Buckner's 1994 debut is an accomplished but subdued affair with hardly a trace of rock in sight. The emphasis is on his rich but weary vocals and sober tales of romance and restlessness, with dignified Texas prairie backup by such esteemed regionals as Lloyd Maines (who produced) and Ponty Bone. Very much in the vein of Butch Hancock, but much darker at this point, without the eccentricity and boisterousness that characterize much of Hancock and fellow Lubbockite Terry Allen's work. [The 1999 reissue of Bloomed, Rovi
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