Super tough question. My Heart Skips A Beat is my favorite. Killer harmonies and one of the most clever leads Don ever played. Love how he intentionally made it skip meter.
Enjoying the Kenny stories very much! Our band got to open for Patty Loveless when Kenny was her guitarist, they soundchecked and then we dragged our stuff on stage and soundchecked. Kenny was the only band member who stood on the side and watched as we ran through a couple of songs. He came over to me as we were wrapping up and asked me about every piece of equipment I had there, what strings I was using, what amp settings, what speakers I had, what pickups etc. He told me "You got a good tone, man. You're a good player" Coming from him, a monster player, that floored me and I never forgot it. What a great guy.
I opened for Marty and The Superlatives in 2015. Kenny was the guy who hung with me the whole time backstage, talked music in general, schooled me on the difference between Manuel & Jaime suits, all while noodling on his unplugged Telecaster. He also gave me his phone number and said if I was ever in Nashville call him up and we'd go check out some bands together. Very gracious. I deleted the number, I couldn't bring myself to call, and I've been in Nashville a few times since then. One interesting thing was, I was going to play the Americana festival that year in Nashville. He could not express more how not into that corporation he was...
I talked with Kenny briefly after a Marty show years ago. I told him I was a fan since his Lucinda days. He was very humble and happy to share a couple stories. Great guy.
I saw Buck when I was about 12 years old(78' or 79'). He appeared at the local high school in Glide Oregon. It was outside on the field with a bunch of folding chairs. I was 12 so I wasn't a huge Country fan but I was still in awe of him because I'd watched him on Hee Haw for most of my life.
At age 14 I joined my first real band - JOY, fronted by Buck's cousin, Dale Owens. I played Buck's Crystal Palace with Steve Holy the night before 9/11 and it is just as Kenny describes. Thankfully, it was fly date and backline was supplied, so we just brought our guitars. All of Buck's radio stations are right behind it.
What a great guy,saw him at Bucks place he said it would be an honor to sign this cause i had Buck sign my old guitar used to go there a bit Kenny,Harry,Chris Scruggs and Marty all signed my guitar But when Kenny told me it would be an honor,you could have knocked me over with a feather.I was Stoked!
My wife and I had the pleasure of watching Kenny playing with the Sweethearts of the Rodeo. It was in the 90’s in a park on Lake Michigan in Milwaukee, WI. It was the first time I saw Kenny and he was a player that I would always look for in a country band. If Kenny was playing with any group, it was a pretty good one. In the last few years, I would watch him with Marty Stewart. A great player with some great stories. Kenny is a gift to the world of great players and another music historian. Keep up the great work, Kenny.
When my Dad, 'Homer Joy' worked for Buck, Jerry Wiggins was the drummer. Jerry was also married to Susan Raye, who was at Capitol Records. I met them all in 1972, when I was six years old. They were doing a show in Spokane, where we lived at the time, and my Dad had been signed with Capitol Records for a year or two by then... Dad was one of the opening acts, performing with the Buckaroos. I still love the original guitar part, for Streets of Bakersfield that Don wrote and recorded. Dwight and Buck used that music at first, then re-recorded the song...
I love to hear it, and I do quite often still. It grew it's own life and meaning to so many people. Dad wrote so many songs, but none that told part of his own life, any better. Thank you so very much...
Love you Kenny. Love your Colorado history and we'll come to see you next time you're at the Boulder Theatre. A guitar player's guitar player and historian of class. Colorado loves you and we're still here! Come back soon.
Kenny was lucky to observe the music business in the late 60s and early 70s. Many of the best performers from different genres were at their peak at that time. He is a good story teller too.
