Posted: November 16, 2018

Brad Paisley Posts Pic As Kid With Roy Clark, Gives Tribute

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NASHVILLE, TN - NOVEMBER 14: (FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY) Singer-songwriter Brad Paisley performs onstage during the 52nd annual CMA Awards at the Bridgestone Arena on November 14, 2018 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)

By Ashley Stegbauer

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What’s hitting me hard today is the realization that I owe Roy Clark everything. My Papaw doesn’t walk into a music store and buy his first guitar without Roy and Buck. He doesn’t then pass it on to me. Every Saturday we’d watch Hee Haw. My first guitar book was a Roy Clark guitar method. I practiced his style, then practiced making his facial expressions. I wanted to be like him. But my story is not unique. How many guitar players started with a Roy Clark Big Note guitar book? How many guitars were sold to people wanting to play because of him? How many lives were made better because of his wit and joy? I’m one of so very many. #royclark

A post shared by Brad Paisley (@bradpaisley) on Nov 15, 2018 at 12:50pm PST