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In the 1950s, a new style of country music, influenced by rock-n-roll, emerged from Bakersfield’s honky-tonk bars. Pioneered by music legends like Buck… -
Buck and Bonnie Owens, Merle Haggard, Bill Woods - their names are forever associated with the Bakersfield Sound. But what about the lesser known artists… -
It might be the most famous boxcar in Kern County, if not the entire state of California. The childhood home of the late country music star Merle Haggard… -
Ray Benson is one of the greatest living practitioners of western swing - a mix of country, jazz and boogie-woogie that has delighted audience worldwide… -
Acclaimed author Gerald Haslam grew up in the blue-collar Kern County community of Oildale in the 1940's, a child of the Dust Bowl migration to… -
Can you imagine Southern California without Hollywood? Or the Bay Area without Silicon Valley?No? History suggests that the identities of cities and… -
Detroit has Motown, Seattle has grunge, and San Francisco has psychedelic rock. Just three examples of American cities where unique musical styles…
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A new documentary film seeks to tell the story of one of the most influential figures in the development the Bakersfield Sound. But when the film makes… -
From the honkytonks of Oildale to concert halls across the world, the hard driving, guitar driven country music that came out of Kern County – known as…
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