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Pages in category "Musicians from Bakersfield, California" The following 36 pages are in this category, out of 36 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Brandon Cruz - punk musician and former child actor [37] [38] Merle Haggard - singer, Country Music Hall of Fame inductee [39] [40] Michael Lockwood - guitarist and music producer; Kareem Lopez - musician; Mary Osborne - jazz guitarist [41] [42] Buck Owens - singer, musician Country Music Hall of Fame inductee [43] [44] Gregory Porter - singer ...
The Bakersfield sound is a sub-genre of country music developed in the mid-to-late 1950s in and around Bakersfield, California. [1] Bakersfield is defined by its influences of rock and roll and honky-tonk style country, and its heavy use of electric instrumentation and backbeats . [ 2 ]
Alvis Edgar "Buck" Owens Jr. (August 12, 1929 – March 25, 2006) was an American musician, singer, songwriter, and band leader. He was the lead singer for Buck Owens and the Buckaroos, which had 21 No. 1 hits on the Billboard country music chart.
Bobby Durham (born 1942 ) is an American country musician associated with the Bakersfield sound. His hits include Do You Still Drink Margaritas; Playboy; Let’s Start a Rumor Today and the classic song penned by Merle Haggard My Past Is Present.
Thomas Avery Hays (August 12, 1929 – May 13, 2023) was an American guitarist, band leader and vocalist; and was one of the last living members of the great musicians who created The Bakersfield Sound.
A critically acclaimed documentary chronicling the life of Mize and his impact on the country music industry was released in 2015. [1] Directed by William J Saunders and titled Billy Mize and the Bakersfield Sound, [4] it screened at the Los Angeles Film Festival in June 2014. [5] Mize died on October 29, 2017, at the age of 88. [6] [7]
Bakersfield has its share of notable "native-born" musicians, including Country Music Hall of Famer Merle Haggard, renowned jazz pianist David Benoit, Hall of Fame guitarist Bill Aken (one of the founding members of 'The Wrecking Crew' inducted into the Musician's Hall of Fame in 2008), country music artist Buck Owens, American Latin jazz musician Louie Cruz Beltran, and sacred music composer ...