Country & Western star Buck Owens died at his home in Bakersfield,CA on Saturday. he was 76 years old. Born Alvin Edgar Owens on 12 August 1929 in Sherman Texas he was the son of share croppers who jst like in the Grapes of Wrath,moved to California in 1937 to escape the texas dust bowl,but only made it as far as Phoenix Arizona. In 1969 Buck Owens co hosted HEE HAW with fellow guitarist and banjo picker Roy Clark on CBS. He was very influencial and far reaching in his business.Even the Beatles recorded his hit song: Act Naturaly.
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My sister told me this last night. We were both born in Bakersfield and raised as small children in a town called Oildale which is next to Bakersfield. We had to pass the Buck Owen's theater everyday on our way to school. I remember watching him every week on Hee Haw with my parents.
RIP Buck.
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