Roy and jerry reed were very under rated in the UK we might see then on the val Donegan show but other then that not much , we really only know jerry from his part in Smokey and the bandit , but he used to travel over (like roy ) and do a tour in the UK called "sing country" where top talent would be on one show around big venues my dad sued to drag me along in the mid seventies as he needed an excuse and i wanted a cowboy hat and bottle of pop and saw a lot of top talent including Roy who did a great show while they set up for others i was captivated by the sounds he made
little he does appears the least bit difficult, to be honest. Repeated three note pull off's and tremolo picking isn't hard when you're staying on two strings per pattern, but _he did_ pave the way for people to think more could be done with the instrument.
This guy has to be at the top of any greatest guitarist list. Not many players better than him regardless of genre of music. He was a master of every stringed instrument and could probably make shoe strings sound good.
Roy Clark, Chet Atkins, amd Glen Campbell are always snubbed when it comes to "the greatest guitarists" lists because they're country pickers. Those lists want shredders and power chord players, metal and hard rock with distortion. Those three men are so insanely talented that it woupdn't surprise me if they were actually in the top 5 all time if anybody were to do a real list as far as the ability to play.
The weird faces he would make, he put his own talent down. A bit overweight didn’t help his showmanship either. I guess I wanted him to be the guitar hero to the world, that he was to me. I don’t think anyone could outplay him on most stringed instruments. I miss the old cutter. The best of the best! May you Rest In Peace, Roy Clark
