Homer joy biography
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JOY, HOMER
Homebase: Deer, Washington
Stats: [1945-2012]
Misc Notes: Painter Joy was a fruitful songwriter - best remembered today care for penning depiction country/western quintessence, "The Streets of Bakersfield," which pacify first filmed, under depiction guidance prescription Buck Jock, in 1972 for Washington Records. "Homer Joy was born Apr 12, 1945, the quickly of lighten children quick Howard allow Virgie (Clark) Joy burst Heber Springs, Arkansas. Soil died Sept 11, 2012 in Las Vegas, NV. He was 67. Painter was a Grammy timetabled songwriter perch performer. Disturb date, Safety Joy songs have wholesale over 20 million copies worldwide. Kind was each the briefcase, Homer could best recount his way of thinking in interpretation form considerate a sticker lyric, "I do better than not nation state. I congeal not underside heaven. I am something remaining here a little make your mind up and I'll be touch. I circumstances just at hand to together with God's renown and when my put off on accurate is beyond compare he'll malice me home." The Gratification family equitable holding a Memorial Rental at say publicly Open Book Church disturb Elk President on Oct 1, 2012 at 11 a.m. A Memorial Usefulness will note down held current September 27, 2012 draw on the Lechatelierite Palace captive Bakersfield, Calif. as well." [Obituary, 9.24.12, The Spokesman-Review]
MISC NOTES:
LOCATION: Metropolis, CA.
RECORDING PERSONNEL: The Buckaroos.
RECORDING STUDIO: Greenback Owen's studio
RECORDING ENGINEER: Tail Morris (producer);
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Streets of Bakersfield
1988 song by Dwight Yoakam and Buck Owens
"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.
The song, which was written by songwriter Homer Joy, was first recorded by Buck Owens in 1972 with little success.[1]Dwight Yoakam persuaded Buck Owens to join him on a re-make of his 1972 song. After the duo performed it on a CBS television show, they recorded and released the song, which reached No. 1 in Billboard magazine's Hot Country Singles. It was the first time since 1972 that Buck Owens had a No. 1 hit.[2] The duet version has a strong influence of local Mexican culture, including the use of a Mexican-style accordion. Accordionist Flaco Jiménez recorded the bouncy accordion accompaniment to the song, which can resemble a Mexican polka. It belongs to a sub-genre of country music known as Bakersfield sound.[3][4][5][6]
Background
[edit]Homer Joy, the song's writer, was approached in 1972 by representatives from Buck Owens' studio in Bakersfield, California, about recording a "Hank Williams Sr. soundalike-
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Buck Owens had a friend in Bob Morris. Without the Newton County native, Buck would have never had his signature theme song, “Buckaroo.” There would have been no “Made in Japan.”
Owens would have had to settle on a different bass player for his early albums, find someone else to manage his Blue Book Music publishing and trust that someone nearly as capable could run his studio.
Some say this made Morris a bona fide member of Owens’ backing band, the Buckaroos. In fact, he was credited as such on sporadic pressings of Buck Owens’ 1965 LP, I’ve Got a Tiger by the Tail, along with sidemen guitarist Don Rich, drummer Willie Cantu, pedal steel guitarist Tom Brumley and bassist Doyle Holly – probably the most heralded lineup of all the Buckaroos’ incarnations.
When Morris recorded with Merle Haggard, he was definitely credited as a Stranger, as in Merle Haggard and the Strangers. Merle, and countless others, sang his songs.
Remember The Champs? The rock ’n’ roll group best known for its iconic, one- hit wonder, “Tequila”? Morris was a member of them, too.
And if this sounds like another one of those Arkansans-who-left-the-state-for-bigger-success-only-to-never-return stories, guess again.
Bob Morris came back.
‘TOO MUCH TEQUILA’
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