Tonight’s Daily Dose is The Orange Blossom Special. It’s a fiddle tune written in 1938 by Ervin T. Rouse. While it is sometimes known as the fiddle player’s national anthem, it goes down pretty well on the uke too. Here is the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain doing a most fantastic version of this venerable old time classic.

I grew up on the next performance, Johnny Cash at San Quentin.

Here’s The Buckaroos featuring Don Rich. Buck Owens and the boys had a great band going back in the day. They also had the best outfits. I’ve heard people call them “Nudie Suits”, referring to Nudie Cohn, but I read somewhere that Mr. Owen preferred outfits designed by Nathan Turk. In any case, they were spectacular. These days, bands seem to just wear whatever they feel like. These guys liked to do it up right for their audience.

Now let’s listen to Eric Dysart, who rips it up.

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