Charles Wilburn Trent was born on February 17, 1938. Trent was performing on radio stations
WORD and
WSPA in Spartanburg by age 11. and he was twice the number-one Instrumentalist of the Year for the Music City Awards. Included in his nominations are the 1976 number-one Instrumentalist of the Year for
Record World, 1972 through 1981 number-one Instrumentalist for the
Music City News Awards, and in 1979–1981 was Instrumental Group of the Year (with Wendy Holcomb in the bluegrass category) for the
Music City News Awards. 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 RFD-TV, Mike Douglas Show, The Tonight Show, Nashville on the Road
, Tommy Hunter Show
, Command Performance, Music City Tonight
, Nashville Now, and Dinah!'' Trent's performing career also included many touring shows, in particular he toured the
Soviet Union with Roy Clark in 1976. This was the first country music act to do so. In the early 1980s 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, and then in 1990, he became the first national act to open a live music show in Branson, performed in the morning. Trent's morning show there was called
Buck Trent Country Music Show and (as of November 2015) was performed at Baldknobbers Jamboree Theatre. In 2016, his show moved to the Jim Stafford Theater. In 2017, he moved to the Branson Famous Theatre with the Baldknobbers. Trent’s final album,
Spartanburg Blues, was released in 2018. Trent was also known for his signature phrase, "Uh-huh, oh yeah," a phrase that originated in a sketch he performed on
Hee Haw. He uttered the phrase as part of his shows, accompanied by a
thumbs-up gesture. ==Death==