AMERICAN BANJO MUSEUM TO HONOR ROY CLARK WITH SPECIAL
EXHIBITION: Tim Allan entertaining after the ceremony
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (March 31,
2017) – On April 6, 2017, Country Music
Hall of Fame member Roy Clark was honored with his own exhibit at the
American Banjo Museum in Oklahoma City. The exhibit, titled America’s Super
Picker - Roy Clark, opened on April 6, 2017 and ran through the end of March
2018.
“The banjo is about as Americana as
you can get,” Clark says. “It’s such an honor to have an exhibition
highlighting my career in the American Banjo Museum.”
The exhibit featured artifacts
from the entirety of his musical career including photographs from his personal
collection. Clark was also recently inducted into the American Banjo Museum
Hall of Fame.
On Thursday, April 6, beginning at
5:00pm Clark participated in a brief press conference, followed by a VIP
Meet and Greets with American Banjo Museum Board members and special guests. In
addition, a ceremonial opening with brief speeches by American Banjo Museum
officers and comments from Clark took place immediately following the
press conference. The night also included entertainment from another ABM
Hall of Fame member, Tim Allan.
For more information, visit
www.americanbanjomuseum.com
About Roy Clark:
Roy Clark is one of the top
entertainers ever in country music, and he has the CMA and ACM awards to prove
it. Despite all of the well-deserved accolades for the Country Music Hall of
Fame member, Clark remains a household name after two decades of spreading the
gospel of country music from Kornfield Kounty into the living rooms of America.
Clark co-hosted HEE HAW for more than two decades after it premiered on June
15, 1969. HEE HAW became one of the longest-running shows in syndication
(1971–1992). In addition to his television triumphs, Clark has headlined some
of the world's most prestigious venues such as Carnegie Hall, Madison Square
Garden, Grand Palace in Brussels and the Rossiya Theatre in Moscow. A partial
list of his many awards include the Academy of Country Music’s Entertainer of
the Year, Academy of Country Music’s Comedy Act of the Year and a Grammy for
"Alabama Jubilee." Clark became a Grand Ole Opry member in 1987. He
was also the first country music artist to guest host Johnny Carson's “Tonight
Show.” Clark and wife Barbara live in Oklahoma where he finds time to fish, fly
his airplanes and ride motorcycles.
About The American Banjo Museum:
The American Banjo Museum is a
world-class 21,000 square foot facility honoring the rich history, vibrant
spirit and unlimited future of the banjo. The museum’s collection contains more
than 400 instruments, recordings, film, video, printed music, instructional
materials, ephemera and memorabilia associated with the banjo. The museum
contains the largest collection in the world of banjos on public display.
Galleries include replicas of primitive banjos developed by African slaves,
actual Minstrel Age instruments from mid-19th century, Classic Era banjos from
the late 1800s and early 1900s, post WWII instruments used in bluegrass, folk
and world music. Much of the museum’s core collection is ornately decorated
banjos made in America during the Jazz Age of the 1920s and 30s.The museum was
founded as a non-profit organization in 1998 by Midwest City attorney, Brady
Hunt and Indiana industrialist, Jack Canine under its previous name, The
National Four-String Banjo Hall of Fame Museum. Canine, a banjo player and
enthusiast, stated his belief that preserving and promoting the history of the
banjo, America’s adopted native musical instrument, is an important mission for
future generations.
