The Lucky Spot, a one-time honky-tonk at 2303 Edison Highway in Bakersfield. (Photo: Kern County Museum)
What is the Bakersfield Sound?
What was, or is, the Bakersfield Sound? What’s an Okey?
How did a gritty farm town just 100 miles north of the Los Angeles music scene forever change Country music in Nashville, and popular music in general?
This little article intros the story: The Bakersfield Sound: The Music That Put Kern on the Map
Trivia Question: What Buck Owens song did The Beatles famously cover with Ringo on vocal? Leave your answer in the comments below 🤔 (sorry no prize).
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