Career
She gained national fame by appearing on the nationally broadcast Columbia Broadcasting System/syndicated television series Hee Haw as part of Buck Owens"s band in the 1970s. Her trademark is playing a blue fiddle. In 1977, Jae was married to Buck Owens while a performing fiddler with the Buckaroos.
Jae and Owens were married for only a few days before Owens filed for annulment.
Since the late 1970s, Jae has continued performing internationally, both as the leader of her own band, and with orchestra. Additionally, she has appeared with such country music artists as Mel Tillis, Ricky Skaggs, Chet Atkins, Roy Clark, Ray Stevens, The Oakridge Boys, and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.
Jae also organizes an annual fiddle camp and fiddle festival in Grove, Oklahoma. She started playing when she was two and a half years old.
She graduated Magna Cum Laude with a degree in music and studied abroad at the Vienna Academy of Music.