Who exactly is Joe Buck? I say he’s half man, a quarter demon, and a quarter all around badass. I was talking to one of my friends prior to this show, and he said don’t miss it. He told me I was in for something he couldn’t quite explain and that one just had to see Buck perform to get a feel for him. He hails from Nashville, TN and travels around the states in an RV with his girlfriend and their dog. Naturally after hearing this, I had to go see him.
I walked in to White Water later than normal, coming from a Magic Hassle show, and was promptly greeted by a darkened room with nothing but red lights on the stage. Joe Buck walked up to the stage, grabbed his guitar, and sat down behind his bass drum. With a self-proclaimed style of hellbilly punk, Buck launched in to his songs as a one-man music machine.
Buck snarled and swore his way through his nearly hour long set. Profanity does not bother me in the least, but I must say he is the most profane artist I think I have ever seen perform. He spastically played guitar and kept the beat going with his drum the entire time. I’m not a musician, but I know that it takes some talent to do so well for that long of a time. With that said, I loved him.
Most of his songs are hateful and angry, but in a weird way I wouldn’t expect anything else from Buck. His Myspace songs give you a brief glimpse in to his world, but one cannot get the full picture without seeing him live. I honestly wasn’t expecting what I saw, but his set was fantastic. The thirty or so people at WWT gathered near the stage, threw up a few rock signs, and danced along to his set. I had been tired before, but any notion of going to sleep after seeing Buck quickly went out of my mind. He knows how to get a crowd pumped full of energy and keep their attention. I had an awesome time and hope to see him travel through Arkansas again in the future, but that will take some time because he is about to embark on a European tour, which I think is an amazing opportunity for him.
--L
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