Bakersfield Sound: Buck Owens, Merle Haggard… BOOK
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VARIOUS – HAL 8065 BY THE COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME & MUSEUM 96 PAGES. SOFTBOUND. NESTLED AT THE SOUTHERN END OF CALIFORNIA'S SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY, THE CITY OF BAKERSFIELD IS BEST KNOWN FOR FARMING, OIL FIELDS, AND A UNIQUE BRAND OF COUNTRY MUSIC CALLED THE "BAKERSFIELD SOUND." THE TERM IS GENERALLY USED TO DESCRIBE A HARD-EDGED HONKYTONK SENSIBILITY CHARACTERIZED BY SHARP, TWANGING FENDER TELECASTER GUITARS, CRYING PEDAL STEEL, AND STRAIGHT-AHEAD COUNTRY VOCALS, A SOUND THAT THRIVED IN BAKERSFIELD CLUBS IN THE 1950’S AND '60’S. THE BAKERSFIELD SOUND IS A FULL-COLOR EXPLORATION OF WHAT SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC FACTORS LED TO THIS COUNTRY MUSIC HOTBED, AS WELL AS A LOOK AT THE MANY STARS WHO ROSE TO FAME WITH ROOTS IN BAKERSFIELD. COUNTRY LUMINARIES WITH TIES TO THE AREA INCLUDE LEON PAYNE, JEAN SHEPHERD, DALLAS FRAZIER, BONNIE OWENS, MERLE HAGGARD, BUCK OWENS, BARBARA MANDRELL, AND FERLIN HUSKY. WRITTEN BY THE EXPERTS AT THE COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME, THE BAKERSFIELD SOUND DESCRIBES WITH RICH WORDS AND CLASSIC PHOTOS HOW THE DEEP ROOTS OF THE BAKERSFIELD SOUND ARE SO MUCH MORE THAN JUST A REACTION TO THE POP-ORIENTED NASHVILLE SOUND.