March 26, 2006

Hee Haw!

I grew up in a household full of country music, and shows like "The Osmonds" and "Solid Gold." One show I clearly remember gracing the television regularly was "Hee Haw."

Washington - Buck Owens, who popularized country music in the United States with a string of 1960s hits and a long-running television show, died Saturday, associates said. He was 76.

Owens' family said he died in his sleep at his home in Bakersfield, California, according to the website of a concert hall and restaurant he owned. The cause of death was not immediately known.

Now, with shows like Hee Haw, one gains useless, non-disposing information. Like these lyrics from a Hee Haw song:

Where, oh where are you tonight?
Why did you leave me here all alone?
I searched the world over and I thought I found true love...
But you met another and PHPPPHT you were gone.

G'night, Buck!