He was born in Morristown, New Jersey on June 17, 1937 to the late Edward Henry and Lila Estler Rich. To use this feature, use a newer browser. Heres my favorite contribution of hers to this book. She goes home and young Willie has to follow if he wants to stay married. He says something about how hes done being in the back where nobody can see him and hes setting up in front from now on. In a late-1990s interview, Owens said, "He was like a brother, a son, and a best friend. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate, or jump to a slide with the slide dots. with Don predominately playing the fiddle. Buck Owens, who was living in Tacoma while working at radio station KAYE, attended one of his shows and immediately went to speak with him; Rich was soon playing fiddle with Owens at local venues. Previously sponsored memorials or famous memorials will not have this option. Or, heres a question: how would Merle Haggard have found out there was a check in the drawer of Buck Owens desk? Its when you decide to play the wrong chord on purpose, just to mess with your bass player, and shes right there with you, like that was the plan all along. Last week, we heard how they got there. Page 1. I gave you the first half of this quote much earlier Buck Owens talking about Don heres the entire quote: He could read my mind and I could read his. The commenter identifies himself with the two letters, VU, which would be the initials of both Ulrich sons. So, it seems legit. What a sense of humor he had. After Willie Cantu moves to Canada, the next drummers name is Jerry Wiggins. Please try again later. Ann Blanche Wertheimer Rich, 84, of Wilmington, passed away on Friday, November 1, 2019, at the Lahey Hospital in Burlington, MA. It was hard to find country music in the New York metro area in the early 60s. And thats it. Donald Rich passed away suddenly and unexpectedly from a cardiac incident at 1:03 a.m., August 31st, at Mid Michigan Medical Center in Midland, Michigan. He was a noted guitarist and fiddler, and a member of The Buckaroos, the backing band of country singer Buck Owens.