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Buck Owens

1929 - 2006

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By ROBERT PRICE © 2006, The Bakersfield Californian e-mail: [email protected] Buck Owens, a Texas-born fruit picker who made the name of his adopted hometown synonymous with a distinctive brand of country music, died early Saturday morning at his ranch just north of Bakersfield. The...

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I loved Bucks music that everytime he played in Oklahoma I made a point to attend. I live in Oklahoma city and got to know everyone in his original band. One time he was playing at the saddle club in Chickasha Oklahoma and me and my girl friend dance near the band, he waived his finger to come near him. He was singing and leaned over to me and said, "you always have you a good looking, don't you". I was a frustrated country at the time and could and still do imitate him. I actually wanted to...

May God bless you and your family in this time of sorrow.

I meet Buck at his ranch while visiting my cousin Dusty Rhodes. Very nice man and all the Buckaroo band members. RIP my friend.

A cousin in the family tree that I never met Share the same blood line Brenda thacker May

Buck owens is Greatest Star on Hee Haw

Hey Buck, Always enjoyed your entertainment, may you REST IN PEACE. RUDY

Family tree down the line Buck Owens related to my great grandpa George Washington Owens which my grandma Eunice Owens

One of my fondest memories of my involvement with country music remains the many Friday (or was it Saturday?) nights spent at the old Fresno Barn where Buck and Don Rich & the gang would play. Other upcoming stars who also played there include Johnny Cash, George Jones and many more. GOOD TIMES!

Sitting here in front of the TV watching HEE HAW. I have watched these shows for the past forty years or so. Never get enough of Buck’s singing and performing. One of the best. RIP Buck, your legacy goes on.