Career
He invented the electric banjo and also plays the five-string banjo, dobro, steel guitar, mandolin, electric bass and guitar. Born and raised in Spartanburg, South Carolina, Trent started performing on WORD (Department of Administration and Management) Radio at the age of 10. He traveled to California and Texas, finally arriving in Nashville in 1959 where he joined the Bill Carlisle Show and first appeared on the Grand Ole Opry.
He played lead guitar on Dolly Parton"s "I Will Always Love You" and "Jolene".
In 2012 Buck was featured on two songs on Marty Stuart"s album, "Nashville, Volume 1: Tear the Woodpile Down".
He was twice named the Country Music Association Instrumentalist of the Year (1975, 1976) and he was twice the Number. 1 Instrumentalist of the Year for the Music City Awards.
Included in his nominations are the 1976 Number.
1 Instrumentalist of the Year for Record World, 1972 through 1981 Number. In addition to The Porter Wagoner Show and Hee Haw, other television credits for Trent include The Marty Stuart Show, Country"s Family Reunion on Rural Free Delivery-television, Mike Douglas Show, The Tonight Show, Nashville on the Road, Tommy Hunter Show, Dinah!, Command Performance, Music City Tonight, and Nashville Now. Buck"s performing career also includes many touring shows, in particular he toured the Soviet Union with Roy Clark in 1976.
This was the first country music act to tour the Soviet Union.
In the early 1980"s while on tour with the Porter Wagoner Show, Trent came to Branson, Missouri and performed at the Baldknobber"s Jamboree Theatre. Several years later he opened for Mickey Gilley at the Mickey Gilley Theatre in Branson, Missouri and then in 1990 became he became the first national act to open a live music show in Branson, performed in the morning.
Trent"s current morning show in Branson, Missouri is called "Buck Trent Country Music Show" and (as of November 2015) is performed at Baldknobbers Jamboree Theatre.
