BUD LANDON- Bud's Boogie b/w What Did I Do (K-Ark 959)
Just a couple of years after releasing a trio of primitive singles on Denver City's Belle label, Bud Landon somehow managed back-to-back discs with John Capps and K-Ark Records. Though released two to three years after the Belle recordings "Bud's Boogie" breaks little new ground.
A sometimes Rhythm Master recently mentioned that the sound of the Belle 45s was the sound of the combo's live show because patrons of West Texas honk n' tonks couldn't get enough of it. They wanted 45s that sounded like the show. Maybe Capps was convinced that Bud Landon and his Rhythm Masters were on to something with their retro stylings. On second thought Bud may have actually been ahead of the curve here as the 70s saw quite a few country artists cuttin' lame boogie records. "Bud's Boogie" isn't whole hog lame, but it ain't got the thump of the Belle records neither. That steel guitar sound though... that sounds just a bit like Buddy Charleston who was a Texas Troubadour for a stretch.
The b-side "What Did I Do" just might be one of the strangest things Bud ever recorded... a contemporary country record.
Bud's "Get Away" on Belle was Stomped HERE.
2 comments:
I love every song Bud wrote and sang after all he is my Dad
Tanya Landon Bever
Tanya... drop me a line at lonestarstomp at gmail.com .
Would love to get a better story on your dad.
And it's funny... I actually just got a story on him in the mail today that he prepared for a class reunion.
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