Dust on Mother's Bible
Encyclopedia
Dust on Mother's Bible is an album by Buck Owens
and his Buckaroos
, released in 1966. It reached Number one on the Billboard
Country charts.
It was re-released on CD in 2003 by Sundazed Records
.
Buck Owens
Alvis Edgar Owens, Jr. , better known as Buck Owens, was an American singer and guitarist who had 21 No. 1 hits on the Billboard country music charts with his band, the Buckaroos...
and his Buckaroos
The Buckaroos
The Buckaroos were a Grammy-winning band led by Buck Owens in the 1960s and early '70s, who were heavily involved in the development and presentation of the "Bakersfield Sound." Their peak of success was from 1965-1970. In 2005, CMT named the Buckaroos No...
, released in 1966. It reached Number one on the Billboard
Billboard charts
The Billboard charts tabulate the relative weekly popularity of songs or albums in the United States. The results are published in Billboard magazine...
Country charts.
It was re-released on CD in 2003 by Sundazed Records
Sundazed Records
Sundazed Records is a record label based in Coxsackie, in the Catskills of New York. It specializes in obscure and rare recordings from the 1950s to the 1970s.Label founders Bob Irwin and his wife Mary started the label in 1989...
.
Side one
- "Pray Every Day" (Buck Owens, Red SimpsonRed SimpsonRed Simpson is an American country singer-songwriter best known for his trucker-themed songs.-Biography:Red Simpson was raised in Bakersfield, California, the youngest of a dozen children...
) – 2:09 - "When Jesus Calls All His Children In" (Owens, Simpson) – 2:17
- "I'll Go to the Church Again With Momma" (Owens, Simpson) – 3:03
- "Bring It to Jesus" (Buck Owens, Bonnie OwensBonnie OwensBonnie Owens , born Bonnie Campbell, was an American country music singer who was married to Buck Owens and later Merle Haggard.-Biography:...
) – 2:12 - "Jesus Saved Me" (Owens, Simpson) – 2:25
- "Would You Be Ready?" (Don RichDon RichDonald Eugene Ulrich, best known by the stage name Don Rich was a country musician who helped develop the Bakersfield sound in the early 1960s. He was a noted guitarist and fiddler, and a member of the Buckaroos, the backing band of country singer Buck Owens.-Biography:Donald Eugene Ulrich was...
) – 2:01
Side two
- "Dust on Mother's Bible" (Owens) – 3:30
- "Satan's Gotta Get Along Without Me" (Owens, Simpson) – 2:04
- "Where Would I Be Without Jesus" (Don Sessions) – 2:11
- "Eternal Vacation" (Owens, Owens) – 2:58
- "It Was With Love" (Loudilla Johnson, Don Rich) – 2:33
- "All the Way With Jesus" (Owens, Owens) – 2:06
Personnel
- Buck Owens – guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, vocals - Don RichDon RichDonald Eugene Ulrich, best known by the stage name Don Rich was a country musician who helped develop the Bakersfield sound in the early 1960s. He was a noted guitarist and fiddler, and a member of the Buckaroos, the backing band of country singer Buck Owens.-Biography:Donald Eugene Ulrich was...
– guitar, fiddleFiddleThe term fiddle may refer to any bowed string musical instrument, most often the violin. It is also a colloquial term for the instrument used by players in all genres, including classical music...
, vocals - Tom BrumleyTom BrumleyTom Brumley was an American steel guitarist who played with Buck Owens and the Buckaroos in the 1960s, contributing to the group's "Bakersfield sound", and later spent a decade with Rick Nelson.-Biography:...
– pedal steel guitarPedal steel guitarThe pedal steel guitar is a type of electric guitar that uses a metal bar to "fret" or shorten the length of the strings, rather than fingers on strings as with a conventional guitar. Unlike other types of steel guitar, it also uses pedals and knee levers to affect the pitch, hence the name "pedal"... - Willie Cantu – drums
- Bobby Austin – bass
- Doyle HollyDoyle HollyDoyle Floyd Hendricks, known by the stage name Doyle Holly was an American musician best known as the bass guitar player of the country music band Buck Owens and the Buckaroos and for his solo hit songs "Queen Of The Silver Dollar" and "Lila". Holly's contributions on bass guitar and rhythm guitar...
– guitar, vocals - Wayne Stong – drums
- Red Simpson – guitar
- George French, Jr. – piano