Carnegie Hall Concert
Live from a sold-out Carnegie Hall, the album the Library of Congress added to its National Recording Registry in 2013.
Buck Owens, 1966
- Released
- 1966
- Recorded
- Late March 1966
- Studio
- Carnegie Hall, New York
- Label
- Capitol Records
- Type
- live
Buck Owens and his Buckaroos became the second country band to play Carnegie Hall. The Library of Congress says Owens had feared that New Yorkers would dislike his music, but the show sold out. Its essay calls the versions of Act Naturally and Love's Gonna Live Here "rollicking" and says Tom Brumley's steel added soulful accents to In the Palm of Your Hand and Cryin' Time. It also says the audience gave a standing ovation. Owens later said the band was so tight that no mistakes needed fixing afterwards.
The album was reissued on CD by Sundazed in 2000 and was selected for the National Recording Registry in 2013. AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote that the group sounded like dynamite, and that what comes through is how musical and gifted the Buckaroos were, particularly Don Rich.
Track listing
- Introduction by DJ Lee Arnold
- Act Naturally
- Together Again
- Love's Gonna Live Here
- In the Palm of Your Hand / Cryin' Time / Don't Let Her Know / Only You (Can Break My Heart)
- I Don't Care (Just as Long as You Love Me) / My Heart Skips a Beat
- Gonna Have Love
- Buck Talks to the Audience
- Waitin' in Your Welfare Line
- Buck Introduces the Band
- Buckaroo
- The Streets of Laredo
- I've Got a Tiger By the Tail
- Fun 'N' Games with Don and Doyle
- Twist and Shout
- Under Your Spell Again / Above and Beyond / Excuse Me (I Think I've Got a Heartache) / Foolin' Around
- Hello Trouble
- Truck Drivin' Man
- Buck's Closing Remarks
Personnel
- Buck Owens vocals, guitar
- Don Rich guitar, vocals
- Doyle Holly bass, vocals; lead vocal on The Streets of Laredo
- Tom Brumley pedal steel guitar
- Willie Cantu drums
More from Buck Owens
I've Got a Tiger By the Tail (1965), Before You Go (1965), Open Up Your Heart (1966)
Sources
- Carnegie Hall Concert (Buck Owens album), Wikipedia
- Carnegie Hall Concert with Buck Owens and His Buckaroos, National Recording Registry, Library of Congress (2013)
- Don Rich, Wikipedia