Bakersfield sound

English Etymology Developed in and around Bakersfield, California, during the 1950s. Proper noun A subgenre of country music developed in the West Coast and popularized during the 1950s and 1960s, featuring Fender Telecaster guitars, a drum backbeat, fiddles and steel guitars, along with stylistic touches from rock and roll music. en 2023 Keep on Believin' Thomas M. Kitts Penn State Press 9780271096322 105 https://books.google.com/books?id=aTrUEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA105&dq=%22Bakersfield+sound%22&hl=&cd=8&source=gbs_api#v=onepage&q=%22Bakersfield%20sound%22&f=false A subgenre of country music, the Bakersfield Sound emerged out of what Merle Haggard called “the redneck honky-tonks” and what Glen Campbell termed “the fightin' and dancin' clubs” in Bakersfield, California. en Musical genres en terms derived from toponyms