This is when country music had a meaning and I grew up listening to this music with my parents. So I would like to thank my mom and dad for teaching me about good music
Me too, back in the mid-60s I thought that C&W music was mostly Buck Owens with that very twangy guitar sound! Us kids used to play my dad's records when my parents were out! My dad was a member of the Columbia Record Club back then! We had one of those big 'entertainment centers', a 24" TV with a record player/AM/FM radio combo. It may have been a Fleetwood?
@James. You are totally Correct. Their Music was soooo great. ,played their own instruments, sang, wrote the music, the lyrics…. Makes musicians today look really BAD, I mean like HORRIBLE.
Ditto buddy, we had 1 tv growing up and it stayed on country shows on Saturday evening, much to my dismay. I'm so thankful for it now, because now I know classic country like this backwards and forwards and love it.
They were great performers together that’s for certain. Don was wonderful, it really was devastating when he passed. It took Hee Haw to bring Buck out of his depression.
The only way to make money was to play live and build a fan base. My dad was a picker and singer. He taught me early that Don Rich was the best. He and Buck were the best there ever was. Check out one of the Mathis Bros Furniture shows. They’re cutting up between each song and having fun. Nothing scripted. Amazing. I never get tired seeing of them. The first two I learned were Tiger by the Tail and The Bottle Let Me Down. I was six. Yep, six. Still play them.
They all look so cute in their bolero jackets, I love the "grand ole opryy' style of country singing and presentation,...an era that has gone by! I hope these outfits are in a museum somewhere...
It must have been absolutely mind-blowing to have seen this band live back in the day. This TV show is live off the floor, one take, nothing hidden. These boys were unimaginably tight. Best clothes too.
Yeah man ! Don had that thing most people never have and he had fun with it. I think the kids now days call it "SWAGG" 🤣😁if i ever get halfway to making a Tele sound that cool and harmonizing without a care in the world, I will have accomplished my dreams x's 1,000 !😎🎙🔈🔉🔊🎸
July 17, 1974 Don died in a terrible bike accident in CA. Buck was so devastated he could not even mention his name for years. I cried when I heard this since we had been to see them a few months before. Tragic loss for his family of course and the Buckeroos.
That intro sure brings back some great memories. Those suits were amazing, love me some good old country music. And I sure do remember Don Rich, always smiling. Truly America at her shiniest best.
I read where it was pretty much proven that his wreck was caused by the front tire separating on his motorcycle. Supposedly a recall was issued for the tires on dons bike....Damn shame. A lot of folks got hurt back then due to those tires and unfortunately Don paid the ultimate price for one of his favorite past times.
Born in 1950 and was only into rock n roll, could not stand this stuff. Now I can't get enough of it. Classic country is great music. George Jones, Merle Haggard and of course Buck Owens !
You know you're pretty good,when 50 years later,folks are still listening. This is the definition of country music.The music tandem,that still has no peers.
I’m not sure how many “Ranch” shows were actually produced, but they’re so full of great music and I think they need to be made available to us Buck fans so we can listen to them in addition to our records and CDs. To Buck, Don, Tom, Doyle and Willie: thanks for all the great music!
I was 15 in 1966. Other teens were listening to the Beatles but I listening to Buck Owens then and still do along with other great country artist of that era...Country music is not country music anymore. I miss the "good ole days."
I'm a '58 baby. I was one of those guys listening to the pop & rock (Guess Who, Gary Puckett, Hollies, Turtles, Carpenters, etc.) but Buck was in the house due to mom & dad. When I'd spend the night at aunts & uncles on weekends, they'd listen to Buck & watch the Porter Wagoner, Wilburn Bros. Show & listen to the Grand Ol' Opry. There was no escaping! Couldn't stand it then, but when I got out of the Army grew to love it. I remember hearing how Buck influenced the Beatles with his music & then Ringo recorded Act Naturally. Wow!
Yes. I hated most country when I was mine. Then dad brought home two buck albums. I told him : " ok !! Love Buck. Country can b good dad " Too bad don liked motorcycles. Duane Allman died on his Harley too. I do not think Buck ever made a full recovery after Don died. Just sayin' no dissing intended.
I came across this and while watching the man in the black tux appeared and Buck introduced him as Bud Mathis...I realized that is father of my best friend in grade school and Jr. High. My friends name was Anita. She was beautiful. Her father owned Mathis Brothers Furniture in Oklahoma. This blows my mind. Bud bought an Appaloosa stallion named moon from my father. Wow.
