Bakersfield High School -- its marching band performed in the Rose Parade in 1950, '51, and '52. Based on the name of the movie on the marquee indicates this is 1951.

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Kern County of Old

 Passed by many times

 

This is a shot of Bob Wills with some of the early Bakersfield Sound guys at Bakersfield High School's Harvey Auditorium around 1953. They guys on the right of Bob were Texas musicians traveling with Wills along with Louise Rowe when they toured California in 1952 -1953. Top Row, left to right, Tommy Hays, Billy Mize, Cliff Crofford, Jimmy Thomason, Bob Wills, Playboy singer Bill Choate, unknown, Playboy drummer Jack Greenback . Bottom row, left to right, Ralph Yaw, Cousin Herb Henson, Johnny Cuvellio, Louise Rowe, Cousin Ebb Pilling, Ferlin Husky and Thad Buckley. Both Thomason and Henson had local country music TV shows in Bakersfield and Cuviello ended up as the drummer (after his stint with Wills) for Bill Woods and his Orange Blossom Playboys ( which also included a young Buck Owens on guitar around 1955) at the famous Blackboard Cafe. Photo by Roundtree Photography/Bakersfield, CA

NOTE: The one on bottom far left is definitely not Ralph Yaw. I believe I can factually identify but it will take some thought and searching, products I currently have little of.

 

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