Buck 'Em!, Vol. 2: The Music of Buck Owens [1967-1975]

Buck 'Em!, Vol. 2: The Music of Buck Owens [1967-1975]

by Buck Owens
Buck 'Em!, Vol. 2: The Music of Buck Owens [1967-1975]

Buck 'Em!, Vol. 2: The Music of Buck Owens [1967-1975]

by Buck Owens

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Overview

Two years after the first installment comes Buck 'Em!: The Music of Buck Owens, Vol. 2, a double-disc set chronicling the eight years when Buck Owens was a crossover superstar thanks to his prominent role as a co-host of Hee Haw. Buck started to slide into a rut toward the end of this run -- a process accelerated by the tragic death of his right-hand man Don Rich in 1974, a loss from which Owens never fully recovered -- but producer Patrick Milligan slyly disguises this trend by nestling deep cuts, live tracks, and outtakes among the best of his hits, thereby painting a portrait of Buck Owens as a musician nearly as adventurous as he was during the purple patch of the '50s and early '60s. Rarities per se aren't the focus of the collection -- most of the rare items were originally dredged up on other archival releases, often the big Bear Family boxes of Buck & His Buckaroos -- but by not diligently marching through nothing the singles, Buck 'Em! highlights how much ground Buck covered during these nine years. Some of the wild sounds can be heard on the singles -- with its fuzz guitars and harpsichords, the country-fried psychedelia of "Who's Gonna Mow Your Grass" still startles. This collection, however, serves up the long-unreleased duet with soul singer Bettye Swann on Merle Haggard's "Today I Started Loving You Again," a performance that emphasizes Owens' often-underappreciated flair for R&B. And the collection contains more than one driving live performance with the Buckaroos that would be rock & roll by any other name, a few forays into both crossover MOR ("Bridge Over Troubled Water") and bluegrass (the storming "Ruby [Are You Mad]"), a handful of novelties, and a bunch of straight-up Bakersfield country that sounds as vital as the groundbreaking sides from the first volume. Because that collection contains the pioneering singles, this might seem to pale in comparison, but the opposite is true: by presenting the best of an at-times-uneven era for Owens, Buck 'Em!: The Music of Buck Owens, Vol. 2 shines, illustrating the full range of Buck's talents. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date: 11/13/2015
Label: Omnivore
UPC: 0816651014071
Rank: 118087

Tracks

Disc 1

  1. Happy Times Are Here Again
  2. Sweet Rosie Jones
  3. Your Mother¿¿¿s Prayer
  4. You¿¿¿ll Never Miss the Water (Till the Well Runs Dry)
  5. If I Had Three Wishes
  6. Let the World Keep on a Turnin¿¿¿
  7. Things I Saw Happening at the Fountain on the Plaza When I Was Visiting Rome or Amore
  8. Darlin¿¿¿, You Can Depend on Me [Alternate Version]
  9. I¿¿¿ve Got a Tiger by the Tail [Live at the White House]
  10. Who¿¿¿s Gonna Mow Your Grass
  11. We¿¿¿re Gonna Get Together
  12. I¿¿¿ve Got You on My Mind Again [Live in London]
  13. Johnny B. Goode [Live in London]
  14. Today I Started Loving You Again [Outtake]
  15. Big in Vegas [Live in Las Vegas]
  16. Las Vegas Lament [Live in Las Vegas]
  17. The Kansas City Song
  18. Down in New Orleans [Early Version]
  19. Tall Dark Stranger [Live in Scandinavia]
  20. I Wouldn¿¿¿t Live in New York City (If They Gave Me the Whole Dang Town)
  21. Bridge Over Troubled Water
  22. (I¿¿¿m Goin¿¿¿) Home
  23. Ruby (Are You Mad)
  24. Corn Likker
  25. I¿¿¿ll Still Be Waiting for You [Live in Reno]

Disc 2

  1. Arms Full of Empty
  2. Ain¿¿¿t It Amazing, Gracie
  3. You Ain¿¿¿t Gonna Have Ol¿¿¿ Buck to Kick Around No More
  4. I Love You So Much it Hurts
  5. Something¿¿¿s Wrong
  6. In the Palm of Your Hand
  7. Streets of Bakersfield
  8. The Good Old Days (Are Here Again)
  9. I Won¿¿¿t Be Needing You
  10. It Never Will Be Over for Me
  11. Big Game Hunter
  12. (It¿¿¿s a) Monster¿¿¿s Holiday
  13. Stony Mountain West Virginia
  14. Holdin¿¿¿ On
  15. On the Cover of the Music City News [Live in Japan]
  16. Made in Japan [Live in Japan]
  17. Somewhere Between You and Me [Live in New Zealand]
  18. Rollin¿¿¿ in My Sweet Baby¿¿¿s Arms [Live in Australia]
  19. Great Expectations
  20. 41st Street Lonely Hearts¿¿¿ Club
  21. Weekend Daddy
  22. He Ain¿¿¿t Been Out Bowling with the Boys [Outtake]
  23. A Different Kind of Sad [Outtake]
  24. The Battle of New Orleans
  25. Country Singer¿¿¿s Prayer

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Buck Owens   Primary Artist
Bettye Swann   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Susan Raye   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Buddy Alan   Primary Artist,Featured Artist

Technical Credits

Chuck Berry   Composer
Don Rich   Composer
Dennis Knutson   Composer
Homer Joy   Composer
Jimmie Driftwood   Composer
Merle Haggard   Composer
Red Simpson   Composer
Buddy Alan   Composer
Glen Garrison   Composer
Harlan Howard   Composer
Bob Morris   Composer
Cousin Emmy   Composer
Jim Shaw   Composer
Buck Owens   Composer
Shel Silverstein   Composer
Traditional   Composer
Terry Stafford   Composer
Paul Simon   Composer
Susan Raye   Composer
R.J. Jones   Composer
Eddie Miller   Composer
John English   Composer
Danny Shatswell   Composer
Rocky Topp   Composer
Sonny Price   Composer
Faye Morris   Composer
Terry Clements   Composer
Bill Owens   Composer
Bonnie Owens   Composer
Shel Silverstien   Composer
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