Yes sir ! Buck and Don's voices together makes any problems i might have, evaporate almost immediately, that to me is supernatural ! God almighty himself moved through them two men because he knew that all his children needed to hear that and to hear it recorded for all time ! I believe that brothers and sisters !
One of the tightest bands ever. In the middle of about 250 shows a year they'd come in and record a season of TV shows in a couple of days. Most songs were done in one take. Hard to find a better group than Don, Doyle, Tom and Willie.
I love Buck Owens, Don Rich and the rest of the Buckaroos, even though I was just a kid when they were at their peak. A contemporary band that reminds me of them is Marty Stuart and The Fabulous Superlatives. I've seen them a few times live. I really like their lead guitar player, Kenny Vaughan. He does not have Don Rich's voice, but he is a superlative guitar player. These guys are keeping alive the kind of music Buck and Don and the Buckaroos did. Real country with some western swing to it.
He sure deserves to be. Anyone can play the strings off a fiddle and then pick up a guitar and start singing like its nothing . Wish we had this kind of talent today ❤👌👌
A really great show. This was when a musician could sing and play an instrument. I don't think I missed a Buck Owens show or a Hee-Haa. This entire group is very talented. There will never be anything like this again. R.I.P. Buck and Don.
This is great. I was born here in Sweden in -71 and the first record nu perents baught to the stereo was Buck Owens. I dont know wy but this songs stick to me as a little kid. And after 45 years it still makes a person happy listen to this great musik. Thanks Buck. I wish i could thank you in person.😌
Tommy Collins ( Leonard Ray Sipes ) was one of the main influences for Merle Haggard. Merle's song "Leonard " is a tribute to his life long friend. Don Rich ( Donald Eugene Ulrich ) was originally the fiddle player for The Buckaroos with Buck on lead guitar. Buck taught Don how to play and "Act Naturally" was the first song Don took over lead guitar duties and as musical director of the band.
It's fun watching them working out the bugs on the first show. They were comfortable about the rough edges because they were having fun. Don Rich was a joy to watch.
Apparently Buck was a guitarist first then a singer. It’s unusual to hear the singer’s acoustic guitar on a lot of these old country shows, but since Buck was strong enough, you heard his loud and clear. Good observation!
ExACTly!!! Buck walks right up to the mic and sings and plays with the most confidence of anyone I've ever seen. This band was the bomb before the bomb was invented.
On Ken Burns history of country music , they mentions part of the Bakersfield sound was the switch to the Telecaster guitar as it had a cleaner sound . Always found that interesting.
Don Rich, lead guitar, fiddle and vocal harmony. He was big part of Buck's overall sound. I like the way he played that guitar . He went way too young in 1974 in a motorcycle accident. Buck said, "He was like a brother, a son, and a best friend. Something I never said before, maybe I couldn't, but I think my music life ended when he died.
@@07Louis07 I've never heard of anyone saying that and I'm not aware of what source you may have for that claim. But regardless, I guess we at least know now that you think they may have been.
My late Father absolutely adored Buck & his Buckaroos. It was a very sad day in July of 74 for Dad, as we were driving across the Mojave desert, the DJ came on to tell everyone the tragic news of Don Rich's fatal motorcycle crash. Dad was so upset by the news, that he pulled over & stepped out of our air conditioned station wagon into 115 degree heat, then walked around behind the car for a few mins to compose himself. Many year's later as a grown man, I sat in the living room of my childhood home visiting my Father & a Hee-Haw rerun came on tv. As we watched Buck singing, Dad said ol' Buck was never the same after Don's death, I then said that's because Buck was only half the Music Man he once was, Don & Buck were absolutely Musical soulmate's. RIP Buck, Don & Pop 🙏 ✝️
There has never been a star like Don Rich. He was multi-talented, down-to-earth and a cool guy, but modest. I loved him as a kid and listened to the live at Carnegie Hall album easily a hundred times. To see the very first Buck Owens show and 'Buckaroo' played at the end to fade out is like a country music blessing. You 'had to be there' and grow up in Bristol, TN like I did to really appreciate it. It was real magic from real people...
I remember watching them when I was a kid. I always liked Don Rich because he always had a smile on his face and looked like he was having a great time. I wad 14 when he died and it upset me very much. It broke Buck Owens heart because Don was like a brother to him. They were best friends and Buck had begged Don for years to stop riding motorcycles.
