Buck Owens : the biography / Eileen Sisk.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sisk, Eileen.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Country musicians--United States--Biography.

Country musicians.

Owens, Buck, 1929-2006.

Owens, Buck.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (417 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : Chicago Review Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Retracing the life of Buck Owens?from his poverty-stricken youth as the son of a sharecropper to one of the nation's best-loved and wealthiest entertainers?this biography pays tribute to the man and his music by revealing his genius, his warmth, his humor, his vulnerabilities, and his flaws. It is based on personal sources, including original and latter-day Buckaroos, the cohost and the producer of Hee Haw, the former president of Capitol Nashville, and numerous country singers, relatives, ex-wives, ex-lovers, and ex-employees. The result is a 360-d

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments ; Preface ; 1. Son of a Tenant Farmer ; 2. The Exodus ; 3. Bonnie ; 4. The Promised Land; 5. Capitol ; 6. Washington ; 7. Dangerous Don ; 8. Bakersfield Redux ; 9. General Jack ; 10. Uncle Dorothy ; 11. "Act Naturally" ; 12. Merle and the Moose Medicine ; 13. Dashing Doyle ; 14. Timid Tom ; 15. The Peacemakers ; 16. Dennis Payne ; 17. The Firing of Mel King ; 18. Willing Willie ; 19. Road Stories ; 20. Buck's Pledge ; 21. The Baron of Buckersfield ; 22. Phyllis ; 23. Professional Jealousy ; 24. The Flex Bus ; 25. The Girl Singer

26. Buck Owens Ranch 27. Carnegie Hall ; 28. Running with the Dogs ; 29. James, Charley, and Ray ; 30. If the Suit Fits ; 31. The Studio and the Snake ; 32. Jennifer ; 33. Forbidden Fruit ; 34. Friends in High Places ; 35. Jumpin' Jerry Wiggins ; 36. Stolen Glory ; 37. Kris Black ; 38. A Run-In with Rolene ; 39. Flying High ; 40. Bucking Tradition ; 41. The Show Must Go On ; 42. Jay Dee ; 43. Hee Haw ; 44. Drugs of Choice ; 45. Jo McFadden ; 46. Buck Changes His Tunes ; 47. Ruby and the Master of Spin ; 48. Death of a Buckaroo ; 49. Life After Don ; 50. Jana Jae ; 51. The No-Record Deal

52. Two Goodbyes 53. The "Three-Day" Marriage ; 54. The '80s ; 55. The '90s ; 56. Together Again ; Epilogue ; Chapter Notes ; Selected Sessionography and Discography ; Bibliography ; Index ; Back Cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-56976-743-2

OCLC:

651601828