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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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    Bobby Durham

    6,002 listeners

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    Stan Martin

    476 listeners

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    Merle Haggard

    510,191 listeners

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    Kim Mcabee

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    Dwight Yoakam

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    Buck Owens

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    Buck Owens and His Buckaroos

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    Wynn Stewart

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    Jean Shepard

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    Merle Haggard and the Strangers

    7,272 listeners

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1 Play track Act Naturally Buck Owens
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2 Play track Streets of Bakersfield Dwight Yoakam
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3 Play track Under Your Spell Again Buck Owens
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4 Play track Older Guys The Flying Burrito Brothers
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5 Play track Falling Apart (Right Now) Wilco
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6 Play track Blame The Vain Dwight Yoakam
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7 Play track It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad) Merle Haggard
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8 Play track Folsom Prison Blues Merle Haggard
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9 Play track I Threw Away the Rose Merle Haggard
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10 Play track Old Man from the Mountain Merle Haggard
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  1. Image for 'All-Time Greatest Hits'

    All-Time Greatest Hits

    Buck Owens 57,732 listeners

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  2. Image for 'If There Was a Way'

    If There Was a Way

    Dwight Yoakam 28,641 listeners

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    Elite Hotel (Expanded & Remastered)

    Emmylou Harris 22,578 listeners

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    Mama Tried

    Merle Haggard 11,370 listeners

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    Someday We'll Look Back

    Merle Haggard 3,408 listeners

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