From 1974: Homer Joy, a country musician in residence at the Spokane House, received a “big boost in his career” when Buck Owens recorded several of his songs. One of those songs was “The Streets of ...

Red Simpson, Bakersfield musician and Dust Bowl migrant whose 1971 country hit “I’m a Truck” helped propel a national enthusiasm for romantic truck-driving lore, has died. He died Friday in ...