Can't get enough Buck, period. Their influence made waves that are still shaping music today. I highly recommend Buck's book - it's a must for any true fan. And, to hear Kenny reliving his times with buck - this gave me goose bumps. Kenny is so damned humble, but make no mistake - he's a giant to many! Thanks Otis - home run!
that is one fantastic interview ! Kenny is a born story teller. I lived in Arizona in the 80's and Buck Owens owned one of the most powerful radio stations in the entire southwest (KNIX) that broadcast out of Phoenix
❤❤❤ I’m gonna be honest you know I love Kenny Vaughn anytime he’s on here. Thank you Otis. My very very first live music story: I was one year old in a dark theater in Olympia Washington, I remember seeing the lights on the stage of that theater, and hearing and feeling the music and the excitement of watching young prodigy, Donnie Ulrich from his mother’s lap. what a life and a start of my lifelong love of live live music. thank you Don Rich for starting me out right❤
@@thefstopshere I was a one year old baby and my mom is no longer here to get that information🥲. I do know that I was told Donn was a prodigy in the Olympia area and was where Buck picked him from. I just remembered that dark theater, and then the lights coming on in the musical excitement. I’ve never forgotten it even as a little baby.
OH MY ! Mr . Don Rich was absolutely one of the greatest guitarists that's ever lived in my opinion . Buckaroo is still to this day my favorite by Don Rich and I had a Uncle that could literally play it and you couldn't tell it from Dons .
I used to watch Buck Owens on Hee Haw when my Dad would watch it. I always thought the show was corny, but I loved the music acts, and I loved Buck's red white and blue guitar. I remember the Buck Owens show vaguely...I think that was before Hee Haw. Even as a kid I thought the Buckaroos sounded different than other country bands. Really enjoy all of Kenny's stories. Between Kenny and Chris Scruggs, you can get a lifetime's worth of music history.
I really enjoy hearing Kenny relate all those stories! Having lived in Bakersfield from '62 to '67, Buck Owen's has always meant a lot to me! Like Kenny said, we were listening to the Stones & Beatles & everything else but right in the middle of it was Buck & Merle & Roger Miller and they really had their influence on me! Thanks for posting this Otis, you're The Man@
Fantastic stories by an outstanding story teller. Thank you for the introduction to Kenny Vaughan through your channel. He is the coolest. I love your conversations with him.
Cousin Kenny....saw him with Marty S several times at the Ardmore Theater.....always a great show! And Don Rich....man always had a smile on his face. Tele players are just special people!
The lineup Kenny most likely saw in ‘68 was Buck, Don, Doyle, Jerry Wiggins on drums, and Jaydee Maness on steel. Willie Cantu was with the band from 1964 to around 1967.
Hey man, great stories! Cousin Kenny smiling & laughing & talking about those old places??? I love it! Thank you. Great channel! Glad you do this stuff for us!!!
Just watched a video on Buck. I didn’t know his family were crop Gypsies. In one of the stills, he is shown playing an acoustic guitar with all the strings on one side of the headstock. First time I’ve ever seen that. It said he had 9 number 1 hits within 6 years in the 60s. I listened to his music as a child in the 60s, from parties my parents had. Tucked in bed, falling to sleep to his and other music was wonderful.
Hi OTIS, I think Kenny is so funny and real like you and the stories he remembers are so good . He is like the song from Cash " I've been everywhere man " you got to love his memories.
The ultimate Buck Owens song is Ain't it Amazing Gracie. In college, I broke the radio antenna off of my car and the only way I could pick up the one station in my farm town was if I took a potato and stuck it on the antenna stump. That one station played country music. That's how I got into country music. And boy did I. Thank you Buck!
Kenny Vaughan's impressions of Buck and Jerry Lee Lewis crack me up, as if I just took a big bong rip, but I haven't - I really don't smoke that often. I think it's endearing because there's no maliciousness to the parody, just a warm-hearted recollection.
If you watch Buck Owens on Hee Haw. When it came time for Don Rich to sing his Harmony parts. The camera angle would always change to predominately include him in the shot. I've always wonder if Buck insisted on that.
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Made in Japan is probably my most favorite one by Buck. I was stationed in northern Japan and had a girlfriend there, but I had a situation just like the song. Except her parents set her up with a marriage to another guy instead of me. It is what it is. Still love the song though. Brings back some great memories of being stationed at Misawa Air Base.
