Songs of Bakersfield

Jake directs me to this simply wonderful old clip of Buck Owens and the Buckaroos appearing on the Jimmy Dean Show in 1966:

Among the many delights of this video:

1. The names of the various Buckaroos affixed to their various instruments
2. The oil-derrick stagecraft
3. Buck Owens, obviously, and the way his rhinestones cause black flares in the TV camera
4. Don Rich's Fender Telecaster (I have a Telecaster, ergo, I am Don Rich!)

Buck Owens, the Buckaroos, and the Bakersfield Sound is all I would need on a desert island.

And the Dwight Yoakam - Buck Owens duet "Streets of Bakersfield" is a must for any collection (sorry about the poor audio quality but the video is just too good):