Never heard of this guy until today. Quite the virtuoso.

I love that spongebob incorporated such great music in its show

Watching this on acid is amazing man!🤘

Brilliant would be a bit of understatement.

"Wizard of the strings" is apparent just a few seconds into the song, amazing.

wow what a rare clip. Roy outlived most of his contemporaries of the period, died in the 1990s.

Just wonderful. Should have lived in 1932!

Such a brilliant musician and so elegant too.

Well after that, I am speechless, no words are enough to describe that performance... it was way beyond the point where the term genius applies.. this guy was a super MEGA Freak of a genius.... How on earth does he get such amazing tone and volume from that slide, LOL and I thought Bob Brozman was a complete original.

"That's fine, Roy! That's fine..." lol

wahnsinnige Töne die Roy Smeck zaubert.EINMALIG

This is what we called entertainer... genius

His playing fits in just right with those times, and he was GOOD !

WOW!! Now THAT'S lap steel guitar!!! Excellent work!

An absolute treasure. a very sincere thank you

This is actually quite incredible - what imaginative playing and his approach to the guitar is... well I’ve never seen anything like this... Right so this was a different time and the music is of a different area, but he is like the “Jimi Hendrix” of that time, doing things you normally wouldn’t - and it is so musical and brilliant- just amazing!

Birth of the steel guitar.

Anthem of the time when Tom and Jerry enjoy together as friends.

Wow, just wow !

Ahead of his time. Muchos Kudos whoever he is .

wow! makes it look easy too!

I could listen to Smech all day!

Pretty awesome actually...

The tuning is in major 6th.

absolutely incredible

it’s funny i always thought there was harp in hawaiian music, but it’s just a thumb strum on the classical guitar, i never even noticed i used to think it was a harp till i saw this!

WTF. Best sounding guitar ever

OH MY GOD ! THANK YOU !

thank you this is a fantastic performance

Roy Smeck heper than hep.

If this clip is really from 1932, then it predates the ability to fake it by syncing to a previously-made recording. And looking at Mr. Smeck's hands (what bar control!) it looks absolutely live. Roy Smeck was a vaudeville guy who really could just jump onstage and render a performance that surpasses what mortal men can do. I read that he played 14-16 hours a day, because he had jaw-dropping showcases on banjo, ukulele and standard guitar as well as the Hawaiian style. His only equal on Hawaiian guitar was, of course, the great Sol Hoopii.

Undarrated guitarrist 🤘😎

Exquisite

Did you bring your guitar? Then he happens to pull out a Gibson Roy Smeck Radio Grande. Indeed!

This guy was Eddy Van Halen’s Sensei 😂

Nick Lukas made the guitar an out front instrument before sound film.

Perfect

Damn.

2:43

Soo-poyb!

SUBLIME

Nice harmonics...just wondering...wasn't Reefer Madness released around the same time?

I believe that he in A major tuning and gets his embellished chords with slants. There is some fine technique mixed in with overwrought shtick.

Is-it a C6th or G high bass tuning ?

anybody knows how he tuned his guitar for this song?

Sounds like spongebob music😅

Is he really just using a flat top guitar? Interesting, I thought a weisennborn guitar would be used to produce this sound.

Spongebob

"Boy, one guitar coming up" Black man comences to beat MC with guitar.