Austin being Austin, last night the Continental Club put on its 15th annual Birthday Bash for Buck Owens, the man who made Bakersfield a destination, tried to Act Naturally, combined surf guitar with country and almost (just almost) made Hee-Haw cool. This birthday celebration (now posthumous) brings local Austin talent and those as far away from Nashville and yes – California to step on the stage and render a version or two of some of Buck and the Buckaroos’ greatest hits. As you might expect, there were some boot-tappin’, house rockin’ numbers even “Tiger by the Tail” by one of the original Buckaroos. The band featured great guitar leads, a thumping base and a steel guitar master that made everything move along smoothly.
As it has been, this event was a benefit for Center for Child Protection, who also has a Happy Birthday Buck tribute CD by many of the artists performing in the past year’s bashes. I picked one up last night and it’s great. Highly recommended.
You missed it? There’s always next year.
Boot-tappin?
OK.
Yes.
For the record, let me state that the aforementioned boots were not, in fact, mine.
Happy belated Birthday, Buck. Here are a few songs from Confessions of a Buckaholic, a whole CD of original songs about your life and music. Unfortunately, you left this world before you had a chance to hear more than one of these songs, so, if your ear is turned towards earth, I’ll give you a couple of these songs now, on your first heavenly birthday:
4 Quarters Gets Me 2 Buck Songs
words and music by Dr. Bruce L. Thiessen, aka Dr. BLT (c)2006
http://www.drblt.net/music/fourquartersR.mp3
King of the Crystal Palace
words and music by Dr. Bruce L. Thiessen, aka Dr. BLT (c)2006
http://www.drblt.net/music/Kingcrystalpal.mp3
Sincerely Yours,
Bruce
aka Dr. BLT
King of Blog n Roll