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Sad News Roy Clark passed away

Woodshed, it was actually Dwight Yoakam who started me liking country music again. (I hated it through my teen years and most of my 20’s). Then, I saw him play Guitars Cadillacs on Hee Haw and it blew me away. My wife thought I had gone out of my mind when I started switching the radio over to the local country station.

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I’m a HUGE Dwight fan!

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Be it banjo or Dwight’s voice, Twang is Good! :+1

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That’s sad news indeed. Being quite a newbie to the banjo scene and not having the benefit in the UK of growing up or seeing him on the ‘Hee haw’ show, I didn’t know too much about him until I began learning banjo. I’ve since seen his unique musical talents thanks to YouTube and watched him on Hee haw and many other shows. I’ve seen his amazing banjo pickin, fiddle playing and guitar playing. Genius seems to be an understatement and I am sad to hear of his passing but rejoice in the fact that thanks to these recordings we can still watch and learn from this great man.

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I found out about him when I began learning the banjo. Just discovered that he passed away. It’s sad.