What if Buck Owens and his Buckaroos threw a party and The
Mavericks showed up?
Musically, they did.
Marty Stewart was there, along with Jim Lauderdale.
Dwight Yoakam flew across the pond and back in time, just to
bring The Hollies along. Rodney Crowell passed a doobie around out by the pool.
Junior Brown made low sounds in a wet lounge chair. George Straight came in to
plug his early days on the county fair circuit. David Lindley set up a lap
pedal steel in one corner, starting in with an intro lifted straight off an El
Rayo-Ex tune.
Dale Watson got there early after driving all night from his last
gig in La Grange. He and Jimmy Dale Gilmore brought a truckload of Lone Star
and several cases of Thirsty Planet Thirsty Goat Amber Ale for the real beer
lovers.
Jimmy Dale promised to play his saw.
Things got crazy. Music happened.
When they were really cooking it sounded as if all of them
had just stayed home and the Derailers had the place to themselves.
It sounded...genuine.
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