tumblr’s favorite cowboy takes us on a journey through the North American badlands with every crooning melody, twangy guitar pluck, and psychedelic influence. with lyrics embodying the lonesome, wayfaring, romantic outlaw, Peck reclaims and reshapes the hyper-masculine landscape of western country music through a queer lens, seamlessly bridging musical genres in the process. hop in your truck and let the melancholy take you home.

(via Duane Eddy, Whose Twang Changed Rock ’n’ Roll, Dies at 86 - The New York Times)

Mr. Eddy in a publicity photo from 1958, the year his rollicking “Cannonball” charted in both the United States and Britain.

Sound effect changes are intriguing. Cultural differences in what gets yelled in Mexico.

"W"s changed ... though awkwardly... to "u". "W" was not native to Spanish. So "Tuang" it is.

SATURDAY MUSIC VIDEO MATINEE: “Act Naturally”—Singer-songwriter and comedian Johnny Russell came up with the early 60s Bakersfield country music scene—famously with Buck Owens, who hit the big-time after recording Johnny’s song “Act Naturally” (Buck’s smash single was released this month in 1963). In my video I tell the humorous and surprising “back story” of how that song wound its way through obstacles and objections before becoming a hit for Buck as well as Ringo Starr and The Beatles. It’s a lesson in sticking to your songwriting instincts even if it means breaking a hot date with your girlfriend!