Anyone with ears and a taste for good country music knows that Dwight Yoakam learned much of what he knows from Buck Owens and other prominent Bakersfield Sound artists. However, by the time he was ...

Owens first recorded “Streets of Bakersfield” for the 1972 compilation album Buck ‘Em Volume 2: The Music of Buck Owens. More than a decade later, he was slated to perform a duet with Merle Haggard, ...

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) ...

The venue opened in October 1996 and played host to countless country music stars and artists from across the Central Valley. Wednesday, August 13, 2025 BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KFSN) -- It's the end of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. They stood for decades as Bakersfield's two greatest country music stars, and long after their deaths, they still wear those ...

"This publication was created by the staff of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum"--Title page verso. "Published on the occasion of the exhibition The Bakersfield sound : Buck Owens, Merle ...

It has been almost 20 years since the world lost Buck Owens, but his memory, his music, and his birthday are still alive and well all these years later. But for how long? Johnny Owens will be ...

We take a musical journey through Bakersfield, CA. We take a musical journey through Bakersfield, CA, exploring the roots of the legendary Bakersfield Sound. Join Roy as he visits the Kern County ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — "To a lot of people, especially in texas and overseas, this is the Mecca for country music," said Monty Byrom. In a release from managers of the Crystal Palace, they cited ...

They stood for decades as Bakersfield's two greatest country music stars, and long after their deaths, they still wear those crowns. Merle Haggard and Buck Owens each came from hardscrabble beginnings ...