Under the Influence of Buck

Derailers - Under the Influence of Buck

Under the Influence of Buck
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Artist: Derailers
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2007-07-31
Music Label: Palo Duro Records
Soundtracks:
  1. Foolin' Around
  2. Under the Influence Of Love
  3. Love's Gonna Live Here
  4. Together Again
  5. My Heart Skips a Beat
  6. I've Got a Tiger By the Tail
  7. Cryin' Time
  8. Before You Go
  9. Sam's Place
  10. Who's Gonna Mow Your Grass
  11. Down On the Corner Of Love
  12. Johnny B. Goode
  13. Big In Vegas

Free Music Notes for Under the Influence of Buck

Free Music Review: No frills tribute
Hit: 4 Stars

The Derailers doing a Buck Owens tribute was as likely-- and as welcome--as kd lang doing a Patsy Kline tribute. The influence of Bakersfield on the Derailers has been evident since their first album in the mid-nineties.

"Under the Influence of Buck" is comprised of twelve Buck Owens originals and, to round out the baker's dozen, "Johnny B. Goode," a tune that Owens frequently covered.

The Derailers take no liberties with Owens' music and they offer nothing new in the way of interpretation. This is as earnest and straight-ahead a tribute as you'll find, a literal reading of the Buck Owens setlist. But whatever the Derailers intentionally lack in innovation and interpretation, they more than compensate for in enthusiasm, spirit and exceptional musicianship.

The lead story here is the skill and interplay of pedal steel player Chris Schlotzhauer and six string player Brian Hofeldt. The pairing of the two results in some of the best honky tonk licks since Dwight Yokum's Bakersfield-inspired work of the late eighties.

There's some "Hee Haw" cornball pieces like "Who's Gonna Mow Your Grass" and "Tiger by the Tail," but there's some surprisingly introspective work, too: "Big In Vegas" conveys yearning, loss and a persistence of dreams of stardom that would work well in any country set. The song is oddly but effectively showcased here, set among 12 other songs that are unwaveringly earthy and direct. There's also a great little "easter egg" concluding the CD: an unlisted and fiddle solo (an Owens composition "Cajun Fiddle" performed by Haydn Vitera) that serves as a coda for the album and a suitable epitaph for the man himself.

This is a very atmospheric and mostly very listenable album. It's the album that the Derailers--a great bar band in the tradition of Commander Cody--was destined to make.

Note: Copyright 2007 Elmore Magazine and reprinted with permission.

Under the Influence of Buck Poster

There was a time when every Derailers album could have carried this title, since the band owes as much to Buck Owens as fellow Austinites Asleep at the Wheel do to Bob Wills. Since the departure of Tony Villanueva and the ascension of co-founder Brian Hofeldt as the band's sole frontman, the music has gotten a little more eclectic, but this return to their Bakersfield roots should delight longtime fans. Whether reviving familiar fare such as "I've Got a Tiger by the Tail" and the pedal-steel weeper "Cryin' Time" or unearthing comparative obscurities such as "Who's Gonna Mow Your Grass," the band from a younger generation than Buck's is more faithful in spirit than concerned with providing a note-for-note recreation. There's as much of a twang in Hofeldt's phrasing as there is in the guitars supporting him. And in the chorus of "Love's Gonna Live Here," you'd swear he's singing "Buck's Gonna Live Here"--and Buck does. --Don McLeese
The Derailers came along in the 90's with a hybrid of Bakersfield country and 60's rock and roll with the end results being astonishing. Big guitars and great songs made them stand out to both country and rock fans. This is music with grit and polish at the same time. Their albums should be essential listening to any music fan but the real treat is seeing them live. The Derailers take you to another dimension where you, the band and their music become one...they are that good!- Terry Currier, Music Millennium.

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