Roy Smeck

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Smeck, Roy Filmography

The Wizard of the Strings
1985, role: actor , character name: Himself
Okay for Sound
1946, role: actor , character name: Guitar Player
Cafe Boheme
1939, role: actor
International Rhythms
1938, role: actor , character name: Orchestra Leader
It's on the Record
1937, role: actor , character name: Roy Smeck
The Hit Parade
1937, role: actor , character name: Radio Artist
Television Highlights
1936, role: actor , character name: Musician
Paramount Pictorial (P13-6)
1934, role: actor , character name: Musician
That Goes Double
1933, role: actor , character name: Himself
His Pastimes
1926, role: actor , character name: Himself
Stringed Harmony
1923, role: actor , character name: Himself

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Roy Smeck

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Duration: 2:13
Updated: 16 Aug 2013

Eddie VanHalen training vidio.

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Roy Smeck: His Pastimes

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Duration: 7:47
Updated: 04 Aug 2013

Roy Smeck, the Wizard of the String, amazes and delights. Toe-tapping tunes of the 1920s, '30s, and '40s: http://www.cladriteradio.com.

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Roy Smeck Little Grass Shack

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Updated: 02 Aug 2013

From the 1932 short Club House Party.

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Ukelele Specialty

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Duration: 1:50
Updated: 05 Aug 2013

Everybody's favourite ukelele player. Roy Smeck imitates "Bill Robinson's Tap and Stair Dance" on the uke.

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Roy Smeck

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Duration: 1:56
Updated: 31 Jul 2013

Wizard of the Strings.

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ROY SMECK Tiger Rag

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Duration: 1:47
Updated: 17 Aug 2013

ROY SMECK Tiger Rag.

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Tapping even before Eddie Van Halen was born Roy Smeck

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Duration: 2:13
Updated: 07 Jul 2013

Subscribe if you want to watch more amazing videos. Tapping on ukulele in the 1930's.

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roy smeck - banjo-steel-ukelele

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Duration: 5:34
Updated: 16 Aug 2013

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Roy Smeck - Rockin' The Uke

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Duration: 2:38
Updated: 14 Aug 2013

My cover of Roy's classic, I tried to stay close the original recording. Hope you like it.

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Martelle Deluxe

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Duration: 5:25
Updated: 18 May 2013

1934 Roy Smeck by Gibson at Schoenberg Guitars, Tiburon, CA www.om28.com.

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International Rhythms - Park in Paree - Farewell Blues

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Duration: 5:33
Updated: 06 Aug 2013

Two shorts of the infinitely great Roy Smeck playing Farewell Blues, Park in Paree and Farewell Blues again. You're in for a real treat!

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Roy Smeck

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Duration: 3:19
Updated: 01 Aug 2013

Plays four instruments.

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Limehouse Blues - Roy Smeck

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Duration: 2:47
Updated: 17 Aug 2013

Roy Smeck, born Leroy Smeck (1900-1994) was an American musician. His skill on the banjo, guitar, steel guitar, and especially the ukulele earned him the nic...

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1936 Gibson Roy Smeck Stage Deluxe.

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Duration: 1:14
Updated: 04 Jul 2013

Here's a nice tune played with my original converted to Spanish style of playing 1936 Gibson Roy Smeck Stage Deluxe.Extremely powefull 12 fret slope dreadnau...

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Eddie Van Halen's Dad

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Duration: 1:43
Updated: 18 Aug 2013

Roy Smeck rocking out useing finger tapping technique.

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12th Street Rag - Roy Smeck

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Duration: 3:00
Updated: 16 Aug 2013

Roy Smeck, born Leroy Smeck (1900-1994) was an American musician. His skill on the banjo, guitar, steel guitar, and especially the ukulele earned him the nic...

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Roy Smeck - Lullaby of the Leaves (1930s)

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Duration: 2:55
Updated: 03 Oct 2013

