Very Early Buck Owens Recordings Will Be Released In September [VIDEOS]

He’s a country music legend today, but Buck Owens wasn’t born into country music royalty.

Buck  struggled for years as a session musician and performer, releasing little-known records on small record labels.

But in September, because of a compilation to be released by Rockbeat Records, Buck Owens fans will get to hear some of  his earliest recordings.

Bound for Bakersfield 1953-1956: The Complete Pre-Capitol Collection’, will consisting of 24 tracks on a single CD. These are recordings Owens made for the Pep, Chesterfield, and La Brea labels during the early-to-mid ’50s.

Before developing his trademark “Bakersfield sound”, these recordings offer a glimpse of an artist finding his voice.

Country music historian Rich Kienzle writes in the set’s liner notes,  “There were lessons to be learned and dues to be paid,”  but in the final analysis, the Buck of legend, of the raw honky-tonk vocals, catchy commercial tunes, twangy Fender Telecasters and churning, aggressive ‘freight train’ rhythms was forged in Bakersfield’s honky-tonks and recording studios there and in L.A. from 1951 to 1957.”

Here are videos of some of Buck's biggest hits known world wide.