Sunday, February 8, 2026

Buck Owens to George Jones to Marty Robbins

I liked Buck Owens, 1929-2006, a lot.  Then the Hee Haw singers, 1969-1997.  And though I'd heard Tammy Wynette's [1942-1998] "Stand by Your Man" a lot on the radio, I didn't really know who George Jones, 1931-2013, was.  Owens sounds an awful lot like George Jones. But I guess the standard for a lot of these western singers was Marty Robbins, 1925-1982.