Word: kornfield
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DIED. BUCK OWENS, 76, singer of more than 20 No. 1 country hits and longtime co-host of the hayseed variety show Hee Haw; in Los Angeles. Although 16 years in Hee Haw's Kornfield Kounty made Owens appear part of the Nashville establishment, his music career was spent in defiance of what he considered country music's slick, string-heavy arrangements. As a popularizer of the Bakersfield sound, named for the California town that was a destination for Dust Bowl refugees like himself, Owens used honky-tonk vocals and rock-'n'-roll guitars to add edge to his songs...