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Topic: Buck Owens, Early Haggard, Bonne Owens. |
John Lockney
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Posted 8 Oct 2005 12:40 pm |
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In the movie "High Lonesome" about Appalachian traditional music, there is a scene in a diner where a song comes on the juke box as an example of "modern" music eroding their way of life and the traditional mountain music being lost...
I thought it sounded like Buck Owens with Ralph Mooney but, it turned-out to be Merle Haggard (with Ralph Mooney) doing "The Longer You Wait" from his second album.
There is not much for liner-notes in the CD but there is a picture of Merle Haggard with "Bonnie Owens."
So, Merle Haggard took Buck Owen's sound, his pedal steel player, and his wife ?
I was going to ask about this but, found her story told first-hand here!
http://www.bakersfield.com/static/FP/baksound/bonnie.htm
They have some audio and video samples including a short video segment of Buck Owens playing with Tom Brumley visible in the background, which is nice.
[This message was edited by John Lockney on 08 October 2005 at 01:43 PM.] |
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Jim Phelps
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Mexico City, Mexico
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Posted 8 Oct 2005 1:09 pm
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| So, Merle Haggard took Buck Owen's sound, his pedal steel player, and his wife ? |
Sounds just like one of them ol' country songs, don't it? 
Not so rare though, really. Look up the history of the Eric Clapton song "Layla". |
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Jim Phelps
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Mexico City, Mexico
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Posted 8 Oct 2005 1:11 pm
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Wow, didn't know this.... Buck Owens real name is Alvis Edgar Owens Jr. No wonder he goes by Buck.
Hey John, that's an excellent website about the Bakersfield sound, thanks for posting the link.[This message was edited by Jim Phelps on 08 October 2005 at 02:57 PM.] |
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Brett Anderson
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Arizona, USA
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Posted 8 Oct 2005 4:00 pm
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| I met Bonnie a few years ago and I'll tell you I have never met a sweeter lady before that or since then. I've heard she suffers from alzheimers now. I wish I could find a woman like that someday. I be a lot happier and maybe a big star too. |
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Howard Tate
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Leesville, Louisiana, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 8 Oct 2005 4:35 pm
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That was one of my favorite Hag tunes, with some fine tele pickin' by James Burton.
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Gary Spaeth
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Wisconsin, USA
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Posted 9 Oct 2005 8:26 pm
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| bonnie had been long divorced from buck and was going with steel player fuzzy owen when merle took her off of fuzzy's hands. he stayed on as merle's manager anyway. the song on the swingin' doors album "if i could just be him" chronicles this. [This message was edited by Gary Spaeth on 09 October 2005 at 09:27 PM.] |
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Brett Anderson
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Arizona, USA
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Posted 9 Oct 2005 10:02 pm
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| I think Ralph Mooney wrote "The Longer you Wait". |
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