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The Buttermilk and
FlatRock Record labels, now based in Buda Texas[10 miles south of Austin],
were originally based in Houston Texas and have been releasing
records since 1970. During the 70's and early 80's the in-house studios
produced and released 19 albums and 32 singles, most of which had regional
distribution. There was also a Buttermilk "mobile truck" with 16
track recording capability that recorded hundreds of hours of local music as
well as 60+ live-mix radio broadcasts for all the major labels, with
performances by such artists as Peter Tosh , The POLICE , Talking Heads ,
Tonya Tucker , Todd Rundgren , Johnny Winter , Jimmy Reed , Spirit , Leslie
West and many others. This label was known as a strong source original new
Texas talent and many of its artists went on to become internationally
known. Owner Charles Bickley was the only Texas representative to have a
booth at "Musexpo" in 1978 and represented such acts as Fever
Tree, the Steve Long Group (formerly Navasota), Deerfield, Richard Dobson,
Shake Russell, John Bell, Relayer, Lic, Eric Taylor &Rocky Hill (Dusty
Hill's brother): in all, about 100 masters were demonstrated and several
international lease deals resulted. Publishing has been an active part of
Buttermilk actions and several of the songs from our catalog have been
recorded by major artists. Lucinda Williams and Eric Taylor did their first
recording in the Buttermilk studios on the LP recorded for Anderson Fair
Restaurant in Houston Texas . David Allen Coe recorded Richard Dobson's,
"Piece of Wood and Steel" and Carlene Carter cut his song
"Baby Ride Easy" {produced by Rob Lowe }which got to #65 in
Billboard. He also has songs recorded by Billy Joe Spears and Rodney
Crowell. Another Buttermilk release got spotlighted as "strangest
novelty song of the year" by Billboard. It was a recording of "The
Hemma- Ridge Mountain Boys" doing Ray Hubbard's song "Up Against
the Wall Red Neck Mother" in pig-Latin!
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The label became inactive in 1984 due to pressure to retool with digital
technology that has revived Buttermilk records. The amazing versatility of
computer enhancement of old masters that have been transferred to DAT format
along with the renewed interest in the 1970's music scene has made the 100's
of unreleased masters in the Buttermilk vault quite in vogue. Last year we
released a 25 year old live tape of "Deerfield Live" on 12"
vinyl and CD's of "Charlie B. and the Bluelites" and Johnny Winter
"Live at the Texas Opry House". Buttermilk and Flatrock will
continue to release old masters on vinyl CD and cassette but we are also
very interested in making lease deals with other labels to release our
masters in other parts of the world. We have music in various categories:
70's rock, Psychedelic Rock, Blues, country and a 12 album anthology of
Texas Gulf Coast Jazz from the 60's in the archives just waiting to be
re-mastered.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT ANY OF THESE BUTTERMILK RECORDS
PRODUCTS, PLEASE SEND US YOUR COMMENTS.
Our email texasretromusic@yahoo.com
or charliebickley@hotmail.com
and texmusic@texas.net
address: P. O. BOX 340122 Austin , TX. 78734 phone: 512-468-7175
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