American Banjo Museum to Honor Roy Clark with Special Exhibition

Country Music Hall of Fame member Roy Clark will be honored with his own exhibit at the American Banjo Museum in Oklahoma City. The exhibit, titled America's Super Picker - Roy Clark, will open on April 6, 2017 and run 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 will feature 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 will participate 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 will take place immediately following the press conference. The night will also include 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. 

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