Buddy Jackson

**Buddy Jackson** is a fictional character in the 1992 film, Pure Country. He was portrayed by Kyle Chandler.

## History

Buddy Jackson is a road crew member for country music star, Wyatt "Dusty" Chandler, although he wants to make a name for himself. As Dusty is performing a concert for fans, Buddy is backstage playing a broom like a guitar. Dusty's manager, Lula Rogers is involved with Buddy and it's clear the two are in a relationship. Buddy hopes that Dusty will perform his songs but Lula wants him to be patient. One day, Dusty and his band practice performing the song "Overnight Male" and Buddy stops them. He praises Dusty's performance but says it's not what he had in mind, so he gives Dusty a few tips to make it better. Dusty seems to accept his constructive criticism but secretly tells Lula to get him out of there. Lula takes someplace private and scolds him for trying to tell Dusty how to perform his music and reminds him that Dusty's the star. Lula promises Buddy that she can make him a star too but he has to listen to her.

One night when Dusty performs Buddy's song, the audience and fans enjoy it which excites Buddy, who sneaks onto Dusty's bus to celebrate with Lula. However, when Lula hears Dusty say "See You Next Trip", she tries to get Buddy out of Dusty's bus but he doesn't seem to care if he gets caught. However, Dusty catches him leave his bus.

In Shreveport, Louisiana, due to Dusty abandoning his tour, Buddy dresses up like Dusty to impersonate him onstage. Lula, desperate to make sure the fans get their show and having run out of time to find the real Dusty, agrees to the ruse and does everything she can to make sure that nobody realizes that Buddy is pretending to be Dusty. When the concert begins, Buddy lip-synchs to Dusty's songs onstage. After the concert ends, they rush Buddy out of the stadium and Lula lies to Bobby Lewis by claiming that Dusty can't do the interview due to having a sore throat. Buddy is happy that he succeeded in saving the show, but when Dusty's bodyguards try to prevent Buddy from going in Dusty's bus, Buddy tells them that tonight *he's* Dusty. Dusty's band are upset with Lula for Buddy being onstage and Lula defends her actions, saying that if she hadn't done what she did then everyone would have gone home mad and everyone would be out of a job. Lula tells them that no one can know what happened and claimed it was for Dusty's sake. Earl Blackstock speaks up and said he was sick of her crap, saying that Dusty had nothing to do with this and tonight was all her, but Lula says that he had everything to do with this since he walked out which left everyone sitting on their thumbs. Earl decides he's had enough and tells Lula to find herself another drummer, but Buddy walks down and says "Let's do it", so he says "Why the hell not?" and punches Buddy in the face before leaving.

While having time off before Dusty's concert in Las Vegas, Nevada, Lula uses her resources to try to track down Dusty. Buddy talks to Lula about impersonating Dusty and says they loved him, but Lula says they didn't even know it was him so Buddy tells her that maybe they should know it was him. A few days later, Buddy buys a new outfit and shows Lula, telling her he decided to give Dusty a new look for the Vegas show and Lula tells him that he's not going to perform since Dusty will be back. Buddy reveals that he talked to a reporter last night and tries to blackmail Lula into giving him $100 Million and a recording contract, but she refuses.

Eventually, Buddy goes to Bobby Lewis and shows him the tape of the concert in Louisiana, revealing that he was the one performing there. After Lula had found Dusty, she, Dusty and Earl saw Buddy talk on the news about impersonating Dusty onstage and claimed that Lula had offered him money and a recording contract if he continued to do so and added a suggestion saying who knows how many she used before him. Eventually, Buddy was found by Lula and Dusty confronts him over his actions, saying that he's committed fraud over 60,000 unsuspecting fans and committed extortion when Lula offered him the money and recording contract, shocking Buddy who revealed that Lula never gave him any money. Dusty then confronts him over lying to the press and orders him to disappear by threatening to sue him so fast if he ever makes another comment to the press or if he ever shows his face around country music again. After Dusty orders Buddy to leave, Buddy says this isn't over yet but Dusty says it is.