The Perlich Post

Monday, November 2, 2026

Watch Patti Smith perform "People Have The Power" at St. Mark's Church

On the eve of a US election, Patti Smith offered a timely reminder that "People Have The Power," see it here. Watch Patti in Spain below.

Buck Owens & The Buckaroos "lost" live Las Vegas recording resurfaces

Top marks to the Sundazed art dept for delivering a period-perfect sleeve for Buck Owens' "At The Mint" Las Vegas 1968 LP.

Buck Owens and the Buckaroos – At The Mint, Las Vegas 1968

UNRELEASED LIVE SHOW TAKEN FROM THE ORIGINAL REELS!
LINER NOTES FROM GRAMMY NOMINATED BUCK EXPERT RANDY POE!
ON YOUR CHOICE OF PREMIUM IRP BLACK VINYL OR CD!
THE CD INCLUDES 4 BONUS TRACKS!

In ‘68 it happened in Vegas

And until now, it stayed in Vegas!

Buck’s 1968 lost live album recorded at The Mint Hotel & Casino not only failed to chart; it failed to exist – until now. Along with Buckaroos Don Rich, Doyle Holly, Tom Brumley and Jerry Wiggins, Buck and the gang romp through hits and deeper cuts all from the long lost original Capitol reels!

This album just might hold the record for length of time between recording and release. Sure, there have been plenty of live recordings made that weren’t released until decades later (Exhibit A: Chet Baker), but how many albums that were on a major label’s release schedule for 1968 are still waiting to be heard?

One of the decisions made about Buck Owens & the Buckaroos at the Mint has been to leave it rawer than Capitol Records originally planned back in ’68.

Rather than make the kind of edits Ralph Emery refers to in his warm-up monologue, Sundazed takes the listener “behind the scenes” aurally, including comments from Ralph and Buck that would surely have been edited out. In fact, as funny as Doyle Holly is on this release, it’s highly unlikely Capitol would have allowed Doyle’s “We can’t say ‘hell’ or anything” line to survive

The crowds at the Mint got to experience the true artist – the Boss of Bakersfield who pre-dated the bumpkin in the backwards-worn overalls sitting on a bale of hay. In March of 1968, the man was at the absolute peak of his musical powers.

He was indeed, in the words of emcee Ralph Emery, “America’s #1 country music singer – Buck Owens.”

Get a copy of Buck Owens & The Buckaroos – At The Mint, Las Vegas 1968 from Sundazed right here here. Check out the tracklisting below.

Buck Owens & The Buckaroos – At The Mint, Las Vegas 1968

Ralph Emery Introduction and Overview • Buckaroo • How Long Will My Baby Be Gone • X-Lax & LSD (comedy) • Cryin’ Time • Your Tender Loving Care • Act Naturally • Love’s Gonna Live • Here • Together Again • Sam’s Place • Everybody Needs Somebody • People From NY (comedy) • Under Your Spell Again • Above And Beyond (The Call Of Love) • Excuse Me, I Think I Have A Heartache • Fool Around With Me • Hello Trouble •Truck Drivin’ Man • Outro • Happy Times Are Here Again • I’ve Got A Tiger By The Tail •Open Up Your Heart (and Let My Love Come In) •Don Rich Introduction • Orange Blossom Special (ft. Don Rich) • Tom Brumley Introduction • Steel Guitar Polka (ft. Tom Brumley) • Second Fiddle • Sweet Rosie Jones • People Like You Introduction • It Takes People Like You To Make People Like Me • Welfare Line Introduction • Waitin’ In Your Welfare Line • Ralph Emery Closer • Buck’s Polka Introduction* • Buck’s Polka* • Sally Was Ol Girl* • Ralph Emery Outro*

*CD Only

Sunday, November 1, 2026

Guided By Voices preview new album with "Designed For Use"

If you missed Robert Pollard's birthday yesterday while trick or treating, you can celebrate today with the first track off GBV's new album Speculation and Gossip.

Guided By Voices – Speculation and Gossip

(out January 22, 2027, pre-order it here)

1. My Cartoon

2. Satan and the New Temptations

3. Kicking Circles

4. Path Of The Razor

5. Designed For Use

6. Repenthouse

7. Light Through the Window

8. That's the Kind of Guy I Am

9. 63 Cry Babies

10. Answer Asparagus

11. Mr Skull

12. Otherworldly Bathroom Fixtures

13. Stupid Question

14. All Things Decided

15. Town Of My Day

16. Solar Systems

Dent May, Jay Feelbender, Liz Uninvited @ The Garrison, Sunday

Mississippi-born Dent May heads up a pleasant pop triple bill at the Garrison tonight with Jay Feelbender & Liz Univited.

Liz Uninvited gets the night off to a placid start at 7:30 pm, followed quietly by Jay Feelbender at 8:15 pm, then shhh.. Dent May at 9:15 pm! Get tickets here.

Sunday Spirituals: Swan's Silvertone Singers

Knoxville's Silvertone Singers featuring Claude Jeter would evolve into the hugely influential gospel crew, The Swan Silvertones.

From the Antique 78rpm Record Shop...

Founded in 1938 as the Four Harmony Kings in Coalwood, West Virginia, by coal miner Claude Jeter, the group later moved to Knoxville, Tennessee, took on a daily radio sponsorship from Swan Bakery, and rebranded as Swan’s Silvertone Singers. By 1948, during their early tenure with Cincinnati-based King Records (signed in 1946), the ensemble was crafting a smooth, influential sound that merged traditional barbershop harmonies with the soaring, virtuosic gospel lead of Jeter—releasing foundational 78-rpm singles like "I Want to Dig a Little Deeper", "In That Upper Room", and "I've Tried". These early King recordings laid the blueprint for traditional jubilee gospel and directly inspired a generation of R&B, soul, and rock pioneers, including Paul Simon (who borrowed Jeter's lyrical imagery for "Bridge Over Troubled Water") and Sam Cooke.

Listen to "I Want To Dig A Little Deeper" (composed by Kenneth Morris) on King from 1948 right here.

Read more about Rev. Claude Jeter and the Swan Silvertones right here.