Roy Clark and the Hee Haw Gang - Old Joe Clark

[Categorycinque]

"Ladyboy..." the US is a nation of 310 million spread over 50 states making up 200 different regions within and various languages and cultures. Your opinion of Americans is angry, prejudice and innaccurate. Why? Who knows. Visit your family physician. I am sure you can be treated. And I won't care to hunt you down.

[tripleJ1955]

If watchin' this don't make ya smile, then your poor ol' lips must be plumb froze up.

[rjworks13]

Barbi Benton looking hot in the back...

[coolbreeze161]

thanks,I would like to wish you and your family a merry christmas.

[navydoctrinidad]

@coolbreeze161 Thanks and Merry Christmas to you and yours. Charlie

[pshack74]

No matter where it came from, it sure is good stuff!!!

[juknjp421]

Get it STRING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[timtaylor2001]

I get a kick out of Stringbean when he flips his hat at the end of the song.

[doogals99]

Go Grandpa, Go...

[RugbyDemon6789]

oh also when i say anglo/Scottish origins i mean melodically thats where we can trace this song and its creators though it is fully American , Joe Clark was a mountaineer that was hung in the late early 1900s /

[RugbyDemon6789]

the banjer is African . Some of the rhythms /styles used in playing the banjo were borrowed from African American playing . Some songs were too . this song in particular is of anglo/Scottish origins , there technique though is one that can be seen in both afircan american and white repitrore , so it is a cultural mixture at work here .

[spacegasp]

@greenwitch65, and @ckelley63 I`m not saying these instruments or music are African..I`m just saying that before there was Appalachian Music, there was music and songs which originated within the American Black community which were adopted by the majority of America. It distinguishes itself from the music of Europe. Remember the old Bugs Bunny cartoon in which the opera singer tries to practice singing opera, but can`t help singing along with Bug`s banjo tunes? That`s the point.

[cclevo]

The "bluegrass" sounds did not come from Africa..the sounds came from Ireland and Scotland. When the Europeans got to our region (Appalachia) and settled they brought those wonderful sounds and songs with them..Fiddles Mandolins and guitars alike. There are many tales as to how the banjo was intergraded and none are anymore true than the next. It is not "African-American" music. It's "Appalachian-American" or as we like to call it here in Tennessee "Mountain music"

[hillbilly2015]

old string bean and granpa jones was bout the best banjo players they ever was and ever will be

[Rwehappy2day]

Boy Rollman you sure opened up a can of worms there. Yeah, it could be argued that both the banjo and the rythmns have african aniticedent and unmistakable cadences in rhythmn. If you are trying to say the white folks cant put together a good piece of music on their own...well that is crap! But you could also note Old Joe Clark is a FIDDLE TUNE. Hence the Irish influence as well. I think every music can be traced rhythmically to africa but it is a stretch to say that it all ends there

[greenwitch65]

@ spacegasp The ancestor of the banjo may have been from Africa, BUT the modern 5 string banjo (most popular) was introduced by Joel Sweeney in the 1840s. Sweeny was a minstrel who did "blackface". (Think Al Jolson singing "Mammy".)

The fiddle has been used in Europe since the 10th century, so no connection to Africa here.

[deliano2]

4 great banjo pickers together! Country music indeed has black music elements, and European and Appalachian traditions, all blended wonderfully in good country music such as this video.

[navydoctrinidad]

@spacegasp Hog Wash. A piece of the truth does not an answer make. Charlie

[giggleblaggle]

@navydoctrinidad I believe that this kind of American music is based on many traditions being compiled together through many generations. Just looking at the origins of the instruments can tell us that. We have fiddle (violin) and guitars which do have european origins, but the banjo, with its syncopated nature, is surely of African origins. Just call it good music and leave it at that. No need for any arguments here.

[ckelley63]

@spacegasp WRONG!!!! WRONG!!!! WRONG!!!!! Get your facts straight this has it's roots in Applachia, it's considered mountain music.

[mondo78]

@spacegasp You are half right. Bluegrass has mixed roots in Scottish, English, Welsh and Irish traditional music. It was inspired by the music of immigrants residing in Appalachia and was influenced by the music of African-Americans through incorporation of jazz elements.

[ugleeamerican]

@spacegasp Well Rollman that is somewhat true, AA music has influenced all of the music we listen to today, from country to blues to Rock and the contemporary music of today, however if you listened to old celtic music from more than 200 yrs ago (not bag pipes) they have a traditional drum, fiddle, bass and guitar/string type instruments that are also present, not to mention ancient Spanish guitar (from Spain, a European country) and other influences mixed in. To say it came from 1 place..???

[GlenDeanII]

@spacegasp Actually blue grass is very Celtic in origin.............

[trikepunx]

I know Stringbean, Grandpa, and Roy Clark.... but what is the name of the fourth picker?

[1994liberty]

@trikepunx  Bobby Thompson

[Pickinbuddy]

@trikepunx That was Bobby Thompson who used to work with Jim & Jesse. He was one of the co-inventors of the "chromatic" or melodic picking style. Bobby settled in as a Nashville recording session super-picker. He is one of the three most distinctive sounding banjo players--along with Earl Scruggs and Ralph Stanley. His choice of banjo was a Baldwin.

[arniejck]

grampas solo at 49 is awesome!!!!

[Rollman1]

Why is country and blur grass only associated with southern rednec music? Aren't there farming towns in the north were folks gather around for foot stompin guitar and banjo dueling

[navydoctrinidad]

@Rollman1 Of course there is and always have been. The "rednecks" took the title of Country and got away with it. I was once at a "foot-stomping" in Maine and it was awesome. Also remember that a lot of the Super great "Country" stars are from out great neighbor Canada. (Hank Snow et al.) Thanks for watching. Charlie

[Rollman1]

@navydoctrinidad Thank you. ill agree with that i'm gonna take a look at Hank Snow

[tigerbody1]

@navydoctrinidad Folk music?

blue grass?

other names?

[Banjomountain]

GREAT! Stringbean really had it cookin' on this song!!!

[lovemywolfie]

Love it! Love seeing Stringbean. Must have been right before his murder.

[TimelordR]

Good ole country music.

[applepiegwendy]

This is great Charlie! I love Hee Haw and Roy Clark is one of the best!

God bless,

Gwendy