Act Naturally, But Beware of the Consequences

Buck Owens: The Biography (Chicago Review Press, 400 pages, June 24, 2010)

For years during his long career, Buck Owens received mostly favorable publicity. He even had his own public relations staff. He had it his own way, by his own account, until now, when someone came along and decided to balance the ledger.

Eileen Sisk wrote -- finally -- what every citizen in Bakersfield had already known for years, or should have known, the truth about Buck Owens, the truth local journalists apparently feared to tread -- even after Owens' passing. By now, after the inevitable feedback, I am sure she realizes she just scratched the surface on ol' Bucko, the person. She has mined the past in a city where others in her trade feared to even shake the timbers.

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