Such phenomenal talent in every body here! Don sang " Such a Pretty World Today" once, really surprised me he didn't go solo. But they were quite a team, quite a band. Thankful for the videos we have now, sure can't get real country on radio anymore.
I could maybe note. Down twenty five real good country music. Greats. I stop at that number,although,i know ,there. Is many more. Great country music classic. Greats. Not,too,many. From. Elsewhere.
@ 24klc67: You know, that's just about right. You don't overcome a loss like that, not as tight as those two guys were, personally and professionally. Don was just so integral to the Buck Owens sound! It hurt the Buckaroos, too, because when Don was alive, they were one of the tightest bands in country music. About the only comparable loss I can think of off hand would be when the Allman Brothers lost Duane Allman and Berry Oakley, within a year or so. Like Buck Owens, they carried on but were never the same. Oh, and Doc Watson losing his son and duet partner, Merle, to a farming accident in the mid-1980s. Doc soldiered on for years after that, but - even as great as he was -never found a real replacement for Merle.
Arguably one of the best bands in country music history. Buck and Don's vocals were amazing along with their guitar playing skills,, and Tom, Willie and Doyle were just as tight. Love watching this ❤️
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The buckaroos were the best!! Rock on people!! They utterly kicked ass
Mr. Don Rich, underrated to the bone. If there's a country band in heaven, Don's up their playing lead.
Buck and Don Rich are "Together Again " God Bless Both. RIP
This is when country music had a meaning and I grew up listening to this music with my parents. So I would like to thank my mom and dad for teaching me about good music
Me too, back in the mid-60s I thought that C&W music was mostly Buck Owens with that very twangy guitar sound! Us kids used to play my dad's records when my parents were out! My dad was a member of the Columbia Record Club back then! We had one of those big 'entertainment centers', a 24" TV with a record player/AM/FM radio combo. It may have been a Fleetwood?
@@mr.blackhawk142 some had a short wave where Cuban communism was broadcast.
@James. You are totally Correct. Their Music was soooo great. ,played their own instruments, sang, wrote the music, the lyrics…. Makes musicians today look really BAD, I mean like HORRIBLE.
Ditto buddy, we had 1 tv growing up and it stayed on country shows on Saturday evening, much to my dismay. I'm so thankful for it now, because now I know classic country like this backwards and forwards and love it.
Ameny and friends Amen 🙏💞
Gone almost half a century,and still loved and missed..The great Don Rich RIP
I can watch these over and over and still love em!
Love this show ❤️ 😊
Can’t help but smile every time I see Don with that huge smile of his. It’s contagious. He always looks like he is really enjoying himself.
There was only one Buck Owens your sadly missed Buck
They were great performers together that’s for certain. Don was wonderful, it really was devastating when he passed. It took Hee Haw to bring Buck out of his depression.
@@dalepxp8963 yes agree with you, Don was part of the early Hee Haa TOO
He is such an inspiration, much needed by today's young musicians.
I'd say you're spot on
No lip syncing or backing tracks here. Just pure country music gold.
Amazing performances, aren’t they?
@@danielerickson5175 definitely
@@crunchie83 don't forget; no auto tune
Pure talent
The only way to make money was to play live and build a fan base. My dad was a picker and singer. He taught me early that Don Rich was the best. He and Buck were the best there ever was. Check out one of the Mathis Bros Furniture shows. They’re cutting up between each song and having fun. Nothing scripted. Amazing. I never get tired seeing of them. The first two I learned were Tiger by the Tail and The Bottle Let Me Down. I was six. Yep, six. Still play them.
how immensely talented was Don Rich.....just love the guy.....
who's don rich?
@@dabneyoffermein595 the lead guitar player.
Got to shake Don Rich's hand in 1971 when they performed at a Fresno's club.
Buck did too!
😊yimtrd on ppa
They all look so cute in their bolero jackets, I love the "grand ole opryy' style of country singing and presentation,...an era that has gone by! I hope these outfits are in a museum somewhere...
Hi Patricia
Buck and Don...2 legends. they turn a dark day into a brilliant one
Sure did...😃
They help me feel happy. I love them. I'll see them again someday.
It must have been absolutely mind-blowing to have seen this band live back in the day. This TV show is live off the floor, one take, nothing hidden. These boys were unimaginably tight. Best clothes too.
