Buck Owens was the top-selling country artist of the 1960's, and his musical style- called the Bakersfield Sound after his adopted hometown- countered the slick overproduction of Nashville country ...

Sisk (Honky-Tonks: Guide to Country Dancin' and Romancin') opens with a warm dedication and a note of thanks to the late country star Buck Owens. In the subsequent 56 chapters, however, she paints a ...

I loved Buck Owens’ music from the time I discovered it in the 1960s, led to him like so many of my contemporaries by the Beatles’ version of his 1963 hit “Act Naturally.” The crisp vocals, snappy ...

When Buck Owens died last year at the age of 76, he went out the way most musicians dream about: After eating his favorite dinner (the chicken-fried steak at his own restaurant and nightclub, the ...

In 1964, Buck Owens and the Buckaroos, along with tour mates Jan and Harlan Howard, rolled through the plains of West Texas in search of a song. Buck and Harlan co-wrote while Jan drove, but they ...

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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) – Kern County’s most popular tourist attraction, the Crystal Palace, has closed. After more than a year on the market, the Buck Owens family has opted to shutter the famous ...

Alvis Edgar Owens Jr. (August 12, 1929 – March 25, 2006), known professionally as Buck Owens, was an American musician, singer, songwriter, and band leader. He was the lead singer for Buck Owens and ...