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The Country Legacy Of Bakersfield, California — Or Nashville West
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Bakersfield, California, is known as Nashville West.
The city has a rich country music history, and a massive new box set documents that legacy. It's called "The Bakersfield Sound: County Music Capital Of The West 1940-1975."
Here & Now's Tonya Mosley speaks with Scott B. Bomar, who wrote the book that comes with the new box set "The Bakersfield Sound."
This segment aired on December 18, 2019.