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The City of Bakersfield is considering purchasing the iconic Buck Owens' Crystal Palace. A special closed session is scheduled for Thursday to discuss the potential acquisition of the local ...

CSUB Spring BBQ, barbecue from Prime Time BBQ and Salty's BBQ, music by The Okie Dokies and Mento Buru, 5:30 p.m., Icardo Center, 9001 Stockdale Highway. $50, $40 for CSUB alumni, faculty and staff, ...

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"The Bakersfield Sound," Robert E. Price's authoritative ... fast-paced history of the movement that turned laborers like Buck Owens and Merle Haggard into household names, and its lasting and ...

Haggard, who died in 2016, spoke to Fresh Air in 1995 about his love of trains. When he became a star, he acquired his own ...

From Turlock south, the view from your car is an endless array of orchards, row crops, and trains. Vineyards start sneaking ...

He was a wildly versatile singer, songwriter and performer with an affinity for a variety of styles - outlaw country, ballads, the Bakersfield sound ... of people like Buck Owens.

Nashville musicians made ample use of harmonized leads, where they were frequently played on steel guitar, and they were likewise heard in the Bakersfield sound of players like Buck Owens ...