Just fiddling around.
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41 Dude,,
THANK YOU!!!!
For many, many years,, I was the lead dancer/clogger at a local square dance. Every Saturday night, from 8:30-11:45 pm,, we had a dance hall I basically grew up in. It was a family atmosphere,, so we'd have all ages there.
A live band,, and we'd do (3) partner squares, and (3) "John Paul Jones" squares. (That means no partner,, where the guys were moving on the inside in a circle, and the girls on the outside moving the opposite direction. At the whistle, you'd dance with whomever was opposite you. When the whistle blew,, you'd return to a circle,, and repeat it over & over again.)
But the partner square dances were in a set, called pattern. I led the floor for everyone & kept the crowd in pace.
One set, we'd do the "Kings Highway," another one,, "The Shoo-Fly." The other one,, was "The Orange Blossom Special."
It was my favorite clogging dance.
I could match up the tempo of the fiddler with my clogging taps. Slow or fast,, I could keep up. No matter how fast he'd play. Slow allowed me to relax a little.
But my favorite was when I could get to dance to Roy Clark doing the fiddling. He could slow down the "train" to a "walk" up the mountain, then throw it down the mountain at a break-neck speed.
I USED to be able to match Roy's fast train with matching clogging taps singing out.
Thanks for bring up an old,, but wonderful memory of over 25 years of dancing!
THANK YOU!!!!
For many, many years,, I was the lead dancer/clogger at a local square dance. Every Saturday night, from 8:30-11:45 pm,, we had a dance hall I basically grew up in. It was a family atmosphere,, so we'd have all ages there.
A live band,, and we'd do (3) partner squares, and (3) "John Paul Jones" squares. (That means no partner,, where the guys were moving on the inside in a circle, and the girls on the outside moving the opposite direction. At the whistle, you'd dance with whomever was opposite you. When the whistle blew,, you'd return to a circle,, and repeat it over & over again.)
But the partner square dances were in a set, called pattern. I led the floor for everyone & kept the crowd in pace.
One set, we'd do the "Kings Highway," another one,, "The Shoo-Fly." The other one,, was "The Orange Blossom Special."
It was my favorite clogging dance.
I could match up the tempo of the fiddler with my clogging taps. Slow or fast,, I could keep up. No matter how fast he'd play. Slow allowed me to relax a little.
But my favorite was when I could get to dance to Roy Clark doing the fiddling. He could slow down the "train" to a "walk" up the mountain, then throw it down the mountain at a break-neck speed.
I USED to be able to match Roy's fast train with matching clogging taps singing out.
Thanks for bring up an old,, but wonderful memory of over 25 years of dancing!
I tried to find the video with no luck. Years ago, on the Johnny Carson show Roy Clark started to play the fiddle when one string broke. He just adjusted his left hand and played the piece.
It sounded perfect. Frickin amazing.
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I always appreciated Roy's fiddling talents over his guitar picking. Yet,, he's more often shown picking a guitar.
And I actually enjoy his banjo picking over his guitar work.
Yet,, he was a wiz on the guitar. But I always felt he could make a fiddle or a banjo "talk to me" !
And I actually enjoy his banjo picking over his guitar work.
Yet,, he was a wiz on the guitar. But I always felt he could make a fiddle or a banjo "talk to me" !
Roy Clark was an AMAZING stringed instrument virtuoso. Love just sitting, sipping on something (alcohol or not) and listening to his music.
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Ruger Guru
Yes,, Roy could really play a lot of instruments extremely well.
This one of Glen Campbell came up after Roy. I was watching a documentary about the studio musicians that did a lot of the music for multiple rock and pop bands back in the 60's and 70's (The Wrecking Crew) and Glen Campbell was one of them...I forget how many instruments he could play but do remember that he could not read music.
Hey contender! Do you clog in your bare feet?
Roy Clark also does a funny version of Folsom Prison Blues even making a machine gun sound with the fiddle.
Glen Campbell's William Tell Overture is also fantastic. Both were very talented men.
Roy Clark also does a funny version of Folsom Prison Blues even making a machine gun sound with the fiddle.
Glen Campbell's William Tell Overture is also fantastic. Both were very talented men.
xTopGun
Buckeye
that guy was so dang multi-talented..... if you watch at the 3:18 mark you can actually see him burning the horse-hair off that bow, dust flying off it
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Ruger Guru
"Hey contender! Do you clog in your bare feet?"
I have clogged barefoot,, (not easy, nor as impressive,) in cowboy boots, tennis shoes, (and even tennis shoes with taps on them,) over the decades,
But the best is a pair of leather bottomed dress type shoes,, with Stattica brand, 2-piece taps. I started long ago using "Continental Jingles" taps,, but would wear off the tips then break them. I normally went through 2-3 sets of taps before having to have my shoes re-soled.
I have clogged barefoot,, (not easy, nor as impressive,) in cowboy boots, tennis shoes, (and even tennis shoes with taps on them,) over the decades,
But the best is a pair of leather bottomed dress type shoes,, with Stattica brand, 2-piece taps. I started long ago using "Continental Jingles" taps,, but would wear off the tips then break them. I normally went through 2-3 sets of taps before having to have my shoes re-soled.
Wow! I’ve never heard of him before. Pretty good though. Thanks for posting that video.
I bet you are a pretty good buck dancer too! A few pulls from a Mason jar and you are good to go! I enjoy good mountain music and dancing. It's getting to be a lost art though.
Being a kid in the 60’s watching The Odd Couple I got to see Roy Clark as a guest on the show. and was quite impressed with his virtuosity of several instruments, what a talent. Here some clips from the show if you haven’t seen it. The killer guitar work starts about 5:30 in.
contender
Ruger Guru
Yes,, I can Buck dance. But it's not one of my favorites.
The mason jar,, well, I never needed it to give me the courage to got on the dance floor. I'd just look at all the good looking ladies WISHING for a partner, and that was all the motivation I needed.
I never wanted for a dancing partner.
The mason jar,, well, I never needed it to give me the courage to got on the dance floor. I'd just look at all the good looking ladies WISHING for a partner, and that was all the motivation I needed.
I never wanted for a dancing partner.
p345Fan
Single-Sixer
Roy Clark was genius. A tremendous player of not just the guitar. I got to see him twice. When I was a kid back in the 70’s and again after I got out of the service with my first wife, sometime in the 90’s.
As just FYI, I got to see Charley Pride on the same day back in the 70’s. He came out, did his first number and then addressed the crowd. “I know what you’re thinking,” he said. “I look like one of them, but sound like one of you.” That was when Kiss an Angel Good Morning was on the radio.
Gopher
Blackhawk
He is always brought up in any discussion on great guitar players. I feel like some disrespect him and Jerry Reed because of their "clown" stage presence. I always thought their presentation added to the music.
p345Fan
Single-Sixer
I got introduced to real country music through my grandparents. Roy and Charlie were always my favorites. There was so much. My grandfather sold most of the records when he sold his ranch.
that's like Hank Williams ... he could write a song for sure... and Patsy Cline could sing like no one else.
