Inspiration

I was really moved by the Bakersfield Sound with artists like Merle Haggard and Buck Owens.  Though other artists have embraced this style of country music, I have great admiration for Dwight Yoakam, in particular, who I call “The Historian” of  The Bakersfield Sound.  But I recognizes that other great artists such as Gram Parsons, Highway 101, Marty Stewart (who is a phenomenal picker btw), The Desert Rose Band and The Mavericks as leaders influenced by this great sound.  In the early 1990’s I wrote “Tie Me Up” and “Only You” that particularly embrace this genre of country music.