Friday music: If you don't love jazz, you hate America

If you didn't think I'd play Roy Clark today, you either don't see a pattern in my posts, don't know Roy Clark, or both. Roy Clark was a genius. Mostly, people think of him as that slack-jawed yokel from Hee Haw. Dude was a serious musician when he wasn't making stupid jokes. As an instrumentalist, what kind of a guitarist do you think is good? Clapton? Roy Clark. And he could play anything, including jazz. Quick, for all you jazz-buffs. Who was the best jazz guitarist ever? Within a few names, you'll get to Joe Pass.

Here's Roy Clark, keeping up with Joe, on Roy Clark & Joe Pass Play Hank Williams. Which track? "I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive." Rest in peace, Roy. More Roy Clark tomorrow. He deserves multiple days of tribute. Yeah, I'm a Roy Clark fan.