With the session half over, he broached the subject of Buck recording for Capitol. In 1965 Buck and McFadden founded OMAC Artists Corporation, a booking agency. CARNEGIE HALL "We drove up to the Holiday Inn, we didnt have to make reservations, it was always cheap, always clean, always a good place to stay. I wasnt thinkin about that and Im glad I wasnt. In fall 1960, "Excuse Me (I Think Ive Got A Heartache),"an Owens-Howard composition, peaked at #2 on both theBillboardandCashboxcharts. Wed go to bed with just cornbread and milk, and I remember wearing shoes with holes in the bottom. He even had an offer that year from some Canadian TV producers to star in a pilot of a country music TV variety/comedy program. Listen to the lyrics. Eventually they replaced their acoustic guitars with Fender Telecasters so the house bands could follow and learn their music. "His exact words were, I dont appreciate people sluggin my artists with songs! I didnt want to lose that gig with Ken Nelson, so I said, Ken, they came to my house. Dwight Yoakam and Buck Owens Streets of Bakersfield was released in 1988. 10 November 1969 - 3 January 1970 Production Dates. The cover featured an impressionistic painting of a pensive Buck wearing a red shirt, sitting on a grassy hill, and looking much like James Dean in the movieRebel Without A Cause. In 1988, Owens recorded a duet version with country singer Dwight Yoakam, which became one of Yoakam's first No. In October 1996, he opened the Buck Owens Crystal Palace in Bakersfield. Bakersfield also boasted a robust country music scene. His friends Bud and Don Mathes, owners of Mathes Brothers Furniture in Oklahoma City, asked him to host a half-hour TV show. Man who lost wife, son in Texas mass shooting tells story Ironically, Nelsons preference for an older style of production had much to do with Bucks modern sound. Filming commences in Co Down for the third series of Hope Street with How many of you that sit and judge me With him came the top talents in his stable: Buddy Alan, Susan Raye, and the Haggers. He invested his money and he didnt waste it. Both reached #1. Ken Nelson, Capitols head of country A&R, heard something special in the guitar picking. In 1988, Owens recorded a duet version with country singer Dwight Yoakam, which became one of Yoakam's first No. And doing those same old songs the same old wayI said, I think its time for me to have some fun. And so we got into those things and we had quite a bit fun with them too.". The pair had every Beatles album, and onstage did a good-natured imitation of the Liverpool quartet. Streets Of Bakersfield By Buck Owens - Digital Sheet Music For Piano Check out Country music stars Dwight Yoakam and the late Buck Owens performing their 1988 singe, "Streets of Bakersfield," below. Bucks close relationship with Ken Nelson played a major role in his successful recording career. Ken Nelson is a very great man.". They got 10% of the take, which was usually around $100 regardless of the size of the crowd, and split $10 three ways. But those were their feelings about playing music where people were drinkin.. Learn how Buck started out as the son of a sharecropper with a dream of a better life.