Anyone with ears and a taste for good country music knows that Dwight Yoakam learned much of what he knows from Buck Owens and other prominent Bakersfield Sound artists. However, by the time he was ...
Owens first recorded “Streets of Bakersfield” for the 1972 compilation album Buck ‘Em Volume 2: The Music of Buck Owens. More than a decade later, he was slated to perform a duet with Merle Haggard, ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People enjoy the music of Buck Owens at the Buck Owens Crystal Palace in Bakersfield in 1998. (Lori Shepler / Los Angeles Times) ...
A longtime hit maker, Buck Owens' most prolific period was undoubtedly the 1960s, when he accumulated numerous Top 10 hits with 19 of them reaching the No. 1 spot on the charts. "Bakersfield Gold: Top ...
The Crystal Palace, a music and dining joint in Bakersfield launched by Buck Owens — which hosted just about every country music star in America over the years — has abruptly shut its doors. The ...