Buck Owens
Although country star Buck Owens may be best remembered for his years co-hosting television corn-fest. Hee Haw, at the peak of his mid-1960's success, he was a gold lamé-clad firebrand. Owens shouted a brash style of propulsive modern honky-tonk above a storm of screaming high-volume Telecaster riffs that audiences worldwide could not get enough of. Owens' staggering run of twenty-five number one singles in less than ten years--19 of them consecutively between 1963 and 1967--placed him squarely at the forefront of country music. Owens almost single handedly eclipsed that era's softer, string-and-chorus-laden Nashville Sound, led many to re-name his adopted Southern California hometown "Buckersfield," and established a musical giant whose... Read More
- City Of Origin:
- Sherman, Texas, United States
- Genre:
- Country, Honky Tonk
- Birthdate:
- 08/12/1929
- Death date:
- 03/25/2006
