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A Brief History
I recently established contact
with Homer Joy, the man who wrote The Streets of Bakersfield in 1972. We
were called in to do a demo session of some songs that had been written for
Buck to review in early 1973. We all knew as we recorded the demo, that this
particular song had great potential. Little did we know that this
song would become one of Buck's most recognized recordings.
It gives me great pleasure to have played the steel guitar on the single
released by Buck in 1973 that made it into the top 10. The photo's of Don Rich and my studio
set-up, were taken the day this song was recorded for Buck's
single. I had just
gotten a new camera and wanted to try it out. Little did I know how
much these pictures would mean in later years.
The song
was later released as a single by Buck and Dwight Yoakm as a duo in 1988, and was re-cut
with Pete Anderson, and others. When Buck and Dwight made their first
public appearance together at the CMA Awards show, the original track of
Buck's single was used as the newer version hadn't been recorded yet. This was the time many became
re-familiar with the song as it rose to number one in the country
charts.
Thanks Homer!
Jerry Brightman
For more information about Homer
Joy,
please visit him at:
www.homerjoy.com/ |
This was Jerry's studio slot
during the recording of Buck's single version of Streets of Bakersfield. Jerry used a
quicker version of the "Together Again" lick on the Chorus's.
Jerry used his push-pull Emmons
guitar to record the song. The other guitar shown was a Sho-Bud
Pro.
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