buck owens

Buck Owens' Crystal Palace in Bakersfield, Calif., is closing after more than 28 years in business, according to reports.

The late Buck Owens sang that song years ago on record and on Hee-Haw.I lived in New York from 1985-1986... well, technically I lived in Connecticut most of that time but worked on Park Avenue in Manhattan. I loved it.

Yesterday I posted about the "Nashville Network" got me to thinking about what I used to watch before I got cable tv, and believe it or not kids of today back then we had to use a thing called an antenna it looked like rabbit ears sitting on top of our 19 inch tv and that was considered a big tv back then and if we were lucky we picked up maybe 4 channels on a good night. So thank your l

Most of our history today concerns hit tunes, but then we will feature the death of Don Rich, a great Country musician and member of Buck Owens band, the Buckeroos.

Buck Owens passed away on this date in 2006. He died from a heart attack shortly after performing on a stage, which, I am sure is what he would have wanted to do at the end. Here's ol' Buck with Moon and Charley Pride in Kansas City in  1967...