"Live" at the White House (...And in Space)

by Buck Owens

Overview

While Bakersfield, California was his home and base of operations, Buck Owens was born in Texas, and it was a fellow Texan who asked him to play one of his most prestigious gigs when Lyndon Baines Johnson invited Owens and his band to perform at the White House in the summer of 1968. Owens brought along a portable recording rig for the occasion, and "Live" At the White House is a scrappy, warts-and-all document of Buck's special show for LBJ, recorded straight to two-track, though truth to tell there aren't that many warts. Owens and his band the Buckaroos were one of the strongest live acts in country music in their heyday, and though Owens and company occasionally sound a bit nervous playing for the President (particularly bassist Doyle Holly, who briefly fumbles his vocal feature on "Streets of Laredo"), for the most part the musicians are tight and approach the material with plenty of fire, especially Don Rich, who delivers excellent guitar work and a roaring fiddle solo on "Orange Blossom Special." And if Owens leans a bit too hard on his comic relief during his brief set, you can tell he's thrilled to be playing for the President and the excitement is palpable. "Live" At the White House doesn't hold a candle to 1966's The Carnegie Hall Concert, but as a document of one special night in the life of Buck Owens, it's good fun and demonstrates just how strong Owens and his band were in their prime.~ Mark Deming

Product Details

Release Date:	06/19/2012
Label:	Omnivore
UPC:	0816651011049
Rank:	149112

Tracks

1. Introduction
2. You Ain't Gonna Have Ol' Buck to Kick Around No More
3. Act Naturally
4. Together Again
5. Love's Gonna Live Here
6. Crying Time
7. Happy Times Are Here Again
8. Streets of Laredo
9. Orange Blossom Special
10. Gentle On My Mind
11. When I Turn Twenty-One
12. I've Got a Tiger by the Tail
13. Truck Drivin' Man
14. Good Ole Mountain Dew
15. Sam's Place
16. Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms
17. White Lightning
18. Georgia Pineywoods
19. I've Got a Happy Heart
20. Milwaukee Here I Come
21. Sally Was a Good Old Girl
22. Tall Dark Stranger

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Buck Owens   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
Susan Raye   Primary Artist,Vocals
Doyle Holly   Primary Artist,Bass,Vocals
Buddy Alan   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
Buck Owens & His Buckaroos   Primary Artist
The Bakersfield Brass   Primary Artist,Brass
Don Rich   Primary Artist,Fiddle,Guitar,Vocals
Ronnie Jackson   Banjo,Guitar
Don Markham   Brass
Doyle Curtsinger   Bass,Vocals
Gene Wilson   Brass
Jerry Wiggins   Drums
Jim Shaw   Piano,Keyboards
Tom Brumley   Guitar (Steel)
Dave Gray   Brass
Jerry Brightman   Guitar (Steel)

Technical Credits

Brad Rosenberger   Project Assistant
LeAnn Enns   Project Assistant
Pat Levely   Composer
Patrick Milligan   Liner Notes,Reissue Producer
Traditional   Composer
Billy Deaton   MC
Boudleaux Bryant   Composer
Cheryl Pawelski   Project Assistant
Jiles Perry Richardson   Composer
Greg Allen   Reissue Design,Reissue Art Director
Gavin Lurssen   Mastering
Ervin T. Rouse   Composer
Voni Morrison   Composer
John Hartford   Composer
John Russell   Composer
Lester Flatt   Composer
Scotty Wiseman   Arranger
Merle Haggard   Composer
Red Simpson   Composer
Brian Kehew   Project Assistant
Harlan Howard   Composer
Terry Fell   Composer
Bascom Lamar Lunsford   Arranger
Felice Bryant   Composer
Johnny Russell   Composer
Jim Shaw   Project Assistant
Lee Fikes   Composer
Buck Owens   Arranger,Composer
Reuben Cohen   Mastering
Roy Kohara   Design
Lee Lodyga   Project Assistant
Terry Gaiser   Original Engineering
Lee Furr   Project Assistant,Original Engineering
Bryan George   Project Assistant
Audrey Bilger   Project Assistant
John Hoernle   Art Direction
Dutch Cramblitt   Project Assistant