Ruby & Other Bluegrass Specials

by Buck Owens

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	1.	Corn Liquor 02:40
	2.	Uncle Pen 02:36
	3.	Rollin' In My Sweet Baby's Arms 02:19
	4.	I Know You're Married But I Love You Still 02:14
	5.	Ole Slew Foot 02:30
	6.	Rocky Top 02:31
	7.	Ruby (Are You Mad) 02:27
	8.	Ashes Of Love 02:14
	9.	Heartbreak Mountain 02:34
	10.	Salty Dog Blues 02:36

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As a boy growing up on an isolated dairy farm outside Sherman, Texas, Buck Owens was enthralled by the Monroe Brothers, Wayne Rainey and the other bluegrass musicians he heard on the powerful border radio station XELO. Buck carried this love of bluegrass music throughout his career, transforming the pile driving rhythm of genre patriarch Bill Monroe into his own “freight train” sound. Having recently opened his own studio in Bakersfield, Buck was free to record the music that he wanted and 1971’s Ruby & Other Bluegrass Specials was the outstanding result. Making no attempt to adhere to the strict acoustic lineup of the bluegrass pioneers, Buck interpreted the music his way. Featuring the #1 hit “Ruby,” the album mixes classic songs with new compositions, spotlighting the talents of Don Rich on fiddle and newest Buckaroo Ron Jackson on banjo. This love letter to his boyhood heroes reached #9 on the Billboard Country Album Charts and #1 on the Cashbox chart, validating his decision step outside the norm and follow his own path.

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released November 23, 2004

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Buck Owens Bakersfield, California

The common mark of truly great artists is the apparent ease with which they perform their craft. In the field of country music, nobody ever made it look easier than Buck Owens and His Buckaroos. With nary a wasted note or superfluous phrase, the boys from Bakersfield produced album after album full of disarmingly honest, down-home pop. ... more

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