SoCal never gets the credit it deserves for country. So many great people with Bakersfield right there.
Dwight Yoakam has a talk show on Sirius that has some really interesting people with great stories. One great concept they were discussing was how Nashville country was more rooted in religion/church where as Bakersfield was rooted straight out of the honkey tonks. Then proceeds to play tunes to make the point with commentary in between..
He goes pretty deep with his guests about who played with who and on what albums. Pretty interesting if you're into those tunes or a player. As well versed as I am with obscure music I get schooled, whenever I listen! they always bring up players that ya never heard of. and then I gotta go down the wormhole chasing the artist. But I'm a geek like that!