Buck Owens and his Buckaroos, "Close up the Honky Tonks"

KOSMO's VINYL of the Week:
This week we are in the Bakersfield, California of 1963 for Buck Owens and his Buckeroos' "Close Up The Honky Tonks", first released on Capitol Records...

"Texas-born Alvis Edgar "Buck" Owens (Jnr) was one of the most successful exponents of the Bakersfield Sound, a rock'n'roll influenced form of Country Music. At the time this was recorded, Nashville favoured a heavily orchestrated sound, and this was seen (or heard) as something quite radical. It was also quite influential - John Fogerty, Gram Parsons and, later, Dwight Yoakam all had the ears turned by its harder sound. Buck's guitarist and backing vocalist, Don Rich, deserves a special shout out, as I think it's Don's harmony that makes this one so special." - KV