From what I've read, Buck had a TV show in Tacoma, and Loretta got some early exposure appearing on it. Loretta's first single I'm a Honky Tonk Girl/Whispering Sea was recorded in LA, and Speedy West and Roy Lanham played on it!
Always love the Kenny interviews!! ✌️😎 P.S. I see your playing my hometown soon!! That’s awesome wish I had some vacation time, I’d fly back to see ya !! But that’s the way that the world goes round ✌️😎
I love to hear Kenny play i think he is one of the ive ever heard Ive been trying for years but Kenny makes it seem So Easy. But Don played a sound that i miss. Im sorry but Bucks band has never been the same without Don. I miss Him
Another cool gentleman that I could listen to for hours. I love these stories! So.....I gotta know: did Marty return the guitar? If he did, did he get it back after Buck passed away? I can't think of a better steward of country music memorabilia than Marty. My dad sang a lot of Buck and as a kid in the 70s, I would say that "I Got a Tiger By The Tail" was my favorite. We watched Hee Haw religiously when we had a tv. As far as The Sweethearts of the Rodeo go, I had their cassettes and enjoyed their music, but I especially loved their beautiful full Western skirts and aesthetic.
Your comment made me think of calling him Marty Steward! He truly is a great ambassador, collector and historian as well as all his phenomenal musical talents.
What are your favorite Buck Owens songs?
Hello Trouble
I like the songs like "Under Your Spell Again" ... or anything with Don Rich singing that great backup
My heart skips a beat.
Super tough question. My Heart Skips A Beat is my favorite. Killer harmonies and one of the most clever leads Don ever played. Love how he intentionally made it skip meter.
Buck’s high octane version of Rollin In My Sweet Baby’s Arms
Enjoying the Kenny stories very much! Our band got to open for Patty Loveless when Kenny was her guitarist, they soundchecked and then we dragged our stuff on stage and soundchecked. Kenny was the only band member who stood on the side and watched as we ran through a couple of songs. He came over to me as we were wrapping up and asked me about every piece of equipment I had there, what strings I was using, what amp settings, what speakers I had, what pickups etc. He told me "You got a good tone, man. You're a good player" Coming from him, a monster player, that floored me and I never forgot it. What a great guy.
Nice!!
I opened for Marty and The Superlatives in 2015. Kenny was the guy who hung with me the whole time backstage, talked music in general, schooled me on the difference between Manuel & Jaime suits, all while noodling on his unplugged Telecaster. He also gave me his phone number and said if I was ever in Nashville call him up and we'd go check out some bands together. Very gracious. I deleted the number, I couldn't bring myself to call, and I've been in Nashville a few times since then. One interesting thing was, I was going to play the Americana festival that year in Nashville. He could not express more how not into that corporation he was...
I talked with Kenny briefly after a Marty show years ago. I told him I was a fan since his Lucinda days. He was very humble and happy to share a couple stories. Great guy.
I've watched THE MARTY STUART SHOW quite a few times, but I didn't know Kenny could even talk. This interview was GREAT.
I drove him in an uber. Loves talking actually. Some great Porter Wagoner stories too
For the record, Marty gave the guitar back!
Seems kind of crappy Buck doing that. I love Buck but dang man!
😂
@@douglasboyd8475srsly!
Doe's Marty own it now ?? It's pictured in the latest issue of VG.............
Marty trades in Love. Didn't he acquire Clarence Whites guitar? He knows it's not REALLY his no matter how good he is!
Kenny Vaughan is a National Treasure!
I saw Buck when I was about 12 years old(78' or 79'). He appeared at the local high school in Glide Oregon. It was outside on the field with a bunch of folding chairs. I was 12 so I wasn't a huge Country fan but I was still in awe of him because I'd watched him on Hee Haw for most of my life.
Cousin Kenny rules. The best interviews on this kick-ass channel are Kenny and Chris Scruggs. I could listen all day to their stories. 🤠
At age 14 I joined my first real band - JOY, fronted by Buck's cousin, Dale Owens. I played Buck's Crystal Palace with Steve Holy the night before 9/11 and it is just as Kenny describes. Thankfully, it was fly date and backline was supplied, so we just brought our guitars. All of Buck's radio stations are right behind it.
