Research Catalog

Title

Buck Owens : the biography / Eileen Sisk.

Author

Sisk, Eileen.

Publication

Chicago : Chicago Review Press, c2010.

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Details

Description

xiv, 385 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., map; 24 cm.

Summary

"Buck Owens was the top-selling country act of the 1960s, with more than thirty top ten singles and fifteen consecutive #1 hits. Inventor of the Bakersfield Sound, he was hugely popular not only with country fans but with rock fans too. The Beatles covered his songs; Gram Parsons idolized him; the Grateful Dead loved him. At least six marriages, several TV shows, and a publishing and media empire followed. And a number of current country stars, ranging from Dwight Yoakam to Marty Stuart, city him as a major influence"--Cover, p. 2.

Subjects

• Country musicians > United States > Biography
• Owens, Buck, 1929-2006

Note

• "An A Cappella book."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 375-376) and index.

Contents

Son of a tenant farmer -- Exodus -- Bonnie -- Promised land -- Capitol -- Washington -- Dangerous Don -- Bakersfield redux -- General Jack -- Uncle Dorothy -- "Act naturally" -- Merle and the moose medicine -- Dashing Doyle -- Timid Tom -- Peacemakers -- Dennis Payne -- Firing of Mel King -- Willing Willie -- Road stories -- Buck's pledge -- Baron of Buckersfield -- Phyllis -- Professional jealousy -- Flex bus -- Girl singer -- Buck Owens Ranch -- Carnegie Hall -- Running with the dogs -- James, Charley, and Ray -- If the suit fits -- Studio and the snake -- Jennifer -- Forbidden fruit -- Friends in high places -- Jumpin' Jerry Wiggins -- Stolen glory -- Kris Black -- Run-in with Rolene -- Flying high -- Bucking tradition -- Show must go on -- Jay Dee -- Hee Haw -- Drugs of choice -- Jo McFadden -- Buck changes his tunes -- Ruby and the master of spin -- Death of a buckaroo -- life after Don -- Jana Jae -- No-record deal -- Two goodbyes -- "Three-day" marriage -- 80s -- 90s -- Together again.

ISBN

• 9781556527685
• 1556527683

LCCN

• 2010017642
• 99940310895

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries