Roy Clark
![Clark on the set of A Conversation with [[Oklahoma Educational Television Authority]], [[Tulsa, Oklahoma]], in 2014](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/72/Roy_Clark_a_conversation_with_OETA_%28cropped%29.jpg)
During the 1970s, Clark frequently guest-hosted for Johnny Carson on ''The Tonight Show'' and enjoyed a 30-million viewership for ''Hee Haw''. Clark was highly regarded and renowned as a guitarist, banjo player, and fiddler. He was skilled in the traditions of many genres, including classical guitar, country music, Latin music, bluegrass, and pop. He had hit songs as a pop vocalist (e.g., "Yesterday, When I Was Young" and "Thank God and Greyhound"), and his instrumental skill had an enormous effect on generations of bluegrass and country musicians. He became a member of the Grand Ole Opry in 1987, and, in 2009, was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. He published his autobiography, ''My Life—in Spite of Myself'', in 1994. Provided by Wikipedia