Buck Trent
Buck "Mr. Banjo" Trent was not only one of the finest players in country music, he was also the inventor of the electric banjo. Born Charles Wilburn Trent in Spartanburg, South Carolina, he began playing steel guitar at age seven and debuted professionally on an Ashville, North Carolina television station at age 17. He joined the Bill Carlisle Show near the end of the 1950s and soon afterward made his first appearance on the Grand Ole Opry. In 1962, he joined Porter Wagoner's Wagon Masters and designed the electric banjo, an instrument shaped something like a steel guitar that featured a mobile bridge used to change the pitch. Trent remained with Wagoner through 1973 and then spent the next seven years as the opening act for Roy Clark; he also appeared regularly as a featured musician on the long-running TV show Hee Haw. He started recording in 1962, initially under the name Charles Trent; during the '70s, he recorded several albums, including Bionic Banjo (1976). He began recording on his own Buck Trent label in the 1980s and two years later recorded an eponymous album on MCA/Dot. During the '90s, he was a regular performer in Branson, Missouri. Trent died on October 9, 2023, at the age of 85.
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Discography
12 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Spartanburg Blues
Country - Released by ProtoStar Records on Oct. 16, 2023
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My Three Banjos
Country - Released by Prostar Records on Oct. 7, 2023
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My Kind Of Pickin'
Country - Released by Prostar Records on Oct. 7, 2023
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Oh Yeah! (Banjos, Boisterous Ballads, And Buck)
Country - Released by Geffen on Jan. 1, 1977
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Old Gospel Favorites
Country - Released by ProtoStar Records on Apr. 28, 2023
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They Know About Love (Songs From Our Favorite Duo)
Country - Released by ProtoStar Records on Aug. 4, 2023
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Christmas Buck Trent Style
Christmas Music - Released by ProtoStar Records on Apr. 28, 2023
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Lick of the Week
Country - Released by ProtoStar Records on Oct. 7, 2023
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo