{"id":393,"date":"2006-03-25T12:07:26","date_gmt":"2006-03-25T20:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/?p=393"},"modified":"2006-03-25T16:32:04","modified_gmt":"2006-03-26T00:32:04","slug":"buck-owens-1929-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/2006\/03\/25\/buck-owens-1929-2006\/","title":{"rendered":"Buck Owens 1929-2006"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have to admit to having been a Buck Owens<\/strong> fan at one time. I still have a Buck Owens and the Buckaroos CD which replaced my scratched up and worn out LP album. One of my favorites was “I’ve Got a Tiger by the Tail<\/em>” in 1962 when I was an air crew radioman in the U.S. Navy. Rest well, Buck.<\/p>\n

Here’s an excerpt from Owens’ bio from WikiPedia<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Buck Owens<\/a><\/p>\n

Alvis Edgar Owens, Jr., (August 12, 1929 – March 25, 2006) was an American country music singer widely credited with helping to create the gritty “Bakersfield sound”.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Image: Buck Owens and the Buckaroos — circa 1962 Album Photo<\/em><\/p>\n

Owens was named the most promising country and western singer of 1960 by Billboard, and his top-10 duets with Rose Maddox in 1961 earned them a nod as vocal team of the year in DJ polls. But it was in 1963, after updating his sound again, that Owens’ career went ballistic. He moved away from the traditional country shuffle to a more upbeat, driving style (“…like a freight train coming through your livingroom,” as Buck said) with the single “You’re For Me” in late 1962. A few months later, “Act Naturally” became his first No. 1 hit. It was rock ‘n’ roll with a country feel. The Beatles later covered it without changing much of anything. It crossed over to the pop charts, and it began an astonishing run: for the next four years, every Buck Owens single went to No. 1. Fifteen in a row. At one point, he had a B-side, “My Heart Skips a Beat,” alternating in the top spot with its A-side, “Together Again.” “Love’s Gonna Live Here,” the follow-up to “Act Naturally,” was No. 1 for 16 weeks. He even sent an instrumental — the signature “Buckaroo” — to No. 1. The streak finally ended in October 1967 when his tribute to his fans, “It Takes People Like You (To Make People Like Me),” underachieved, stopping at No. 2. The next single, “How Long Will My Baby Be Gone,” went to No. 1, as did three more songs in 1969.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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