Don Rich was a genius and a great performer!
He definitely was. Very charismatic, too. It's a shame he died so young at 32.
@@downhome7500 That is truly a real shame. 🙁
Oh yes he was,,a great guitar player,singer and partner of Buck,,we know they picked up where they left off and are tearing it up!!
So talented!
Yeah man ! Don had that thing most people never have and he had fun with it. I think the kids now days call it "SWAGG" 🤣😁if i ever get halfway to making a Tele sound that cool and harmonizing without a care in the world, I will have accomplished my dreams x's 1,000 !😎🎙🔈🔉🔊🎸
What a great show. Buck and Don sing so good together! Just perfect harmony. Country entertainment at its finest!
Styles change almost as fast as the wind changes directions. Which makes it that much more precious, time is fleeting. Many thanks, Great post
July 17, 1974 Don died in a terrible bike accident in CA. Buck was so devastated he could not even mention his name for years. I cried when I heard this since we had been to see them a few months before. Tragic loss for his family of course and the Buckeroos.
Gone at 34...50 years ago in 2024
Don Rich was a superstar in his own right.
An absolute iconic and legendary Country Music band. Buck Owens, Don Rich and the Buckaroos to me are Country Music royalty.
I love all the singers great great songs fantastic keep it up
That intro sure brings back some great memories. Those suits were amazing, love me some good old country music. And I sure do remember Don Rich, always smiling. Truly America at her shiniest best.
Don was ALWAYS up, ALWAYS smiling. I hope he was happy driving down that highway for the last time. RIP Don
RIP Buck
I read where it was pretty much proven that his wreck was caused by the front tire separating on his motorcycle. Supposedly a recall was issued for the tires on dons bike....Damn shame. A lot of folks got hurt back then due to those tires and unfortunately Don paid the ultimate price for one of his favorite past times.
@@Gratefulman1965 I was aware he was killed in a motor bike accident.....but never heard this about his front tire separating.........how tragic.....
💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏👏👏👏great!
So saddens me flowing teras 😭😭😭
You just can't beat that immortal Bakersfield Sound! The Buckaroos and The Strangers were 2 of the greatest backing bands to ever tread the boards.
Does my heart good to see all the comments for Don Rich!! Dude was a hellava guitar player!! And could sing just as well!!!
Born in 1950 and was only into rock n roll, could not stand this stuff. Now I can't get enough of it. Classic country is great music. George Jones, Merle Haggard and of course Buck Owens !
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Just what I needed, Buck Owens Bakersfield country sound I first heard early 1970's...awesom musicians all of them. Thanks a lot!
❤❤❤
Love anything Don and Buck performed. Dwight is taking the style and carrying it on for them . Love their music. This is real country!
This was an era in Country music that will have no equal as for as talent and entertainment goes Buck was among the best.
27 years young and Buck and the buckaroos are my favorite. Wish I couldve met buck and Don.
You know you're pretty good,when 50 years later,folks are still listening. This is the definition of country music.The music tandem,that still has no peers.
This hell raisin' rockabilly can't help but appreciate these honky-tonkin' twangers. Props to the steel guitar man.
I’m not sure how many “Ranch” shows were actually produced, but they’re so full of great music and I think they need to be made available to us Buck fans so we can listen to them in addition to our records and CDs. To Buck, Don, Tom, Doyle and Willie: thanks for all the great music!
I was 15 in 1966. Other teens were listening to the Beatles but I listening to Buck Owens then and still do along with other great country artist of that era...Country music is not country music anymore. I miss the "good ole days."
I was born in 62 . I was raised on Buck . Love him :)
I'm a '58 baby. I was one of those guys listening to the pop & rock (Guess Who, Gary Puckett, Hollies, Turtles, Carpenters, etc.) but Buck was in the house due to mom & dad. When I'd spend the night at aunts & uncles on weekends, they'd listen to Buck & watch the Porter Wagoner, Wilburn Bros. Show & listen to the Grand Ol' Opry. There was no escaping! Couldn't stand it then, but when I got out of the Army grew to love it. I remember hearing how Buck influenced the Beatles with his music & then Ringo recorded Act Naturally. Wow!
I was also born in 1951 and loved to listen to country music on the radio. There's nothing like that traditional classic country.
The crap they call C&W today is utter garbage. This is the REAL stuff.
