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, ...

Thirty-nine years ago today, Dwight Yoakam reached the first of many major career milestones with his debut album.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. They stood for decades as Bakersfield's two greatest country music stars, and long after their deaths, they still wear those ...

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) ...

NASHVILLE (Billboard) - Dwight Yoakam first met Buck Owens when he visited Owens' Bakersfield, Calif., radio station KUZZ before appearing at a local fair in 1987. Sign up here. Now, Yoakam is paying ...

"This publication was created by the staff of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum"--Title page verso. "Published on the occasion of the exhibition The Bakersfield sound : Buck Owens, Merle ...