What did Buck Owens do with Dwight Yoakam?
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Dwight Yoakam was the first country singer to persuade Owens to perform again. After eight years of busy ÒretirementÓ Ñhe still taped ÒHee HawÓ and ran several lucrative businessesÑOwens agreed to sing some of his old hits with Yoakam. In 1987 the two appeared together at about a dozen concerts; then they recorded ÒThe Streets of Bakersfield,Ó a top ten country single that was nominated for a Country Music Association award. Owens made two discoveries: he was in demand as a musician again, and he still loved music enough to want to perform. He has returned to the stage on a regular basis and has released two albums, Hot Dog! and a reissue of his live 1966 appearance at New YorkÕs Carnegie Hall. Owens, who once tried to compromise with NashvilleÕs slick standards, claims he is glad to be back making the kind of music he wants to makeÑthe high-energy, rhythmic, steel-guitar sound associated primarily with him. ÒI like real music,Ó he told Guitar Player. ÒIf itÕs country, I want it honky-tonk. IÕm a honky-tonker.Ó ...
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