Sixty-one years ago today, Buck Owens was at the top of the country chart with an album that has since become a classic.
They stood for decades as Bakersfield's two greatest country music stars, and long after their deaths, they still wear those crowns. Merle Haggard and Buck Owens each came from hardscrabble beginnings ...
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 ...