Together Again/My Heart Skips A Beat (CD)

The architect of the Bakersfield Sound, Buck Owens helped rescue country music from the clutches of the syrupy countrypolitan style that dominated the genre in the late 1950s, and return it to its rightful place in roadhouses and honky tonks. Owens's songs were marked by heartsick lyrics, a strong back beat, ringing Telecasters, and ample pedal-steel. This rawer, some would argue purer, version of country, named for Owens's adopted home in Northern California, would be associated with his name until his death in 2006. Owens is also well-known for being the host of the long-running country-music variety show HEE HAW.

• Category:  Music  »  Country  »  Bakersfield
• Format: CD   Learn more about the CD format using Tower WIKI.
• Release Date: March 28, 1995
• Label: Sundazed Music Inc.
• UPC: 090771604521
• WAPI (Tower ID): 106407799
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• Tower.com Sales Rank: #58727 in Music (See Top 100 Music Bestsellers)
• #86522 in Country (See Top 100 Country Bestsellers)
• #43 in Bakersfield (See Top 100 Bakersfield Bestsellers)

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Buck Owens & His Buckaroos: Buck Owens (vocals, guitar); Tom Brumley (pedal steel guitar); Don Rich (fiddle, acoustic & electric guitars, background vocals); Doyle Holly (electric bass, guitar); Willie Cantu (drums).

Additional personnel: Jelly Sanders (guitar); Ralph Mooney, Jay McDonald (pedal steel guitar); George French, Jr. (piano); Bobby Austin, Kenny Pierce, Bob Morris (electric bass); Wayne "Moose" Stone, Ken Presley, Mel King, Mel Taylor (drums).

Reissue producer: Bob Irwin.

Recorded at Capitol Recording Studios, Hollywood, California between December 6, 1961 and June 10, 1964. Originally released on Capitol (2135). Includes liner notes by Rich Kienzle.

If you wanted to give someone the quintessential Bakersfield honky-tonk country album (that wasn't a Merle Haggard album), THIS would be it. The beat, strong yet possessed of a near-shuffle-type groove, the chilling harmonies, the weeping pedal steel, the terse twang of the guitars and Owens' expressive singing combine with memorable originals and classic covers ("Close Up the Honky Tonks," "Truck Drivin' Man," "A-11") and a countrified take on the Drifters' "Save the Last Dance for Me" comprise a country music album classic.

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