Had to see Buck again and I love the stage clothes...
Great show... Don and Buck were great performers. Great suits! Clean cut! No tattoos, t-shirt, holes in jeans. It's class with Ron and Buck!
You meant Don, I know.
Best tenor singer that ever lived. Don Rich was as much a star as Buck.
He made it seem so easy. I love listening to him and (attempting) to sing along.
Buck depended on Don to decide when to add his harmonies. Not many "backup" singers are that good. When he died Buck was a completely different man.
Smilin' Don,Telecaster deity .
YOU GOT THAT RIGHT!!!! LOVED ME SOME DON RICH. WHAT A LOST. BUCK NEVER GOT OVER IT.
Yes. I hated most country when I was mine. Then dad brought home two buck albums. I told him : " ok !! Love Buck. Country can b good dad " Too bad don liked motorcycles. Duane Allman died on his Harley too. I do not think Buck ever made a full recovery after Don died. Just sayin' no dissing intended.
Grew up listening to these legends! Wonderful country sounds! 😊
Don rich needs to be in the hall of fame..great influence in 1960s modern country music and telecaster guitar music..for ever..rj
This is fantastic guitarist prayers, love their smiles. 31.08.24.
Don and Buck together is pure magic...
Best country music..go buck and don..great stuff
1966..nothing touched buck and Don and buckaroo band of 66..great music..r
I watched this show on TV when I was a kid. I enjoy seeing it again after all these years.
Love that fender telecaster sound.
I grew up on Buck Owens and stories of my Dad in Bakersfield, California. I appreciated Dwight Yokum showing his gratitude for Buck Owens.
Buck Owens Rules !!!! This is what real country sounds like. Nothing but respect!
Happy Birthday Buck! Thanks for the memories and the smiles. You are missed by many.
I came across this and while watching the man in the black tux appeared and Buck introduced him as Bud Mathis...I realized that is father of my best friend in grade school and Jr. High. My friends name was Anita. She was beautiful. Her father owned Mathis Brothers Furniture in Oklahoma. This blows my mind. Bud bought an Appaloosa stallion named moon from my father. Wow.
Very cool memory!! Thank you for sharing this with us.
I was born in Bakersfield California kern county hospital. In 1959 and remember going to see Uncle Buck in practice with the bands. Happy memories 🤗
Thank you for sharing your talents w the world; you made it a better place...RIP, Buck and Rich.
Amazing harmonies.... and all LIVE!... not a beat out of time...
I love rock music..but. I can't get enough of don riches guitar..awesome !!!
Oh wow!!! such good memories....great show..Buck Owens and his Buckaroos was so good!!
Everybody comes here for Don. We like you too, Buck.
Don Rich was great! Loved hearing & watching him. Super guitar/fiddle player!
Hello Sharon, how're you doing, I hope you are doing fine. I'm David from Houston, Texas. Where are you from? You seems like a real Country girl😊🌹
It's good to see Don get his due on the comments section.
Godspeed to Don Rich & Buck Owens.🙏💖🙏
Don Rich had an amazing stage presence. He and Buck were so good together.
Yes sir ! Buck and Don's voices together makes any problems i might have, evaporate almost immediately, that to me is supernatural ! God almighty himself moved through them two men because he knew that all his children needed to hear that and to hear it recorded for all time ! I believe that brothers and sisters !
watching July 8,2020
You ever notice how Don could phrase and sign Excatly like Buck. He just got perfectly as a partner
Amen meaning so far I'm not sure if I can do whatever I want everyone Amen 💕🤔❤️🦃🆗💞😅😮😢🎉🎉
What an incredible showcase of country talent. Best in the business.
Thx.
One of the tightest bands ever. In the middle of about 250 shows a year they'd come in and record a season of TV shows in a couple of days. Most songs were done in one take. Hard to find a better group than Don, Doyle, Tom and Willie.
I love Buck Owens, Don Rich and the rest of the Buckaroos, even though I was just a kid when they were at their peak. A contemporary band that reminds me of them is Marty Stuart and The Fabulous Superlatives. I've seen them a few times live. I really like their lead guitar player, Kenny Vaughan. He does not have Don Rich's voice, but he is a superlative guitar player. These guys are keeping alive the kind of music Buck and Don and the Buckaroos did. Real country with some western swing to it.
True professionals.
These guys are why I play steel.
