Editing Bakersfield, California (section)

=== Music ===
Due to the [[Dust Bowl]], Buck Owens and his family migrated west where they would travel from Phoenix to the San Joaquin Valley to pick crops, including cotton.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |url=https://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A95001712/OVIC?xid=6144bc2b |title=The Sound of Bakersfield: While picking carrots, peaches, potatoes, and cotton as a teenager, Buck Owens got the idea that picking a guitar might be more fun. |last=Will |first=George F. |date=December 9, 2002 |work=Newsweek |access-date=March 2, 2018 |archive-date=March 30, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240330094216/https://galeapps.gale.com/apps/auth?userGroupName=&origURL=https%3A%2F%2Fgo.gale.com%2Fps%2Fi.do%3Fp%3DOVIC%26u%3D%26id%3DGALE%7CA95001712%26v%3D2.1%26it%3Dr%26asid%3D6144bc2b&prodId=OVIC |url-status=live }}</ref> At 16, Owens moved to Bakersfield in 1951, where he and other musicians began to create what is now known as the Bakersfield sound.<ref name=":0" /> In 1996, Buck Owens opened the [[Buck Owens Crystal Palace|Crystal Palace]], a music hall, nightclub, bar, restaurant, and museum, in Bakersfield.

Musician Merle Haggard was born and raised in [[Oildale, California|Oildale]]. In 1962, Haggard completed his first single, "Skid Row," on Bakersfield's Tally label. In 1965, he went on to sign with [[Capitol Records]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite encyclopedia |chapter-url=http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-1002241384 |chapter=Haggard, Merle |last=LaChapelle |first=P. |title=Grove Music Online |date=July 25, 2013 |access-date=March 2, 2018 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.A2241384 |isbn=978-1-56159-263-0 |archive-date=March 9, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180309120428/http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-1002241384 |url-status=live }}</ref> Most of Haggard's early songs reflect his time spent in prison, farming, and working blue-collar jobs in Southern California, including Bakersfield.<ref name=":1" />

Bakersfield is often considered to be the birthplace of a unique strand of country music<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |url=https://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A283293291/OVIC?xid=5f5654ea |title=Origin of country |last=Hauser |first=Ethan |date=March 18, 2012 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=March 2, 2018 |archive-date=March 30, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240330094215/https://galeapps.gale.com/apps/auth?userGroupName=&origURL=https%3A%2F%2Fgo.gale.com%2Fps%2Fi.do%3Fp%3DOVIC%26u%3D%26id%3DGALE%7CA283293291%26v%3D2.1%26it%3Dr%26asid%3D5f5654ea&prodId=OVIC |url-status=live }}</ref> that has inspired many country artists, such as Dwight Yoakam<ref name=":2" /> and [[The Strangers (American band)|The Strangers]]. Yoakam, alongside Owens, paid tribute to Owens by covering his 1973 recording of "[[Streets of Bakersfield]]." The cover reached number one on the Billboard [[Hot Country Singles]] chart in 1988.<ref>{{Cite journal |url=http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-1002263385 |title=Yoakam, Dwight |last=Stimeling |first=T. |date=July 1, 2014 |website=Grove Music Online |access-date=March 2, 2018 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.A2263385 |isbn=978-1-56159-263-0 |archive-date=March 9, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180309182810/http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-1002263385 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Sacred music composer, pianist and singer [[Gloria Roe]] was born in Bakersfield in 1935.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Arkansas Democrat Gazette |url=https://www.arkansasonline.com/obituaries/2017/jan/26/gloria-roe-2017-01-26/ |access-date=2024-07-30 |website=www.arkansasonline.com |language=en}}</ref>

==== Classical ====
The [[Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra]] has been performing since 1932.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://www.bsonow.org/about |access-date=July 10, 2022 |website=Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra |language=en-US |archive-date=February 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213104751/https://www.bsonow.org/about |url-status=live }}</ref>

==== Country ====
Bakersfield is known for the [[Bakersfield sound]], "a twangy style of [[Fender Telecaster]] and [[pedal steel guitar]] music made popular by hometown [[country music|country]] [[crooner]]s [[Buck Owens]] and [[Merle Haggard]]" as well as [[The Strangers (American band)|The Strangers]].<ref name= LocationAffordability>[http://www.fresnobee.com/2013/01/01/3119253/bakersfield-finds-itself-booming.html Tracie Cone," Associated Press, "Bakersfield Enjoys Economic Vitality," ''Fresno Bee,'' January 1, 2013]</ref>

==== Doo-wop ====
Bakersfield is also known for [[Doo-wop]] music dating back from the early-to-mid 1950s to the early-to-late 1960s, consisting of Doo-wop vocal groups such as [[The Paradons]], [[The Colts (Vocal Group)|The Colts]], The Rev-Lons, and more.<ref>[http://whitedoowopcollector.blogspot.com/2010/05/the-rev-lonsboy-trouble.html "THE REV-LONS ¬- BOY TROUBLE" THE REV-LONS (2010). White Doowop Collectors p.1] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151007204338/http://whitedoowopcollector.blogspot.com/2010/05/the-rev-lonsboy-trouble.html |date=October 7, 2015 }} http:// whitedoowopcollector.blogspot.com Retrieved January 29, 2016</ref><ref>[http://www.discogs.com/artist/884102-Paradons-The "The Paradons" Discography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150622065127/http://www.discogs.com/artist/884102-Paradons-The |date=June 22, 2015 }} discog.com May 26, 2015, May 25, 2015</ref><ref>[http://www.mtv.com/artists/the-colts-1/ The Colts, MTV Bio] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150717134351/http://www.mtv.com/artists/the-colts-1/ |date=July 17, 2015 }} mtv.com May 16, 2015, Retrieved May 18, 2015</ref>

==== Rock ====
In 1972, [[Bob Weir]] released the song "[[Mexicali Blues (song)|Mexicali Blues]]" on his first solo album, ''[[Ace (Bob Weir album)|Ace]]''. Not only does the sound of the song pay tribute to the Bakersfield sound, but the name of the city is referenced in the lyrics.

==== Metal ====
In the early 1990s, a group of friends from the lower and middle-class parts of Northeast and East Bakersfield formed the [[nu metal]] band [[Korn]]. The members of the band attended [[Highland High School (Bakersfield, California)|Highland High School]] ([[Jonathan Davis]] and [[Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu]]), East High School ([[James "Munky" Shaffer]] and lead guitarist [[Brian "Head" Welch]]) and South High School ([[David Silveria]]). Korn has sold over 34 million albums worldwide and were given the keys to the city. Bakersfield is also the home of fellow metal groups [[Cradle of Thorns]] and [[Adema]] (The band formed in 2000 with members vocalist Mark Chavez (half brother to Korn frontman Davis), guitarist Tim Fluckey, guitarist Mike Ransom, bassist Dave DeRoo, and drummer Kris Kohls). On February 24, 2006, Bakersfield mayor [[Harvey Hall (politician)|Harvey Hall]] declared February 24 "Korn Day". On the same day, the back road to the [[Rabobank Arena]] was named Korn Row.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1524956/korn-rock-hometown-have-street-named-after-them-on-official-korn-day/ |title=Korn Rock Hometown, Have Street Named After Them on 'Official Korn Day.' |last=Moss |first=Corey |date=2006 |work=MTV News |access-date=March 2, 2018 |archive-date=July 22, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180722095901/http://www.mtv.com/news/1524956/korn-rock-hometown-have-street-named-after-them-on-official-korn-day/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Bakersfield is also the home of [[Deathrock]] group [[Burning Image]], one of the original bands of the early '80s Californian Deathrock scene.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.laweekly.com/music/the-la-deathrock-starter-guide-2406832 |title=The LA Deathrock Starter Guide |date=November 4, 2009 |access-date=July 3, 2018 |archive-date=July 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180703051959/http://www.laweekly.com/music/the-la-deathrock-starter-guide-2406832 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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