Buck Owens - Streets Of Bakersfield (No Dwight Yoakam Here)
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- Buck Owens Streets Of Bakersfield live on Concert.
"Streets of Bakersfield" is a 1973 song written by Homer Joy and popularized by Buck Owens. In 1988, Owens recorded a duet version with country singer Dwight Yoakam, which became one of Yoakam's first No. 1 Hot Country Singles hits.
Buck Owens released a recording of the song in 1973, and while that version wasn't a major hit, the re-recording he did with Dwight Yoakam in 1988 (with slightly changed lyrics) reached #1 on the Billboard Country Music charts.
The song details the journey of the narrator, told in first person, to Bakersfield, saying "I came here looking for something | I couldn't find anywhere else | I don't want to be nobody | Just want a chance to be myself" and "I've done a thousand miles of thumbing | And I've wore blisters on my heels | trying to find me something better | here on the streets of Bakersfield". (Both of these stanzas came from Homer Joy's experience in Bakersfield leading up to him writing the song). The chorus (originally a poke at the studio producer) says, "You don't know me but you don't like me | You say you care less how I feel | But how many of you that sit and judge me | Ever walk the streets of Bakersfield?".
The second half of the song details an incident in San Francisco where the narrator is arrested and has to spend a night in jail, presumably for vagrancy. During the night that he was incarcerated, the police throw a drunk man in the narrator's jail cell. While he was passed out, the narrator takes $15 from the drunk man, leaving him his watch and his old house key, saying "I don't like folks thinking that I'd steal | Then I thanked him as he was sleeping | and I headed out for Bakersfield" (whether or not this was something that actually happened to Joy is unknown).
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Buck Owens Streets Of Bakersfield Lyrics
I came here lookin' for somethin'
I couldn't find anywhere else
Well, I don't want to be nobody,
Just want a chance to be myself.
I've done a thousand miles of thumbin',
Yes, I've worn blisters on my heels
Trying to find me something better
On the streets of Bakersfield.
[Chorus:]
You don't know me but you don't like me,
You say you care less how I feel
How many of you that sit and judge me
Ever walked the streets of Bakersfield?
[Instrumental]
Spent some time in San Francisco,
Spent a night there in the can
They threw this drunk man in my jail cell,
I took fifteen dollars from that man.
I left him my watch and my old house keys,
I don't like folks thinking that I'd steal
Then I thanked him as he was sleeping,
And I headed out for Bakersfield.
[Chorus:]
You don't know me but you don't like me,
You say you care less how I feel
How many of you that sit and judge me
Ever walked the streets of Bakersfield
How many of you that sit and judge me
Ever walked the streets of Bakersfield...
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Buck IS the Bakersfield Sound!
Rip Buck. Still a Legend in Bakersfield!
Love it!!! Such an appropriate song for Bakersfield. Amazing Artist! We love us some Buck Owens!
Buck Owens was great! Brings back a lot of memories. Cool video!
GREAT SONG, 1 OF the BEST. Larry Sapudar.
I came here lookin for somethine I couldn't find n e where else, i like Buck fo sho
I love Bucks song Ain't it amazing Gracie the song is awesome and I live how buck sings it
this video should have 200,000 views
You should post alot of Buck Owens videos that would be awsome he was A great singer😁😁
I grew up watching Hee-Haw on Saurday afternoons with my Daddy. Oh how I miss seeing Buck Rogers, Roy Clark, Grandpa, Minnie Pearl, and the whole gang with their weekly guests.
Bako homegrown.. Same here.
Same. I long for those days. My parents and I watched it all the time. "I'm - a pickin' and I'm - a grinnin."
This is definitely Bakersfield
My neighbor has a guitar used by buck, the one with the flag on it!
Buck Owens enjoyed great music Buckaroos.
Great song !!
You are right it was great
Good stuff. I subscribed and liked.
Nice whistle.
Buck owens and dwight
I live in his city
Have you ever been in the cristal palace?
I was in love with Buck. But he was 15 years older then mi
I like to have samething that belong to Buck, like you have
The guitar red white and blue
I much prefer Buck singing this great song on his own.
I love this version.
me too!
Me too, wore the VHS tape out of this Buck show in rhe early 80''s. My opportunity to see him play came in 2003/ 2004? when he was booked to play Ballinlough Castle Country festival with Dwight Yokham. Sadly he passed away a few days before the show. Dwight naturally dedicated his set to his dearly departed friend🙏🕺🎸🎶🎵💎👌☘️🇮🇪
Buck called my grandpa personally and he asked him to be his lead guitarist, but my grandpa turned him down because he didnt want to leave his kids
I have a similar story, my cousin Homer Joy who wrote Streets of Bakersfield was asked to be part of the Buckaroos but couldn't do it because of his wife and children.
I want to hear this by BIG AL ANDERSON
I liked this song but that didnt look like his orignal Buckaroos! Where was Don Rich for example!
Anyone know what synth the guy is playing accordion on?
Same bass player from 1960's
Don rich was with buck untill he died in a motor cycle accident in the 70s.
BUCK WAS BEST ! ALSO DWIGHT YOAKAM and BUCK OWENS DUET OF THIS SONG : STREETS OF BAKERSFIELD LOVE THE GERMAN /AUSTRIAN SOUNDING ACCORDION ! PLEASE WATCH AND LISTEN TO LUCA STANGL HE' S TWELVE YEARS OLD FROM AUSTRIA AND SINGS AND PLAYS THE ACCORDION ! CHECK OUT HIS TH-cam CHANNEL LUCA STANGL
What's wrong with the audience. They are so deadpan, no energy, it's Buck Owens!
Bars get fuckin ripped apart when this mofo drops in the Central valley!
Look at the Steinberger headless guitar! So 80's and sterile, and so NOT country. The guy made it work though.
Terry Christofferson used it because it was tidy, he could have it around his neck while playing pedal guitar and go from one to the other mid song without breaking stride
Dwight does it WAY better.
He does it WITH buck.
RIP Buck Owens
when I was 11 Yrs old I told my friends Buck Owens was my Uncle . and actually Collected $2 a piece to get them Autograph picture But I had to Give them Back there Money Because No Picture and got my Butt Tanned with a Belt.
My Dad and Mom took My sisters Kelly holly and Me to Nashville Tn to see Buck Owens he was cool
My Uncle Buddy look like Buck Owens cause i told him he look like Buck Owens and told my friends From School he was Buck Owens
Charlie Irvin 😂🤣😂🤣😂😉
@@toniasebille6095 Something you got to say or pretend to make you look big I was only 11 years old when i said that I wanted My Uncle to be a country singer . but he was a Boat Builder he worked in a Boat yard