Composers: Bernice Petkere & Joe Young Listen to other early renditions of this piece: Henry Hall: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4n7LtOuMhs George Olsen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihOnaMsPaak Ambrose & His Orchestra: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Wz5LgJV0wc Reginald King's Orchestra: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBH7MOz_WYQ Billy Cotton: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDJWTEqP7h8 Phil Harris & His Orchestra: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIwaScrZ9aE&feature;=youtu.be Roy Fox & Al Bowlly: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnRoTXU3uaQ Cyril Stapleton: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UySQ-YE8usM Mary Lou Williams: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYGr4DX6kA8 Cavan O'Connor:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hh4h7ED--bs Lyrics: Rustling of the leaves used to be my lullaby, In the sunny South when I was a tot so high, And now that I have grown And myself alone. Cradle me where Southern skies can watch me with a million eyes, Oh sing me to sleep, Lullaby of the leaves Cover me with heaven's blue and let me dream a dream or two, Oh sing me to sleep, Lullaby of the leaves. I'm breezing along, along with the breeze, I'm hearing a song, a song through the trees, Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh. That pine melody caressing the shore familiar to me, I've heard it before, Ooh ooh ooh ooh. That's Southland, don't I feel it in my soul, And don't I know I've reached my goal, Oh sing me to sleep, Lullaby of the leaves. Featured images include photographs by Mildred Ruth Wilson, Eugene P. Henry, C. R. Herzler, Robert B. Montgomery, Paul Wierum, William Elbert Macnaughton, J. Ludger Rainville, G. H. S. Harding, Otis Williams, Francis O. Libby, E. E. Gray, Anson Herrick, Margaret D. M. Brown, P. Douglas Anderson, Cornelia F. White, Clarence Hudson White, and Fred Holland Day. The order in which the photographers are listed does not correlate with order of the images in the video.

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Roy Smeck - Two Guitars

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Duration: 3:57
Updated: 03 May 2013

Recorded from vinyl.

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1936 Gibson Roy Smeck Stage Deluxe

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Duration: 3:46
Updated: 01 Jul 2013

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Roy Smeck - Laughing Rag

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Duration: 3:02
Updated: 08 May 2013

Roy Smeck, the wizard of the strings. Recorded in 1928.

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Roy Smeck - Limehouse Blues (1937)

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Duration: 2:44
Updated: 17 Jun 2013

Roy Smeck (born Leroy Smeck, Feb.6,1900 - April 5,1994) was an American musician. His skill on the banjo, guitar, steel guitar, and especially the ukulele ea...

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Jacksons Rare Guitars presents Danny Ross on a 1935 Gibson Roy Smeck Deluxe

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Duration: 4:07
Updated: 10 Jul 2013

Danny Ross visited the store recently and played a great cover of Riders on the Storm on a beautiful old 1935 Gibson Roy Smeck Deluxe Acoustic Guitar. Danny ...

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Roy Smeck - SERENADE IN THE NIGHT

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Duration: 3:14
Updated: 18 Jul 2013

From my 78rpm record collection. Roy Smeck and his Serenaders "SERENADE IN THE NIGHT" Gt:Roy Smeck Vo:Donald King.

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Dreamy Eyes - Roy Smeck - Ukulele

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Duration: 2:40
Updated: 20 Jun 2013

A nice piece not often played, by Roy Smeck (tab on Dav site) played on a concert custom Brüko with Living Water strings.

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Bugle Call Rag - Roy Smeck

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Duration: 3:12
Updated: 17 Jul 2013

Roy Smeck, born Leroy Smeck (1900-1994) was an American musician. His skill on the banjo, guitar, steel guitar, and especially the ukulele earned him the nic...

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Roy Smeck 1928

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Updated: 16 Aug 2013

The celebrated banjo, guitar and ukulele virtuoso Roy Smeck displaying his tricks in this film from 1928.

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Over 100 killed in Islamist attack in Nigeria: Senator

The Times of India

17 Feb 2014

KANO, Nigeria. Suspected Boko Haram Islamists have killed more than 100 people in an attack on a village in Nigeria, a local senator said. The attackers stormed the village in Nigeria's restive northeastern Borno state on Saturday, slaughtering scores of civilians and sending many others fleeing ... ....(size: 1.4Kb)

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File - Russian army Topol ballistic missile on a mobile rocket launcher make its way down a road during a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade which will take place at Moscow's Red Square on May 9 in central Moscow, Russia, late Tuesday, May 3, 2011.

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Moscow's struggle to protect nuclear material

Al Jazeera

18 Feb 2014

- More than two decades after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the planet's largest stockpile of nuclear weapons materials remains insecure, according to a series of US intelligence reports obtained by Al Jazeera's Investigative Unit ... "We judge it highly unlikely that Russian authorities have been able to recover all of the stolen material." ... Nuclear operations were temporarily shut down ... "A key question is ... View the reports below. ... ....(size: 6.9Kb)

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Bollywood Actress Vidya Balan during the inauguration of Palki Boutique in Kolkata on Wednesday 05 February 2014

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Vidya Balan says NO to green tea

The Times of India

17 Feb 2014

Vidya Balan comes across as a very natural and real person and that makes her very lovable. Unaffected by the mad race around, Vidya is a woman comfortable in her skin who believes in making her own road and not following the one which already exists ... "Most people have heard me say this that I lost my bearings for a while because I was trying desperately to fit in ... ....(size: 1.7Kb)

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President Barack Obama talks with House Speaker John Boehner after the President participated in a Q&A with the House Republican Conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., March 13, 2013.

