Love of the Bakersfield Sound has never died, carried on by artists such as the Grateful Dead, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Chris Hillman and Gram Parsons of The Byrds and The Flying Burrito Brothers in the 1960s-70s, Highway 101, Hillman and The Desert Rose Band, and Marty Stuart in the 1980s and '90s, and Big House, Dwight Yoakam, Red Simpson, Ferlin Husky.
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In the early 1960s, Merle Haggard and Buck Owens and the Buckaroos, among others, brought the Bakersfield sound to mainstream audiences, and it soon became one of the most popular kinds of country music, also influencing later country stars such as Dwight Yoakam, Marty Stuart, Brad Paisley, The Mavericks, and The Derailers.
In addition to her work as video producer, Beug also directed three music videos for country singer Dwight Yoakam: "Ain't That Lonely Yet", "A Thousand Miles from Nowhere" and "Fast as You."
"Fast as You" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Dwight Yoakam.
"Guitars, Cadillacs" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Dwight Yoakam.
"I Sang Dixie" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Dwight Yoakam.
"It Only Hurts When I Cry" is a song co-written by American country music artists Dwight Yoakam and Roger Miller, and recorded by Yoakam.
"It Won't Hurt" is the title of a song written and recorded by American country music artist Dwight Yoakam.
"Little Ways" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Dwight Yoakam.
"Nothing's Changed Here" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Dwight Yoakam.
As a screenwriter, he received a "story by" credit on South of Heaven, West of Hell (2000) a movie western directed by Dwight Yoakam.
"Please, Please Baby" is the title of a song written and recorded by American country music artist Dwight Yoakam.
"Pocket of a Clown" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Dwight Yoakam.
"The Heart That You Own" is the title of a song written and recorded by American country music artist Dwight Yoakam.
"Try Not to Look So Pretty" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Dwight Yoakam.
"Turn It On, Turn It Up, Turn Me Loose" is a song written by Kostas and Wayland Patton, and recorded by American country music artist Dwight Yoakam.
He has had the opportunity to share the stage with many great artists such as Buffy Sainte Marie, Shane Yellowbird, Tom Jackson, Digging Roots, Dwight Yoakam, Big Sugar, Billie Joe Green, Star Nayea and Donny Peraunteau.
Dwight D. Eisenhower | Dwight Yoakam | Dwight L. Moody | James Dwight Dana | Dwight Twilley | Dwight Gooden | William Dwight Whitney | Dwight Schrute | Dwight Waldo | Dwight, Illinois | J. Dwight Pentecost | Dwight Schultz | Dwight F. Davis | Dwight Chapin | Dwight Ball | Timothy Dwight IV | Roy Dwight | Dwight Stones | Dwight H. Little | Dwight D. Opperman | David Dwight Baldwin | William Dwight | Theodore Dwight Weld | T. A. Dwight Jones | Sereno Edwards Dwight | Henry W. Dwight | Henry Dwight Barrows | Greeting
The King's car with Dwight D. Eisenhower | Dwight York | Dwight Willard Taylor |
Since The Alpha Band broke up, Mansfield has continued to work as a musician in sessions for Dylan, Burnett, Johnny Cash, Nanci Griffith, Roger McGuinn, Sam Phillips, Mark Heard, The Roches, Edie Brickell, Spinal Tap, Lucinda Williams, Dwight Yoakam, Victoria Williams, Loudon Wainwright III, Chris Hillman and Herb Pedersen and others.
Dusty has worked with Dwight Yoakam, Lucinda Williams, Jim Lauderdale, Buck Owens, Michelle Shocked, Tom Russell, Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers, Anne McCue, Tony Furtado, Feel, Reacharound, Dieselhed among others.
He had an estimated 15 million record sales worldwide and his songs were recorded by many other artists, including Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, Roy Rogers, Dwight Yoakam and Dean Martin.
Other artists who have covered this song include: Johnny Tillotson in 1965, Willie Nelson in 1966, Waylon Jennings in 1967, Jerry Lee Lewis in 1969, Dwight Yoakam in 1986, Martina McBride (featuring Dwight Yoakam) in 2005, Connie Francis, Buck Owens and The Playtones in 2013.
Major musicians and bands to have used the Center's stage in the past include: Dwight Yoakam, Loretta Lynn, George Jones, Montgomery Gentry, Ricky Skaggs, Patty Loveless, Ralph Stanley, IIIrd Tyme Out, Merle Haggard, The Temptations, Percy Sledge, The Platters, The Drifters, The Kingsmen, The Bishops, John Hagee, Dottie Rambo, and Steve Green.
The Van Lear mines are referred to by country music singer Loretta Lynn in her song "Coal Miner's Daughter" and in the title song of her Van Lear Rose album, and by Dwight Yoakam in "Miner's Prayer" from his Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc. album.
Over the past decade, he has performed with artists including Tommy Shaw of Styx, Jack Blades of Night Ranger, Styx, Night Ranger, Shaw Blades, Don Felder, Robin Zander, Dwight Yoakam, Johnny Lee, Mac Powell of Third Day, Bun E Carlos, Vince Neil, Ted Nugent, Jeff Carlisi of 38 Special and Tommy Thayer of Kiss.