I Don't Care is an album by Buck Owens

Buck Owens

Alvis Edgar Owens, Jr. , better known as Buck Owens, was an American singer and guitarist who had 21 No. 1 hits on the Billboard country music charts with his band, the Buckaroos...

 and his Buckaroos

The Buckaroos

The Buckaroos were a Grammy-winning band led by Buck Owens in the 1960s and early '70s, who were heavily involved in the development and presentation of the "Bakersfield Sound." Their peak of success was from 1965-1970. In 2005, CMT named the Buckaroos No...

, released in 1964. It reached Number one on the Billboard

Billboard charts

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 Country charts and Number 135 on the Pop Albums charts. The single "I Don't Care

I Don't Care (Just as Long as You Love Me)

"I Don't Care " is a 1964 single by Buck Owens, his fourth number one on the country chart. "I Don't Care " spent six weeks at number one and a total of twenty-seven weeks on the chart. The B-side of the song, "Don't Let Her Know", peaked at number thirty-three on the country chart.-Chart...

" spent six weeks at number one.

The album features a duet with Rose Maddox

Rose Maddox

Roselea Maddox , better known as Rose Maddox, was an American country singer-songwriter and fiddle player.Born in Boaz, Alabama, Maddox was the singer in the Maddox Brothers and Rose....

 as well as lead vocals by Don Rich

Don Rich

Donald Eugene Ulrich, best known by the stage name Don Rich was a country musician who helped develop the Bakersfield sound in the early 1960s. He was a noted guitarist and fiddler, and a member of the Buckaroos, the backing band of country singer Buck Owens.-Biography:Donald Eugene Ulrich was...

 and Doyle Holly

Doyle Holly

Doyle Floyd Hendricks, known by the stage name Doyle Holly was an American musician best known as the bass guitar player of the country music band Buck Owens and the Buckaroos and for his solo hit songs "Queen Of The Silver Dollar" and "Lila". Holly's contributions on bass guitar and rhythm guitar...

. It was re-released on CD in 1995 by Sundazed Records

Sundazed Records

Sundazed Records is a record label based in Coxsackie, in the Catskills of New York. It specializes in obscure and rare recordings from the 1950s to the 1970s.Label founders Bob Irwin and his wife Mary started the label in 1989...

 with two bonus tracks, both instrumentals from The Buck Owens Songbook.

Side one

1. "I Don't Care (Just as Long as You Love Me)
   I Don't Care (Just as Long as You Love Me)
   "I Don't Care " is a 1964 single by Buck Owens, his fourth number one on the country chart. "I Don't Care " spent six weeks at number one and a total of twenty-seven weeks on the chart. The B-side of the song, "Don't Let Her Know", peaked at number thirty-three on the country chart.-Chart...
   
   " (Buck Owens) – 2:10
2. "Dang Me" (Roger Miller
   Roger Miller
   Roger Dean Miller was an American singer, songwriter, musician and actor, best known for his honky tonk-influenced novelty songs...
   
   ) – 2:01
3. "Don't Let Her Know" (Owens, Bonnie Owens
   Bonnie Owens
   Bonnie Owens , born Bonnie Campbell, was an American country music singer who was married to Buck Owens and later Merle Haggard.-Biography:...
   
   , Don Rich
   Don Rich
   Donald Eugene Ulrich, best known by the stage name Don Rich was a country musician who helped develop the Bakersfield sound in the early 1960s. He was a noted guitarist and fiddler, and a member of the Buckaroos, the backing band of country singer Buck Owens.-Biography:Donald Eugene Ulrich was...
   
   ) – 2:35
4. "Buck's Polka" (Owens) – 1:55
5. "Understand Your Man" (Johnny Cash
   Johnny Cash
   John R. "Johnny" Cash was an American singer-songwriter, actor, and author, who has been called one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century...
   
   ) – 2:50
6. "Loose Talk" (Freddie Hart, Ann Lucas) – 2:34

Side two

1. "You're Welcome Anytime" (Buddy Mize, Ray Sanders) – 2:28
2. "Abilene" (John D. Loudermilk
   John D. Loudermilk
   John D. Loudermilk is an American singer and songwriter.-Biography:Born in Durham, North Carolina, Loudermilk grew up in a family who were members of the Salvation Army faith and was influenced by the church singing. His cousins Ira and Charlie Loudermilk were known professionally as the Louvin...
   
   ) – 2:48
3. "Playboy" (Eddie Miller, Bob Morris) – 1:56
4. "Bud's Bounce" (Bud Isaacs) – 1:48
5. "Louisiana Man" (Doug Kershaw
   Doug Kershaw
   Doug Kershaw, born January 24, 1936, is an American fiddle player, singer and songwriter from Louisiana. Active since 1949, Kershaw has recorded fifteen albums and charted on the Hot Country Songs charts.- Early life :...
   
   ) – 2:49
6. "This Ol' Heart" (Eddie Miller, Bob Morris) – 2:07

1995 bonus tracks:

1. "I Don't Care (Just as Long as You Love Me)" (Owens) – 2:09
2. "Don't Let Her Know" (Owens, Owens, Rich) – 2:38

Personnel

• Buck Owens – guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  , vocals
• Don Rich
  Don Rich
  Donald Eugene Ulrich, best known by the stage name Don Rich was a country musician who helped develop the Bakersfield sound in the early 1960s. He was a noted guitarist and fiddler, and a member of the Buckaroos, the backing band of country singer Buck Owens.-Biography:Donald Eugene Ulrich was...
  
   – guitar, fiddle
  Fiddle
  The term fiddle may refer to any bowed string musical instrument, most often the violin. It is also a colloquial term for the instrument used by players in all genres, including classical music...
  
  , vocals, (lead vocal on "Dang Me" and "Louisiana Man")
• Doyle Holly
  Doyle Holly
  Doyle Floyd Hendricks, known by the stage name Doyle Holly was an American musician best known as the bass guitar player of the country music band Buck Owens and the Buckaroos and for his solo hit songs "Queen Of The Silver Dollar" and "Lila". Holly's contributions on bass guitar and rhythm guitar...
  
   – bass, vocals (lead vocal on "Abilene" and "Understand Your Man")
• Rose Maddox – vocal duet on "Loose Talk"
• Tom Brumley
  Tom Brumley
  Tom Brumley was an American steel guitarist who played with Buck Owens and the Buckaroos in the 1960s, contributing to the group's "Bakersfield sound", and later spent a decade with Rick Nelson.-Biography:...
  
   – pedal steel guitar
• Willie Cantu – drums
• Pee Wee Adams – drums
  Drum kit
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• Bob Morris – bass
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  
• Jay McDonald – pedal steel guitar
  Pedal steel guitar
  The pedal steel guitar is a type of electric guitar that uses a metal bar to "fret" or shorten the length of the strings, rather than fingers on strings as with a conventional guitar. Unlike other types of steel guitar, it also uses pedals and knee levers to affect the pitch, hence the name "pedal"...
  
  
• Mel King – drums
• George French – piano
• Jim Pierce – piano
• Jelly Sanders – fiddle, guitar
• Allen Williams – bass