BAKERSFIELD SOUND

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Genre: Americana / Country / Roots Music
Location BAKERSFIELD, California, US
Profile Views: 31926
Last Login: 4/7/2011
Member Since 11/22/2007
Record Label unsigned
Type of Label Indie
Bio
...... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. The Bakersfield sound was a genre of country music developed in the mid- to late 1950s in and around Bakersfield, California. Bakersfield country was a reaction against the slickly-produced, string orchestra-laden Nashville Sound, which was becoming popular in the late 1950s. Buck Owens and the Buckaroos and Merle Haggard and the Strangers are the most successful artists of the original Bakersfield sound era. The Bakersfield sound was developed at honky-tonk bars such as The Blackboard, Lucky Spot and on local television stations in Bakersfield and throughout California in the 1950s and 1960s. The town, known mainly for agriculture and oil production, was the destination for many Dust Bowl migrants and others from Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, and other parts of the Southwest. The mass migration of "Okies" to California also meant that their music would follow and thrive, finding an audience in California's Central Valley. One of the first groups to make it big on the west coast was the Maddox Brothers and Rose, who were the first to wear outlandish costumes and make a "show" out of their performances. Artists like Wynn Stewart used electric instruments and added a backbeat, as well as other stylistic elements borrowed from rock and roll. In the early 1960s, Merle Haggard and Buck Owens and the Buckaroos, among others, brought the Bakersfield sound to mainstream audiences, and it soon became one of the most popular kinds of country music, also influencing many later country stars. The Bakersfield Sound has such a large influence on the West Coast music scene that many small guitar companies set up shop in Bakersfield in the 1960's. The biggest of significance was the Mosrite guitar company that still influences rock, country, and jazz music to this day. The famed Mosrite company was stationed in Bakersfield until the death of the company's founder, Oildale resident Semie Moseley, in the mid-1990's. One story of significance involved the popular surf music group The Ventures who had a custom Mosrite guitar made in Bakersfield that created that group's signature echo-wave surf sound that can be heard in in their songs recorded after 1962, including the theme to the "Hawaii Five-O" television show. The Ventures Model Mosrite is today a sought after collectable that is so valuable that many fakes have been made much like how paintings and artwork are forged in an attempt to cash in on the fame of the early Mosrites. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. AMAZING VIDEO OF MERLE HAGGARD DOING AN IMPRESSION OF MARTY ROBBINS. IT WILL SHOW YOU JUST HOW MUCH OF A MASTER VOCALIST MERLE HAGGARD IS! IT'S TRULY UNBELIEVEABLE! .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Members
Buck Owens, Merle Haggard, Wynn Stewart, Tommy Collins, Red Simpson, Bill Woods, Don Rich, Doyle Holly, Roy Nichols, Norm Hamlett, Billy Mize, Johnny Barnett Sr., Lloyd Reading, Don Kidwell, Larry Petree, Johnny Barnett Jr., Bobby Durham, Theresa Spanke, Don Savage, Ted Forest, Brian Lonbeck, Buddy Mize, Tommy Hays, Jimmy Phillips, Susan Raye, Tony Booth, Wayne Durham, Joe Maphis, Willie Cantu, Tom Brumley, Johnny Russell, Semie Moseley, Gene Moles, Eugene Moles, Ferlin Huskey, Mayf Nutter, Buddy Alan Owens, Sonny Langley, Ray Mcdonald, Bonnie Owens, Mark Yeary, Hank Decato, Homer Joy, Roger Spanke, Jimmy Thomason, Johnny Cuviello, Glenn Pogatchnik, Henry Sharpe, Cliff Crawford, Dallas Frazier, Jimmy Nichols, Henry Sharp, Barbara Cheetwood, Spade Cooley, Anita Cross, Kenneth, Johnny Barrnet Jr.,Terry Preston, JR (Jelly) Sanders, Oscar Whittington, Fred Maddox, Ronnie Sessions, Rose Maphis, Barbara Mandrell, Cousin Herb Henson, Cousin Ebb Pillng, Gene Oldham, Jeri Arnold, Steve White, Steve Woods, Don Markham, Bobby Wayne, Lawton Jiles, Al Brumley, Al Bruno, Henry Sharp, Mike Hall, Annie Kidwell, Betty Casey, Monty Byrom, Tanner Byrom, Fuzzy Owen, Louis Tally, Ralph Mooney,Bobby Austin, Kay Adams, Jean Shepard, Jay Dee Maness, Rose Maddox, Joe Maphis, Dave Stogner, Helen"Peaches"Price , Biff Adams, Jerry Wiggins, Ken Nelson, Kim McAbee, Terry Christoffersen, Jim Shaw, Dave Wulfekuehler, Teddy Spanke, Sandy Holly, Doyle Curtsinger, Randy Sears, Mike Dunlap, Jeff Jackson, Kenny Egginburg, Inez Savage, Willie Savage, Harold Cox, Marsha Nichols, Bryan Calande, Leon Copeland, George Tillett, Gordon Cantrell, Dennis Payne, Ted Forest, Danny Davis, Debbie Davis, Leroy Sanders, Jelly Sanders, Pat Banister, Jeff Cameron, Artie Niesen, Chuck Long, Shorty Long, Bobby O, Sean Randall, Ron Smith, Ron Mitchell, Steve White, Dickie Garland, Bill Woods, Sonny O'brien, Carolina Cotton, Bob Manning, George French, Henry Moles, Wilburn Denver "Bill" Moles, Hank Raines, Joe Holley, James Holley, Richard Stokes, Gene Breeden, Dale "Uncle Wilber" Morrison, Johnny McAtee, Dennis Hromack, Larry Hormbeck, Woody & Bobby The Farmer Boys, Ray Heath, Cecil Garren, Dude Wheeler, Troy Smith, Bud Hobbs, Rudy Parris, Frankie Lemon, Jerry Ward, Delbi Smart, Del and Sue Smart, Mike Henson, Lou Marino. David Langley, Mack Owens, Dana Haggard, Jerry Brightman, Loran Nightingale, Lawrence Williams,Tommy Duncan, Dusty Rhodes, Tommy Ash, Larry Daniels, Jerry Hobbs, Pat Banister, Richard Chon, Eddie Enderle, Charles Boulez, Terry Boulez, Patrick Scott, Shane Eggert, Jan Theiste, Lonnie Wilson, Jack Clayton, Louie Marino, Lonnie Wilson, Tim Goodrich Shane Eggert, Johnny Harrold, George French, Bob Shockley, Terry Hanson
Influences
.. .. .. .. .. .. .. PHOTO'S FROM BUCKFEST- 08' .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ....Brought to you by: ..www.band-flyers.com...... DOCUMENTARY ON THE CLOSING OF BUCK OWENS RECORDING STUDIO .. .. .. .. .. .. .. BUCKFEST First annual tribute to Buck Owens and The Bakersfield Sound .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
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