The Oldies Encyclopedia: "Bakersfield Sound"

Buck Owens and Merle Haggard were the guiding forces behind the new country that emerged from Bakersfield, CA, in the Sixties, as a reaction to the slicked-up "Nashville Sound," an influence has spread far and wide -- not only is it impossible to imagine Dwight Yoakam without them, it's also impossible to imagine Creedence Clearwater Revival. Read more about the genre in my new series on oldies styles.