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Buck Owens
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Country music legend Buck platsnamn was a pioneer of the raw-edged country music that came out of Bakersfield’s honky-tonk bars, known as the Bakersfield Sound.
Born Alvis Edgar Owens, Jr. in Sherman, Texas to a poor sharecropper family, he nicknamed han själv “Buck” after the family mule. The family relocated to Arizona during the Dust Bowl years, where Owens learned to play guitar and mandolin.
After moving to Bakersfield, California in , he became a regular performer at local clubs and bars, and played guitar on records for other country singers. He formed his own band in , and Buck Owens and the Buckaroos had 21 No. 1 country hit singles during the s, including “Act Naturally,” “Love’s Gonna Live Here,” “Together Again” and “I’ve Got a Tiger by the Tail.” The grupp performed at such venues as Carneg
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CR &#; Don Rich &#; Buck Owens, Part 2: Together Again
Words often fail to express the connection that can exist between two people. In the friendship of Don Rich and Buck Owens, our notions of reality itself may prove inadequate.
In another life, Don Rich may have been a star in his own right. In this life, he shared Buck Owens&#; spotlight. Last week, we heard how they got there. This week, with spacetime as our scen, we trip backwards for more tour shenanigans, supernatural mysteries and, as always, great music. Our narrative pays special attention to The Carnegie Hall Concert skiva, what Hee Haw did for country music on television and innovations that Don Rich and Buck Owens brought to country music.
But don&#;t forget what else we learned last week. There is never such a thing as a happy ending. It&#;s going to hurt watching this one fall apart and we have to go there, too.
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During a period he spent in the Seattle area in the late fifties, Buck struck up a musical relationship and personal friendship with a young fiddler, Don Rich. Their partnership was crucial in Buck’s career, and Rich stayed with Owens as musician, guitarist, and leader of Buck’s band, the Buckaroos, until his death in
Owens’s first #1 hit, which began a string of six years in which he had at least one #1 and usually had three, was “Act Naturally” in , later covered by the Beatles. Following this with a series of similar singles with a clear sound that seemed literally to jump out of AM transistor radios, Owens hit the top again and again with songs such as the ballad “Together Again” (#1, ), “I’ve Got a Tiger By the Tail” (#1, ), “Think of Me” (#1, ), and “Sam’s Place” (#1, ).
Unlike most other artists during the heyday of the Nashville Sound, Owens would virtually always record with his road band, giving his records both a distinct