Kay Adams song---what a tear-jerker!
I get really PISSED off when I think about how Don Rich is not in the country music hof. 😤
He sure deserves to be. Anyone can play the strings off a fiddle and then pick up a guitar and start singing like its nothing . Wish we had this kind of talent today ❤👌👌
Also Wynn Stewart
Amen
It's all political, my friend. Nothing more. Politics = BS.
No one else has that grin.
A really great show. This was when a musician could sing and play an instrument. I don't think I missed a Buck Owens show or a Hee-Haa. This entire group is very talented. There will never be anything like this again. R.I.P. Buck and Don.
Yup! My daddy+I. Especially. Loved those two. Country music yhows,( hee haw & the BUCK OWENS SHOW!)
Buck Owens was one of Country Music's Best! We love and miss you, Buck!
Still playing this in 2019 and it makes me happy.Great artists.Grew up with this music,when my dad drove a truck all day...great memories.
it's pure country!!! I was raised with Buck..Jim Reeves..Hank Williams George Jones and many others....still listening this very good music....
HOT DAMN that don can play!!!!
This is great.
I was born here in Sweden in -71 and the first record nu perents baught to the stereo was Buck Owens. I dont know wy but this songs stick to me as a little kid.
And after 45 years it still makes a person happy listen to this great musik.
Thanks Buck.
I wish i could thank you in person.😌
I was Tommy Collin's bandleader whenever he played in Eastern Washington in the early 70's. He was a great guy.
Tommy Collins ( Leonard Ray Sipes ) was one of the main influences for Merle
Haggard. Merle's song "Leonard " is a tribute to his life long friend. Don Rich
( Donald Eugene Ulrich ) was originally the fiddle player for The Buckaroos with
Buck on lead guitar. Buck taught Don how to play and "Act Naturally" was the first
song Don took over lead guitar duties and as musical director of the band.
Johnny Russell wrote that big song for Buck Owens and it was later covered by Ringo Starr.🤔🎤🎼🎸🥁B.W.
Don was a good student. He played so well. Loved them together.
Thanx for that Jerry!
I used to listen to Buck Owens 50 years ago in Norway, and I still remember his songs.
He was an great Country artist.
The are one of the best country music band ever exist in the world
Buck Owens was a great artist! Great Tely tone by Don Rich! Old and good times...
It's fun watching them working out the bugs on the first show. They were comfortable about the rough edges because they were having fun. Don Rich was a joy to watch.
merci
Every time you hear their songs, they never get old, so uplifting.
I love classic country music, love from scotland🏴🥃
Great live performance...notice how strong and loud Buck's rhythm is. Now this is talent !!!!
Apparently Buck was a guitarist first then a singer. It’s unusual to hear the singer’s acoustic guitar on a lot of these old country shows, but since Buck was strong enough, you heard his loud and clear. Good observation!
ExACTly!!! Buck walks right up to the mic and sings and plays with the most confidence of anyone I've ever seen. This band was the bomb before the bomb was invented.
Love this! Snazzy outfits and instruments!
I loved Buck as a 3 yr old child! His guitar made an 👿 on me back then.
A many a Telecaster were sold because of Don Rich.
Hothero1980
You got that right!👍
I bought one and still pickin and grinnin at 56!
Give me a stacaster
@@mikefournier2601 ´
On Ken Burns history of country music , they mentions part of the Bakersfield sound was the switch to the Telecaster guitar as it had a cleaner sound . Always found that interesting.
Don Rich, lead guitar, fiddle and vocal harmony. He was big part of Buck's overall sound. I like the way he played that guitar
. He went way too young in 1974 in a motorcycle accident. Buck said, "He was like a brother, a son, and a best friend. Something I never said before, maybe I couldn't, but I think my music life ended when he died.
Don Rich DEFINED the Buck Owens sound. He was a phenomenal singer in his own right. Yet another unheralded master.
39thala
A lot of people think they may have been lovers
@@07Louis07 I've never heard of anyone saying that and I'm not aware of what source you may have for that claim. But regardless, I guess we at least know now that you think they may have been.
@@07Louis07 that's sick. No sense spreading gossip about a dead man with no basis in fact.
My late Father absolutely adored Buck & his Buckaroos. It was a very sad day in July of 74 for Dad, as we were driving across the Mojave desert, the DJ came on to tell everyone the tragic news of Don Rich's fatal motorcycle crash.
