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Spondulix is 19th-century slang for money or cash, more specifically a reasonable amount of spending money. Spondulicks , spondoolicks , spondulacks , spondulics , and spondoolics are alternative spellings, and spondoolies is a modern variant.
A buckaroo is a cowboy of the Great Basin and California region of the United States, from an Anglicization of the Spanish word vaquero.
Slang terms for money often derive from the appearance and features of banknotes or coins, their values, historical associations or the units of currency concerned. Within a language community, some of the slang terms vary in social, ethnic, economic, and geographic strata but others have become the dominant way of referring to the currency and are regarded as mainstream, acceptable language ...
The game centers on an articulated plastic model of a mule named "Roo" (or "Buckaroo"). The mule begins the game standing on all four feet, with a blanket on its back. Players take turns placing various items onto the mule's back without causing the mule to buck up on its front legs, throwing off all the accumulated items (the toy has a spring mechanism that is triggered by significant vibra
It was originally recorded by Buck Owens and the Buckaroos, whose version reached number one on the Billboard Country Singles chart in 1963, [1] his first chart-topper. [2] In 2002, Shelly Fabian of About.com ranked the song number 169 on her list of the Top 500 Country Music Songs. [3]
In the early 1970s, Owens and the Buckaroos enjoyed a string of hit duets with his protege Susan Raye, who subsequently became a popular solo artist with Owens as her producer. In 1971, the Buckaroos' bass guitarist Doyle Holly left the band to pursue a solo career. Holly was known for his booming deep voice on solo ballads.
The Buck Owens' Buckaroos Strike Again! 11 1968 A Night on the Town with Buck Owens' Buckaroos: 32 Meanwhile Back at the Ranch: 34 1969 Anywhere U.S.A. 35 Roll Your Own with Buck Owens' Buckaroos: 45 1970 Rompin' and Stompin' — Boot Hill — 1971 That Fiddlin' Man — The Buckaroos Play the Hits — Songs of Merle Haggard Played by the ...
In his Allmusic review, critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote "Owens didn't have hits with this record, but it did go to number one, and it does stand as one of his most consistently satisfying long-players, thanks to the pen of Tommy Collins and the wonderful performances of Buck Owens & His Buckaroos."