Show #186 – We Have The Knack

We have the knack.  The knack for really mixing it up and throwing folks for a loop.  And I only mention that because we played The Knack’s My Sharona tonight because it reached the #1 position on this day in 1979 and it wasn’t until many weeks later that a band named Led Zeppelin knocked them off the #1 pedestal.  Yeah, The Knack made some darn good pop/rock tunes.

We also played some new music from some folks out of Bakersfield.  Lonely Avenue is a new band out of B-Town who recorded in our pal Brian Boozer’s Aum Studios.  Brian also played drums on the album.  It’s a good album.  A damn good album.  Give it a listen.

And we played a couple of tracks from John Doe/X because John will join us in the studio on our next show September 8.  Just saying you might want to clear your calendar.

 

Artist	Cut	Album	Label
Tim Hus	Bakersfield Music	Bushpilot Buckaroo	Stony Plain Records
Bill Kirchen & Austin de Lone	Hounds of the Bakersfield	Transatlanticana	Red House Records
Ruby Dee & The Snakehandlers	Put You Down	Little Black Heart	Catty Town Records
Lonely Avenue	Heart of Stone	Lonely Avenue	Aum Studio Productions
Blackie Farrell	Sonora’s Death Row	Cold Country Blues	Drifter Music
Dave Alvin	Kern River	West of The West	Yep Roc Records
Meestro	Valley of the Growers	B Sides From B Street	Meestro Music
Daniel Romano	Middle Child	Come Cry With Me	Normal Town Records
Daniel Romano	Valerie Leon	Mosey	New West Records
Bill Kirchen & Austin de Lone	The Times They Are a-Changin’	Transatlanticana	Red House Records
Lonely Avenue	Bakersfield	Lonely Avenue	Aum Studio Productions
Loretta Lynn	Fist City	16	Legacy
Soulajar	Love’s a Funny Thing	Single	Aum Studio Productions
Southern Culture on The Skids	Dirt Road	The Electric Pinecones	Kudzu Records
Sturgill Simpson	the promise	Metamodern Sounds in Country Music	Loose Music
Sturgill Simpson	Life Ain’t Fair & the World Is Mean	High Top Mountain	High Top Mountain
Western Centuries	Double or Nothing	Weight of the World	Trade Root Music Group Llc
The Flying Burrito Brothers	Sin City	The Definitive Collection	A & M Records
Mudcrutch	I Forgive It All	2	Reprise
Elvis Costello	Tonight the Bottle Let Me Down	Almost Blue	Riviera Global Productions
Elton John	Captain Fantastic and The Brown Dirt Cowboy	Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy	MCA Records
The Knack	My Sharona	Get The Knack	Capitol
John Doe	Go Baby Go	The Westerner	Cool Rock Records
X	Poor Girl	More Fun In The New World	Rhino/Elektra
Ruby Dee & The Snakehandlers	Make it Last	North of Bakersfield	Dionysus

Show #185 – Buck Owens

Alvis Edgar Owen went up to his ma and pa when he was 3 or 4 years old and announce his name was now Buck – just like the name of the donkey on the family farm.  This Buck went on to much bigger things in life than that donkey could have managed, and became known world-wide for the hard driving, tear it up blend of country music that came out of Bakersfield, CA.  Tomorrow, August 12 would have been Buck’s 87th birthday and we celebrated with a mix of Buck songs and far reaching influences and covers.  Hope you could listen.

Artist	Cut	Album	Label
Tim Hus	Bakersfield Music	Bushpilot Buckaroo	Stony Plain Records
Buck Owens	Who’s Gonna Mow Your Grass	Buck Em! The Music of Buck Owens (1967-1974)	Omnivore Recordings
Buck Owens	Hello Trouble	Buck ‘Em! The Music of Buck Owens (1955-1967)	Omnivore Recordings
Dwight Yoakam	My Heart Skips A Beat	Dwight Sings Buck	New West Records Inc.
The Stanley Brothers	We’ll Be Sweathearts In Heaven	The Complete Columbia Stanley Brothers	Columbia
John Fogerty	I Don’t Care (Just as Long as You love Me)	The Blue Ridge Ranger Rides Again	John Fogerty
Corky Jones (aka. Buck Owens)	Rhythm and Booze	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 2 1950S & 60S Boppers and Rockers from ‘Nashville West’	Bear Family Records GmbH
Dave Alvin & the Guilty Men	Highway 99	Out In California	Hightone
Dallas Wayne	Bouncin’ Beer Cans Off the Jukebox	Here I Am In Dallas	Shout!
The Rolling Stones	Far Away Eyes	Some Girls	Virgin Records
Barbara Streisand and Ray Charles	Cryin’ time	Duets	Sony
Willie Nelson & Waylon Jennings	Love’s Gonna Live Here	Outlaw Reunion Vol. 1	Essential Media Entertainment
Johnny Paycheck	A-11	All Time Greatest Hits	Goldenlane Records
Bobby Darin	Under Your Spell Again	You’re The Reason I’m Living	Capitol Records
Mark Weber y Los Cuernos	Waitin’ in Your Welfare Line	Mexican-American Gothic	Custom Recording Studio
The Earps	Made in Japan	Buckle Up	Big Bender Records
Jann Browne	Hot dog	Bucking Around	Plan B Record
The Councilmen	Boxcar Sermon	The Councilmen	The Councilmen
RJ Jones	Ozark Mountain Lullaby	Self	Self Produced
Don Rich	The Race is On	Don Rich Sings George Jones	Omnivore Recordings
The Derailers	Sam’s Place	Under the Influence of Buck	Palo Duro Records
The Beatles	Act Naturally	Help!	EMI UK
Johnny Paycheck	Close All the Honky Tonks	All Time Greatest Hits	Goldenlane Records
Dwight Yoakam	Only You	Dwight Sings Buck	New West Records Inc.
The Flying Burrito Brothers	Together Again	Sleepless Nights	Warner Brothers
Vince Gill & Paul Franklin	Foolin’ Around	Bakersfield	MCA Nashville
Fuzzy Owen	Yer Fer Me	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 1 – 1950S & 60S Boppers and Rockers from ‘Nashville West’	Bear Family Records GmbH
Don Rich and the Buckaroos	Bile ’em Cabbage Down	That Fiddlin’ Man	Omnivore Recordings
Augie Meyers	Open Up Your Heart	Alive and Well At Lake Taco	El Sendero Records
Merle Haggard	Falling For You	The Complete ’60s Capitol Singles	Omnivore
Skeeter Davis	Under Your Spell Again	The Classic Decades Presents – Skeeter Davis	Magnitude Records
Merle Haggard & The Strangers	Where Does the Good Times Go	Cornerstones: Sing Me Back Home	Capitol Nashville
Mingo Saldivar	Streets of Bakersfield	Mingo Saldivar – 25 Golden Hits	Hacienda Records
Credence Clear Water Revival	Lookin’ Out My Back Door	Chronicle Vol. 1	Fantasy
Ruby Dee & The Snakehandlers	Make It Last	North of Bakersfield	Dionysus