This song: *exists* Stephen Hillenburg: Oh yeah, this one is the one.

Ahhh my favorite genre: Spongecore 🤘

Do y'all realize how lucky we are to have KZfaq to keep all this great music available?

Because of his humor and comedic talent, his superhuman guitar playing was severely overlooked 😊

He's entertaining public while plankton is trying to steal the formula.

This is a shredder before there were shredders. He's doing sweeps in the fifties. Crazy.

I've never heard anything else of Roy Clark but I'm already convinced that he is the coolest guy ever

This guy will go down in history as absolutely one of the best guitarists and musical entertainers

Imagine being this good at guitar in an era where rock guitar was still a novelty and you couldn't search up guitar heroes on the internet.

His facial expressions are the perfect show of whatever sound he’s making on the guitar

My dad was born in 1912. Ragtime music was still very popular through the Roaring 20s. 12th Street Rag was his favorite song. Good stuff.

Roy Clark was a guitar monster. Totally metal.

1:46 when you start the final lap of your mario kart race

Producer: "How fast can you play?" Roy: "Yes..."

Soundtrack to me doing laundry before the hockey playoffs start. R.I.P. Roy ❤ 🎸

Holy smokes. As a guitarist, I can say he is absolutely off the charts.

Roy Clark: *Insane shredding* Audience: Roy Clark: *plays triads high up the neck* Audience: *Cheers and claps*

Roy Clark:I guess you guys aren’t ready for that yet *but your kids are gonna love it*

Not only was he a true guitar god, he was a god on anything with strings, AND, he had a comedic presentation like no other. Rest in peace Roy, you are a hero to many.

The country musicians of the 1950s were stunningly proficient on their instruments, especially guitarists and steel players. Chet Atkins, Merle Travis, Jimmy Day ( steel) early rockabilly guys (the Burnette - Gene Vincent's Blue Caps) and many of Nashville's studio players could also do some mind blowing stuff. But they were largely forgotten by the mid 1960s. By then young people were more impressed by Clapton, Beck and Page. It took until the 1980s and the rockabilly revival for popular music listeners to dig out these recordings and start appreciating those guys again. Thankfully there's lots of film and TV kinescope-video recordings like this one to show us how remarkable the musicians of the 20th century actually were. So thank you for posting this bit with the great Roy Clark!

This is the most metal shit I've ever seen

1:42 when you have 100 seconds left on Super Mario Bros.

Roy Clark’s playing never got enough credit. This is hella’ epic.

I was never big on country music, but I grew up during that time when "Hee Haw", "The Glen Campbell Show", "Bonanza", and other western-themed TV shows dominated the air waves. That being said, Roy Clark was the most technically skilled guitarist I'd ever seen. He could play anything from country to classical and all you could do was sit and listen in amazement. Thank you, KZfaq, for providing us the opportunity to witness true genius and the result of hard work in action.

*_when spongebob and patrick steal a paper_*

Imagine this mans potential if he was around 40 years later with distortion pedals and the inventiveness of tapping

Hands down one of the best exhibitions of guitar playing I have ever seen. He played it with a clean tone and not a single bum note.

Love the Jaguar and the curly guitar cord. What a massive talent.

This man was so underrated by people who were into rock bands. He had talent.

Eddie Van Halen secretly watched Roy play on his basement TV.

Roy Clark was an absolute monster on the guitar.

Effortless sweep picking decades before anyone else was doing it in the mainstream. Full chordings with the thumb like Hendrix would popularize, a downpicking technique that would make Hetfield blush, at a speed and clarity most people couldn't get out of 20 years of playing and thousands of dollars of equipment. Dude is easily one of the greatest musicians ever.

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Did he pick every single note? No hammer-ons? No pull-offs? Guitarists will appreciate how absolutely epic (and exhausting) that is.

It's hilarious when I tell people he is in my list of all time greatest gods of guitar but seriously he's truly amazing even by today's standard

Guitar is not only top notch his stage presence is is also

There was some old guy somewhere watching this when it happened saying "This is trash compared to what music use to be". I just know it.

The best part of roy Clark was how he could entertain the audience with dances , goofy looks and big smiles while playing so fast and very accurately. Me and my grandmother watched his shows until she passed away a few years ago and it was a awesome way to spend my day after work.

Ol Roy Clark chickn pickin with all them good ol boys, RIP Roy you are missed. 🎸🎶🤠🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

The Great Roy Clark...along with Les and Chet...just unreal!!💯

He looks like he's entertaining a king he hates and he just poisoned his drink and is now waiting for the king to take a drink

This guy shreds palm muted. What a monster skill.

Probably your favorite guitarist's favorite guitarist

My mother always watched HEE HAW. Then, I started watching it. For the cute lady :). I was a Rock and Roller and I was amazed at Roy Clarks guitar playing! Wizard on that guitar! STILL enjoy listening to him, today.50 years later.

Amazing guitarist. When he’s playing he looks like he’s receiving some great head

1:53 DAMN THAT SOUNDS GOOD

Roy was truly a master of guitar ! And banjo , mandolin, acoustic guitar to name a few others . I remember his TV shows and could hardly wait to watch he play . This was before he was on hee haw .

Roy Clark was a guitar legend In his own right. I used to watch Hee Haw with my mom as a kid and I always enjoyed listening to Roy Clark play his amazing chords on his guitar 🎸.#OBP Bluesman

Roy was hands down one of the best guitarists ever.

