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Cryin’ Time
I can tell by the way you hold me darlin’ the city from which he drew inspiration for what he
That it won’t be long before it’s crying time preferred to call “American music”.
Oh they say that absence makes While the Buckaroos originally featured a fiddle and
the heart grow fonder retained pedal steel guitar into the 1970s, their sound
And that tears are only rain to make love grow on records and onstage was always more
Well, my love for you could never grow no stronger stripped-down and elemental. The band’s signature
If I lived to be a hundred years old style was based on simple story lines, infectious
Oh it’s crying time again you’re gonna leave me choruses, a twangy electric guitar, an insistent
I can see that far away look in your eyes rhythm supplied by a drum track placed forward
I can tell by the way you hold me darlin’ in the mix, and high, two-part harmonies featuring
That it won’t be long before it’s crying time Owens and his guitarist Don Rich.
Oh you say that you found someone you love better From 1969 to 1986, Owens co-hosted the
That’s the way it’s happened every time before popular CBS television variety show Hee Haw with
And as sure as the sun comes up tomorrow Roy Clark. According to his son, Buddy Alan
Crying time will start when you walk out the door (Owens), the accidental 1974 death of Rich, his
Oh it’s crying time again... best friend, devastated him for years and impacted
I can tell by the way you hold me darlin’ his creative efforts until he performed with Dwight
That it won’t be long before it’s crying time Yoakam in 1988.
Source: Musixmatch Owens is a member of both the Country Music Hall
Songwriters: Buck Owens of Fame and Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame.
Cryin’ Time lyrics © Sony/atv Tree Publishing,
Blue Book Music, Beachaven Music, Jarest Music, In early 1963, the Johnny Russell song “Act
Beachaven Music Corporation, Wixen Music Naturally” was pitched to Owens, who initially didn’t
Publishing Obo Jarest Music Compan like it. His guitarist and longtime collaborator Don
Rich, however, enjoyed it and convinced Owens to
To listen follow this link.... record it with the Buckaroos. Laid down on February
12, 1963, it was released on March 11 and entered the
ould there even be a thing called “The charts of April 13. By June 15 the single began its first
WBakersfield Sound” if it wasn’t for Buck of four non-consecutive weeks at the No. 1 position,
Owens? And it wasn’t just the loud Telecasters and Owens’ first top hit. The Beatles recorded a cover of
thumping bass drums that went into the sound. It it in 1965 with Ringo Starr as lead singer. Starr later
was the words of Buck and frequent collaborator recorded a duet of it with Owens in 1988
Harlan Howard that defined the hard times and
honky-tonk moods that made Bakersfield such a The 1966 album Carnegie Hall Concert was a smash
different flavor from Nashville, and a style that still hit and further cemented Buck Owens as a top
resonates in the hearts of country music fans today. Country band. It achieved crossover success on to
the pop charts, reinforced by R&B singer Ray Charles
Alvis Edgar Owens Jr. (August 12, 1929 – March 25, releasing cover versions of two of Owens’ songs that
2006), known professionally as Buck Owens, was became pop hits that year: “Crying Time” and “
an American musician, singer, songwriter and band Together Again”
leader. He was the front man for Buck Owens and the
Buckaroos, which had 21 No. 1 hits on the Billboard (Source Wikipedia)
country music charts. He pioneered what came to
be called the Bakersfield sound, named in honor of
Bakersfield, California, Owens’ adopted home, and
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