October 19, 2012 It's not often we set the Wayback Machine to go back 49 years, but we couldn't resist today. October 19th, 1963 was the day Buck Owens got his second #1 song.
October 15, 2012 Today's KLAW Classic first hit the country music world in 1973 performed by Buck Owens.
Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images Buck Owens, Merle Haggard, Bill Woods, Fuzzy Owen and Bonnie Owens. A few names that stand out and some that do not. But they have a common thread.
He’s a legend today, but Buck Owens wasn’t born into country music royalty — in fact, he struggled for years as a session musician and performer, releasing a series of little-known recordings for smaller labels.
Next month, thanks to a compilation scheduled for release by Rockbeat Records, fans will get a new chance to hear some of Owens’ earliest recordings for themselves.
Ralph Mooney, the pioneering steel guitar player who recorded and toured with WAYLON JENNINGS for two decades, died on Sunday night from cancer complications in Kennedale, Texas.
