We move on from Rose Maddox and her brothers to a version of "Jingle Bells" by Rose's occasional recording duet partner Buck Owens!
Buck cut this great instrumental version with the Buckaroos for his 1965 aptly titled "Christmas With Buck Owens and His Buckaroos" on Capitol Records:
The Buckaroos led by guitarist Don Rich were about the best backup band going in those days!
The album yielded a hit Christmas single, which is something of a minor classic:
The flipside slows the tempo down for Buck's take on a familiar Christmas theme:
Among other tracks, the album also included an original instrumental titled "Christmas Morning":
I think that's very evocative and it sounds great in one's 1960s holiday playlist!
Buck and the boys were at it again with "Christmas Shopping," another Christmas album for Capitol in 1968. Here's the single of the title track:
Very clever!
And with a snappy flipside:
A couple of fun sides!
As with probably most non-rural kids of my age group, I first knew Buck Owens from the long-running TV show "Hee Haw," which he hosted with Roy Clark.
Amidst the corn, there was always solid music mixed in, but it wasn't until a little later that I realized what a brilliant run of recordings Buck had laid down!
These two Christmas albums fall right in line and still sound great in the Capitol Records way!
For sun, here's a short clip of Buck and the Buckaroos performing a bit of "Santa Looked a Lot Like Daddy" on Jimmy Dean's show:
That's just a blast!
And let's not sleep on Buck's great 1988 hit with Dwight Yoakam:
Sounds good!
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