It was the final performance of the Burrito Brothers. This is how a Fender Telecaster was meant to be played - picked like hell's flames were chasing your fingers up and down the fretboard. It was fabulous and it was all because of Buck Owens and his great band & staff. The crowd was unreal and wouldn't let any of us off the stage, much to Buck's delight. American band led by Buck Owens in the 1960s and early 1970s, who, along with The Strangers, were involved in the development and presentation of the 'Bakersfield sound.' From 1965 to 1970. The Buckaroos were extreemly tight and knew all of our hits, just like the record. American country musician who helped develop the Bakersfield sound in the early 1960s. He treated Gib and I like kings, giving us his personal dressing room, staff and anything else we wanted. If that wasn't enough of a country rock dream, come true.After the session he asked if Gib and I if would play at the newly opened Crystal Palace that same night.Ĭonsious of the fact that Gib was still a bit fragile from heart surgery, Buck had his staff organize everything, and later that night we appeared together (for the last time as the Burrito Brothers) onstage, introduced by Buck. We spent the afternoon recording with Buck. Gib had been recovering from a recent major by-pass surgery, and had driven to Bucks studio from his nearbye home in Palmdale to Bakersfield to record with Buck and I for the FBB CD "CALIFORNIA JUKEBOX." I flew in from Nashville. The later day Buckaroos (2000) actually backed Gib and I up (as the Burrito Brothers) one night at the Crystal Palace, when Buck suggested that we re-unite for one performance at his club. Tom is an exceptional player and it was a privalage to have worked with him.
In gratitude, Fender presented Owens and Rich with two special Telecasters, adorned with a gold sparkle finish on the body and the peghead front that. Tom and I worked together with Ricky Nelson in the late 70's touring and doing television as part of the Stone Canyon Band. By the early 1960s, Buck Owens and his guitarist Don Rich had developed a signature sound with their Telecasters that would emerge as a new style of country music, called the Bakersfield Sound. I played on Doyle's records way back in Hollywood in the early 70's, produced by Ken Mansfield.
The guitar’s bright sound is pedal steel like, as opposed to the “glassier” voice of a Stratocaster.I've had the pleasure of working with both Doyle & Tom. While it can handle anything, the Telecaster is the undisputed king of electric guitars in Nashville played by countless session aces like Johnny Hiland and Brent Mason, and icons like Waylon Jennings, Merle Haggard (and his sidemen Roy Nichols and Redd Volkeart) and current keeper of the country flame, Marty Stuart. The Guitars That Built Rock: The Gibson Firebird.The Guitars That Built Rock: The Gibson Flying V.I could close my eyes and swear that Don Rich was on that stage. Jimmy Page: ‘How Led Zeppelin made Stairway To Heaven’ – video interview With his trademark pink paisley telecaster slung over his shoulder, Caspers passion.The Guitars That Built Rock: The Fender Stratocaster.Bryant’s patronage of the Tele was crucial, and he was followed by a host of other country players including Johnny Cash sideman Luther Perkins, Ricky Nelson - and future Elvis Presley - picker James Burton, Rock ‘N’ Roll Trio man Paul Burlison, Buck Owens & The Buckaroos legend Don Rich, and “Master Of The Telecaster” and Joe Bonamassa mentor, Danny Gatton.