Buck Owens now playing his red, white, and blue guitar in Heaven

Country star and long-time host of "Hee Haw" Buck Owens died today. He was 76.

I was a huge Hee Haw fan when I was a little kid, and I used to think that Roy Clark and Buck Owens were two of the coolest guys on the planet. Which gives you an indication of Owens' greatness, my level of dorkitude, or both.

Well, thanks for all those years you spent a-pickin', Buck. Or were you a-grinnin'? I can never remember...