The Strangers

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backing band musical group

The Strangers were the longtime backing band for country music legend Merle Haggard, known for helping define the Bakersfield sound with their tight, twangy arrangements.

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Label Occurrences
The Strangers canonical 14

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf backing band ⓘ
musical group ⓘ
activeIn Bakersfield sound ⓘ
associatedAct Bonnie Owens ⓘ
Norma Jean Haggard ⓘ
The Buckaroos ⓘ
The Texas Playboys ⓘ
associatedWith Merle Haggard ⓘ
backedArtist Merle Haggard ⓘ
collaboratedWith Capitol Records ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
era 1960s ⓘ
1970s ⓘ
1980s ⓘ
genre country music ⓘ
honky-tonk ⓘ
influenced later country music bands ⓘ
neo-traditional country artists ⓘ
instrumentation bass guitar ⓘ
drums ⓘ
electric guitar ⓘ
fiddle ⓘ
pedal steel guitar ⓘ
piano ⓘ
locationOfFormation Bakersfield ⓘ
surface form: Bakersfield, California
memberOf Merle Haggard and The Strangers ⓘ
notableFor backing band for Merle Haggard ⓘ
contributing to the Bakersfield sound ⓘ
notableMember Aubrey Haynie ⓘ
Biff Adam ⓘ
Eldon Shamblin ⓘ
Norm Hamlet ⓘ
Roy Nichols ⓘ
Tiny Moore ⓘ
partOf Bakersfield sound ⓘ
surface form: Bakersfield country music scene
performedOn If We Make It Through December ⓘ
Mama Tried ⓘ
Okie from Muskogee ⓘ
Sing Me Back Home ⓘ
The Fightin' Side of Me ⓘ
surface form: The Fightin Side of Me

Workin' Man Blues ⓘ
surface form: Workin Man Blues
styleCharacteristic honky-tonk grooves ⓘ
shuffle rhythms ⓘ
tight arrangements ⓘ
twangy guitar sound ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Merle Haggard → associatedAct → The Strangers ⓘ
Merle Haggard → memberOf → The Strangers ⓘ
Merle → memberOf → The Strangers ⓘ
subject surface form: Merle Haggard
Mama Tried → associatedAct → The Strangers ⓘ
The Fightin' Side of Me → associatedAct → The Strangers ⓘ
If We Make It Through December → associatedAct → The Strangers ⓘ
Branded Man → backingBand → The Strangers ⓘ
Branded Man → associatedAct → The Strangers ⓘ
Branded Man → associatedAct → The Strangers ⓘ
subject surface form: Branded Man (album)
Today I Started Loving You Again → associatedAct → The Strangers ⓘ
Leona Williams → associatedAct → The Strangers ⓘ
Bonnie Owens → associatedAct → The Strangers ⓘ
Bonnie Owens → performedWith → The Strangers ⓘ
Karen Kehela Sherwood → notableWork → The Strangers ⓘ