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    • Feb 17, 1938
    Banjo player Buck Trent is born in Spartanburg, South Carolina. A "Hee Haw" cast member, he plays with Bill Carlisle, Porter Wagoner and Roy Clark from the 1950s until 1980, when he goes solo. During his tenure with Wagoner, he invents the electric banjo. Trent also plays on Dolly Parton's "I Will Always Love You" and "Jolene"
    Aug 8, 1958
    Buck Trent has a son, Charlie Trent
    Oct 2, 1962
    Banjo player Buck Trent, employed by Porter Wagoner, has a daughter, Melissa Trent
    Jan 25, 1975
    Johnny Russell performs "Rednecks, White Socks And Blue Ribbon Beer" and "The Baptism Of Jesse Taylor" on TV's "Hee Haw," hosted by Buck Owens and Roy Clark. Other highlights include LaWanda Lindsey's "Hello Trouble" and Clark's comedic turn with Buck Trent on "Dueling Banjos"
    Oct 13, 1975
    Roy Clark and Buck Trent take Instrumental Group of the Year during the ninth annual Country Music Association awards at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville
    Oct 18, 1975
    Barbara Mandrell, Buck Trent and Doyle Holly appear on "Hee Haw." Host Roy Clark covers "They'll Never Take Her Love From Me," and co-host Buck Owens performs "Brown Eyed Handsome Man"
    Jan 15, 1976
    Roy Clark begins an 18-day concert tour behind the Iron Curtain in the Soviet city of Latvia with The Oak Ridge Boys and Buck Trent. The government asks Clark to drop the theme from "Doctor Zhivago" from a medley
    Oct 9, 1976
    Jimmy Dean performs "Corine, Corina" on "Hee Haw." Also featured are Buddy Alan and Buck Trent, plus co-hosts Roy Clark and Buck Owens, who sings his former hit "Love's Gonna Live Here"
    Oct 11, 1976
    Roy Clark & Buck Trent repeat as the Instrumental Group of the Year during the 10th annual Country Music Association awards at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville
    Sep 17, 1977
    Mel Tillis performs "What Did I Promise Her Last Night" in the season premiere of the syndicated "Hee Haw." Susan Raye and The Duke Of Paducah guest. Buck Owens revisits his hit "Think Of Me" and Roy Clark leads a group that includes Roni Stoneman, Grandpa Jones and Buck Trent on "Company's Comin'"
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