Kenny's laugh is magical.
Otis - you’re killing it as usual. Can’t miss with Kenny! Righteous stuff!
I love Kenny Vaughn's cerebral sense of humor in these interviews.
Never enough Kenny Vaughan stories - thank you!
What a great guy,saw him at Bucks place he said it would be an honor to sign this cause i had Buck sign my old guitar used to go there a bit Kenny,Harry,Chris Scruggs and Marty all signed my guitar But when Kenny told me it would be an honor,you could have knocked me over with a feather.I was Stoked!
My wife and I had the pleasure of watching Kenny playing with the Sweethearts of the Rodeo. It was in the 90’s in a park on Lake Michigan in Milwaukee, WI. It was the first time I saw Kenny and he was a player that I would always look for in a country band. If Kenny was playing with any group, it was a pretty good one. In the last few years, I would watch him with Marty Stewart. A great player with some great stories. Kenny is a gift to the world of great players and another music historian. Keep up the great work, Kenny.
I can’t believe Kenny is pushing 70. He has such a youthful spirit.
When my Dad, 'Homer Joy' worked for Buck, Jerry Wiggins was the drummer. Jerry was also married to Susan Raye, who was at Capitol Records. I met them all in 1972, when I was six years old. They were doing a show in Spokane, where we lived at the time, and my Dad had been signed with Capitol Records for a year or two by then... Dad was one of the opening acts, performing with the Buckaroos. I still love the original guitar part, for Streets of Bakersfield that Don wrote and recorded. Dwight and Buck used that music at first, then re-recorded the song...
I love to hear it, and I do quite often still. It grew it's own life and meaning to so many people. Dad wrote so many songs, but none that told part of his own life, any better. Thank you so very much...
Outstanding!
I could listen to Kenny spin musical yarns all night long !
Love you Kenny. Love your Colorado history and we'll come to see you next time you're at the Boulder Theatre. A guitar player's guitar player and historian of class. Colorado loves you and we're still here! Come back soon.
I heard Marty say Kenny is a rock star. I had no idea. Thank both of you for sharing your stories.
I have seen a lot of interviews with Kenny. He has a wealth of Information, and is one cool dude.
Kenny was lucky to observe the music business in the late 60s and early 70s. Many of the best performers from different genres were at their peak at that time. He is a good story teller too.
Can't get enough Buck, period. Their influence made waves that are still shaping music today. I highly recommend Buck's book - it's a must for any true fan. And, to hear Kenny reliving his times with buck - this gave me goose bumps. Kenny is so damned humble, but make no mistake - he's a giant to many! Thanks Otis - home run!
that is one fantastic interview ! Kenny is a born story teller. I lived in Arizona in the 80's and Buck Owens owned one of the most powerful radio stations in the entire southwest (KNIX) that broadcast out of Phoenix
Legend. Love Kenny's vibe and story telling. Thanks, Otis. The only stuff I genuinely look forward to checking out on RUclips.
I could listen to Kenny Vaughan all day.
❤❤❤ I’m gonna be honest you know I love Kenny Vaughn anytime he’s on here. Thank you Otis. My very very first live music story: I was one year old in a dark theater in Olympia Washington, I remember seeing the lights on the stage of that theater, and hearing and feeling the music and the excitement of watching young prodigy, Donnie Ulrich from his mother’s lap. what a life and a start of my lifelong love of live live music. thank you Don Rich for starting me out right❤
Nice. i wonder if that was the Capitol Theater in Olympia. i've lived here the past 33 years and just discovered that Don was born here.
@@thefstopshere I was a one year old baby and my mom is no longer here to get that information🥲. I do know that I was told Donn was a prodigy in the Olympia area and was where Buck picked him from. I just remembered that dark theater, and then the lights coming on in the musical excitement. I’ve never forgotten it even as a little baby.
Danny Flowers is from my hometown. Saw him play our theater not too many years ago. Great stories and music for sure!
I could listen to Kenny stores all day. Thanks Ottis.
I just love The Streets of Bakersfield. It made me happy to see Dwight Yoakam put out that video with Buck to revise the song.
Cool story about the old guys. Real country
OH MY ! Mr . Don Rich was absolutely one of the greatest guitarists that's ever lived in my opinion . Buckaroo is still to this day my favorite by Don Rich and I had a Uncle that could literally play it and you couldn't tell it from Dons .
I used to watch Buck Owens on Hee Haw when my Dad would watch it. I always thought the show was corny, but I loved the music acts, and I loved Buck's red white and blue guitar. I remember the Buck Owens show vaguely...I think that was before Hee Haw. Even as a kid I thought the Buckaroos sounded different than other country bands.
Really enjoy all of Kenny's stories. Between Kenny and Chris Scruggs, you can get a lifetime's worth of music history.
I love Kenny’s stories. He’s a such a great storyteller. He’s seen and been a part of so much! A true treasure and such an amazing player
Wow. I love Kennys’ playing…these stories are pretty dang cool too!
I really enjoy hearing Kenny relate all those stories! Having lived in Bakersfield from '62 to '67, Buck Owen's has always meant a lot to me! Like Kenny said, we were listening to the Stones & Beatles & everything else but right in the middle of it was Buck & Merle & Roger Miller and they really had their influence on me! Thanks for posting this Otis, you're The Man@
The Man!
Fantastic stories by an outstanding story teller. Thank you for the introduction to Kenny Vaughan through your channel. He is the coolest. I love your conversations with him.
Very interesting historic stuff.
I love Kenny Vaughan's playing, but I love even more what a music lover he is!
Love listening to Kenny, and what a guitar player, like the stuff he did with Lucinda Williams the most.
Cousin Kenny....saw him with Marty S several times at the Ardmore Theater.....always a great show! And Don Rich....man always had a smile on his face. Tele players are just special people!
To know Kenny saw Captain Beefheart makes my day.
The lineup Kenny most likely saw in ‘68 was Buck, Don, Doyle, Jerry Wiggins on drums, and Jaydee Maness on steel. Willie Cantu was with the band from 1964 to around 1967.
Love it when Otis has Kenny V. Onn the show & very thankful he turned me on to You Don't F___ With The Lewis's! T.C.B. 🤟
Hey man, great stories! Cousin Kenny smiling & laughing & talking about those old places??? I love it! Thank you. Great channel! Glad you do this stuff for us!!!
One of my favorite guitar players
Love the story from Kenny, Otis! Thank you for sharing with us.. As always looking forward to more videos! God bless you & yours!
Great history here! Many thanks to Kenny for the memories!
I'll bet Kenny would never run out of cool stories to tell, and that's fine by me, because I thoroughly enjoy hearing them.
Mysterium my favorite song and Kenny is beyond great guitarists
Kenny is such a cool guy. I'd love to talk to him Great interview, Otis.
Kenny is one of the best guitar players ive ever heard
Keep it up Bud
Another great video. Keep up the good work Otis.
Just watched a video on Buck. I didn’t know his family were crop Gypsies. In one of the stills, he is shown playing an acoustic guitar with all the strings on one side of the headstock. First time I’ve ever seen that. It said he had 9 number 1 hits within 6 years in the 60s.
I listened to his music as a child in the 60s, from parties my parents had. Tucked in bed, falling to sleep to his and other music was wonderful.
Neat interview. I can relate to Kenny; interesting life's tales with a great sense of humor.
Hi OTIS, I think Kenny is so funny and real like you and the stories he remembers are so good . He is like the song from Cash " I've been everywhere man " you got to love his memories.
The ultimate Buck Owens song is Ain't it Amazing Gracie. In college, I broke the radio antenna off of my car and the only way I could pick up the one station in my farm town was if I took a potato and stuck it on the antenna stump. That one station played country music. That's how I got into country music. And boy did I. Thank you Buck!
Great stories. Otis you know ALL the cool people
Kenny’s stories are the best!!!
