Paul Franklin and Vince Gill sat down with Billboard to discuss why they recorded Bakersfield in 2013. “The beauty of it all is that Buck and Merle were such great musicians,” Gill explained. “I think ...

Many fans remember Buck Owens from the long-running comedy variety show Hee Haw. However, Owens’ contributions to country music go much deeper than that. He was a pioneer of the Bakersfield Sound. The ...

People enjoy the music of Buck Owens at the Buck Owens Crystal Palace in Bakersfield in 1998. (Lori Shepler / Los Angeles Times) The Crystal Palace, a music and dining joint in Bakersfield launched by ...

Crystal Palace, Buck Owens‘ iconic music venue in Bakersfield, Calif., will soon permanently close its doors after nearly three decades in operation. In a statement posted on the late country singer’s ...

LOS ANGELES - Buck Owens, the flashy rhinestone cowboy who shaped the sound of country music with hits such as Act Naturally and brought the genre to TV on Hee Haw, died Saturday. Owens, 76, died at ...