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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 ]
Aug. 30—Defining the brand of country music that has come to be known as the Bakersfield Sound is anything but easy. In fact, many have said it's impossible. But Bakersfield-raised documentary ...
"Streets of Bakersfield" is a 1973 song written by Homer Joy and popularized by Buck Owens. In 1988, Owens recorded a duet version with country singer Dwight Yoakam , which became one of Yoakam's first No. 1 Hot Country Singles hits.
Leonard Raymond Sipes [1] (September 28, 1930 [1] – March 14, 2000), [2] better known as Tommy Collins, was an American country music singer and songwriter. [1] Active primarily during the 1950s through the 1970s, Collins was instrumental in helping create the Bakersfield sound of the country music genre. He enjoyed a string of hits during ...
Over the past few years, massive storms have wrecked the once-famed music venue. Before the Bakersfield sound, Fresno had ‘Nashville West.’ What became of famed barn?
In the 1960s Durham signed to Capitol Records and released several singles, including his take on the Merle Haggard song "My Past Is Present". In 1965 he was nominated for Most Promising Male Vocalist for the Academy of Country Music Awards and again in 1966 as Most Promising Vocal Group for a duet recording he did with Jeanie O'Neal.
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Big House is an American country music band based in Bakersfield, California.Grounded in the Bakersfield Sound, originally, the band consisted of Monty Byrom (lead vocals, guitar), David Neuhauser (guitar, keyboard), Chuck Seaton (), Tanner Byrom (), Sonny California (), and Ron Mitchell (bass guitar).