Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
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] It was also a reaction against the slickly produced ...
Streets of Bakersfield. " 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. The song, which was written by songwriter Homer Joy, was first recorded by Buck Owens ...
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 ...
550 (est.) Opened. October 23, 1996. ( 1996-10-23) Website. www .buckowens .com. Buck Owens Crystal Palace (also known as the Crystal Palace and The Palace) is a music hall located in Bakersfield, California. It was constructed by Buck Owens, and was opened in 1996. Primarily it is a performance venue for country music, although other music ...
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 ( guitar ), Tanner Byrom ( drums ), Sonny California ( harmonica ), and Ron Mitchell ( bass guitar ).
Don Rich. Donald Eugene Ulrich (August 15, 1941 – July 17, 1974), best known by the stage name Don Rich, was an American country musician who helped develop the Bakersfield sound in the early 1960s. He was a noted guitarist and fiddler, and a member of The Buckaroos, the backing band of Don's best friend, country singer Buck Owens. Rich was ...
Roy Ernest Nichols (October 21, 1932 – July 3, 2001) was an American country music guitarist best known as the lead guitarist for Merle Haggard 's band The Strangers for more than two decades. He was known for his guitar technique, a mix of fingerpicking and pedal steel -like bends, usually played on a Fender Telecaster electric guitar.
Truck-driving country music is a genre of country music [106] and is a fusion of honky-tonk, country rock and the Bakersfield sound. [107] It has the tempo of country rock and the emotion of honky-tonk, [ 107 ] and its lyrics focus on a truck driver 's lifestyle. [ 108 ]