Longtime Western swing pianist
Clarence Boyd of Kellyville died Tuesday morning, his family and longtime friends confirmed.
He was 76 years old. He died from complications related to multiple strokes, friends confirmed.
Services will be 10 a.m. Thursday at the First Baptist Church of Kellyville. For more than 60 years, Boyd played with numerous national artists, including Johnny Lee Wills, Jim Reeves, Patsy Cline, Reba McEntire, Marvin McCullough and Billy Parker. He was also a longtime regular with the Tulsa swing act the Round Up Boys.
And he did it all playing by ear — he never learned a note of music, he said. “If you can hum it, whistle it, or sing it, I can play it,” Boyd said in a 1997 interview with the Tulsa World.
Longtime friend, local radio and TV personality Billy Parker agreed. “In my whole career, he’s probably the sweetest, kindest, best musician I’ve ever worked with. He’s a great musician and is going to be missed,” he said Tuesday afternoon by phone.
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