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Bud Buckley

One of the great joys for me is to see any of my close friends achieve a true milestone they've worked so hard to actualize. And Bud Buckley is no exception to that rule. He inspires my own musical ambitions and many of you enjoyed Bud's Guest appearance here on my Web feature, "THE INTERVIEW" (see the Archived visit!). Well, yesterday my Radio appearance on WSRQ "Sunny 1220" News/Talk AM did run (with a repeat scheduled for next Thursday Feb. 21st at 3:00 PM Eastern Time in the U.S. on the Web at: www.newstalk1220.com). Meantime, Bud received a stellar write up in The Florida Herald Tribune and I wanted to post it here because I've written about Bud's new CD, and the fact that our mutual friend, singer/songwriter Deni Bonet (of "Last Girl On Earth" Blog fame) appears on Bud's recording. In fact, Deni's own highly anticipated CD will be released soon as well, and I hope to be able to share her good news here! In the meantime, I thought you'd enjoy reading about a fellow Blogger and for me, a dear friend whose musical direction is evolving in a very exciting way. So, read on...

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Local music:
Bud Buckley vocals, guitar and songwriting
By Dawn Scire Correspondent
Published Thursday, Feb. 14, 2008

Base of operation: Venice

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Style/genre of music: Acoustic rock

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Bio: For Buckley, also a guitar teacher, each connotation of the phrase "It's about time" is significant. The retired New York state grade school teacher released his second CD, "It's About Time," in January. That's no ordinary feat when one's entire music career began late in life, no thanks to childhood echoes of callous schoolteachers. Buckley's own elementary school students rekindled his musical spirit. Curiously, one of those original fourth- graders, Kathy Feeney, now 21, co-wrote two of the new songs. After Buckley's 2004 debut disc, material accumulated and urgency goaded him (it's time!), yet his first producer was too busy to help. He did suggest that Buckley organize material by theme. Guess what's common to each of the 10 subtle, contemporary, neo-rock tunes on the tightly produced CD? Yup, time. So, truly, it IS about time.

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Quote: Buckley told Helen Avakian, his producer for "It's About Time," "There's nothing you can say to me that will hurt my feelings. ... And so once I got that across to her, she would say, 'You've gotta rewrite that line,' or 'That chord change is too vanilla." ... I mentioned her on the album as my musical dominatrix."

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Where playing: Althea's Restaurant (220 Miami Ave. W., 484-5187) in Venice, 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Fridays and 4:30 to 8 p.m. Saturdays.

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Where to buy CDs: $15 at shows, Boogie Woogie (Sarasota location, 921-7410) and Venice's Bella Luna (488-3089). Also, at CDBaby.com, iTunes and myspace.com/budbuckley1.

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Web site: budbuckley.com.