Buck Owens Dead at 76

[Bluvertigo]

Singer Buck Owens, the flashy rhinestone cowboy who shaped the sound of country music with hits like "Act Naturally" and brought the genre to TV on the long-running "Hee Haw," died Saturday. He was 76.

Complete Article:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,189112,00.html

http://chronicle.augusta.com/images/headlines/051904/23977_512.jpg

Buck Owens left and Roy Clark right

[BillD]

Pickin' and grinnin'. I don't like country, but I did enjoy watching HeeHaw occasionally.

[Swordfish]

Wow what a shocker! RIP :(

[Lesster]

Sorry to hear that, have enjoyed his music for decades.

About the photo .. right behind Roy Clark is Linda Thompson ... longtime girlfriend of Elvis Presley. Is that Ernest Borgnine between Buck & Roy?

[sargpep]

Looks like Ernest Borgnine.. to me..

[eddyk]

A lot of people will remember Buck Owens from Hee Haw but he was also one of the truly great guitar players of his generation.

Here is his version of Dueling Banjos along with fellow Hee Haw host Roy Clark>
http://members.iglou.com/bane/Roy%20Clark%20&%20Buck%20Owens%20-%20Dueling%20Banjos.mp3

[Frogy]

An icon of the country music industry for sure. He'll be missed.

Thanks for the link eddyk. :)

[JohnPB]

Sad to say, his wife Bonnie passed away 30 days later, I feel so bad for their kids. Bonnie was a good friend of mine, but suffered with alzheimers, so at least the disease is gone also.

john

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[Walter]

Sad......but at least the group that will be pickin and grinnin in heaven is getting larger by the day and it is something to look forward to.