Pure clean shred. What a phenomenal guitar player !

As old as this is, there's nothing old or tired about it as far as pure entertainment goes;. Simply brilliant then, and just as amazing now.

One of the greatest of all time! I love this guy.

Amazing how the Jaguar still looks futuristic to this day.

If I had a nickel for every time Roy missed a note, I’d be broke as hell

Roy was an inspiration to the following generation like Danny Gatton and Roy Buchanan God rest their souls. Excellent pickin and grinning. Love it 😊

Roy was an amazing guitar player. I grew up on metal and punk, metal also had some amazing players but I can totally appreciate any style if the players are good. Roy Clark, Jerry Reed and Glen Campbell are just a few of some awesome country pickers.

The guitar smoked a cigarette when he was done.

You can't shred on a clean tone. Roy Clark:

Roy Clark, Glen Campbell, Jim Stafford and Scotty Moore. I can listen to their guitar playing and it never gets old. But Roy was special....I place him in the top 10 of greatest guitar players of all time...regardless of the music genre. He was incredibly versatile.

A musician’s Musician!!!! Roy was straight 🌋

Horribly underrated guitarist.

Worker1: „Bro we need to set up the stage!“ „ Worker2: „say no more“ *rolls in a barrel

Yeah ole Roy was damn good grew up as a kid watching him on one of the 3 tv channels we had back then!!

Is there anything better than a virtuoso musician doing his thing and having fun at the same time? No. There is not.

His expressions are almost as amazing as his guitar playing.

Aside from being an unbelievable guitarist, Roy always looked like he was having as much fun as his audiences. An incredibly talented musician!

What I loved about Roy's playing is, when he is playing something as technically difficult as this, he would goof off and entertain like the funny faces and all. It's like he was saying, don't pay any attention to my amazing talent and let's just have fun. This guy had no ego that required anyone to elevate him above the rest. When he played with someone else he would back off and let them show their talent. He was obviously a serious talent but he never seemed to make it about him.

He was awesome!! Right up there with Glenn Campbell

Patrick and spongebob running around and catching jelly fish while annoying squidward

I live how in the early days of electric guitar, it was just considered an amplified acoustic and approached pretty much the same way.

He was absolutely amazing and a great sense of humor as well

One of the best ever and his comedy and facial expressions just add to it.

I'm gonna start tap dancing during my solo breaks now.

Saw Roy in concert years ago. He was the opening act. He came out and said, "Well, they put the worst acts on first, so here I am," then proceeded to blow the roof off the place with his guitar picking and grinning.

Incredible talent. Incredible showman. Love this man!!

ROY AND JOHN FOGERTY HAD MORE FUN PLAYING THAN ANYONE ELSE, BEYOND TALENT, AND THAT FUN WAS PASSED ON TO US LISTENING AND WATCHING

Wow, clean shredding. No simulations or effects gain, just pure.

I think everyone can probably recognise this as brilliant, but not many just how brilliant it actually is. The accuracy required with that clean tone at that speed is off the scale. And tap-dancing! Impossible

Was one of the finest guitarists and entertainers ever.

I'm not really a country guy but they do have amazing players. Roy Clark always struck me as a very kind human being and a lovable goof! And I don't mean stupid by "goof" but he likes to joke around and have fun.

no fx, no delay, no distortion, no sustainer, no tricks...pure talent...

RIP to one of the best guitarists to ever walk on planet Earth

The man was a player! RIP Legend

A real gentle soul and a true guitar star.

Supposedly, when asked in interviews "What's it like to be 'The World's Greatest Guitarist'?", both Jimi Hendrix and Eddie Van Halen answered: "You need to ask Roy Clark that question."

Van Halen took guitar lessons from Roy Clark. That should tell you something.

The previous owner of my 1955 house stopped in told me stories for 3 hours and had said this man used to jam in the lounge basement of my house with his father, which I play in daily I'm just intrigued by that.🎉

One of the absolute greats!!!!

90 percent of people don't realize how amazing this performance is. Look up his rendition of Mallegeuna, truly a masterpiece.

Those faces!. I swear sometimes it looks like he's having fun, and other times it looks like he's about to have an aneurysm

He could play pretty much any stringed instrument. An incredible musician and a massive talent.

This guy is freaking insane, he has slightly fat fingers, yet he can still play accurately and quickly. What a skilled musician.

The fact that the framerate at wich the camera recorded is slower than his playing makes this crazy bro

Tremendous talent,one of the best in the world.

Just one of the most incredible musicians to ever live.

0:30, this man is sweeping. I honestly don't understand why this guy isn't talked about the way everyone does Hendrix, Les Paul or someone like that. Extremely ahead of his time, super versatile, freakishly technical especially for the era..... The man was a master.

Eddie: I invented two-handed tapping. Yngwie: I invented sweep picking. Shawn Lane: I'm the fastest. Roy Clark: (grins)

This man has as many accolades as records, fans and people who list him as an influence. And deserves way more than he currently gets! I can only imagine a show with him, Buck Owens, Jerry Reed and Chet Atkins together.

God blessed him with skill, intellect and a charming funny character made for tv. Roy was brilliant.

On a guitar with no reverb, no sustain, no edge or distortion. THAT'S talent developed to the extreme. Ladies and Gentlemen...the incomparable Roy Clark.