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Presidents' Day and Politically Polarized Vortexes

WorldNews.com

18 Feb 2014

Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. "The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge natural to party dissension...is itself a frightful despotism..." -President George Washington, Farewell Address 1796 ... It had made it nearly impossible for the two opposing armies to continue warring ... Army suppliers too often provided defective food, clothing, and gunpowder ... (1) Rourk, James L ... 238 ... 175....(size: 7.0Kb)

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Dog Ears Music: Mama Taught Me Better Playlist

Huffington Post

10 May 2013

Connie Francis. Song. Mama. Album. 20th Century Masters-The Millennium Collection. The Best of Connie Francis. Genre. Pop/Vocals. Buy. iTunes.com. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. Song. Mama Taught Me Better. Album. Beat the Devil's Tattoo. Genre. Alternative. Buy. iTunes.com. Bulgarian State Radio & Television Female Vocal Choir. Song. Kalimankou Denkou (The Evening Gathering). Album. Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares. Genre. World. Buy. iTunes.com ... Song ... Buy ... Roy Smeck....(size: 6.1Kb)

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Plucked from obscurity, Ukulele Orchestra still strums up business

The Los Angeles Times

03 Apr 2013

DORTMUND, Germany — At 5.30 p.m. backstage at a concert hall here a few weeks ago, a security guard delivers a small brown bag from a chocolate shop in Paris ... Still, they are rock stars of a certain kind ... It's not just the Germans ... Performers either have to dazzle with super quick playing (the "Wizard of String" Roy Smeck) or some sort of trick (Tiny Tim), both strategies the Ukulele Orchestra is not especially interested in ... MORE ... ....(size: 6.8Kb)

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>Book Review: Ukelele Heroes by Ian Whitcomb

Seattle Post

17 Aug 2012

Paul McCartney plays the ukelele. So does Taylor Swift. Train made the top of the charts with the uke-heavy "Hey, Soul Sister ." ... Surprisingly, though, through Ian Whitcomb's words, Ukelele Heroes,is just that ... He recounts the stories of other American ukelele heroes such as Ukelele Ike, Roy Smeck, and Wendell Hall, among others, and then moves to his native land of England to introduce us to the likes of George Formby and Tessie O'Shea....(size: 2.1Kb)

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Mark Waldrop still in the music-making business

my SA

07 Aug 2012

 . When it comes to the music business, Mark Waldrop has been there, done that. He's emerged with plenty of experience and stories and a notable lack of bad attitude ... "I got my first guitar almost exactly 50 years ago," Waldrop, 62 and a Holmes High School grad, said ... Waldrop headed back to New York City where he took guitar lessons from Roy Smeck before heading to San Francisco and then, in the late '70s, to Dallas ... ....(size: 5.3Kb)

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Jackson Browne Solo Acoustic Tour Comes to the Bay Area

PR Newswire

06 Oct 2011

  Jackson Browne has extended his 2011 Solo Acoustic Tour to include Cupertino and San Rafael, California. , Oct ... Tickets are on-sale now at www.RBPconcerts.com. Jackson Browne will also appear November 9 at the Marin Center in ... The handmade instrument, inspired by Gibson's legendary 1930s-era Roy Smeck model, is the first guitar to bear Jackson Browne's name ... ....(size: 2.5Kb)

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Roy Smeck

Roy Smeck: His Pastimes

Roy Smeck Little Grass Shack

Ukelele Specialty

Roy Smeck

ROY SMECK Tiger Rag

Tapping even before Eddie Van Halen was born Roy Smeck

roy smeck - banjo-steel-ukelele

Roy Smeck - Rockin' The Uke

Martelle Deluxe

International Rhythms - Park in Paree - Farewell Blues

Roy Smeck

Limehouse Blues - Roy Smeck

1936 Gibson Roy Smeck Stage Deluxe.

Smeck, Roy Filmography

Born: 1900-02-06

Died: 1994-04-03

Make changes yourself !

Make changes yourself !

Roy Smeck

Roy Smeck: His Pastimes

Roy Smeck Little Grass Shack

Ukelele Specialty

Roy Smeck

ROY SMECK Tiger Rag

Tapping even before Eddie Van Halen was born Roy Smeck

roy smeck - banjo-steel-ukelele

Roy Smeck - Rockin' The Uke

Martelle Deluxe

International Rhythms - Park in Paree - Farewell Blues

Roy Smeck

Limehouse Blues - Roy Smeck

1936 Gibson Roy Smeck Stage Deluxe.

Eddie Van Halen's Dad

12th Street Rag - Roy Smeck

Roy Smeck - Lullaby of the Leaves (1930s)

Roy Smeck - Two Guitars

Dreamy Eyes - Roy Smeck - Ukulele

Bugle Call Rag - Roy Smeck

Roy Smeck 1928