The song is a cover of his dad\u2019s Christmas classic<\/p>\n
Country music artist Johnny Owens is set to bring a dose of classic Bakersfield cheer to the holiday season with the release of his new festive single, a cover of the timeless holiday classic \u201cSanta Looked a Lot Like Daddy<\/a>,\u201d arriving on all major streaming platforms.<\/p>\n Originally co-written and recorded by his father, country music legend Buck Owens, and his longtime guitarist Don Rich in 1965, \u201cSanta Looked a Lot Like Daddy\u201d tells the lighthearted, humorous story of a child sneaking downstairs on Christmas Eve only to realize that Old Saint Nick looks suspiciously familiar. The original single famously peaked at No. 2 on Billboard\u2019s Christmas singles chart. Now, exactly 20 years since his father\u2019s passing in 2006, Johnny Owens steps up to the microphone to deliver a fresh yet historically faithful rendition that preserves the raw energy, driving rhythm, and signature twang of the historic Bakersfield Sound.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m excited to release my version of \u201cSanta Looked a Lot Like Daddy,\u201d shares Owens. \u201cIt\u2019s always been a special song to me, not only because my dad wrote and recorded it, but because it\u2019s become such a fun part of his Christmas legacy. Getting to put my own touch on it while honoring Dad and the original was something I really wanted to do. I hope it brings back some great memories for longtime fans and becomes part of Christmas for a whole new generation.\u201d<\/p>\n The release follows on the heels of Johnny\u2019s widely praised late-2026 singles, \u201cAct Naturally<\/a>\u201d and \u201cTogether Again<\/a>,\u201d which have served as powerful previews for his forthcoming full-length tribute compilation album. The ten-track collection is designed to celebrate Buck\u2019s extraordinary career while introducing a new generation of listeners to traditional, unfiltered country storytelling.<\/p>\n Fans can expect to hear the holiday track alongside timeless Buck Owens staples, Merle Haggard classics, and behind-the-scenes stories on Johnny Owens\u2019 current tour, Johnny Owens and the Bakersfield Sound, which is actively extending dates into 2027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The song is a cover of his dad\u2019s Christmas classic Country music artist Johnny Owens is set to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":520869,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152,25817,169984],"class_list":["post-520868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news","tag-buck-owens","tag-johnny-owens"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=520868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520868\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/520869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=520868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=520868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=520868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}