The Bakersfield Sound: How a Generation of Displaced Okies Revolutionized American Music

by Robert E Price and Robert E. Price

Book Overview

In California's Central Valley, two thousand miles away from country music's hit machine, the hard edge of the Bakersfield Sound transformed American music in the latter half of the twentieth century. It turned displaced Oklahomans like Buck Owens and Merle Haggard into household names, and it aggressively pushed style, instrumentation, and attitude that countered the orchestral country pop churned out from Nashville. In this compelling book, Robert...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1597144150
• ISBN13: 9781597144155
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: Heyday Books
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"