Internet Resources
Buck Owens.
Buck Owens’ Crystal Palace.
Internet @ http://buckowens.com/
(Accessed Dec. 7, 2003).
This is Buck Owens’ official website. It contains a multimedia biography (which allows you to view images, watch video clips, and listen to mp3’s), a complete discography with links to purchase the albums, information on his tour dates or when he will be performing at the Crystal Palace, information about his restaurant (Crystal Palace) with an online menu, information about Hee Haw (the show Buck Owens co-hosted in the 1970’s), and this site even allows you to see Buck Live every Friday and Saturday night via live streaming video.
Library of
Congress and the American Folk life Center. Voices from the Dust Bowl:
The Charles L. Todd and Robert Sonkin Migrant Worker Collection 1940-41.
Internet @ http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/afctshtml/tshome.html
(Accessed Dec. 7, 2003).
Because the root to the development
of country music in California is directly linked the dust bowl migration,
it is essential to visit this link to understand its complete history.
Voices from the Dust Bowl: The Charles L. Todd and Robert Sonkin Migrant
Worker Collection is an online presentation of a multi-format ethnographic
field collection documenting the everyday life of residents of Farm Security
Administration (FSA) migrant work camps in central California in 1940
and 1941. This collection consists of audio recordings, photographs, manuscript
materials, publications, and ephemera generated during two separate documentation
trips supported by the Archive of American Folk Song (now the Archive
of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center).
Kern County Museum. The Bakersfield Sound.
Internet @ http://www.kcmuseum.org/stories/storyReader$296
(Accessed Dec. 7, 2003).
This web page features a very short but descriptive essay on “the Bakersfield Sound.” It also includes a list of resources for further study.
Bakersfield
Californian. The Bakersfield Sound.
Internet @ http://www.bakersfield.com/static/FP/baksound/beginning.htm
(Accessed Dec. 7, 2003).
This web page features a collection of essays on the history of “the
Bakersfield sound.” Each essay is linked and cross-referenced to
each other. It also includes links to other websites with related topics.
Take Country
Back. The Bakersfield Sound.
Internet @ http://www.takecountryback.com/bakersfield/bbsmain.htm
(Accessed Dec. 7, 2003).
This site is devoted to the musical career of Buck Owens. This site includes a very descriptive biography, a discography that includes images of the album covers, and a career timeline chart which does a great job and outlining Buck’s career.
RollingStone
Magazine. Takes a Lot to Box Yoakam.
Internet @ http://www.rollingstone.com/news/newsarticle.asp?nid=17237
(Accessed Dec. 7, 2003).
This site has a great interview with Dwight Yoakam and in which he addresses how Buck Owens and “The Bakersfield Sound” influenced him.
Synthesis:
Interview. Dwight Yoakam is a Country Musician with a California Soul.
Internet @ http://www.synthesis.net/music/feature.php?bid=646
(Accessed Dec. 7, 2003).
This is another great interview with Dwight Yoakam in which he addresses how Buck Owens and “The Bakersfield Sound” influenced his music.
All Music
Guide. Buck Owens.
Internet @ http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=UIDMISS70312010420070817&sql=Bf85gtq5ztu46
(Accessed Dec. 7, 2003).
This is one of my favorite sites. It is a great place to inquire about almost any artist to access quick information about them. All Music Guide (AMG) does a great job at summing up Buck’s country music legacy. AMG includes a full biography that includes links for quick cross-references, a full discography with links to purchase his albums, and a list of Buck’s appearances that he has made as both an actor and musician.
The Rockabilly
Hall Of Fame. That Bakersfield Sound.
Internet @ http://www.rockabillyhall.com/bakersfield.html
(Accessed Dec. 7, 2003).
This site pays homage to Buck
Owens and “The Bakersfield Sound,” and how its musical influential
contribution to Rockabilly music.