Buck Owens - RIP

[seo]

If you only ever knew him from Hee-Haw, you missed a lot!

RIP - Buck.

One of the originators of the Bakersfield sound, which changed country music in the 60's.

He influenced a lot of artists, most noticeably Dwight Yoakam and Gram Parsons.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck_Owens

[seo]

Another good synopsis:

http://www.voanews.com/english/2006-03-28-voa78.cfm

[zombie boy 2000]

my wife is absolutely obsessed with the Bakersfield "sound"....
before meeting her, I had never even heard of this genre or Buck Owens, but give it to her to school me:p
she even made this city boy learn the triple-step to "My Heart Skips a Beat"
needless to say, she's been quite upset over this news