2025’s “Top” Ten Music Losses: Buck White (#4)

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Along with the actors, well-known, and should have been well-known individuals, I’m saluting the music greats we lost last year. I’ve tried to stay away from the country musicians, but this one is unavoidable. So Linda? NO! Here’s today’s performer. #4: Buck White What do you do when you’re a protective father and your daughters want to sing? Simple, you form a band with them so you can keep an eye on them! No, that wasn’t it, but Buck White and his daughters knew family music from the get-go. Starting in the 70s as the “Down Home Folks,” they made a name in bluegrass before recording a string of country hits in the 80s. Buck played the mandolin and piano, while Sharon and Cheryl (and sometimes Rosie) provided the harmonies. Oh, and he had a pretty well-known son-in-law, too: Sharon is married to Country and Bluegrass Hall of Fame member Ricky. Skaggs. I didn’t know Buck real well (as in, good friends) but I did know him. He was a HOOT. The guy had a marvelous sense of humor and was an absolute joy to be around. He’d been ill for a long time (as many people in their 90s are), but it was still very sad to learn of his passing last January. The world is a little less funny because Buck isn’t here anymore. Buck White Born H.L. White, December 13, 1930, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Died January 13, 2025, Hendersonville, Tennessee (long illness) (age 94) The Whites with one of their country hits: