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Workin' Man Blues

Explore the dust bowl roots of country music in California through interviews with California music icons Merle Haggard and Buck Owens. Thursday at 6:30 p.m. on PBS 6.

working_man_blues_group_spot Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Buck Owens, Glen Campbell
Workin' Man Blues explores the dust bowl roots of country music in California. Based partially on Gerald Haslam's book "Workin' Man Blues: Country Music in California," the program features interviews with California music icons Merle Haggard, Buck Owens, and Dwight Yoakam. Grammy Award-winning musicians Michael Martin Murphey and Vince Gill also reflect on the importance of the "Bakersfield Sound" on the country music scene.

Workin' Man Blues, Thursday at 6:30 p.m. on PBS 6.

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