Buck Owens playing steel
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Buck Owens playing steel
Does anybody besides me remember a recording of Buck Owens playing nonpedal steel?
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Buck Playing Non-Pedal Steel
Hey fellows: Do any of you forumites have a clip of Buck miss behaving on a non-pedal guitar? Hadn't ever heard this info before. Many of our members have hidden talents. What are yours? Don't be bashful, Dennis; you're owin it to the late and great "BUCK".. Thanks, guys..Bernie
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Buck playing a Rickenbacher Bakelite
On a somewhat recent network news/feature, they did a bio on Buck Owens. In one clip, it displayed a series of 8 x 10 glossy photo's on a wall behind him. There was a young Buck "the kid" standing up and playing a Rickenbacher single neck Bakelite steel.
I wrote to him following that telecast and asked about the steel and he was kind enough to respond that he did in fact play steel guitar when he was younger. He exhibited dismay in the realization that somehow, someway, he had let that beautiful little guitar get away from him. He spoke fondly of it and wondered where it might be at this time.
Wouldn't it be a find, if one of you Forumite's were to discover that little Bakelite hanging on YOUR wall, was the Buck Owen's g'tar?
I wrote to him following that telecast and asked about the steel and he was kind enough to respond that he did in fact play steel guitar when he was younger. He exhibited dismay in the realization that somehow, someway, he had let that beautiful little guitar get away from him. He spoke fondly of it and wondered where it might be at this time.
Wouldn't it be a find, if one of you Forumite's were to discover that little Bakelite hanging on YOUR wall, was the Buck Owen's g'tar?
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Re: Buck Playing Non-Pedal Steel
Don't have a clip Bernie, sorry....Bernie Gonyea wrote:
Hey fellows: Do any of you forumites have a clip of Buck miss behaving on a non-pedal guitar? Hadn't ever heard this info before. Many of our members have hidden talents. What are yours? Don't be bashful, Dennis; you're owin it to the late and great "BUCK".. Thanks, guys..Bernie
Here's a photo of Buck on steel though...
And here's a great link to "things Bakersfield" including a cool little tune:
http://www.rockabillyhall.com/bakersfield.html
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Buck Owens, The Steel Guitar Player
Dennis: Thanks for giving us the clip and photo of Buck, holding a steel guitar. Now, please give us a sound clip with Buck doing some finger picking on that baby. I truly love that " Bakersfield Sound " Merle Haggard; Tommy Collins, Dwight Yokem, and naturally, our man, Buck; may he rest in peace.. Dennis, you're still " OWIN me BUCK.. Thanks, Bernie
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Re: Buck Playing Non-Pedal Steel
And the cute little girl(with the big smile) standing on Buck's right is Bonnie Camppbel, soon to be Bonnie Owens.Dennis Schell wrote:
Here's a photo of Buck on steel though...
And here's a great link to "things Bakersfield" including a cool little tune:
http://www.rockabillyhall.com/bakersfield.html
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Re: Buck Playing Non-Pedal Steel
Yep, and later to be Mrs Merle Haggard. Matter of fact, the same year she married Merle, 1965, she was "Female Country Vocalist of the Year"....Alvin Blaine wrote:
And the cute little girl(with the big smile) standing on Buck's right is Bonnie Camppbel, soon to be Bonnie Owens.
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I will stand to be corrected on this; however, did Buck Owens not do a short stint with Ernest Tubb as the Texas Troubadours lead guitarist? On a couple of the early Tubbs local TV shows, there was a young guy who looks an awful lot like Buck Owens who was playing stand up steel while his electric guitar was hanging almost on his back.