Mike Buck

For the football player, see Mike Buck (American football).

Mike Buck
Born	June 17, 1952 (1952-06-17) (age 59) Austin, Texas, U.S.
Genres	Texas Blues, Rock 'n' Roll
Instruments	Drums
Associated acts	The Fabulous Thunderbirds LeRoi Brothers Eve & The Exiles Various artists

Mike Buck (June 17, 1952) is an Austin, Texas based drummer who became influential by playing in a variety of bands in the roots music scene.

Career

Born in Ft. Worth, Texas, Buck began playing drums at the age of 12. By his mid teens he was playing in various Ft. Worth blues joints such as Mabel's Eat Shop in Como and the Chicken In The Basket on the eastside, dive bars in the stockyard area of Ft. Worth's northside, strip clubs, and the notorious Cellar club. Some of the bands he worked with during these years include Robert Ealey and the Five Careless Lovers, Ray Sharpe, rockabilly artist Johnny Carroll, and Bubbles Cash among others.

While in his twenties he moved to Austin, where he caught the attention of Clifford Antone, making his name as the drummer for The Fabulous Thunderbirds in the late 1970s. He performed on the band's first two albums, Girls Go Wild and What's the Word. In 1981, he left The Fabulous Thunderbirds and formed The LeRoi Brothers with guitarists Steve Doerr and Don Leady. Their first album, Check This Action features guest bassist Keith Ferguson from the Thunderbirds. The LeRoi Brothers continue to play in and around Austin.

Buck has also gone on to perform with numerous other bands while still being a part of The LeRoi Brothers. The Big Guitars From Texas album paired Buck and Ferguson along with Jesse Taylor, Denny Freeman, Frankie Camaro and Evan Johns. The album went on to earn a Grammy nomination for Best Rock Instrumental Performance in 1986. He has also performed with artists such as Doug Sahm, Roky Erickson, Roy Head, blues man Leslie Johnson (Lazy Lester), Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Toni Price, the Naughty Ones, Ted Roddy & the Tall Tops and others.

In 2001, Buck and Austin guitarist Eve Monsees formed a new band called Eve & The Exiles with Speedy Sparks and Grady Pinkerton. That same year Buck also appeared on Sci-Fi Diner, the debut disc from blues-rock guitarist J.J. Vicars. A self titled CD was released in 2004.^[1] The band lineup changed in 2007, with bassist Pat Collins (LeRoi Brothers), guitarist Homer Henderson and Donna Pearl (Naughty Ones) joining. This new line-up allowed Buck to return to his Ft. Worth teenage garage-rock roots, and release Blow Your Mind, their second album released in 2008.

Buck purchased Antone's Record Shop in Austin, in May 2009. He is co-owner, along with band-mate Eve Monsees, and the former store manager.^[2]

Discography

• Big Guitars From Texas - Trash, Twang & Thunder
• Johnny Carroll - Texabilly
• Eugene Chadbourne & Evan Johns - Terror Has Some Strange Kinfolk
• Jim Colgrove (Juke Jumpers) - Panther City Blues
• Robert Ealey & The Five Careless Lovers - Live At The New Bluebird Nightclub
• Tex Edwards & Out On Parole - Pardon Me, I've Got Someone To Kill
• Eve and the Exiles - Blow Your Mind
• Eve Monsees & the Exiles s/t
• Fabulous Thunderbirds - Different Tacos
• Fabulous Thunderbirds - Girls Go Wild
• Fabulous Thunderbirds - Tacos Deluxe
• Fabulous Thunderbirds - What's The Word?
• James Hinkle - Straight Ahead Blues?
• Long John Hunter - Lone Star Shootout
• Lazy Lester - All Over You
• Lazy Lester - Blues Stop Knockin'
• Legendary Stardust Cowboy - Rocket To Stardom
• LeRoi Brothers - Open All Night
• LeRoi Brothers - Check This Action
• LeRoi Brothers - Forget About The Danger
• LeRoi Brothers - Lucky Lucky Me
• LeRoi Brothers - Kings Of The Catnap
• LeRoi Brothers - Viva LeRoi
• LeRoi Brothers - Rhythm and Booze
• John ''Juke'' Logan - The Truth Will Rock You
• Lord High Fixers - The Beginning Of The End...The End Of The Beginning
• Mamou s/t
• Naughty Ones - I Dig Your Voodoo
• Toni Price - Hey
• Toni Price - Low Down And Up
• Toni Price - Swim Away
• Johnny Reno & His Sax Maniacs - Born To Blow
• Dick Rivers - Holly Days In Austin
• Frank Robinson & Guitar Curtis - Deep East Texas Blues
• South Filthy - Crackin' Up
• Sweetman - Austin Backalley Blue
• Ted & The Tall Tops s/t
• Teisco Del Rey - The Many Moods Of...
• Teisco Del Rey - ...Plays Music For Lovers
• Texas Tornados s/t
• Texas Tornados - Best Of...
• Three Balls Of Fire - The Best Of The Balls 1988-2000
• Henry Vestine - Guitar Gangster
• J.J. Vicars - Sci-Fi Diner
• Various artists (V/A) - Blues Guitar Women w/ Eve Monsees
• V/A - Delicacy & Nourishment Vol.3 w/ Evan Johns
• V/A - Everyday Is A Holly Day Tribute To Buddy Holly w/ Speedy Sparks, LeRoi Bros.
• V/A - Forever Gene Vincent w/ Johnny Carroll
• V/A - Happy Birthday Buck: A Texas Salute To Buck Owens w/ LeRoi Brothers
• V/A - Live At The Continental Club w/ Leroi Bros.
• V/A - Live At The Kremlin w/ LeRoi Bros.
• V/A - More Songs Of Route 66 w/ LeRoi Bros.
• V/A - Root Damage w/ T. Tex Edwards, South Filthy
• V/A - Texas Harmonica Rumble w/ Lazy Lester
• V/A - Texas Harmonica Rumble Vol. 2 w/ Ted & The Tall Tops, Mark Hummel, Jumpin' Johnny Sansone
• V/A - Texas Northside Kings w/ Eve Monsees
• V/A - Virus 100- Tribute To The Dead Kennedys w/ Evan Johns
• V/A - Turban Renewal- A Tribute To Sam The Sham w/ Homer Henderson, Naughty Ones, Little Richard Elizondo

See also

• List of drummers

References

1. ^ Eve & The Exiles CD notes at Amazon.com
2. ^ New owners of Antone's Record Store The Austin Chronicle May 22, 2009

External links

• Biography
• Sci-Fi Diner w/Mike Buck
• MotoMusic.com Frankie Camaro: Big Guitars from Texas
• Blow Your Mind EVE and The Exiles album review.

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