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After Buck Owens' death in 2006, Yoakam began performing covers of his songs in concert. This culminated in his 2007 album Dwight Sings Buck, composed entirely of Owens covers. Yoakam recorded the project with his touring band, which at the time included then-former Mavericks member Eddie Perez on lead guitar. Yoakam stated that he and the band ...
Buck Owens and the Bakersfield sound that Owens helped establish had a profound influence on Dwight Yoakam's musical artistry. In the liner notes to his second album Hillbilly Deluxe Yoakam wrote: "VERY SPECIAL THANKS: to Buck Owens for all his records that still serve as an inspiration for the California honky-tonk sound", and the opening track of that LP, "Little Ways", was an obvious homage ...
"Streets of Bakersfield" is a 1973 song written by Homer Joy and popularized by Buck Owens. In 1988, Owens recorded a duet version with country singer Dwight Yoakam, which became one of Yoakam's first No. 1 Hot Country Singles hits. The song, which was written by songwriter Homer Joy, was first recorded by Buck Owens in 1972 with little success ...
Buck Owens has spent the last few years looking after business in Bakersfield, California, back again where his career began. When country music went slick in the '70s, Buck… Dwight Yoakam and ...
He covered classic country artists Jimmy Rodgers, Buck Owens and the Carter Family. Yoakam was particularly animated about one of his favorite bands, the Byrds. He opened the Spotify app on one of ...
The Autobiography of Buck Owens by Buck Owens with Randy Poe was released. The book has a foreword by Brad Paisley and a preface by Dwight Yoakam. In a 2007 authorized biography Buck, historian Kathryn Burke gives a positive account of Owens. [31] In Buck Owens: The Biography (2010) investigative journalist Eileen Sisk offers a critical account ...
Kentucky-born singer Dwight Yoakam cut his homecoming set short while on the stage Sunday on Day 2 of the Railbird Fest. He ended his show, retreated off-stage, returned and then left after two ...
Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room is the third studio album by American country music singer Dwight Yoakam, released on August 2, 1988. The album contains Yoakam's first two No. 1 Hot Country Singles singles. The first was "Streets of Bakersfield," a duet with country music veteran Buck Owens, who had originally released a version of the song in ...