Back to Bakersfield

Back To Bakersfield
Back To Bakersfield

Deeper Roots heads down the long hot stretch of 99 to California’s Central Valley to visit the country sound that blew in from every direction…starting with the Dust Bowl. Bakersfield was a first step, a way station, for migrant workers coming into California to escape hard times in the Midwest; their treatment by the small minds of fearful communities being little different than those migrants we think of today. “In the years following World War II, Bakersfield had plentiful honky-tonks including the soon-to-be-famous Blackboard Cafe. People drank, danced, and even fought to Western swing music.” The sound of Nashville began to become watered down, losing its appeal to some who thought it had lost a reverence for the heart and soul of working class Country. We’ll hear from Buck Owens, Merle Haggard, Wynn Stewart, Tommy Collins, and Billy Mize and tip our cap to a great book on the subject of the Bakersfield sound and the history of Country Music: Workin’ Man Blues written by local author and Central Valley native, Gerald Haslam.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Merle Haggard Workin' Man Blues Capitol Collector's Series Amazon
3Hank Thompson Waiting In The Lobby Of Your Heart Most Of All Amazon
4Slim Whitman Song Of The Old Water Wheel Vintage Collections Amazon
5Billy Barton Blues in the Blue of Night The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 1; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West' Amazon
6Fuzzy Owen Arkie's Got Her Shoes On The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 1; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West' Amazon
7Tommy Collins Untied The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 1; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West' Amazon
8Tommy Collins You Better Not Do That Hillbilly Fever: Vol. 4 – Heroes Of Country Music – Vol. 4: Legends Of The West Coast Amazon
9Tommy Collins Ernest Tubb 78s One More Record Please Amazon
10Billy Mize Solid Sender The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 1; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West' Amazon
11Bonnie Blue Bell & Leon Reach & Chic Adams Band Let's Go The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 1; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West' Amazon
12Bill Woods Go Crazy Man The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 1; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West' Amazon
13Buck Owens Hot Dog (with Danny Dedmon) The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 1; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West' Amazon
14Buck Owens Take Me Back Again Buck Owens Amazon
15Buck Owens Act Naturally The Buck Owens Collection (1959-1990) [Disc 1] Amazon
16Buck Owens Down, Down, Down Buck 'Em: The Music of Buck Owens (1955-1967) Amazon
17Wynn Stewart Big Big Love California Country Amazon
18Wynn Stewart Another Day, Another Dollar Come On – Gonna Shake This Shack Amazon
19Wynn Stewart You're That Someone Else Come On – Gonna Shake This Shack Amazon
20Merle Haggard The Roots Of My Raising Capitol Collector's Series Amazon
21Merle Haggard And The Strangers Today I Started Loving You Again (2006 Digital Remaster) Hag: The Best of Merle Haggard Amazon
22Merle Haggard; Ray Price; Vince Gill; Willie Nelson Heartaches by the Number Last of the Breed Disc 1 Amazon
23Jean Shepard A Dear John Letter Hillbilly Fever: Vol. 4 – Heroes Of Country Music – Vol. 4: Legends Of The West Coast Amazon
24James Burton And Ralph Mooney I'm A Lonesome Fugitive Corn Pickin' And Slick Slidin' Amazon
25Ferlin Husky Heart of Stone 1949-1950 (Warped 498F) Amazon
26Ferlin Husky Freckles and Polliwog Days Ferlin Husky Singles Amazon
27Connie Smith Ain't Had No Lovin' The Essential Connie Smith Amazon
28Dwight Yoakam & Buck Owens Streets Of Bakersfield The Best Of Classic Country 80's Amazon
29Dwight Yoakam The Sad Side of Town Tomorrow's Sounds Today Amazon
30Dwight Yoakam Guitars, Cadillacs Reprise Please Baby: The Warner Bros. Years Disc 1 Amazon
31The Blasters Blue Shadows Testament: The Complete Slash Recordings (1981-1985) (1 of 2) Amazon
32The Blasters Hey, Girl Testament: The Complete Slash Recordings (1981-1985) (2 of 2) Amazon
33The Blasters American Music Testament: The Complete Slash Recordings (1981-1985) (2 of 2) Amazon
34Dave Alvin California's Burning Dave Alvin and The Guilty Women Amazon
35Dave Alvin Out in California Interstate City Amazon
36Merle Haggard And The Strangers The Legend Of Bonnie And Clyde (2006 Digital Remaster) Hag: The Best of Merle Haggard Amazon
37Wynn Stewart Wishful Thinking Golden Age of Country Volume 2: Hard-to-Find Hits [Disc 2] Amazon
38Buck Owens The Band Keep's Playin' On Buck 'Em: The Music Of Buck Owens (1955-1967) Amazon