Please note: In order to keep Hive up to date and provide users with the best features, we are no longer able to fully support Internet Explorer. The site is still available to you, however some sections of the site may appear broken. We would encourage you to move to a more modern browser like Firefox, Edge or Chrome in order to experience the site fully.

The Bakersfield Sound : Buck Owens, Merle Haggard, and California Country, Paperback / softback Book

The Bakersfield Sound : Buck Owens, Merle Haggard, and California Country Paperback / softback

Edited by Michael Gray

Part of the Distributed for the Country Music Foundation Press series

Paperback / softback

Description

The stripped-down country sounds that Buck Owens, Merle Haggard, and their California cohorts crafted in the 1950s and '60s still reverberate in the twenty-first century.

The edgy music created in the oil town of Bakersfield, and the great musicians identified with it, have long been a distinctive part of the fabric of country music. Written by Bakersfield country experts Scott B. Bomar, Randy Poe, and Robert Price, this book was published as a companion to the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum's exhibition The Bakersfield Sound: Buck Owens, Merle Haggard, and California Country.

The book examines one of America's most exciting and influential music scenes.

In its pages, readers will find more than 140 rare photographs, including some of the rare treasures saved by Bakersfield veterans and their friends, family members, and business associates, which were on display in the exhibition.

The book includes an introduction by country music star Dwight Yoakam.

Information

Save 29%

£17.99

£12.75

Item not Available
 
Free Home Delivery

on all orders

 
Pick up orders

from local bookshops

Information

Also in the Distributed for the Country Music Foundation Press series