Buck Owens Album: “In Japan! [Bonus Tracks]”

Since the Beatles came to Japan, there is only a frantic craze in most of rock concerts. Meanwhile, classic music is still welcomed in a formal manner. I feel the fresh air when I hear this album. The Japanese MC introduced Buck and the Buckaroos in both of languages. Buck talked to the audience friendly and honestly and said "I love you" in Japanese. The Buckaroos played so well that the audience sent back a natural feeling. Today's lives in Japan are well prepared and formed, however, this kind of communication is rarely found in them. The ambassador of country music did great works in several countries. Obscure as country music is in Japan, this good feeling should be shared with more and more folks.

buck & the buckaroos are just about my m,ost favorite if not the most favorite of my favorites and that is all

The opening dialogue finds Buck Owens a little confused when he tells the Japanese M.C. interpreter,Ted, to translate one or two words to the live Japanese audience and so the m.c. speaks two or three sentences,in Japanese, then Buck responds by saying (did I say all that?) a slight pause and delay,and then there's spontaneous laughter. This could easily be one of the best country live albums ever recorded, if not the most entertaining and maybe a slight edge over Buck's Carnegie Hall concert,although the songlist on this Japan recording is not as strong as Carnegie Hall. Buck and the Buckeroos couldn't have asked for a more responsive audience than these Japanese people in the crowd that night,they loved their country music, as Buck loved them back,trying real hard to speak in Japanese and sing to please this enthusiastic crowd. This outstanding live concert showcases Buck and the Buckeroos at their very best music performances ever, highlighting Willie Cantu's drum solos on Tokyo Polka and Drum So Low, the audience loved it. If you've never heard Buck Owens and the Buckeroos, live, In Japan!, at a far away land, is the one for you.