Episode 19-4: Roy Clark

About This Episode

Roy Clark was an American singer and musician. He is best known
for having hosted Hee Haw, a nationally televised country variety
show, from 1969 to 1997. Clark was an important and influential
figure in country music, both as a performer and in helping to
popularize the genre.


During the 1970s, Clark frequently guest-hosted for Johnny Carson
on The Tonight Show and enjoyed a 30-million viewership for Hee
Haw. Clark was highly regarded and renowned as a guitarist, banjo
player, and fiddler. He was skilled in the traditions of many
genres, including classical guitar, country music, Latin music,
bluegrass, and pop. He had hit songs as a pop vocalist (e.g.,
"Yesterday, When I Was Young" and "Thank God and Greyhound"), and
his instrumental skill had an enormous effect on generations of
bluegrass and country musicians. He became a member of the Grand
Ole Opry in 1987, and, in 2009, was inducted into the Country
Music Hall of Fame. He published his autobiography, My Life in
Spite of Myself, in 1994.


In memorial of Roy Clark's passing on November 15, 2018, we
rebroadcast his 2014 appearance on the Big Top Chautauqua stage.
About Michael Perry

Michael Perry is a New York Times bestselling author, humorist
and radio show host from New Auburn, Wisconsin.


Perry’s bestselling memoirs include Population 485, Truck: A Love
Story, Coop, and Visiting Tom, and his latest, Montaigne in Barn
Boots: An Amateur Ambles Through Philosophy. His first book for
young readers, The Scavengers, was published in 2014 and first
novel for adult readers, The Jesus Cow, was published in May of
2015.


Raised on a small Midwestern dairy farm, Perry put himself
through nursing school while working on a ranch in Wyoming, then
wandered into writing. He lives with his wife and two daughters
in rural Wisconsin, where he serves on the local volunteer fire
and rescue service and is an intermittent pig farmer. He hosts
the nationally-syndicated “Tent Show Radio,” performs widely as a
humorist, and tours with his band the Long Beds (currently
recording their third album for Amble Down Records). He has
recorded three live humor albums including Never Stand Behind A
Sneezing Cow and The Clodhopper Monologues.


Learn more about Michael and where to get his publications at
www.sneezingcow.com.


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