Bakersfield Sound
A lean, twang-forward California country style that emerged from Bakersfield’s live scene and recording studios, then fed directly into later waves of country and country-rock. The best-known names attached to it are Buck Owens and Merle Haggard, with Ken Nelson helping shape its recorded sound.
History
A lean, twang-forward California country style that emerged from Bakersfield’s live scene and recording studios, then fed directly into later waves of country and country-rock. The best-known names attached to it are Buck Owens and Merle Haggard, with Ken Nelson helping shape its recorded sound.