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Country/Western Trivia (The Genius Roy Clark Edition)

UPDATE: Last of the answers added.

And he is, indeed, a genius when it comes to stringed instruments.

Long ago, I promised to do a Roy Clark edition and I'm finally getting around to it. The Royster has always impressed me with his wizardry on so many different stringed instruments. I've seen him a few times on late-night shows, long ago when I could stay up that late. Whether banjo or guitar or fiddle, he seems to enjoy breaking all the strings but one and never missing a beat. Kind of a show off, I guess, but in the words of the Immortal Dizzy Dean, "It ain't braggin' if you can back it up."

Small aside: I probably won't do a trivia quiz about him because I'm not a fan of the musical style he recorded under his own name, but another Musical Genius who has always impressed me is Billy Preston. I recall an album he put out with a pic of him surrounded by instruments. He plays all of them. A most impressive fellow. Explains why he was a very sought-after backup player for many folks in the 60s and 70s.

Back to the Roymeister: I love this guy. A wizard on the strings, a soulful singer and musician, and with a great sense of humor. The only problem is that some of his best stuff is instrumental. But no problem, those songs also have lyrics, even if the Great and Powerful Roy didn't sing them.

N.B. (literally, "Note to Benny", whoever he is) I included a couple or so songs that Roy played as instrumentals. So sue me. In any case, herewith is a slug o'Roy compiled from my meager collection and brain:

1) (a) My mother did this. So did my brother and my sister. But I never did. What? [Robert: I never picked cotton]

1) (b) My daddy didn't do it either. What did he do? [Robert: He died young from working in a coal mine]

2) You tell me you're leaving but you don't tell my why. We're here at the station and you're getting on. What is all I can think of? [Joel: "Thank God and Greyhound you're gone"]

3) The taste of life was sweet as rain upon my tongue. When? [McGehee: Yesterday when I was young]

4) I let you slip right through my hands. Where were you? [Answer: I had you right on the tips of my fingers]

5) They can play a bugle call like you never heard before, so natural that you want to go to war. It's the best band in the land. What band? [Thornharp: Alexander's Ragtime Band]

6) If I had to do it all over again, how would I do it? [Cowboy Blob: I'd do it with you]

7) You say you're feeling blue and don't know what to do, and life leaves you cold. So what should you do? [Answer: Come on, come on, think summer]

8) Their faces were gaunt, their eyes were blurred, and their shirts were all soaked with sweat. Who were they? [Joel: Ghost riders in the sky]

9) They're rounding up the squares in California and picking off our heroes in New York. When the hippies say they'll overcome us all, how will we hang on? [Answer: We'll hang on with the help of Geritol - anybody else remember that stuff?]

10) That big diesel motor is playing my song. What do I do? [Joel: I "Thank God and Greyhound you're gone" - can't slip nuthin' past Joel, and I had to use this one twice because I get the biggest kick out of this song]

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