Roy Clark & Jimmy Henley - Orange Blossom Special | REACTION

That kid is all grown up. Look him up.

Roy wanted to play an instrument when he was a little kid, and the neighbor had an old banjo he did not use anymore as he had a better one. He loaned this banjo to Roy to play around with. It only had 3 strings on it. With only 3 strings, Roy learned how to play that banjo, and when he could keep up with the neighbor his father decided it was time to buy him a proper banjo. Roy can play anything with strings, literally. Banjo, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, steel guitar, ukulele, violin, mandolin, and MORE. He was absolutely amazing. I am fortunate to have lived through most of his career.

In Southern Appalachia, lots of kids play. They learn by porch picking with family and friends. Lots of kids play bluegrass where I live.

Check out his vocal hit, that he wrote and sang... "Yesterday When I Was Young". A rare Renaissance talent of the 20th Century...

Doesn't matter the musical genre, you are witnessing a virtuoso here........Glenn Campbell is definitely another one to dig into.

Jimmy Henley died 22, March, 2020 of throat cancer. He was 57. Roy Clark died 15, Nov, 2018 - complications from pneumonia. He was 85.

This is actually a TV show called HEE HAW where Roy Clark was a regular, he could play anything with strings and sing but was also a bit of a comedian

Mayo

If its county music its not a violin. Its a fiddle

HAHAHAHA In the South where Roy is from we do not call it a violin unless you are playing classical music on it. We call it a Fiddle. Roy is not playing a Violin he is Fiddling. It's the difference in the way you play a violin and the way you play a Fiddle.

I loved your reactions and comments to Roy Clark " Orange Blossom Special"❤❤❤❤

Such an amazing and awesome performances😮😮😮😂😂😂❤❤❤❤😅

We lost a national treasure when we lost Roy

Jimmy was 10 when Roy kinda found talent that Jimmy was champ at playing .Roy brought him on HeHaw and Jimmy preformed with Roy and his band all the way until Roy's passing. Roy was a one of a I ind un helping others in their w a y into the music world. Roy did not have a FAT HEAD when it came to helping others!!!

Þthat kid has to be more than 5

I recommend you should find a few videos featuring Doug Kershaw. He's another great fiddler & singer.

It’s a fiddle not a violin and why do you have a jug of Hellman’s fake mayonnaise behind your head?

There's a great version of this song with Roy and Johnny Cash. Roy's on the guitar and Cash sings and two-fists two harmonicas. Such consummate performers!

Dunno if anyone else posted this, but the fiddle version of OBS is a MAX difficulty piece of violin music. That is to say, stack this up against any, ANY other piece of violin music and it is, at best, as difficult as OBS. It's when Roy really goes to whaling on his fiddle. It happens twice. The first time he's biting his tongue, which is out, in concentration. The second time, you can see him hard gritting his teeth. It's so, so hard be because you have to go from string, to double string, to different string, to double string over and over at a very quick tempo. The rest of the good parts are also in the very hard difficulty. Roy doesn't miss a note.

Roy is a candidate for best musician to ever live, and we are fortunate that he lived in modern times so that we have recordings to enjoy for as long as the internet survives, which could be thousands of years. 🤩

Fantastic

Roy Clark plays a fiddle not a violin.

I’m all for the mayo.

What is with the product place of the mayonnaise?

Roy was king og the string

James V. "Jimmy" Henley was an American banjo player who played bluegrass music. He won several banjo contests as a young boy. Jimmy met country music star Roy Clark at the New Mexico State Fair, and Clark invited him to perform on National television. Jimmie Henley performed the classic "Orange Blossom Special" on Hee Haw in 1975. He was just 12 years old.

I saw Henley when I was a child. He was small for his age. He was about 12 , when this shoe aired.

I love your reaction to Roy Clark, pure joy.

Are you serious . how did you not see heehaw as a kid? You must be from the north

Roy was the man.! The kid was awsome too.!

It's a FIDDLE, Honey, NOT a Violin!! LOL

Time for another Roy Clark "Thank God and Greyhound You're Gone"

That’s not a violin ……. It’s a fiddle, dear sir. When Roy plays it…it’s a fiddle.

it's called talent. something today's so called muscians wouldn't know if it bit them on the butt!

Hes definitely proud of that lil boy

Roy was a master at all stringed instruments

Did you notice Buck Trent in the background playing mandolin?

If the instrument had strings. Roy was probably the best

I grew up on Gene Meade playing his guitar in so many fiddlers conventions and i learned to flat foot to this ❤

Sadly Jimmy passed away. I believe cancer. I think he was in his 40s.

I took my six year old daughter to Branson Missouri in the early 90s to visit her grandmother. I had watched Roy, Clark and Buck Owens along with the rest of the Hee Haw cast on Sunday nights as a kid at grandparents. I decided to get us tickets to see Roy’s show, needless to say I learned that evening what a true guitar virtuoso Roy Clark was. We also saw Jim Stafford’s show while we were there. Stafford, like Clark and the great Jerry Reed sort of defined being shoved into a genre. Check out his songs Wild Wood Weed, Cow Patti, and Spiders and Snakes.

I miss Hee Haw

Roy stole the show on The Odd Couple.

Johnny laid that golden fiddle on the ground at Roy Clark's feet.🎻

We had no idea the talent we were watching back then. I tell you what is interesting is to watch the motion in Roy's right hand no matter what he's playing That speed is a gift. Takes a special brain and body to be able to do that. You can't see the motion really, it's too fast. It's a blur.

It is a fiddle, not a violin. But you are right, he could play anything with strings

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As a little kid, Roy Clark was always my favorite on Hee Haw! LOL He was the very best musician ever born; BUT you haven't really experienced him until you react to Thank God and Greyhound. LOL

None finer!

That is one of my favorite performances. I can never get enough of it. Jimmy Henley was incredible on the banjo, and you could see in Roy's face how happy he was giving this young kid his chance. Roy was the best guitarist I've ever seen, playing completely effortlessly, and he was always willing to share the stage with others.