Buck Owens
Country, Musical Artist
1929 – 2006
Who was Buck Owens?
Alvis Edgar Owens, Jr., known professionally as Buck Owens, was an American musician, singer and songwriter who had 21 No. 1 hits on the Billboard country music charts with his band the Buckaroos. They pioneered what came to be called the Bakersfield sound, a reference to Bakersfield, California, the city Owens called home and from which he drew inspiration for what he preferred to call American music.
While Owens originally used fiddle and retained pedal steel guitar into the 1970s, his sound on records and onstage was always more stripped-down and elemental, incorporating elements of rock and roll. His signature style was based on simple storylines, infectious choruses, a twangy electric guitar, an insistent rhythm supplied by a drum track placed forward in the mix, and high two-part harmonies featuring Owens and his guitarist Don Rich.
Beginning in 1969, Owens co-hosted the TV series Hee Haw with Roy Clark. He left the cast in 1986. The accidental death of Rich, his best friend, in 1974 devastated him for years and abruptly halted his career until he performed with Dwight Yoakam in 1988. Owens died on March 25, 2006 shortly after performing at his Crystal Palace restaurant, club and museum in Bakersfield.
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- Born
- Aug 12, 1929
Sherman - Also known as
- Alvis Edgar Owens, Jr.
- buck_owens
- Alvis Edgar Owens Jr.
- Owens, Buck
- Corky Jones
- Jones, Corky
- Spouses
- Bonnie Owens
(1948 - 1951) - Jana Jae
(1977 - )
- Bonnie Owens
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- Sherman
- Died
- Mar 25, 2006
Bakersfield
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on July 23, 2013
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