After about only Jerry Reed, Roy Clark is the last of the Mohikans. By that I mean - highly talented C&W guitar picker from that era. I come across tons of his records in the fifty cent bins and I can't help myself - I buy them. I feel compelled to. Do you recall he had a bit part on the Beverly Hillbillys? He was also co-host (with Buck Owens) on Hee-Haw of course. Roy was also in something known as The Million Dollar Band, wich was an all-star group of popular country musicians who played on Hee Haw. The MDB were Chet Atkins, Boots Randolph, Roy Clark, Floyd Cramer, Charlie McCoy, Danny Davis, Jethro Burns, and Johnny Gimble. All members of the group except Clark, McCoy, and Gimble have passed away. Not to be confused with the one-off 1956 impromptu jam-session at Sun Records by "The Million Dollar Quartet," of Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash and Carl Perkins. As a sports reference to super-groups, the old football Chicago (later St. Louis, now Arizona) Cardinals had something called the Dream Backfield. It was also known as the "Million-Dollar Backfield" - made up of tailback Pat Harder, QB Paul Christman, and halfback Charley Trippi.
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