Yoakam had his first country No. 1 in 1988 with “Streets of Bakersfield,” a cover of a song by Yoakam’s longtime idol Buck Owens that featured the singing and playing of Owens himself.

Though Dwight Yoakam seems a freewheeling conversationalist ... and the timeless 1988 duet "Streets of Bakersfield" with Buck Owens, among a half-dozen No. 1 singles worldwide.