Posted on 03/25/2006 5:28:10 PM PST by prisoner6
Bakersfield, Ca By: Kyle Brown
1:36 PM Saturday, March 25th, 2006
03-25-2006 KUZZ Radio owner and Country Music Hall of Fame musician Alvis E. "Buck" Owens died early Saturday morning at his Bakersfield, CA home. His family says Buck died in his sleep and the cause of death is not yet known. Buck was born on August 12, 1929 in Sherman, Texas. The son of a sharecropper, Buck traveled with his family to the Phoenix, Arizona area in 1937 as they searched for a better life. Eventually, they traveled to California's San Joaquin Valley, doing farm work. At a young age Buck vowed that when he grew up, he would not be poor. He found a way out of his family's poverty through his musical talent.
That talent blossomed after Buck moved to Bakersfield in 1951. Within months he was a member of the hottest honky-tonk band in town, Bill Woods & The Orange Blossom Playboys, who held forth at the legendary Blackboard night club. He began playing a Fender Telecaster guitar, which provided a unique new sound in country music. Soon he was playing for recording sessions at Capitol Records. His first session as a leader came in 1957, but the session produced no hits
Shortly thereafter, Buck began his other career, as a broadcaster. He moved to the Tacoma, Washington suburb of Puyallup and bought part-interest in a radio station, where he worked as a DJ and ad salesman as well as playing gigs in the area. He also had a live TV show in Tacoma.
Buck's first Top 10 record, "Under Your Spell Again," was released in 1959. In 1960, he sold his interests in Washington state and returned to Bakersfield, which was his home until he died. From 1962 to 1968 Buck released a series of #1 records that established him as one of the greatest country entertainers of all time.
Is that Ernest Borgnine in that picture?
I'm a CW fan, and I did not care for Buck Owens. Too twangy.
I'm pretty sure Roy is still around.
Almost the last of his kind. We're talkin' peers of Chet Atkins, Mark Knofler; all a bunch of pcikers and grinners...
Buck may be gone, but he'll never be forgotten...
Rest in Peace...
Very sad news. What a talent he was ... one of the great, original musicians of our age.
I guess everything is silent in Bakersfield.
" And all I gotta do is.... Act Nat'rally..."
I grew up with Buck Owens and Roy Clark. Every Saturday night, just before All in the Family (blast from the past!) my Parents and I watched Them Pickin' and Grinnin'....well, now I feel my age. Thanks!!! :o)
Some serious guitar strummin goin on in Heaven tonight!
Naw, wasn't she Kenny Rogers' wife at some point? Of course, she could have been Elvis's girlfriend earlier ...
When FoxNews Alert did it's Buck Owens announcement, they had Roy on the phone to say a few words in memory of Buck..
He sounded a bit older, and thanked the network for taking the time to recognize Buck Owens' passing..
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Pickin' and Grinnin'. My family watched Hee Haw every week, we all sat around the TV together and enjoyed seeing Buck and Roy do their thing. (And then the moguls at CBS decided to cut the hometown family programs because we wuz all hicks.)
Roy's still around.
George Jones is still around, but his voice isnt what it usd to be.
I never thught Buck Owens was a geat singer or player, but he was a great entertainer.
Roy Clark was a great picker and grinner. Does he stil live in Maryland?
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