Listen to the interview here.

Kern County is known around the globe for the way it revolutionized American music. In Robert E. Price's new book "The Bakersfield Sound," he recounts how a generation of displaced Okies altered musical history. The book remembers household names like Buck Owens and Merle Haggard as well as lesser known names that influenced American music.

Price joined KVPR's Joe Moore for an interview about the book and the the reasoning behind Bakersfield's unexpected musical prominence. To hear the interview click above.