Dad was so upset by the news, that he pulled over & stepped out of our air conditioned station wagon into 115 degree heat, then walked around behind the car for a few mins to compose himself.
Many year's later as a grown man, I sat in the living room of my childhood home visiting my Father & a Hee-Haw rerun came on tv. As we watched Buck singing, Dad said ol' Buck was never the same after Don's death, I then said that's because Buck was only half the Music Man he once was, Don & Buck were absolutely Musical soulmate's. RIP Buck, Don & Pop
🙏 ✝️
That's a great memory. Thanks for sharing.
@@patriciajrs46 🙏
There has never been a star like Don Rich. He was multi-talented, down-to-earth and a cool guy, but modest. I loved him as a kid and listened to the live at Carnegie Hall album easily a hundred times. To see the very first Buck Owens show and 'Buckaroo' played at the end to fade out is like a country music blessing. You 'had to be there' and grow up in Bristol, TN like I did to really appreciate it. It was real magic from real people...
WOOOOOW. Don's solo on Love's Gonna Live Here Again may be the best Telecaster I've ever heard!!
I remember watching them when I was a kid. I always liked Don Rich because he always had a smile on his face and looked like he was having a great time. I wad 14 when he died and it upset me very much. It broke Buck Owens heart because Don was like a brother to him. They were best friends and Buck had begged Don for years to stop riding motorcycles.
Hello there Eileen nice meeting you here
This is where Dwight Yoakum got all of his ideas!!!
Great stuff. Thanks for posting.
great hearing these great tunes from my childhood.....much easier times
Such phenomenal talent in every body here!
Don sang " Such a Pretty World Today" once, really surprised me he didn't go solo. But they were quite a team, quite a band.
Thankful for the videos we have now, sure can't get real country on radio anymore.
I could maybe note. Down twenty five real good country music. Greats. I stop at that number,although,i know ,there. Is many more. Great country music classic. Greats. Not,too,many. From. Elsewhere.
That's the truth!
Always looked like they were having one heck of a good time😢😢😢💕💕💕💕how fantastic to make a living doing what you absolutely love👍👍👍💕💕💕💕💕
Hello there Rosemary nice meeting you here
Wow! How I miss real country music and these guys.
After seeing this, Buck was right when he commented that his musical career ended the day Don Rich died. One complemented the other in their sound.
@ 24klc67: You know, that's just about right. You don't overcome a loss like that, not as tight as those two guys were, personally and professionally. Don was just so integral to the Buck Owens sound! It hurt the Buckaroos, too, because when Don was alive, they were one of the tightest bands in country music.
About the only comparable loss I can think of off hand would be when the Allman Brothers lost Duane Allman and Berry Oakley, within a year or so. Like Buck Owens, they carried on but were never the same. Oh, and Doc Watson losing his son and duet partner, Merle, to a farming accident in the mid-1980s. Doc soldiered on for years after that, but - even as great as he was -never found a real replacement for Merle.
That is so sad.
Arguably one of the best bands in country music history. Buck and Don's vocals were amazing along with their guitar playing skills,, and Tom, Willie and Doyle were just as tight. Love watching this ❤️
Wow! Classic Country music. loved this time in my life. sweet, simple and no bull shit.
Don Rich, you have one of the greatest smiles I've ever seen! And ... you use it very well! Just WOW!! And you tear that guitar up!!!!! :-)
Anyone that gives him a thumbs down.....has absolutely NO IDEA!!!
I like buckowens
Amen brother
NO IDEA AT ALL.....🤔😥
So true
Hey I have an idea, let’s all give a big thumbs down Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha
Buck and Don, the greatest country guitar duo.
Buck and Don...and the Buckaroos! How sweet. Great sound... and nice threads!
Buck Owens and Don Rich were an unbeatable team!!!
Sure anuff the. Greatest!
Yes, they were.
Smiles all around, i just adore this.
Love it when Don keeps saying ''whoop whoop'' during the introduction where they are playing Buckaroo.
Buck Owens& Don Rich. They are terrific. I saw Buck Owens and his Buckaroos in Las Vegas around 1970. What a great show.
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What a good time for country music!..I'll always remember when Buck would do a skit with Roy Clark on Hee-Haw called Pickin and Grinin.
Love the music, great songs, great singing, and great players. The "foreman", on the other hand...well, I hope he got the axe soon.