“Where Does the Good Times Go” was written by Buck Owens, who recorded it with his Buckaroos and reached number one on the country chart in 1967. The record helped define the Bakersfield sound.
The song turns on a plain, aching question. A love has quietly slipped away, the warmth gone cold, and the singer asks where the good times go when they leave, finding no answer for the loss.
The song crossed from country into bluegrass.
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