorfer7779]

Or Terry Kath

[@armedinbama]

@@aaronkirchdorfer7779 Funny you mention Terry Kath. If you haven't seen this 25 or 6 to 4 cover (link below), you're really missing out. I know, I thought the same thing when I first saw it. 🤔 CHEERS! 🇺🇸 kzbin.info/www/bejne/kIfEgKKci8ynfK8

[@CODYj423]

Every stringed instrument served Roy faithfully. Not that they had a choice.

[@jeffreybarker4193]

Roy Clark is truly the best guitarist in the world. No one and I mean no one can play the guitar the way he does.

[@tonywright8294]

Just superb

[@asraharrison]

Roy Clark was brilliant... his talent here is so obvious, and he makes light of it... paying homage to Johnny Cash, and performing a beautiful comedy act around it. Masterful... and amazing talent!

[@gravl1]

Wow 1964 trolling the audience with a guitar. Ahead of Monty Python and Andy Kaufman. Pure genius.

[@bobshook3544]

Love Roy. Amazingly talented guitar player. He also had the comedy gene, too. His timing is sooo god.

[@jonmcguire4910]

Pure musical genius. This vid is just the tip of Roy's iceberg.

[@MUSKATNUSSHERMULLER]

Love it ! From France

[@Tyrannosaur511]

Roy Clark was an all time great guitarist. He oozed with technical ability! Absolutely fantastic guitarist!

[@cullentheirishman6396]

Soo far ahead of the times in his approach to the instrument. He's should be, and is to me, on the mount Rushmore of country pickers.

[@hdpmrr]

Just country? A guitar is a guitar.

[@joshbowers1898]

@@hdpmrr yeah I agree, my mt Rushmore would be Hendrix , Clapton , Vaughn and Clark

[@paulomolinajosue6891]

Eu por aí, adoro música antiga parece que Vivi essa época. Vai saber né?😅

[@wackerbasti]

Der geht plötzlich so ab, unglaublich

[@CB3Music]

I need a time machine... what a classic! RIP Roy!

[@elconquistadorism]

He is one of the best guitarist to ever play! One of the best musicians to ever walk this earth! ! What he was able to do with what he had was freaking awesome! Thank you 😊.

[@kcee023]

1:40 he prophesying about the creation of guitar pedals. and a few years later...

[@chuggynation8275]

Lay off the drugs bro he ways simply tapping his foot off rhythm in comedic fashion.

[@spectrum7virkeytroni]

I remember watching Roy on Hee Haw and seeing him on the Tonight Show one time that he finished a song with a broken string and never even mentioned it had broken until the end. But this old black and white stuff goes back to before I was old enough to know what the hell was going on.

[@bethking7348]

What is not to love about Roy? ❤❤

[@luc2o]

he was so amazingly talented. Tremendous entertainer.

[@pault8470]

I,m a pretty well established session musician so I know a thing or two as you can imagine. What Roys playing isn’t difficult at all BUT it’s his feel for the guitar that not many musicians can achieve Hendrix being another one . Brilliant

[@jbx1967]

Yes. In classical circles, this is what is refered to as "virtuosity."

[@cyprus9995]

Simply brilliant!

[@TheMWCmusic]

This is probably the 20th time seeing this in a few months. Haven't gotten tired of watching him yet.....Never will......

[@FirstLast-sy3rj]

a man who loved to share his genius to make people happy and had fun doing it

[@johnowenward536]

Dude, imagine being stuck in Folsom Prison.

[@johnowenward536]

It’d honestly suck tbh...

[@kevinleib502]

Roy Clark could do things with a guitar that few others ever could or will ever do.

[@thesuprisedbitch4077]

Durdidurdidurdidurdidurdi

[@patrickclark3026]

I sure do miss uncle Roy 😢

[@southtoe3607]

I love this man so much.

[@rick.locke.2946]

I had no idea Roy Clark was such a monster on the guitar.

[@venimo]

It's hard to imagine that Benny Hill wasn't aware of Roy's schtick, especially the facials - they two just seem too eerily similar. As someone mentioned, because Roy was so funny and such an entertainer they forget what an amazing guitar player he was.

[@darylmorning]

And amazing banjo player, and mandolin player...

[@jamesutley1352]

venimo and banjo and fiddle and every instrument he put his golden hands on

[@drew9719]

I enjoyed every moment of this

[@sisleymichael]

Just FANTASTIC!!!

[@yellowteethvillage8671]

this dude needs a movie

[@jhonny2chains788]

On behalf of Dave Mustaine, the father of thrash, we salute you Roy!

[@thesuprisedbitch4077]

the people who gave this video a thumbs down are the people who can't do the foot guitar thing where he makes it go "durdidurdidurdi"

[@Itsover-bj5ed]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@juniorjunior3218]

Do you like Iron & wine ?

[@gpdude22]

Or the people that can spell "Folsom".

[@martyspittler3581]

Always liked him. Fun guitar talent.

[@valentino3191]

He was a superb entertainer and very skilled player. Funny too

[@mikereyes2488]

I could totally see Chris Pratt play as Roy Clark, kinda look like him when he was heavy set years back

[@Snagglefratz]

I don't think Roy ever did a song without some clowning.

[@richardtaylor8595]

Roy Clerk is one of the most amazing musicians ever.

[@andrewganley9016]

Forget the comedy this guy is one of the all time greats and as for his Fender Jaguar hell fire!!

[@jonlanier_]

Van Halen requested lessons from Roy.

[@josephvanwyk2088]

The "jazz" guitar style is kinda way ahead of his time. Pretty interesting

[@gregpickett8816]

His shredding was even farther ahead of its time. Roy was putting modern metal guys to shame even back then with his bag of techniques.