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"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.
Dwight David Yoakam (born October 23, 1956) is an American country singer-songwriter, actor, and filmmaker. He first achieved mainstream attention in 1986 with the release of his debut album Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc. .
Buenas Noches was produced by guitarist Pete Anderson, Yoakam's creative partner since meeting in Los Angeles.Armed with a Telecaster, Anderson provided some fiery treble to Yoakam's songs in much the same way that guitarist Don Rich did for Buck Owens, and along with Yoakam's nasal, high lonesome voice, created a unique sound rooted in the Bakersfield honky-tonk scene from the fifties.
Yoakam’s “Greater Bakersfield” is the sieve through which much of “Brighter Days” filtered. The country singer met Malone in 2018 when he was a guest on the show.
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 ...
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 ...
Dwight Yoakam touring in support of new album 'Brighter Days' Yoakam, 68, first achieved mainstream success in 1986 with the release of his debut album, "Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc.," and has ...
Country artist Dwight Yoakam has cited Owens as an early influence in his career and recorded several of Owens's songs. He recorded a duet with Owens of the song "Streets of Bakersfield", originally recorded by Owens in 1973. In 2007, Yoakam released a tribute album, Dwight Sings Buck.