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The Buckaroos were a Grammy-winning backup band for lead artist Buck Owens
Buck Owens

Alvis Edgar "Buck" Owens, Jr., was an United States singer and guitarist, who had 21 number-one hits on the Billboard magazine country music charts, with his legendary band, the Buckaroos....
 in the 1960s and 70's, who were heavily involved in Owens' development and presentation of the "Bakersfield Sound
Bakersfield sound

The Bakersfield sound was a musical genre of country music developed in the mid- to late 1950s in and around Bakersfield, California, California....
". CMT
CMT

CMT can refer to:* Cadmium Mercury Telluride* California mastitis test* California Musical Theatre, a nonprofit arts organization in Sacramento, California...
 named the Buckaroos #2 on the channel's list of the 20 Greatest Country Bands.

members included early sidemen
Sideman

A sideman is a professional musician who is hired to perform or record with a musical band of which he is not a regular member. Sidemen are generally required to be adaptable to many different music genre of music, and so able to fit smoothly into the group in which they are currently playing....
 Wayne "Moose" Stone, Jay McDonald, Ken Presley and Merle Haggard
Merle Haggard

Merle Ronald Haggard is an United States country music singer, guitarist, instrumentalist, and songwriter.Merle Haggard has become one of the true giants of country music, as a singer, guitarist, songwriter, and instrumentalist....
 along with Doyle Holly
Doyle Holly

Doyle Floyd Hendricks, known by the stage name Doyle Holly was an United States musician best known as the bass guitar player of the country music band Buck Owens and the Buckaroos....
, Don Rich
Don Rich

Donald Eugene Ulrich, best known by the stage name Don Rich was a country music guitarist who helped develop the Bakersfield sound in the early 1960s....
, Tom Brumley
Tom Brumley

Tom Brumley was an United States steel guitarist who played with Buck Owens and the Buckaroos in the 1960s, contributing to the group's "Bakersfield sound", and later spent a decade with Rick Nelson....
, Willie Cantu and JD Maness.






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The Buckaroos were a Grammy-winning backup band for lead artist Buck Owens
Buck Owens

Alvis Edgar "Buck" Owens, Jr., was an United States singer and guitarist, who had 21 number-one hits on the Billboard magazine country music charts, with his legendary band, the Buckaroos....
 in the 1960s and 70's, who were heavily involved in Owens' development and presentation of the "Bakersfield Sound
Bakersfield sound

The Bakersfield sound was a musical genre of country music developed in the mid- to late 1950s in and around Bakersfield, California, California....
". CMT
CMT

CMT can refer to:* Cadmium Mercury Telluride* California mastitis test* California Musical Theatre, a nonprofit arts organization in Sacramento, California...
 named the Buckaroos #2 on the channel's list of the 20 Greatest Country Bands.

History

The members included early sidemen
Sideman

A sideman is a professional musician who is hired to perform or record with a musical band of which he is not a regular member. Sidemen are generally required to be adaptable to many different music genre of music, and so able to fit smoothly into the group in which they are currently playing....
 Wayne "Moose" Stone, Jay McDonald, Ken Presley and Merle Haggard
Merle Haggard

Merle Ronald Haggard is an United States country music singer, guitarist, instrumentalist, and songwriter.Merle Haggard has become one of the true giants of country music, as a singer, guitarist, songwriter, and instrumentalist....
 along with Doyle Holly
Doyle Holly

Doyle Floyd Hendricks, known by the stage name Doyle Holly was an United States musician best known as the bass guitar player of the country music band Buck Owens and the Buckaroos....
, Don Rich
Don Rich

Donald Eugene Ulrich, best known by the stage name Don Rich was a country music guitarist who helped develop the Bakersfield sound in the early 1960s....
, Tom Brumley
Tom Brumley

Tom Brumley was an United States steel guitarist who played with Buck Owens and the Buckaroos in the 1960s, contributing to the group's "Bakersfield sound", and later spent a decade with Rick Nelson....
, Willie Cantu and JD Maness. Other noted members before Don Rich's death include Jerry Wiggins, Jim Shaw, Doyle Singer, and Jerry Brightman
Jerry Brightman

Jerry Brightman is a pedal steel guitarist who played for Buck Owens and the The Buckaroos and featured on television's Hee Haw along with performing on many top 10 records with Buck, Susan Raye, Tony Booth , and others....
. Jana Jae became the first female member after being invited onstage with Buck Owens to play "Orange Blossom Special
Orange Blossom Special (song)

The fiddle tune "Orange Blossom Special", about the Orange Blossom Special of the same name, was written by Ervin T. Rouse in 1938. The original recording was created by Ervin and Gordon Rouse in 1939....
". These later members performed on the television show Hee Haw
Hee Haw

Hee Haw was a television variety show, initially co-hosted by musicians Buck Owens and Roy Clark and featuring country music and humor with fictional, rural "Kornfield Kounty" as a backdrop....
. Haggard, who worked a short time with Owens in 1962, suggested the name "Buckaroos."

Known for their signature red, white and blue colored guitars and fiddles, The Buckaroos were only the second country band to appear at Carnegie Hall in New York City. A recording of this concert was released as Carnegie Hall Concert
Carnegie Hall Concert

Carnegie Hall Concert is an album by the Country music band Buck Owens and his The Buckaroos. The album was recorded live at Carnegie Hall, as Buck Owens and his Buckaroos became the second country band ever to perform there....
. They recorded live LPs in London
London

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, Norway
Norway

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, Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
, New Zealand
New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses , and numerous Islands of New Zealand, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands....
, Las Vegas
Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada, the seat of Clark County, Nevada, and an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and entertainment....
 and New York City
New York City

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.

The Buckaroos recorded 6 albums, as well as 3 singles, all of which were chart topping records — the BUCKAROO instrumental album was a #1 record, which helped them cross over into the pop charts. They won a number of awards, including Grammys and CMA
Country Music Association

The Country Music Association was founded in 1958 in Nashville, Tennessee, Tennessee. It originally consisted of only 233 members and was the first trade organization formed to promote a music genre....
s (Country Music Awards). They were nominated as Instrumental Group of the Year for five consecutive years from 1967-1971 by the Country Music Awards, winning twice in 1967 and 1968.

Doyle Holly
Doyle Holly

Doyle Floyd Hendricks, known by the stage name Doyle Holly was an United States musician best known as the bass guitar player of the country music band Buck Owens and the Buckaroos....
 received the award for "Bass Player of the Year" from the Country and Western Music Awards as a member of the Buckaroos in 1970. He left the group to pursue a solo career in which he released two Top 20 hit singles. He is also honored in the Country Music Hall of Fame as a solo artist.

Guitarist Don Rich died in a motorcycle accident in 1974.

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