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Buck Owens Crystal Palace (also known as the Crystal Palace and The Palace) is a music hall located in Bakersfield, California. It was constructed by Buck Owens, and was opened in 1996. Primarily it is a performance venue for country music, although other music genres have been heard there.
Alvis Edgar "Buck" Owens Jr. (August 12, 1929 [1] – March 25, 2006) [2] was an American musician, singer, songwriter, and band leader. He was the lead singer for Buck Owens and the Buckaroos, which had 21 No. 1 hits on the Billboard country music chart.
A map displaying the locations of Bakersfield's designated historic places and areas of historic interest, as well as the four buildings listed on the NRHP and four sites listed as California Historical Landmarks, can be viewed by clicking "OpenStreetMap" in the template found to the right below.
Santa Margarita 34, Liberty-Bakersfield 14. California City 40, Vasquez-Acton 0. Le Grand 12, Hoover 0. 8 man. ... Turlock Christian at Legacy Christian Academy-Bakersfield, 1 p.m.
Robert B. Powers, (October 3, 1900 – December 3, 1976) was a prominent police officer in the history of California, first as Chief of Police in Bakersfield, California (1933–1945) and as the chief enforcement officer at the state level (1944–1947) during which he co-established one of the earliest training programs for police in matters of race relations.
Bakersfield College ("BC") is a public community college located in Bakersfield, California. Its main campus is on a 153-acre (0.62 km 2 ) campus in northeast Bakersfield, with two satellite campuses : the Weill Institute in downtown Bakersfield, and the Delano Center in Delano, California , approximately 35 miles (56 km) north of Bakersfield.
Buck Owens Crystal Palace has rapidly become the symbol of Bakersfield's country music heritage.. In the 1950s and 1960s, local musicians such as Bill Woods, Tommy Collins, Buck Owens, Merle Haggard, and Wynn Stewart developed a streamlined country music style called the Bakersfield sound, which emphasized pedal steel guitar, the Fender Telecaster electric guitar and intense vocals.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed a law Monday banning legacy admissions at all colleges in the state, including private ones. The law says public and private nonprofit institutions will not ...