Charles Wilburn "Buck" Trent (February 17, 1938 – October 9, 2023) was an American country music instrumentalist.
[2] 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 and Roy Clark were twice named the Country Music Association Instrumental Group of the Year (1975, 1976)[3] and he was twice the No.
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.
In 2023, Trent was inducted into the American Banjo Museum Hall of Fame under the 5-String Performance category.