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What does the Bakersfield Sound mean to me? A funky old Telecaster? Truckers in a smoky room tapping their feet? Buck Owens, Merle Haggard, Roy Nichols, Don Rich, Billy Mize? How about all of the above! Bakersfield is a guitar town. Worldwide we've influenced not only music, but also “the sound” of the guitar. If Buck Owens hadn't put a sliver of wood on the neck of his Fender Telecaster to fix it, the world of music would be much different. The Bakersfield Sound is raw compared to the slick Nashville sound. There's a chicken pickin,' finger lickin' sound of a Fender Telecaster and there's not a country act out there now that doesn't use one. With our share of honky tonks and nightclubs due to the old Highway 99, Bakersfield became a mecca for good music, with a great club scene known from coast to coast. Woody Guthrie hopped trains up and down this valley and wrote songs about the plight of the “Great Migration” and the Dust Bowl. I've toured all over...

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