The Prettiest Dress
Eddie Bond Sings The Legend Of Buford Pusser
Producers: Jerry Chestnut - Eddie Bond
Arranger: Jack Clement
Creative Direction: The Stax Organization
Photography: Maldwin Hamlin
Enterprise ENS-1038
Stax Records
1973
From the back cover: Buford Pusser is an American folk hero. His daring exploits as McNairy County, Tennessee, sheriff have made him a living legend in his own time.
He is a rugged symbol of honest law enforcement... a man who couldn't be bought at any price.
In this album, Eddie Bond, the singing police chief of Finger, Tennessee: along with the officials of Stax Records pay tribute to this legendary lawman who had the "guts" to tackle any thug who crossed his path.
Needless to say, the war against crime left its battle scars on Pusser, and today, his wire-mesh jaw, the gift of plastic surgeons, barely moves when he speaks.
He has undergone several facial operations since that morning of August 12, 1967, when gangsters shot away the lower part of his jaw and killed his pretty wife in a pre-dawn ambush. Moreover, he had been shot eight times, stabbed seven, rammed with a moonshiner's car and killed two persons.
When Buford Pusser left the sheriff's office in 1970, he left behind a powerful legend. And the legend is excitedly echoed in these songs by Eddie Bond.
No artist is more qualified than Eddie Bond to sing the story of this colorful sheriff.
Eddie Bond has known Buford Pusser since 1968. During the latter part of Buford's term in office, he appointed Eddie his chief deputy. And after leaving the sheriff's post, Pusser encouraged the mayor and council at Finger to name Eddie Bond the town's police chief.
It was Bond's first song about Pusser that inspired Hollywood producers to film a movie on the former sheriff's life and opened other doors to success for him. The movie, "Walking Tall", is presently a top box office attraction all across the country.
As you listen to the songs on this album, you will be able to tell that Eddie Bond is singing with deep, personal feeling.
No greater tribute has ever been paid to Buford Pusser in song. The album is a collector's item. – W. R. Morris author: "The Twelfth Of August", the life story of Buford Pusser
Son Of A Sawmill Man
Buford Pusser's Walkin' Tall
Time
The Prettiest Dress
200 LBS. O' Swingin' Hound
Buford Pusser's Child
Buford Pusser Goes Bear Hunting
With A Switch
Christmas In Heaven
Legend Of Buford Pusser
