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Buck and the boys are fireworks on this legendary live country album that has I think the best recorded version of ‘Streets of Laredo‘ sung by Doyle Holly. lotta great banter in bw tracks I like when Buck says to Doyle “you tend to your cows I’ll tend to mine“ 💯
Jan 24, 2024
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Before there was "Hee Haw" on prime time TV
Buck was THE manifestation of Bakersfield Country
So much so that Gram Parsons used to cover this tune when he was in the Byrds for a hot minute
His whole catalog deserves a revisit
Dec 20, 2024
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Specifically, In the Shadow of the Valley By Bing Nathan, Don Burnham, Rick Dougherty, and Chuck Aronson.
This twangy, heart pulling classic has been heavy in my current rotation. I live in NYC but am from the Wild West, so this is the perfect jam for my late night commute home on the J. Makes me feel like I just spent a long day hearding cattle in the city (I have). Also, it’s fantastic for a brooding, forlorn 22 year old woman that longs for a love she’s never known with a strong, stoic cowboy.
Apr 23, 2024
By the Byrds.
Sweetheart of the Rodeo gets all the well deserved love, but this album, which came out right before, is my favorite. It’s the band’s first time embracing country music, but they haven’t quite left the psychedelic era; they’re in a state of transition.
The album glides by like a series of daydreams— of laid back mornings and acid-eyed evenings, fading romances, pastoral fantasies and whole lifetimes circling back on themselves.
Beautiful harmonies, unique guitar tones, strings, pedal steel and Moog synth contribute to an atmosphere not found in the work of their contemporaries. It might be one of the last great 60s psych records, but it is also the beginning of soft rock, of dream pop, and alt country.
Jan 24, 2025
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Whatever cancel me but the drama is so good!! Theres an ever-growing cohort of very humble and likable Muslim fighters who always whoop Fascist American Ass. Then they dedicate their wins to Palestine in the postfight interview it goes hard. Obv don’t buy the PPVs just illegally stream them! (Fuck Dana White All The Homies Hate Dana White)
Jan 27, 2024