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Have any of you noticed that on the classic Buck Owens albums from the 60's, just about any one of the album cuts (non-hits) really could have been hits? I have four of the reissue CD's and wouldn't trade them for anything. I just wish they would issue more classic country albums on CD, they seem to do this in other kinds of music all the time

Hey Jason,
I'd have to agree with you and say you've got it nailed. Buck had so many good songs I guess he couldn't release them all. With all that good music behind the vocals they just had to all be great. The thing about those old record that I like is the fact that they all had a good steel, lead, or fiddle ride in them and sometimes all of the instruments plus that great Don Rich harmony and sometimes Buck singing harmony with himself. I always liked Close Up The Honky Tonks, Over and Over, Under the Influence of Love, Second Fiddle, and a great waltz called Don't Ever Tell Me Goodbye. It's a shame they took so long to put Buck in the Hall of Fame.

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Have a good one! JH U-12

Probably one of the greatest combinations ever in country recorded history was that of Buck Owens/Don Rich and that incredible band Doyle Holly, Willie Canto, and the inimitable Tom Brumley.

The music alone without the vocals was superb and when one adds the vocals it is just simply awesome.

It is conceivable that everything they did could have been a hit. Unprecedented in my book.

It was just a magic combination of 5 people finding each other. There will probably never be another.

God bless you,

carl

Some of you have heard my take on this, but the Gosdin Brothers, the Strangers, the Buckaroos, Jerry Inman, Gene Davis and Red Rhodes all issued very fine albums in the 1960's as part of the SoCal or Bakersfield sound and have no CD reissues, this to me is such a waste.

When are companies going to twig that quality reiisues of great country albums will sell and will have their own market just as bluegrass, psychedalia, garage punk, folk-rock, rockabilly and reggae reissues do.
None of this stuff is top 40 material and yet these genres have a lot of reissue style companies which are doing well enough.

By the way Jason I have four of the Buck Owens reissues and they sound so good and the packaging is great!

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I agree! Re-releasing the oldies would cost the record companies almost nothing. The only reason they don't do it is they're not interested in the measly few thosand dollars it might make!

Record companies are only interested in dollars in the "millions" category!

Carl,
To prove what a great band the Buckaroos were, I have a copy of there instrumental album. Wow!! Happy go lucky guitar, Bucks polka, Buckaroo, etc.. One of the very few "instrumental albums" to make #1 on the charts(much to the dismay of Chet & Co).
As to why it took so long to put Buck in the HOF, it's because Nashville hated/hates him.
They hate Dwight Yokam ,too. I remember doing one of my first studio gigs in San Jose about 1982, and there was a copy of Country Music magazine in the lobby. I read the reviews in it, and they put down DY's album to no end. Then on the same page, they ranted and raved about John (sometimes Cougar) Melancamp about all the fiddles and accordians and stuff. I think another good review was for Bruce Springstein or someone. I still think California and Texas put out the best country music. Nashville won't let you here it on the radio, but if you look hard enough, it's there.
Pat<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Patrick Ickes on 21 February 2000 at 05:53 PM.]</p></FONT>

I agree with you on the classic tunes. Which albums are available on CD.

Not to take away from those other great musicians, but Don Rich was the Buckaroos. He had such stage presence, great harmony vocals, played great guitar, fiddle and, yes, ba*j*. On stage, didn't he always look like he was standing at the one place in the whole wide world that he wanted to be?

And what 3 chords (or inversions) are those that repeat so vividly in Buckaroo? Sorry, for the dumb question, but I've never played a rhythm instrument and really struggle figuring out progressions.




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HagFan

Ron
The ones that are available are:
Your Tender Loving Care
In Japan
It Takes People Like You (To Make People Like Me)
Christmas Shopping
Roll Out The Red Carpet
Open Up Your Heart
Instrumental Hits of Buck Owens & His Buckaroos
Tiger By The Tail
Together Again/My Heart Skips A Beat
I Don't Care
Sings Tommy Collins
On The Bandstand
You're For Me
Sings Harlan Howard
Buck Owens
All of these are available at CDNow

Thanks for the full list Jason.
I recently got the Sings Tommy Collins album
which lists Jay Mcdonald on steel (circa 63)
This must have been between Mooney and Bromley

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Ron,

Ditto on Don Rich! If someone were to say, "who do you consider to be the greatest musician/showman of all time?" I would have to say Don Rich.

The talents of this man are indesribable! Even Buck feels this way. He was absolutely awesome. I believe, if he had wanted to, he could have played any musical instrument ever created with little effort.

But as talented as he was, that priceless smile has no equal to my way of thinking.

Again, what an incredible 5 the "Buckaroos" were. Just loved them

Go with our Lord and all things will be better,

carl

<SMALL> If someone were to say, "who do you consider to be the greatest musician/showman of all time?" I would have to say Don Rich. </SMALL>

Did you forget about Sun Ra?

Or Yo Yo Ma?

...or Yo Ma Ma?

I have had this same conversation many times. Buck Owens is my #1 favorite. I even got a chance to see him, and get a signed 8X10 a couple of years back at the Crystal Palace in Bakersfield. He has a box set available, which is a very complete set. I think it has 6 CD's in the set. Check out the Derailers new CD, as it has a guest appearance by Buck.
www.1100springs.com

Just got back from the CD store with the Buck Owens box set. It is 3 CD's, and well worth the $50. It even came with a book w/ plenty of great photos.

Ohhh, Steve B:

Please stay away from your local CD store
(unless you have some really good reason
to support it); I got that Buck O. 3-CD
set for a lot less online, I believe at
CDNow.com or Amazon.


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Rod Mason

Man I never realized how lucky I am,a friend of mine gave me a reelto reel,several years ago of Buck and the Buckaroos sitting in the studio playing song after song.Very few of these were ever released at all. I would say about 6 hours of "COUNTRY" at its best,these were the original "Buckaroos".Ray

Hey Steve H. ...Yo Yo Ma is a hell of a fiddle player...but his axe is huge...biggest fiddle I ever saw...

Yeah,but he gets that BIG tone,hoss(it is hoss,ain't it?)

Y'all can have that Yo-Yo-Ma fella...I'll take Tommy Jackson anyday!