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I'm from the Bob Wills and the Little Richard school of music. Bob Wills did what the hell he thought, Little Richard did what he thought, and those were my big influences.

Buck Owens

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Buck Owens
Age: 76 †
Born: 1929
Born: August 12
Died: 2006
Died: March 25
Composer
Country Singer
Guitarist
Musician
Recording Artist
Singer-Songwriter
Sherman
Texas
Alvis Edgar Buck Owens
Jr.
Alvis Edgar Owens Jr.
Alvis E. Owens Jr.
Corky Jones
Influence
Hell
Bigs
Thought
School
Wills
Littles
Richard
Music
Bob
Little
Influences

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