Happy Birthday Buck: A Texas Salute to Buck Owens (Texas Music Round-Up, 2002)
Various Artists
Reviewed by Andy Turner
Over the course of 21 songs, Austin all-stars like Toni Price ("Hot Dog"), Ted Roddy ("Tall Dark Stranger" with the Jordanaires) and The Derailers ("Under Your Spell") and non-Austinites like Jim Lauderdale ("Sweet Rosie Jones") celebrate the spirit and charm of being Buck. Owens his bad self showed up in 1995 and a dynamite live recording of "Love's Gonna Live Here" that he performed that night is the 22nd and final track.
Other highlights include Crowell's "Second Fiddle," Jeff Hughes' "Storm of Love," featuring a heavenly harmony vocal courtesy of Eddie Perez and "Palm of Your Hand," performed to hurting perfection by Libbi Bosworth. David Ball, The LeRoi Brothers, The Cornell Hurd Band, Rosie Flores, Monte Warden and others also contribute their talents to this way fun and well done Texas-sized tribute.
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