{"id":40665,"date":"2007-12-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-12-26T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/reviews\/under-the-influence-of-buck\/"},"modified":"2007-12-26T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-12-26T00:00:00","slug":"under-the-influence-of-buck","status":"publish","type":"review","link":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/reviews\/under-the-influence-of-buck\/","title":{"rendered":"Under The Influence Of Buck"},"content":{"rendered":"

There comes a time in every young man\u2019s life when he gets over his desire to be cool and realizes that honky-tonk music is just a whole hell of a lot of fun. Mine occurred about six years ago, and I\u2019ve never looked back.<\/o:p><\/p>\n

So it was with much anticipation that I looked forward to the new album from Austin<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>\u2019s The Derailers, Under The Influence Of Buck<\/i>. This CD is a tribute to the band\u2019s greatest influence, the Bakersfield<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> sound of Buck Owens. The Derailers were the house band at Owens\u2019 70th birthday party, and I have to admit they have an uncanny ability to nail the sound and feel of Owens\u2019 work perfectly; Owens\u2019 work in stripping down country and honky-tonk to its essentials has been a major influence in American music. <\/o:p><\/p>\n

Before Owens, country music was lost in a morass of sweet strings and easy listening influences, afterwards, it returned to its roots. (Just a side note: apparently someone has to come in and remind country music about every twenty years that it\u2019s not supposed to sound like soft rock. As soon as I find out who\u2019s responsible, I say we go smack \u2018em around.)<\/o:p><\/p>\n

However, this isn\u2019t just a vanity project or a cover band festival. Instead, it\u2019s a joyous and wide-ranging musical celebration of all things Owens. The CD has a tight, intimate sound reminiscent of playing in small, smoky roadhouses; the vocals and guitar take center stage, and Under The Influence<\/i> is straightforward and a delight. The Derailers cover all of Buck\u2019s better known songs — \u201cTogether Again,\u201d \u201cI\u2019ve Got A Tiger By The Tail,\u201d \u201cCryin\u2019 Time\u201d — but they also wander through some less-mapped territory with songs like \u201cWho\u2019s Gonna Mow Your Grass\u201d from Owens\u2019 late-sixties experimental work. Add in the raucous, foot-stomping fun of songs like \u201cFoolin\u2019 Around\u201d and \u201cLove\u2019s Gonna Live Here\u201d and you\u2019ve got a musical good time.<\/o:p><\/p>\n

One of the last tracks on Under The Influence Of Buck<\/i> is \u201cJohnny B. Goode,\u201d a reminder of Owens\u2019 belief that country and rockabilly were close relatives. This humble reviewer agrees, and wishes more musicians would remember just that. The Derailers certainly do, and that\u2019s why Under The Influence of Buck<\/i> is a damned fine CD and a damned good time.<\/o:p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":29138,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"artist":[8116],"rating":[5646],"class_list":["post-40665","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-the-derailers","rating-rating-a"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/40665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40665"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/40665\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40665"},{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=40665"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=40665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}