Joe Buck (musician)
Joe Buck is the stage name of Jim Finkley, an American country and Punk Rock musician from Murray, Kentucky. His primary instruments are double bass and guitar.
Joe Buck's first serious musical project was called Gringo. In the late 1990s, Joe Buck emerged as the guitarist for Th' Legendary Shack Shakers. He played all guitar, bass and drums on their 2003 album Cockadoodledon't.
He played bass for Hank Williams III's country/hellbilly "Damn Band", and was also member of Williams' punk-metal project Assjack. He is credited, along with Williams and Andy Gibson, with engineering and producing Williams' album, Straight to Hell, and appears to have recorded backing vocals for Hank Williams III's Bootleg #3 Pre-Release album.
As a solo artist, he tours internationally under the moniker "Joe Buck Yourself" and is represented by Bucket City Agency, a booking agency which he co-founded.
He and a former girlfriend, Layla, once owned Jim and Layla's Bar, a honky tonk in in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. After splitting up, Layla was awarded ownership of the establishment which is now known simply as "Layla's".
[edit] Discography
- Bootleg #3 Pre-Release Hank Williams III (2002)
- Cockadoodledon't with Th' Legendary Shack Shakers (2003)
- Joe Buck Yourself Motherfucker album and EP (2004)
- One Man Banned EP (2006)
- One Man Banned DVD (2006)
- Straight to Hell Hank Williams III (2006)
- Joe Buck Yourself Album (2007)
- Gory Gory Hallelujah EP (2008)
- "Buck & Wheeler" EP (2008)
- Damn Right, Rebel Proud Hank Williams III (2008)
[edit] External links
- Joe Buck Yourself Website
- Hank Williams III and the Damn Band Website
- Joe Buck Official MySpace
- One pissed-off hillbilly, Rochester City Newspaper, August 18, 2004.
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