http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4524&rws=%2Fbuck-owens%2Ftop-tracks.rssSinger-songwriter, guitarist, and music business mogul Buck Owens might be more famous for his long tenure on the country music TV show <i>Hee Haw</i> than for the fact that he was probably the most successful country act of the 1960s. Born in Texas in 1929, Owens settled in Bakersfield, Calif., in 1951 and set about creating the Bakersfield Sound. By the early '60s, Owens and his band the Buckaroos had forged a lean, hard Honky-Tonk sound different from what was happening in Nashville at the time. Owens and his main musical foil Don Rich alternated on lead guitar, while steel guitarist Tom Brumley played razor-sharp fills on the up-tempo songs and sweeping solos on the ballads. Owens' songs, many of which have become standards, are lessons in sharp wordplay and musical economy. Almost everything the band did, including solo records from the Buckaroos, went into the charts and stayed there for quite a while. When Owens' close friend and protege Don Rich died at age thirty-three in 1974, Owens scaled back his work, eventually going on to host <i>Hee Haw</i>. Owens still played regularly at his Crystal Palace club in Bakersfield until his death on March 24, 2006. He remains revered by old and new fans around the world. - Tom HeymanBakersfield Sounden720Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:54:32 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4524&rws=%2Fbuck-owens%2Ftop-tracks.rss Singer-songwriter, guitarist, and music business mogul Buck Owens might be more famous for his long tenure on the country music TV show <i>Hee Haw</i> than for the fact that he was probably the most successful country act of the 1960s. Born in Texas in 1929, Owens settled in Bakersfield, Calif., in 1951 and set about creating the Bakersfield Sound. By the early '60s, Owens and his band the Buckaroos had forged a lean, hard Honky-Tonk sound different from what was happening in Nashville at the time. Owens and his main musical foil Don Rich alternated on lead guitar, while steel guitarist Tom Brumley played razor-sharp fills on the up-tempo songs and sweeping solos on the ballads. Owens' songs, many of which have become standards, are lessons in sharp wordplay and musical economy. Almost everything the band did, including solo records from the Buckaroos, went into the charts and stayed there for quite a while. When Owens' close friend and protege Don Rich died at age thirty-three in 1974, Owens scaled back his work, eventually going on to host <i>Hee Haw</i>. Owens still played regularly at his Crystal Palace club in Bakersfield until his death on March 24, 2006. He remains revered by old and new fans around the world. - Tom Heyman http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.26908657&variant=play&rws=%2Fbuck-owens%2Ftop-tracks.rss Bakersfield Sound Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:18:56 -0700 Top Tracks by Buck Owens on Rhapsody Online 26908657 tra.26908657 Buck Owens art.4524 0.99 Act Naturally alb.26771848 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/7/1/7/4/1594717_170x170.jpg 2009-03-09 00:00:00.0 null true Act Naturally tra.26908657 142000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.26908657&variant=play&rws=%2Fbuck-owens%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.26908657&variant=data&rws=%2Fbuck-owens%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10860462&rws=%2Fbuck-owens%2Ftop-tracks.rss Bakersfield Sound Thu, 1 Dec 2005 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Buck Owens on Rhapsody Online 10860462 tra.10860462 Buck Owens art.4524 0.0 Greatest Hits alb.10858373 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/7/6/2/862670_170x170.jpg 2005-12-01 00:00:00.0 2005-12-01 00:00:00.0 false Loves Gonna Live Here tra.10860462 120000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10860462&rws=%2Fbuck-owens%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10860462&variant=data&rws=%2Fbuck-owens%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1699408&variant=play&rws=%2Fbuck-owens%2Ftop-tracks.rss Bakersfield Sound Tue, 28 Oct 1997 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Buck Owens on Rhapsody Online 1699408 tra.1699408 Buck Owens art.4524 0.99 The Best Of Austin City Limits: Legends of Country Music alb.102130 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/8/9/0/5/1265098_170x170.jpg 1997-10-28 00:00:00.0 1997-10-28 00:00:00.0 true Crying Time tra.1699408 178000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1699408&variant=play&rws=%2Fbuck-owens%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1699408&variant=data&rws=%2Fbuck-owens%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.26908648&variant=play&rws=%2Fbuck-owens%2Ftop-tracks.rss Bakersfield Sound Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:00:08 -0700 Top Tracks by Buck Owens on Rhapsody Online 26908648 tra.26908648 Buck Owens art.4524 0.99 Act Naturally alb.26771848 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/7/1/7/4/1594717_170x170.jpg 2009-03-09 00:00:00.0 null true I've Got a Tiger By the Tail tra.26908648 131000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.26908648&variant=play&rws=%2Fbuck-owens%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.26908648&variant=data&rws=%2Fbuck-owens%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.26908661&variant=play&rws=%2Fbuck-owens%2Ftop-tracks.rss Bakersfield Sound Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:00:09 -0700 Top Tracks by Buck Owens on Rhapsody Online 26908661 tra.26908661 Buck Owens art.4524 0.99 Act Naturally alb.26771848 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/7/1/7/4/1594717_170x170.jpg 2009-03-09 00:00:00.0 null true Together Again tra.26908661 146000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.26908661&variant=play&rws=%2Fbuck-owens%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.26908661&variant=data&rws=%2Fbuck-owens%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.26960790&variant=play&rws=%2Fbuck-owens%2Ftop-tracks.rss Bakersfield Sound Fri, 2 Oct 2009 11:06:39 -0700 Top Tracks by Buck Owens on Rhapsody Online 26960790 tra.26960790 Buck Owens art.4524 0.99 Streets of Bakersfield - 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