English Explanatory Dictionary

Bakersfield sound

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. 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.

Word forms

Bakersfield sound

Etymology

Developed in and around Bakersfield, California, during the 1950s.

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