Kenny Vaughan's impressions of Buck and Jerry Lee Lewis crack me up, as if I just took a big bong rip, but I haven't - I really don't smoke that often. I think it's endearing because there's no maliciousness to the parody, just a warm-hearted recollection.
If you watch Buck Owens on Hee Haw. When it came time for Don Rich to sing his Harmony parts. The camera angle would always change to predominately include him in the shot. I've always wonder if Buck insisted on that.
I would so love to meet Kenny Vaughan!
Thanks for the stories always good to see Kenny
Kenny Vaughan talking about Marty Stuart, Buck and Don...... can't think of a better way to spend my lunch break
Don Rich with that tele is the first electric guitar I'd ever seen, I was 4, decided thats what I'd do, and I did. Don Rich was an awesome musician.
Many a rocker tips their hat(s) to Don Rich, a legendary guitarist. Who knew Kenny was such a raconteur?
Very Cool Story
Thanks Kenny
Thanks Otis:)
COOL COOL COOL!!!! thank you for posting!!! cool about the shared guitar amp!!
❤Kenny Vaughn see you next Friday all the way to Napa from the PNW
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Kenny is awesome.
Love ya man, and marty.
Made in Japan is probably my most favorite one by Buck. I was stationed in northern Japan and had a girlfriend there, but I had a situation just like the song. Except her parents set her up with a marriage to another guy instead of me. It is what it is. Still love the song though. Brings back some great memories of being stationed at Misawa Air Base.
Kenny Is The Man
Man, you were just down the street from where I live now.
Great stories. He has great respect for the history involved. How many people would sit in the hump seat for a tour and talk to the bus driver?
Merle is the greatest overall, but Buck Owens will forever be my favorite. No other artist makes me happier when his song comes on.
More great memories.
Great ❤you and Kenny make my day!
So many great buck owens songs but I think my favorite song is made in Japan.
From what I've read, Buck had a TV show in Tacoma, and Loretta got some early exposure appearing on it. Loretta's first single I'm a Honky Tonk Girl/Whispering Sea was recorded in LA, and Speedy West and Roy Lanham played on it!
Correct!
Always love the Kenny interviews!! ✌️😎 P.S. I see your playing my hometown soon!! That’s awesome wish I had some vacation time, I’d fly back to see ya !! But that’s the way that the world goes round ✌️😎
Keep them coming!
Video looks awesome on this, great work.
I love to hear Kenny play i think he is one of the ive ever heard
Ive been trying for years but Kenny makes it seem So Easy. But Don played a sound that i miss. Im sorry but Bucks band has never been the same without Don. I miss Him
Buck's songs can be recognized immediately.
Great story
Another cool gentleman that I could listen to for hours. I love these stories! So.....I gotta know: did Marty return the guitar? If he did, did he get it back after Buck passed away? I can't think of a better steward of country music memorabilia than Marty.
My dad sang a lot of Buck and as a kid in the 70s, I would say that "I Got a Tiger By The Tail" was my favorite. We watched Hee Haw religiously when we had a tv. As far as The Sweethearts of the Rodeo go, I had their cassettes and enjoyed their music, but I especially loved their beautiful full Western skirts and aesthetic.
Your comment made me think of calling him Marty Steward! He truly is a great ambassador, collector and historian as well as all his phenomenal musical talents.
I am so glad that someone makes these presentations . The candid replies and information , priceless .
Kenny Vaughan is the very best story teller!!! I understand he can play the guitar?
Kenney is a bad ass story teller
Kenny's great.
See ya soon Kenny.
Buddy Owens and I coming to Scottsdale to see you boys.
Kenny has worked with everyone
Kenny's experiences + recall is just nuts. He's such a trove
bad comedy goofballs cutting it up!!!! tharts my jam! love it! - SJOCR
Awesome 😊
Sams Place I Need That Guitar Back What A Bummer
Buck played on some sessions for Wanda Jackson. So did Roy Clark. From notes on a WJ re-issue.
"Honky Tonk Girl" is probably the Loretta Lynn tune recorded in Tacoma?
i`m gonna want that guitar back...😂😂 That's So Funny