I swear close your eyes and it's just like listening to Conway And then open your eyes and it's like looking at a young Conway and he even has some of the eye movements of his dad OMG Conway would be so proud
Buck not only knew how to pick and sing, he knew how to dress himself and the band. So many of the current crowd shows up in a ripped pair of jeans and a tee shirt, wearing a baseball cap😒
I love Don Rich He was so attractive and talented! When I heard Buck was bringing his show to FW in the 70's I was so excited I made olans to go I even got to go backstage and meet Buddy Alan who I slso haf gotten a crush on and I gotto have a picture made with him Such wonderful memories!
Met Willie Cantu in a Nashville bar one night when he was playing. Nicest guy ever. I was happy to be able tell him how much I enjoyed that music with my father as a kid.
He was a "REAL MAN NATURALLY"Did I say how handsome he was and a BEAST on that guitar.Y'all can tell by now I'm a country music purist and will not settle for less. RIP to both Buck and Don. AMERICANA! along with all the greats. Boxcar Willy Grorge Jones Hank Williams Johnny Cash Waylon Jennings Willy Nelson Johnny Paycheck Bill Anderson Marty Robbins Merle Haggard Charlie Pride someone add to this list my memories are getting to me .I'm going walk my little dog and get some air.
Oh boy you not only sound like your papa but you look like him. Keep singing you have a beautiful voice. God Bless you as you go on your music journey.
Don Rich was a fellow Washingtonian! I was but a lad when I first heard Buck Owens and his sound stayed with me for a long time. Then I figured it out: this guy from Olympia was the catalyst for the whole band. No wonder Buck was so hot on the charts. Then that awful day in June 1974 happened and the sound of Don Rich and The Buckaroos changed forever. I was happy to have Expo ‘74 to distract me from Don’s death. But like Buck himself, the light went out as far as listening to Buck’s records. Thank God for Dwight Yoakum in redirecting the Desire for Buck Owens. It was like I was discovering him for the first time again. I acquired the Rhino Buck box and then went on a record roundup. Somehow I managed to get the whole catalog on vinyl and with the exception of two albums, had them all within two years. Those two hard to find albums were gotten by the end of 1993 so I had everything including the eight Buckaroos albums. When I was able to, I rolled all of them into the computer and made CD-R discs from them. Of course, I also acquired the Sundazed reissue CDs and have marveled at how great 50+ years old LPs sound when professionally mastered. I’m getting the last of the catalog tomorrow. Omnivore Recordings secured the rights to the later material and I’m hoping they’ll go after the Buckaroos catalog too. But though recordings are the way to enjoy the sound of Buck and the boys, let’s not forget that they were on the road taking that sound to us all. I got to see Buck at his last show in Seattle back in 1993 and even though he’d been ailing with cancer, he gave us his all. Still, there was ONE THING MISSING and that was Dangerous Don Rich and hisTelecaster as well as his cherry red fiddle. Because of Buck Owens many of my generation grew to appreciate how much he taught the rock groups who admired him. I think too, we grew to appreciate other country artists as well. But because of Don Rich we really appreciated Buck because he’d never shy away from playing good music even if it did not fit the mould people (read that Nashville) tried to pour him into. Just reflect on this when you think today’s country artists have the music world by the tail. They’re far and few between what truly great country music is all about. When it comes to country, Buck, Johnny, Hank and Hank Jr. along with a few other players are far superior to many of the players on the air today. Dwight Yoakum knew what was missing and he brought Buck back to the spotlight. I for one am very grateful he did. Let’s keep Buck rolling on our turntables and enjoy every wonderful song that the man produced along with Don and the others.
