1. TALL DARK STRANGER (2.15) Buck Owens Sony/ATV Tree Publishing
2. COWHORSE BLUES (4.20) Buck Johnson
3. THE MORNING AFTER (3.06) Buck Johnson, Donnie Blanz
4. WE DON’T TELL OUR MAMAS (3.50) Buck Johnson, Lance Goodman
5. COULD‘A HAD A CUDDLE (2.31) Buck Johnson
6. LONG GONE MAMA (2.38) Clay Blaker Sony/ATV Melody
7. IF YOU WERE HERE (I’D NEVER LEAVE) (2.50) Buck Johnson
8. WHAT A FOOL I AM (4.05) Buck Johnson, Michelle Dancer
9. EVERY TIME I DRINK (3.40) Buck Johnson
10. LONELINESS (3.33) Mykel Johnson, Buck Johnson
11. COWBOY IN ME (3.47) Buck Johnson
12. THE OUTLAW (4.59) Larry Norman EMI Glenwood Music Corporation
Musicians
Buck Johnson: vocals, guitar
John Beland: harmony vocals, guitars, dobro & assorted instruments of color
Paul Wyman: bass guitar
Frank Basile: drums
Bill Terry: steel guitar on 1, 9, 10, 11 & 12
Herb Steiner: steel guitar on 6, 7 & 8
Recorded at Tyler Trax Studio, Brenham, Texas
Mastered by Bill Douglass at Royal Recording, Colorado Springs, Colorado
All photos shot by Pam Francis at the BT Longhorn Saloon, Brenham, Texas
Design and cover art by Lisa Rosato, Televista Design, Houston, Texas
Produced by John Beland
Buck Johnson, The Morning After © 2010 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
At Home on the Range—and in the Studio
Some cowboys never sing; some singers never “cowboy.” Rarely do you find an authentic country artist that is able to sing about the life he’s led in a way so pure and honest that the listener believes every word. In his debut album, “The Morning After,” Buck Johnson takes an introspective look into the heart of a real cowboy, and extracts those parts that are essential elements to every genuine, bona fide country song: the loves, the wild side, the regrets and loss, and yes, even the redemption.
Buck says, “Before we ever started, I had a cowboy-goes-to-town concept in mind: a metaphorical story of a tall dark stranger and the confident side of a cowboy. A cowboy that gets the girls but also has a fall—and the lonely side that comes with that. I’ve always loved old concept albums like Willie’s ‘Red Headed Stranger,’ so I organized the songs to tell the story.”
From beginning to end, Buck’s candid look at the life of a cowboy through the eyes of a songwriter is a shining example of an artist who hit the studio knowing exactly what he wanted; and the outcome makes every drop of sweat worth the effort.
–Connie Strong
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Brenham TX 77833
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