Retracing the life of Buck Owens, from his poverty-stricken youth as the son of a sharecropper to one of the nation's best-loved and wealthiest entertainers. This biography pays tribute to the man and his music by revealing his genius, his warmth, his humor, his vulnerabilities, and his flaws. It is based on personal sources, including original and latter-day Buckaroos, the cohost and the producer of Hee Haw, the former president of Capitol Nashville, and numerous country singers, relatives, ex-wives, ex-lovers, and ex-employees.