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Buck Owens 'Love's Gonna Live Here' KLAW Classic [VIDEO]

Frank Seres — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 12:36:02 +0000

It’s not often we set the Wayback Machine to go back 49 years, but we couldn’t resist today. October 19th, 1963 was the day Buck Owens got his second #1 song. This song has been covered by Waylon Jennings, Dwight Yoakam, Emmylou Harris, Tanya Tucker and Martina McBride. But nobody did it quite like Buck. [...]

Dwight Yoakam and Buck Owens 'Streets of Bakersfield' KLAW Classic [VIDEO]

Frank Seres — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 11:57:45 +0000

Today’s KLAW Classic first hit the country music world in 1973 performed by Buck Owens. ‘Streets of Bakersfield’ did reach the Number one spot, but not until it was recorded by Dwight Yoakam, who cited Buck Owens as his favorite performer. In fact, Yoakam asked Buck Owens to sing on his version of the song. It was [...]

Bakersfield Sound Gets Its Own Spotlight At The Country Music Hall of Fame

Clay Miller — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 10:45:19 +0000

Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images Buck Owens, Merle Haggard, Bill Woods, Fuzzy Owen and Bonnie Owens. A few names that stand out and some that do not. But they have a common thread.

Early Buck Owens Recordings to Be Released in September

Jeff Giles — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 14:45:02 +0000

He’s a legend today, but Buck Owens wasn’t born into country music royalty — in fact, he struggled for years as a session musician and performer, releasing a series of little-known recordings for smaller labels.

Next month, thanks to a compilation scheduled for release by Rockbeat Records, fans will get a new chance to hear some of Owens’ earliest recordings for themselves.

Ralph Mooney Passes

Clay Miller — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 14:46:19 +0000

Ralph Mooney, the pioneering steel guitar player who recorded and toured with WAYLON JENNINGS for two decades, died on Sunday night from cancer complications in Kennedale, Texas. He was 82. Mooney recorded on numerous hits for MERLE HAGGARD, BUCK OWENS and others. But it was for his work with Waylon that he was best [...]