Reverend ElvisThe blessing of being born early. Joe Buck Yourself and all others.
DEUTSCHE VERSION: https://reverendelvis.de/gnade-der-fruhen-geburt-joe-buck-yourself-and-all-others-deutsch/
I first met Joe Buck in Nashville, TN, in 1996. I had just come of age and, as was fitting, was on my pilgrimage through the holy land. I spent a few days in New York to visit CBGBs, which was still around at the time, and saw Deadbolt live for the first time there.
But our real destination was the South. Memphis, Nashville, the Mississippi Delta, and New Orleans. The holy places of our music. As expected, the places weren’t so holy after all. Memphis, the place I longed to visit, seemed to remember nothing but Elvis. Stax had been torn down, Graceland was a Disneyland for tourists, and the once-important SUN Studio was nothing more than a branch of the Elvis marketing machine.
As is so often the case, you have to look deeper. There were still the gospel services, the street blues musicians, and Jack Oblivion’s Shangri-La Records, a magical place full of music. Memphis music and punk. That’s what I wanted too, and that’s when I decided to start Suzy Q Records. Which is what I did.
It was similar in Nashville. Of course, Nashville was Music City, and at that time, the city was full of Garth Brooks clones. It was a really bad time for this kind of music. The rebels were yet to come, and I met one of them. In search of real country and hillbilly music, we found the Bluegrass Inn in a side street. The house band, Joe Buck and the Bluegrass Boys or something like that, played there all night. During a break, we got talking to Joe. He was interested in Germany and what we kids were actually doing there. Of course, Joe didn’t remember the evening later, but for me it was the first time I had ever spoken to a real musician. I was lucky enough to be able to repeat that many times.
Many years later, I met Joe and the whole gang again in Berlin for Hank III’s legendary “Straight to Hell” tour. Joe Buck and Hank Williams III, the evil motherfuckers before the Lord, before all lords. Joe later told me how he simply closed his “Bluegrass Inn” one day and went on tour with Hank. Without money, without hope, but with real music. To be able to experience that even once is worth dying for.
Later, Joe toured the world for many years as “Joe Buck Yourself.” We played countless shows together. We sat in Chemnitz for long nights in the Undead Villa, listening to Willie Nelson and smoking weed.
When things don’t go the way they should, I think about that. Many people have dreams and desires in life. One of my desires was to gain respect and recognition from the evil Motherfuckers from Tennessee. Maybe it’s silly, but I’m very proud of it… very…
If you don’t believe me, here’s a video from a Tuesday night. The ugliest men and the most beautiful women in one room—better than the rest!
https://word.undead-network.de/2025/09/29/the-blessing-of-being-born-early-joe-buck-yourself-and-all-others-english/
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