Here's Roy playing something a little different from his usual fare.  I love the part at 2:18 ! 

Thanks for the recent posts and updates. Yes Hee Haw was a fun show but I did have a small bone to pick with the format that they used. I thought that they had too much Comedy as I would have preferred see more Music both from the Cast as well as from the Guests. 

The comedy is what's remembered these days IMO.  Besides, don't forget all the regular combination of comedy & music, ie, "I searched the world over & thought I found true love; you met another & phfffft you was gone..."

And...let us not forget what is arguably the most famous skit on the whole show:  Junior Sample's Used Cars!  Just call BR-549!

Best of all was the Midnight Special...which actually for a number of years featured live performances of a number of storied acts (including even The Stories!)...here they are, along with an amusingly hokey intro from Mr National Anthem himself, Jose Feliciano:

Heehee, I actually remember that thing! (another PopCult epiphany). 

Between the Beatles and the Stones... well the Beatles are like the founders of Rock & Roll and had great music... but so did the Stones... they are both great bands overall though

So basically kgw, you seem to be saying that the Beatles are the Stones...

Not bloody likely! Rock & Roll was around LONG before those British boys showed up.

Still, they were a lot closer to Poland...

Deciding which band or artist is "the greatest of all-time" is decided upon each individual by their favoured taste. For instance, The Rolling Stones are my favourite music group, but some other guy may think The Beatles are better than The Stones, so it is a game of favourites.

Aha, well that certainly clears the matter up...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGw1tMWOlVA

Rock 'n' Roll when the Beatles were teenagers.

When the Beatles were teenagers...

Founders of Rock 'n' Roll; I don't think so.

Hey, the kid was born in 1997...just be amazed he's even heard of the Beatles (don't go quizzing him on Johnny Ace). 

I didn't check his age, but my Grandson (1994) knew all about Elvis when he was 7, and it wasn't because I shoved it down his throat. By the way, what was the quiz? 

Who squashed that Beatle with a Stone?

Thanks for all of the recent posts. My own little opinion goes like this: there certainly was a huge shift with the British Invasion ( helped a bit by old Ed Sullivan too ) however many of the " British  chaps " themselves stated that the older Blues artist had lead the way. Going back even more when we consider Louis Armstrong we need to realize that in his early days he played the Coronet because the slide-valve Trumpet had not even been invented. Also in the very early days one could go way back to the Tin Pan Alley era and their lively songs such as the Maple Leaf Rag. As to what is connected to whom in the olden days of Rock one of many songs that I loved by the Beatles is " Twist And Shout ", but I recently came across a older version done by The Isley Brothers. Both versions are done in a similar style so I guess that The Beatles also loved the older version as well --- and on it goes  lol.         

Oh and I luv that old photo that you posted AndyClifton, from the pre-Ringo days I believe. Also they had the extra Guitar player ( he didn't play tho  lol ) who had the van that the group needed to get around the UK. Mind you I see that they are in Hamburg there in that shot.

Cystem_Phailure one of the very good songs that Roy Clark had out had this really cute line in it " Thank God And Greyhound She's Gone ", I got quite a chuckle out of that  lol.  

And speaking of "pickin & grinnin"