WWW.Twang - Real Country Music

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Dang! This is some twang. From the first galloping Telecaster notes, these five Bozeman fellows prove they're the real thing. Their website promises we'll get none of that "smarmy whiny country that comes out of Nashville these days." They're right. What we get is some good old honky-tonk, true to country's roots.
The band, formed in 1998, is Sandy Dodge, steel guitar; Jim Lewis, electric and acoustic guitars; Buck Buchanan, guitar (and songwriter); Russ Olsen, bass; and Johnny Regan, drums. Friends Duke Sharp, Mike Parsons, and Mike Gillan on guitars, fiddle, and percussion, respectively, contribute as well.
In between numbers penned by Buchanan are tunes good country bands aren't afraid to cover, sung originally by country legends: "Glad to Let Her Go" and "The Race Is On" (George Jones), "Lonesome Fugitive" (Merle Haggard), and "Wine Me Up" (the late, great Faron Young). And don't forget Ned Miller's "From a Jack to a King."
Shuffles, jitterbuggers and beltbuckle-shiners abound. There's Buchanan's "Live in Town" ("If you really love the country, live in town"), "Clayne and Virgil," about a Mexican fishing trip, and the kick-it dance number "Morina."·
Trucks, broken hearts, runnin' from the law, booze. It's all here, wrapped up in searing guitar licks and cookin' bass and drums. Throw in excellent lead singing by at least three voices and you've got twang in a big way. Besides, any band featuring killer pedal steel is worth listening to in my book.

-Mariss McTucker
State of the Arts

The most “country” country western band in Montana, www.Twang mix up classic country covers with equally classic originals and the chops to carry it off. The solo work by steel guitarist Sandy Dodge and new lead guitarist Jim Lewis shine throughout, but with five singers in the band, the vocal harmonies are the frosting on the cake. With their second release, this Bozeman-based band leans more on originals by member Buck Buchanan. And that’s a good thing.

-Scott Prinzing
Billings Outpost

1. Walk, Walk, Walk, Walk – Buck Buchanan
2. Jaded Lover – Chuck Pyle
3. Belly Up To The Bar – Eddie Garr
4. Delores (Drives For Daddy) – Buck, Carol, and Garret Buchanan
5. Honky Tonk Music – George Hawke
6. Hey Good Lookin’ – Hank Williams Sr. (additional lyrics by Johnny Regan)
7. Hiccup Rag – Duke Sharp
8. Your Cheatin’ Heart (Stays On The Juke Box) - Buck Buchanan
9. Singin’ The Blues – Gene L. Graham
10. The Best Place Won’t Last - Buck Buchanan
11. Cry, Cry, Cry – John R. Cash
12. Big Hat - Buck Buchanan
13. A Suitcase And A Song - Buck Buchanan

Last of the White Hot Rednecks

Produced by Kenny Williams
Engineered by Gil Stober at Peak Recording and Sound, Bozeman, Montana
Mastered by Harry Brooks at Oasis CD
Additional recording and engineering input Rich Mayo and Dean AndersonPhotographer: Lauri Olsen
Graphic Design: Jim Nygardwww.TwangBuck Buchanan: vocals and guitar
Sandy Dodge: vocals and Steel Guitar
Russ Olsen: vocals and Bass
Johnny Regan: vocals & Drums
Duke Sharp: Electric and Acoustic GuitarsWith Kenny Williams and Claudia Williams – harmony vocals, Mike Beck – telecaster guitar solo on Walk, Walk, Walk, Walk, Rick Winking – baritone guitar, Mike Parsons – fiddle and mandolin

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"They bill themselves as “Southwest Montana’s most country country western band.” That’s not a claim I’m going to argue about with Gallatin Gateway’s www.Twang.
A favorite live dance band, they mix standard cover tunes with equally well-written originals on their first CD. My favorites are their own songs by guitarists Buck Buchanan and Duke Sharp. Buchanan co-wrote the soon-to-be classic “Your Cheatin’ Heart (Stays on the Juke Box)” with producer Kenny Williams, who, along with fellow Montana Rose, Claudia Williams, provides finely tuned harmony vocals throughout.
Lead vocals aren’t the band’s strongest asset, but their rough-around-the-edges delivery actually adds to their honky tonk authenticity. I can’t find anything to criticize in their musicianship, which is rounded out by Russ Olsen on bass, Johnny Regan on drums, and Sandy Dodge on sweet steel guitar.
The strongest song on the album is Buchanan’s “The Best Place (Won’t Last),” a lament about the loss of Montana’s wild places to real estate development that could only have been written by a longtime Montanan.
For an authentic souvenir of your visit to a Montana honky tonk bar, you will be hard-pressed to find something better than the Last of the White-Hot Rednecks." - Scott Prinzing, Montana Magazine