http://carversdog.wordpress.com/2008/10/29/so-long-cowboy/
by Rodger Jacobs
Buck Adams was a ruthless prevaricator, a brawler, a raucous drunk (when he was not on the wagon), a man who, I assume, never met an illicit narcotic he didn’t like (particularly cocaine), an obviously troubled soul, and a hell of a nice guy, a Mephistopholes in angel’s guise.
Buck was born on November 15, 1955 in Newport Beach, California. Buck’s sister, porn star Amber Lynn , got her brother into the adult film business in the late 1980s after short-lived careers as boxer and a bouncer. Buck went on to appear in over 300 films and videos as an actor and performer. He also enjoyed an award-winning career behind the camera, directing more than 70 features. In 1996, I was proud to write the screenplay for “Night Club” for Buck Adams, a 35mm shot-on-film flesh epic, a gangster melodrama that was intended to be his tribute to Martin Scorsese … in reality, the big-budget XXX epic was more akin to an adult industry version of Michael Cimino’s “Heaven’s Gate”, a troubled production plagued by budget constraints, permit issues, and every other problem you can think of. I extended my professional relationship with Buck in 1999 when I interviewed him on-camera for his (plenty fabricated) memories of adult film legend John Holmes for the feature documentary “Wadd: The Life and Times of John C. Holmes.”
Buck was plagued by heart problems for quite some time, surviving a series of heart attacks in the late 90s. Yesterday, Buck Adams passed away at a hospital in Northridge at the age of 53.
Inexplicably, Buck never called me by my name. I was always “Cowboy” to him. The only other person who ever called me “Cowboy” for no good reason at all was Mel Brooks, who I encountered in the parking lot of 20th Century-Fox studios quite frequently back in 1979 when I was on the lot to meet with Ronny Graham at the “M*A*S*H” production offices.
It was a long, rough ride for ya, Buck, but you finally got that prime spot on the bench out front of the Trail’s End Saloon. Rest in peace, Cowboy.
I was told Buck was one helluva Director. Sad he’s passed at such a young age.
Yep, that’s the pic I saw on Wikipedia about a month ago that shocked the hell out of me.