Manuel Dewey Clark Jr.; Country Music Star ‘Old Joe Clark’
Manuel Dewey Clark Jr., 75, a country music star known as Old Joe Clark. Famous for his hillbilly humor and spirited banjo playing, Clark performed for many years with the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville. He also played with Bill Monroe’s Blue Grass Boys and for 50 years at the Renfro Valley Barn Dance. On Friday in Richmond, Ky., of complications after abdominal surgery.
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