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label never made much of a splash beyond the region. Nevertheless, they preserved the
sounds of some excellent local artists who might otherwise have been completely lost to
history. With
My Walkin’ Shoes,
Payne introduced himself to local record buyers as a mid-
tempo rockabilly cat with a cool lead guitar player and genuine ragged appeal.
If rockabilly emerged from the marriage of
country and R&B, there’s no question which side of
that equation Fuzzy
Owen leaned toward.
With his high-
pitched hillbilly twang, Owen sounds as country as
cornbread on this ramshackle romp through the Buck
Owens-penned
Yer Fer Me
. Charles Lee ‘Fuzzy’ Owen
may have been an Arkansas country boy, but he was no
dummy. After moving to Bakersfield and joining forces
with Lewis Talley, Owen steadily built a local music empire
that included a publishing company, recording studio,
management firm, and record label. With his appearances
3.
Yer Fer Me
(Buck Owens)
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