Counrty music and the world lost a great one today, Buck Owens passed away. I am a native of Bakersfield and admired him for his contributions to the city and as a compassionate and charitable human. I have a story about Buck I'd thought to pass along. When he built Buck Owens Studios here in Bakersfield, he hired my longtime friend, Mr. Jack Sproul to procure and install the equipment. Jack was the only JBL professional dealer in Bakersfield and Buck insisted on the best. JBL 4311wxa's were used throughout the entire complex. One other note: Recently, there was an article in the newspaper brought to my attention by my dear sweet Mom, she has known that I've been crazy for JBL's since I was about 13, I'm 43 now and that torch has long been passed to my wonderful wife. The article was concerning a local musical instrument/electronics repair guru and it included his comments about being Buck's 'go to' guy locally. He said Buck had an old Fender that he loved and that it has these orange JBL's in it and that he'd only ever seen that one pair in all his years. R.I.P. Buck Owens (1929-2006)
I imagine it was a pair like this: