1. My Heart Skips a Beat
2. Foolin' Around
3. I Don't Care (Just As Long As You Love Me)
4. Only You
5. Act Naturally
6. Down On the Corner Of Love
7. Cryin' Time
8. Above And Beyond
9. Love's Gonna Live Here
10. Close Up the Honky Tonks
11. Under Your Spell Again
12. Your Tender Loving Care
13. Excuse Me (I Think I've Got a Heartache)
14. Think Of Me
15. Together Again
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Of course, you're thinking, when did Dwight not sing Buck? A fine question, since Yoakam built much of his vocal style around that of the late Bakersfield master, and recorded with him on occasion, the two even collaborating on Owens's own work ("Streets of Bakersfield"). So while this collection of Owens covers seems like a project Yoakam should have tackled in the '90s, it took Owens's 2006 death to spur his acolyte to action. Dwight Sings Buck moves briskly for 15 tracks, since 10 of them run under three minutes--in keeping with the length of singles in Buck's heyday of the '60s--though several of Owens's most notable No. 1s are conspicuously absent ("I've Got a Tiger by the Tail," "Waitin' in Your Welfare Line"). Yoakam, who also produced the album, keeps the production shiny, punchy, and faithful to the golden age of honky-tonk (prominent percussion, weepy pedal steel, and jittery, stuttering electric guitars), and to some extent he replicates Don Rich's use of the guitar as a partner to the lead vocal. Yet at times, Yoakam almost comically attempts to duplicate Owens's elongated and dippy vowels ("I Don't Care"), while he also brings a new interpretation to "Together Again," deviating from the strictness of the melody and letting the instrumental ending play out for roughly 90 seconds. Then there is the odd track or two ("Above and Beyond," "Down on the Corner of Love") where Yoakam inserts inflections of another of his heroes, Elvis Presley, to nearly morph the Bakersfield Boss into the Memphis Flash. If several tracks also seem too studied in their smartness, and "Only You," with its funeral-parlor organ, features an excruciatingly tortured vocal, Yoakam finds his best moments when he just, well, acts naturally, as his old pal might say. "Close Up the Honky Tonks," the most compelling performance here, proves that imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery, but inspiration proves the sweetest gift of all. --Alanna Nash
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Dwight Sings Buck
- Audio CD: 0 pages (2007-10-23)
- Publisher: New West Records
- Label: New West Records
- Studio: New West Records
- Average Customer Review:
 based on 61 reviews
- Sales Rank in Music: #3534
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Summary: Good Tape 2008-09-18
Comment: This is a very good tape from a music perspective. However, the CD soundtrack is distorted in four different places. I was unable to return it because I had thrown the packing slip/receipt away. I would recommend the CD for any country music lover's collection!!!
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Summary: awsome 2008-09-02
Comment: Service is awsome. I received my order in good time and in great condition. I would buy products form this seller again.
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Summary: LOVE IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 2008-09-02
Comment: Loved these songs when Buck sang them. Loved Dwight since the first time I heard Honky Tonk Man. Didn't know this CD was out there. Was just looking around and using my Pepsi Stuff points when I saw it. Ordered the CD right then and have been playing it over and over. I also discovered that Dwight and Billy Bob Thornton are buddies after I saw Billy Bob with the Box Masters. And I loved the Box Masters, too.
Thanks for making this CD, Dwight!
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Summary: dwight sing buck: dwight Yokam 2008-08-24
Comment: got the cd with in 3 days. very good.
cd was perfect condition.
I'm useally a good fan of dwight yokam, but after hearing this cd, I'd rather liston to buck owens himself.
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Summary: Another Must Have 2008-06-07
Comment: A superb reading of Buck's music that makes Dwight's version as necessary to your collection as Buck's original.
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