American Songwriter

On This Day in 1988, Dwight Yoakam and Buck Owens Were at No. 1 With a Milestone Song Birthed From a Merle Haggard Scheduling Conflict

Thirty-seven years ago today, Dwight Yoakam and Buck Owens were at No. 1 with a duet that would be a career milestone for both artists.
American Songwriter

Born on This Day in 1944, the Trailblazing Buck Owens Protege Who Dominated the Country Charts in the 1970s

Born 81 years ago today was a protege of Buck Owens who had a successful career that included country hits, TV shows, and more.
The Eagle

Singer Buck Owens dies at 76

LOS ANGELES - Buck Owens, the flashy rhinestone cowboy who shaped the sound of country music with hits such as Act Naturally and brought the genre to TV on Hee Haw, died Saturday. Owens, 76, died at ...
Variety

Owens found a sound

Buck Owens, a pioneer in California’s honky-tonk country music scene who gained considerable celebrity as co-host of TV’s “Hee-Haw,” died Saturday at his home in Bakersfield. He was 76. Owens had ...
Yahoo

End of an era for country music in Bakersfield: Buck Owens' Crystal Palace closes

People enjoy the music of Buck Owens at the Buck Owens Crystal Palace in Bakersfield in 1998. (Lori Shepler / Los Angeles Times) The Crystal Palace, a music and dining joint in Bakersfield launched by ...