He can play one hell of a guitar!

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I was honored to work for Buck and his sons at his country radio station in Phoenix. The reason Nashville waited so long to induct him into the HOF is that he was a little "outspoken" against the industry. In the sixties the Nashville music community criticized the west coast--Bakersfield singers, including Merle Haggard as "Not being real country singers" if you don't live and work out of Nashville. They tried to diminish the accomplishments of the Bakersfield country singers. Buck did not like that and was at odds with the industry for many years. He felt they did things too drastically in Nashville. The industry was probably scared because of OWENS success. He was a shrewd businessman. Owned his own booking agency, recording studio and music publishing company (Blue Book Music) which in the 90's he sold to SONY music for millions of dollars. He owned real estate and 6 radio country stations. By 1996 Nashville realized they could not wait much longer to honor him, and he was inducted along with Ray Price and Patsy Montana ( A cowboys sweetheart) Old wounds were healing between him and the Nashville Industry. Buck Owens had 25 #1 country singles in his career and another 26 Top Ten hits from 1959 until 1988. Go visit his CRYSTAL PALACE nightclub and museum in Bakersfield. It is well worth it. He was more than just that guy on HEE HAW wearing backward bib overalls. He was also an accomplished studio musician at the CAPITOL records studios and backed up many stars on that label prior to his rise to stardom. He was that good. I was very honored to have worked for him.

@@jimwest6571 Thanks for sharing all of that. I've been to the Crystal Palace, but never to Nashville, even though I lived most of my life in the South. I rarely even think of Hee Haw when I think of Buck. What usually comes to mind is the him and the Buckaroos at their best in about 67, with those amazing outfits and sparkling Telecasters! Thanks again 🙏🏼

Country music's most influential artist after Hank Williams .

A true master of the Telecaster, phenomenal player Buck was.

It could be Don's Guitar... Buck also had one like Don's because I have seen footage of them both playing one that looked identical....

@@TheFarmerfitz . . Q play more Brookline

@@TheFarmerfitz it isn’t don’s, don’s headstock had the sparkle finish along with the body, buck’s did not.

Are you saying you're looking forward to dieing ?

Saw them perform it live MANY years ago in concert - knocked it out of the park!

He played the solo on the original recording by the writer (whose name I forget).

That solo is so freakin' good you can't do anything but laugh.

That was a flawless solo

Great, great Bakersfield solo. Buck was the real deal!

Terry Fell

Amen!

ken piper I thought that also, and he could be... But I have seen old photos with him and Don and they have exactly the same guitar... So I'm not sure... Not saying it isn't, just that I don't know...

@Josh Stocks Good call. Don's did have a maple fingerboard, and it also had a painted headstock that matched the color of the guitar body. The one Buck is playing here, must be Buck's own. In any event, it's not the one Don used to play.

@Josh Stocks He may have gotten changed

@@johnstephen7610 Don wore the maple fretboard off the original neck and had a new neck with a rosewood fretboard put on it. Buck brought Don's tele on tour with him when he came out of retirement.

@@0401matthew Thanks Matthew, that 'splains it. Interesting history on that guitar.

You need to find the video of him and Don Rich jammin' on 1 guitar they are both playing at the same time.

A lot of people don't know that Buck was an accomplished studio musician at CAPITOL RECORDS in Hollywood in the fifties and backed up many other established country stars before he hit it big by the early sixties. Seek out BUCKS POLKA and other instrumentals on KZfaq. He could play a mean guitar with all of his creative twisted "riffs" that were quite "tasty." He was ahead of his time.

bowslap actually, Don's tele had the neck replaced to a rosewood neck