Don was only 16 years old when he opened for Elvis Presley in September 1957 at the Tacoma Lincoln Bowl. Soon he picked up guitar as well, and by the time he entered his teens, he was gigging locally, eventually landing a residence at Steve’s Restaurant in Tacoma.Don played both in and out of school (Olympia High School, class of 1959), playing locally in numerous venues, as well as in the high school orchestra. The lad began appearing on local radio broadcasts two years later. A member of Buck Owens’ Buckaroos, he provided some of the inspiration in the group’s sound and co-wrote “Before You Go” and “Waitin’ In Your Welfare Line”The adopted son of Bill and Anne Ulrich, Don’s parents began teaching Don the fiddle as early as age three when Bill constructed a small scale violin for Don to play, and his parents entered Don in numerous talent contests. Augin Olympia, Washington as Donald Eugene Ulrich) died in a motorcycle accident near Morro Beach, California.
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