For generations, a distinctive strain of country music has carried the name of Bakersfield far beyond Kern County, shaping what listeners hear across the United ...
American Songwriter: Born on This Day in 1911, the “Bakersfield Sound” Pioneer Behind Country Music’s Most Notable Mid-Century Hits
Born on This Day in 1911, the “Bakersfield Sound” Pioneer Behind Country Music’s Most Notable Mid-Century Hits
Los Angeles Times: End of an era for country music in Bakersfield: Buck Owens’ Crystal Palace closes
The Crystal Palace, a music and dining joint in Bakersfield launched by Buck Owens — which hosted just about every country music star in America over the years — has abruptly shut its doors. The ...
End of an era for country music in Bakersfield: Buck Owens’ Crystal Palace closes
Yahoo: End of an era for country music in Bakersfield: Buck Owens' Crystal Palace closes
End of an era for country music in Bakersfield: Buck Owens' Crystal Palace closes
Classic country is on the bill this Saturday for the Bakersfield Revival 02. Based on the response to the first gathering of musicians paying tribute to the Bakersfield Sound, the event returns to the ...
One of Kern County’s top golf courses, the 51-year-old Rio Bravo Country Club at the far east end of Bakersfield, is now a public course with a new name.
Country music first came to be back in the 1920s. Though, it wouldn’t be until the 1940s when the term “country music” would become a thing. And it wasn’t until after World War II that the genre would ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People enjoy the music of Buck Owens at the Buck Owens Crystal Palace in Bakersfield in 1998. (Lori Shepler / Los Angeles Times) ...