BUCK OWENS AND DWIGHT YOAKAM, PTS 1&2: BILL AND RICH, THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS EXPLORE SOME OF THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE BAKERSFIELD SOUND'S SPIRITUAL FATHER AND SON IN THIS "DIG THIS" REWIND.

Buck Owens (August 12, 1929 – March 25, 2006), and Dwight Yoakam (b. October 23, 1956) : two master navigators of a very unique tributary along the stream of popular music, inspired and learned from each other - one, being the progenitor of the "Bakersfield Sound", and the other his adopted musical progeny. "The Streets of Bakersfield," originally recorded by Buck Owens in 1973, was revived as a…