<div class="e2ma-p-div"><span class="e2ma-style"> <strong>Omnivore Recordings,</strong> in conjunction with the<strong> Buck Owens Estate</strong>, will release <strong><i>Country Singer’s Prayer</i></strong>, <strong>Buck Owens</strong>’ final Capitol album from 1975, which has remained unissued until now. Street date for CD and Digital is<strong>August 17, 2018.</strong></span></div>
<div class="e2ma-p-div"><span class="e2ma-style">By late 1975, Buck’s unequaled success at <strong>Capitol Records</strong> was finally winding down. His singles were no longer topping the charts, and after the untimely death of bandmate <strong>Don Rich</strong> the year before, Buck was starting to lose the fire that drove him through an unprecedented run of groundbreaking hits in the ’60s and early ’70s. His contract with Capitol was due to expire at the end of the year, and he and<strong> the Buckaroos</strong> readied one final album for the label in November 1975. </span></div>
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<div class="e2ma-p-div"><span class="e2ma-style">While several of Buck’s later Capitol recordings had not been topping the charts as before, his last single for them, “Country Singer’s Prayer,” failed to even make a showing. </span></div>
<div class="e2ma-p-div"><span class="e2ma-style">Likely due to the indifference shown to that last single, the decision was made to shelve this final album, and assign the selection number to what was ultimately Buck’s last Capitol release, <strong><i>Best of Buck Owens, Vol. 6</i>,</strong> which did include the last two singles originally intended for <i><strong>Country Singer’s Prayer</strong></i>: “Battle of New Orleans” and the title track. </span></div>
<div class="e2ma-p-div"><span class="e2ma-style">While Buck would revisit some of these songs with producer <strong>Norro Wilson</strong> in Nashville after signing to <strong>Warner Bros. Records</strong>, the original recordings produced at Buck’s Bakersfield studio with the Buckaroos remained in the vault. </span></div>
<div class="e2ma-p-div"><span class="e2ma-style"><i><strong>Country Singer’s Prayer </strong></i></span><span class="e2ma-style">will finally receive its release some 43 years late, taken from the original LP master tapes, in what was the intended sequence. Also included are the B-sides to Buck’s final two singles from the unissued album. </span></div>
<div class="e2ma-p-div"><span class="e2ma-style">With new liner notes by <strong>Scott B. Bomar</strong> featuring interviews with longtime Buckaroos piano player<strong>Jim Shaw </strong>and <strong>Robert John Jones </strong>(a.k.a. <strong>Rocky Topp</strong>), who co-wrote “Country Singer’s Prayer,” this is a fascinating chance to experience Buck’s last intended Capitol album. </span></div>
<div class="e2ma-p-div"><b><span class="e2ma-style">Track Listing:</span></b></div>
<div class="e2ma-p-div"><span class="e2ma-style">1. John Law</span></div>
<div class="e2ma-p-div"><span class="e2ma-style">2. Love Don’t Make The Bars</span></div>
<div class="e2ma-p-div"><span class="e2ma-style">3. He Ain’t Been Out Bowling With The Boys</span></div>
<div class="e2ma-p-div"><span class="e2ma-style">4. Drifting Awayâ¨</span></div>
<div class="e2ma-p-div"><span class="e2ma-style">5. The Battle Of New Orleans</span></div>
<div class="e2ma-p-div"><span class="e2ma-style">6. Country Singer’s Prayerâ¨</span></div>
<div class="e2ma-p-div"><span class="e2ma-style">7. California Okieâ¨</span></div>
<div class="e2ma-p-div"><span class="e2ma-style">8. A Different Kind Of Sadâ¨</span></div>
<div class="e2ma-p-div"><span class="e2ma-style">9. It’s Been A Long, Long Time</span></div>
<div class="e2ma-p-div"><span class="e2ma-style">10. How’s Everything</span></div>
<div class="e2ma-p-div"><span class="e2ma-style"> </span></div>
<div class="e2ma-p-div"><span class="e2ma-style"><b>Bonus Tracks:</b></span></div>
<div class="e2ma-p-div"><span class="e2ma-style">11. Run Him To The Round House Nellie (You Might Corner Him There)</span></div>
<div class="e2ma-p-div"><span class="e2ma-style">12. Meanwhile Back At The Ranch ]</span></div>
<div class="e2ma-p-div"><span class="e2ma-style">Produced at Buck Owens Studios in Bakersfield, California</span></div>