Buck Owens

North Americana Remembrance 

A Toast to Jeremy Tepper

June 18, 2024June 18, 2024 Jim Caligiuri 3 Comments Bill Kirchen, Billy Joe Shaver, BR5-49, Buck Owens, Del Reeves, Don Walser, Jeremy Tepper, Jim Lauderdale, Junior Brown, Kay Adams, Kelly Willis, Laura Cantrell, Marty Stuart, Nick Lowe, Red Simpson, Rig Rock Deluxe, RIP, Son Volt, Steve Earle, The Bottle Rockets, the Yayhoos

Remembering one of alt.country’s most influential and important figures

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Country and/or Western North Americana 

LISTEN: The Waymores Share “But I Don’t”

June 13, 2023June 13, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments B.B. King, Bonnie Raitt, Buck Owens, George Jones, Greener Pastures, John Prine, Johnny Lee Schell, Kira Annalise, Lucinda Williams, Marty Robbins, Shel Talmy, Tammy Wynette, The Waymores, Willie Neal

The Atlanta duo’s third album, Greener Pastures, due out in August

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North Americana Rock 

WATCH: L.A.’s David Haerle Shares “Electric Trucker”

January 20, 2023January 20, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments Buck Owens, David Haerle, Edendale Records, El Camino Sierra, Electric Trucker, Ernest Tubb, Trucker

New album, El Camino Sierra, set for April 7th release

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Soul 

Swamp Dogg: Still A Soulful Maverick After All These Years 

May 23, 2022May 30, 2022 j. poet 0 Comments Auto-Tune, Bakersfield, Bon Iver, Buck Owens, Charley Pride, I Need A Job, I Need A Job... So I Can Buy More Auto-Tune, Jerry Williams, Joe Tex, Justin Vernon, Merle Haggard, Nashville, Soul, Swamp Dogg

An exclusive chat with the modern day king of Auto-Tune

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Country and/or Western Remembrance 

“It’s My Music, Too”: Farewell Charley Pride

December 14, 2020December 17, 2020 James Porter 1 Comment Bakersfield Sound, Buck Owens, Charley Pride, Coronavirus, Country Music, COVID-19, Delbert McClinton, RIP, Sonny Rollins

The Demon COVID takes another country legend, gone at 86

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Pop 

Closing Time: “Save the Last Dance for Me” Turns 60

September 6, 2020September 6, 2020 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 1960, Atlantic Records, Buck Owens, Doc Pomus, Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Eric Church, Jerry Lee Lewis, Save The Last Dance For Me, Sun Records, The Drifters, The Mavericks, Tom Jones, Willy DeVille

Written by Doc Pomus, The Drifters turned this song about love, trust and frustration into a Number One single that remains a paean to true romance

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Country and/or Western 

Buck Owens and the 1970s

June 28, 2019June 28, 2019 James Porter 0 Comments Bakersfield Sound, Buck Owens, Buck Owens and the Buckaroos Complete Capitol Singles 1971-1975, Omnivore Recordings, The Buckaroos

A new compilation from Omnivore Recordings highlights the Bakersfield honky tonk great’s rockiest period

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Country and/or Western Remembrance 

In Memoriam: Roy Clark (April 15, 1933 to November 15, 2018)

November 20, 2018November 20, 2018 Luci Turner 0 Comments Buck Owens, Hee-Haw, Roy Clark

Remembering country music’s guitar god

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Country and/or Western 

Lost Buck Owens Album Unearthed!

August 21, 2018August 21, 2018 Andrew Hamlin 0 Comments 1975, Bakersfield Sound, Buck Owens, Buckaroos, Country Music, Don Rich, Hee-Haw, Omnivore Recordings

Released on August 17, Country Singer’s Prayer is presented after over 40 years in studio limbo

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