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Alvis Edgar Owens, Jr. (August 12, 1929 – March 25, 2006), better known as Buck Owens, was an American singer and guitarist who had 21 No. 1 hits on the Billboard country music charts with his band, the Buckaroos. They pioneered what came to be called the Bakersfield sound—a reference to Bakersfield, California, the city Owens called home and from which he drew inspiration for what he preferred to call American music.
While Owens originally used fiddle and retained pedal steel guitar into the 1970s, his sound on records and onstage was always more stripped-down and elemental, incorporating elements of rock and roll. His signature style was based on simple storylines, infectious choruses, a twangy electric guitar, an insistent rhythm supplied by a drum track placed forward in the mix, and high two-part harmonies featuring Owens and his guitarist Don Rich.
Beginning in 1969, Owens co-hosted the TV series Hee Haw with Roy Clark. He left the cast in 1986. In 1974, the accidental death of Rich, his best friend, devastated him for years and abruptly halted his career until he performed with Dwight Yoakam in 1988. Owens died on March 25, 2006 shortly after performing at his Crystal Palace restaurant, club and museum in Bakersfield.
Actors: George Jones (actor), Tammy Wynette (actress), Merle Haggard (actor), Leo G. Carroll (actor), Charley Pride (actor), Marilyn Maxwell (actress), Bill Anderson (actor), D.J. Fontana (actor), Marty Robbins (actor), Buck Owens (actor), The Jordanaires (actor), Gordon Stoker (actor), Jose Gonzales-Gonzales (actor), Robert Patrick (writer), Robert Patrick (producer),
Plot: In this FICTIONAL film, filled with FICTIONAL people doing FICTIONAL things, Mabel ('Marilyn Maxwell' (qv)) and Arnold ('Leo G. Carroll' (qv)), a couple of sophisticated swells from New York City, are on one of their annual 'See American First' tours. They are traveling bu auto and get stranded on a road in a rural part of Tennessee. Marty Robbins ('Marty Robbins' (qv)) and his musicians and crew, en route to Nashville, stop their bus, help them get on their way and give them tickets to the Grand Ole Opry, which Mabel thinks is a grand old opera. Arnold becomes fascinated by the country music and accepts an offer from Marty to take a trip with him and his musicians. Along the way, Arnold becomes the manager of Jose Gonzales-Gonzales ('Jose Gonzales-Gonzales' (qv)), who has decided he is a show producer. The group then engages in the production of a country-western music show.
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