Don Rich
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Donald Eugene Ulrich (August 15, 1941 – July 17, 1974), best known by the stage name Don Rich, was a country singer who helped develop the Bakersfield sound in the early 1960s.
He was a well-known guitarist and fiddler, as well as a member of The Buckaroos, Buck Owens' backing band.
Rich was killed in a motorcycle crash in 1974 at the age of 32.
Early life and career
On August 15, 1941, Donald Eugene Ulrich was born in Olympia, Washington. Bill and Anne Ulrich's adopted son grew up in Tumwater, living on Tumwater Hill, and later in a log home near Trosper Rd. And Capitol Blvd., right next to his father's barbering shop. Don the fiddle began teaching him at the age of three, and his father built a small scale violin for him to play. His parents entered him in numerous talent competitions and had him perform at various functions. He began playing the guitar at an early age.
Rich played in numerous local organizations, as well as in the high school orchestra while attending Olympia High School (from which he graduated in 1959). He opened the Tacoma Lincoln Bowl in September 1957, when he was 16 years old. He also formed the Blue Comets, a young rock-and-roll band formed with his colleagues, drummer Greg Hawkins, and pianist Steve Anderson. Rich was playing regularly at Steve's Gay '90s Restaurant in South Tacoma by 1958. Buck Owens, who was stationed in Tacoma while working at radio station KAYE, attended one of his shows and jumped at his; Rich was soon playing fiddle with Owens at local pubs; They were on KTNT-TV 11, where Loretta Lynn appeared for her first television appearance on them on the weekly BAR-K Jamboree. Owens' "Under Your Spell Again" made it to number four on the country music charts, and he returned to Bakersfield, California, to do more recording for Capitol Records.
Owens attempted to persuade Rich to join him in Bakersfield, but Rich refused to attend Centralia College, where he spent time as a music tutor; he continued to perform local venues. While in Centralia, he recalled his acquaintance with Marlane Schindler, his future wife. They had been in Morton, a tiny town in eastern Lewis County, where Marlane reigned as Queen of the Morton Loggers Festival a few years ago.
Rich decided to drop out and join Owens in Bakersfield, earning $75 a week in December 1960. Rich returned to Washington to escort Marlane to Nevada, where they married. Marlane was instrumental in keeping Rich, Owens, and his Buckaroos healthy. Don and Marlane had two children, Vic and Vance Ulrich.