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The Bakersfield sound was a genre of country music developed in the mid to late 1950s in and around Bakersfield, California. 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 South. 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 e… read more
The Bakersfield sound was a genre of country music developed in the mid to late 1950s in and around Bakersfield, California. 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 o… read more
The Bakersfield sound was a genre of country music developed in the mid to late 1950s in and around Bakersfield, California. 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 South. Bakersfield country was a reaction against the slickly prod… read more

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    Buck Owens

    294,651 listeners

  2. Image for 'Merle Haggard'

    Merle Haggard

    530,406 listeners

  3. Image for 'Wynn Stewart'

    Wynn Stewart

    30,456 listeners

  4. Image for 'Buck Owens and His Buckaroos'

    Buck Owens and His Buckaroos

    2,960 listeners

  5. Image for 'Hank Thompson'

    Hank Thompson

    112,167 listeners

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    Tommy Collins

    14,822 listeners

  7. Image for 'Merle Haggard and the Strangers'

    Merle Haggard and the Strangers

    7,624 listeners

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    Kim Mcabee

    129 listeners

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    Red Simpson

    23,036 listeners

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    Stan Martin

    502 listeners

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1 Play track Act Naturally Buck Owens
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2 Play track Under Your Spell Again Buck Owens
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3 Play track Blame The Vain Dwight Yoakam
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4 Wishful Thinking Wynn Stewart
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5 Play track Streets of Bakersfield Dwight Yoakam
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6 Play track Viceroy Filter King Slim Cessna's Auto Club
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7 Play track Falling Apart (Right Now) Wilco
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8 Play track Cherokee Maiden Merle Haggard
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9 Play track Since I Started Drinkin' Again Dwight Yoakam
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10 Play track Send Me The Pillow Dwight Yoakam
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  1. Image for 'Mama Tried'

    Mama Tried

    Merle Haggard 6,448 listeners

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  2. Image for 'Elite Hotel (Expanded & Remastered)'

    Elite Hotel (Expanded & Remastered)

    Emmylou Harris 24,438 listeners

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    Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc.

    Dwight Yoakam 49,258 listeners

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    Call Me Lucky

    Dale Watson 1,027 listeners

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  5. Image for 'I've Got a Tiger by the Tail'

    I've Got a Tiger by the Tail

    Buck Owens 22,832 listeners

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