Richard Buckner

• Bloomed [DejaDisc, 1995]
• Devotion and Doubt [MCA, 1997] B-

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• Richard Buckner & Jon Langford
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Consumer Guide Reviews:

Bloomed [DejaDisc, 1995]

Devotion and Doubt [MCA, 1997]
"So after all those months we're splitting up, and it had to happen, but I'm feeling like shit. We pack the U-Haul, and of course everything in the kitchen is hers except these big jars of oregano and garlic powder I bought in a dollar store to spice up my pizza. It's so late she stays over, and I watch her sleep, you know? God. But she wakes up pretty early and we kiss goodbye and she gets in the car and then what do you think happens? The U-Haul breaks free and there's dishes all over the road. It seemed awful at the time, the mess and the delay had me stressing, but I gotta laugh about it now. And you know the funniest part? Without her noticing I kept some of those dishes--you're eating your pizza off one right now. More oregano?'' Well, that's how I'd replot the best song here--in Buckner's version it's ditches all over the road, and he still thinks the whole thing was awful. And of course, he has just the sensitive baritone to make awful seem awful romantic to sad sacks and the women who love them. B-