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 ...
The sudden appearance of a 61-year-old live recording from one of America’s legendary country and western performers would be newsworthy enough. The fact that it’s a complete live concert from ’60s ...
Buck Owens, a pioneer in California’s honky-tonk country music scene who gained considerable celebrity as co-host of TV’s “Hee-Haw,” died Saturday at his home in Bakersfield. He was 76. Owens had ...
People enjoy the music of Buck Owens at the Buck Owens Crystal Palace in Bakersfield in 1998. (Lori Shepler / Los Angeles Times) The Crystal Palace, a music and dining joint in Bakersfield launched by ...
Fender's iconic sparkle-finish guitars—an essential chapter in what is inarguably one of the most influential portfolios of modern guitar design. Born out of Midcentury Southern California's postwar ...