The Bakersfield Sound is one of the most influential and famous sounds in the history of the country music and influenced many artists and bands worldwide. The Bakersfield Sound focused on staying true to the country music genre with loud, upbeat, hokey, and honky-tonk tunes and is considered in relation to sounds from Nashville, Tennessee. The most successful, influential, and famous country artists and musicians originated in Bakersfield, California in the late 1950’s. These artists included Buck Owens, Tommy Collins, Merle Haggard, Billy Mize, Dwight Yoakham, and many other artists developed in the later years. Artists like Buck Owens and Merle Haggard started out by playing in bars for the locals, which the majority of the locals worked…