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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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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I used to think I hated country music; it was for hicks.  Then I discovered Gram and my whole perspective changed. The Byrds’ “Sweetheart of the Rodeo.” The Flying Burrito Brothers’ first two albums. The Stones’ “Wild Horses” and “Dead Flowers” were no doubt influenced by Gram hanging around at Nellcote. And his solo work (especially with Emmylou Harris); “Grievous Angel” is a masterpiece. We probably don’t have a Nudie Suit cult, “Far Away Eyes” or alt-country without Gram. Gone way too soon at the age of 26.  Cosmic American Music for the kids.  IYDKNYK
Jan 21, 2024
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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. 
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