DAD'S COOL WITH IT

A couple of days ago in the post about LA LOM, the description of their music (lifted from their web site) was "with the twang of Peruvian Chicha and Bakersfield Country." Shit, for the past few days I keep thinking about the Bakersfield sound. If you're not familiar with what the Bakersfield sound was, it was a California rebut to the glossy over-produced country music coming out of Nashville. Sounds like a similar challenge as that of punk rock vs glossy over-produced rock 'n' roll music coming out of everywhere. That's my analogy for the night and I'm stickin' to it.

Buck Owens was part and parcel of the Bakersfield sound, due in no small part to the superb chicken pickin' from Buckaroos lead guitarist Don Rich. Check the video above, annotated with comments about the simple but effective mic placement.

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Listen:

Buck Owens - World Famous Paradise Inn mp3 at Internet Archive
Buck Owens - Loves Gonna Live Here mp3 at Rocky 52
Buck Owens - I Don't Care (Just As Long As You Love Me) mp3 at Rocky 52
Buck Owens - Our Old Mansion mp3 at Internet Archive
Buck Owens - Rollin' In My Sweet Baby's Arms mp3 at Rocky 52
Buck Owens - Johnny B. Good mp3 at Rocky 52
Buck Owens - Corn Liquor mp3 at Rocky 52

Visit:
Buck Owens Brunch: The Tragic Story of Don Rich at Bigfoot Diaries This is a great read.