Why did Buck Owens quit performing?
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OwensÕs decision to quit performing was made in part because he did not like the direction country music was taking. He has said that the music coming out of Nashville in the mid- to late-1970s was dull and uniform, because many country artists were using the same backup musicians and producers, and most country artists were striving for crossover pop hits. ÒIf everyone who makes an album uses virtually the same studio and engineers, and picks from the same pool of musicians that all hang out together, the records are all going to sound alike,Ó he told Guitar Player. ÒI just kind of dropped out. I couldnÕt competeÉ. I just felt like, ÕWhy keep beating these people up if they donÕt want to hear this stuff?ÕÓ The ÒstuffÓ to which Owens referred was his honky-tonk ÒBakersfield Sound.Ó In the 1980s a new generation of country musicians, some based in Los Angeles, have revived OwensÕs style with great success.
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