Dr BLT's Blog n Roll Studio
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I've been walking Homer Joy's Streets of Bakersfield, all the way From Buck Owens Blvd to Merle Haggard Drive. I've been meeting people and writing songs that tell their stories. Some are true, some are altered to protect the innocent, and some are flat-out fiction, like the song I'll debut next Monday, April 7 at Starbucks right off of 99 on Buck Owens Boulevard, right next door to Denny's at 8:30 am.
She's a Merle's Girl
words and music...
C'mon, you can do it! Welcome to my blog n roll studio. I'm your host, Dr BLT. In the game of blog n roll, I supply the topic and the tunes, and you supply the talk.
I took this pic at the Merle Haggard street-signing ceremony a few weeks back, on The Day Merle Haggard Stole My Pen.
Picture the Sound------The Bakersfield Sound, and then answer the question to win a free mp3 of the song I slipped into this blog n roll jukebox of mine.
Ready? Set? ...
I have a confession to make about the following confession. It's built on a vast exaggeration. But, then again, it's Trout's and isn't it true that to tell a good fish story, at least at little exaggeration is required to capture the interest of the listener? Thanks for the drink, Rockwell, but I didn't get blitz out of my mind as suggested by the song. My first beer must have been shaken up a little too hard, because when it was opened, most of it fizzled out and...
Here's your chance to judge the song before others do. This my American Idol Songwriter Competition entry. This Dr BLTune is covered here by local artist Alyssa Kaess. While you're at it, name the correct number of Beatles song titles named in the song, and win a free mp3 copy of the song.
It looks like my wish to squeak through the door at the last minute to record a collection of songs paying tribute to the old Buck Owens Recording Studios, more recently known as Fat Tracks, is going to come true, God willing.
Thanks to the graciousness of the powers that run the place, on Wednesday, April 2, 2008, I will have the humble honor of being The Last Man Standing at the old stomping grounds of artists like Buck, Korn and many more, as I record songs like Phat Chance, a song...
Here's the quote I'm putting out as a boat in your stream of thought. All you need to do in the comments section is to shout, either SINK! or FLOAT! and then support the rational for your judgment of this quote. This quote was extracted off of the back of Phillip E. Johnson's book, Defeating Darwinism by Opening Minds.
"Phillip Johnson is our age's clearest thinker on the issue of evolution and its impact on society. Quickly cutting through the technical brush,...
Oops, sorry for the typo, but let's take this lemon and make lemonade out of it by "starting a conversation" about starting a conversation about global warning.
I said it yesterday, but it's just as true today:
It's not easy being an underdog. As an underdog---a true underdog, you have to be content paying your dues until the day you die.
but if you're going under, and you're misunderstood, understand this: There's no sweeter way to go under than going under as an underdog.
BLT
I'm Poor in Fans, but Rich in Songs
words and music by Dr BLT copyright 2008
If I had a dollar for every...
It's not easy being an underdog. As an underdog---a true underdog, you have to be content paying your dues until the day you die.
but if you're going under, and you're misunderstood, understand this: There's no sweeter way to go under than going under as an underdog.
BLT
I'm Poor in Fans, but Rich in Songs
words and music by Dr BLT copyright 2008
If I had a dollar for every fan
that ever attended one of my shows
I'd be the poorest man...
There you have it. I've laid my doubts about Obama on the table, the "turn table" you might say. But the real question is, have the tables been turned in this struggle between Hillary and Barak and between the Republican party and the Democratic party? Does Obama's close, long-term association with Rev. Wright render him damaged goods for the remainder of this campaign.
Do I believe that Obama is as extreme as his pastor appears to be? No, I don't even...
I was intrigued and moved by this one child's ability to take a sour, sour lemon, and make lemonade out of it, in the true Steve Swenson tradition. It makes me wonder how I can possibly drum up so much self-pity in the midst of showers of blessings that God has bestowed upon me. Jesus turned water into wine. He offers it to us from heavenly gates, as he earnestly invites us to his glorious feast. Somehow I manage to turn that wine into whine or,...
Well....... I'm waiting. Who wants to be the first to speak out? What's the matter?
Right-wingers Need Love Too
Dr BLT
words and music by Dr BLT copyright 2008
http://www.drblt.net/music/...
These songs are from the CD: Confessions of a Buckaholic. I've written some new Buck Owens tributes from a forthcoming CD: From Buck Owens Blvd. to Merle Haggard Drive.
Today, on the outdoor patio between Zingo's Cafe and The Boss on Buck Owens Boulevard, I'll be playing songs like these and more. Be there for a very special HooteNOONee commemorating the anniversary of Buck's passing.
The Place You Used to Play
Dr BLT copyright 2008...
Once I submit the songs, I will play them for you here, so you can determine how well I'm representing this town and it's sound. Here are the lyrics to the two songs I will be submitting, When I Heard you Sing, and Today:
When I Heard You Sing
Words and music by Bruce L. Thiessen, aka Dr BLT
Copyright 2008
When I heard you sing
“Yesterday”
When I heard you sing
“Things we Said Today”
For a moment I believed...
Talk on the Streets of Bakersfield suggested it was highly anticipated. Now it's here. Two other publications have notified me of their plans to publish it. I only pitched it to these two and Tollbooth, so more may be wanting to jump on the Bakersfield Sound bandwagon with this interview.
Phantom Tollbooth was the first publication out of the gate on it, and now, you can link to it, and drink from it right here, right now. Here's my interview with Homer...
Isn't it time to collect on your Hard-earned Play? Be on the porch between Zingo's and The Boss on Buck Owens Blvd. at 12 noonish and you'll get RICH quick, not to mention some back 2 back Buck Owens and Johnny Cash. That's what's in store for today. See you there!
If you'd like to start your week off by listening to the best of me and the best of Merle---an early morning outdoor set of songs from my forthcoming From Buck Owens Blvd. to Merle Haggard Drive CD, along with some Merle Haggard covers, meet me on Merle Haggard Drive, at Starbucks, right next door to Dennys right off the 99.
We spent it in San Diego with relatives on my wife's side of the family. We had the typical Easter egg hunt for the kids, but we had it on Saturday, actually. Then, on Sunday, we attended a church that featured a hard rock introduction with a huge, lit-up spinning wheel hoovering over the band, and a message that was a little tricky to connect to the Easter story, but inspiring, nevertheless.
On our way home, we stopped for dinner at Buca DePeppo. I dropped my wife...
In the game of blog n roll, I supply the topic and the tunes,
like this Beatles/Dr BLT medley
In My Life/All Those Memories:
http://www.drblt.net/music/...
and you supply the talk.
Ready? Set? BLOG N ROLL!
Bakersfield Sound Trivia Quest:
What was the name of the band that played at the Crystal Palace several days after Johnny Cas passed away---the one featured on this music video that also happens to feature me and many others?:
http://www.youtube.com/watc...
1. Steppenwolf
2. Bachman Turner Overdrive
3. The Dixie Chicks
4. The Clash
5. Cake
The winner will receive the hand-written lyrics to the following good-bye song for World Records, which...
Resurrectin' Buck
words and music by Dr BLT copyright 2008 Nu Bako Sound Recordings
I was on my way to work
just the other day
when a train came
and caused a big delay
Rosedale Highway was blocked
for miles and miles
so I got off
and found another way
the detour that I took
brought back memories
of a man that left his mark
wtih such a legacy
the church that held
his funeral
was standing there
and I...
What Part of Right-wing Don't You Understand?
Dr BLT
words and music by Dr BLT copyright 2008
http://www.drblt.net/music/...
from the CD, Right-wingers Need Love Too
stay tuned at:
http://www.drblt.net
I can't believe I'm actually caving in to all of the public demands for me to make a statement.
Okay, here goes: I hereby unequivocally denounce and otherwise distance myself from all rumors that the Obama camp is trying to stop the release of a song I wrote and recorded about Obama's 2-decade dealings with Reverend Wright---a song called Preaching to the Choir.
In fact, I'll go so far as to denounce that the rumors ever existed. They do not, that is, not until now :) ...
The following lyrics, from a soon-2-be-released cut from the CD, From Buck Owens Blvd. to Merle Haggard Drive, are based upon a true story about the anticipation what type of Buck-Owens-related anniversary?
a) His birth
b) The day Buck Owens first recorded together with Dr BLT
c) his death
d) his life
The winner will receive a free copy of the original, autographed hand-written lyrics. Collect your prize by emailing me your address or meeting me at one of my...
Learn these lyrics to "Lucky Buck"; I'll meet you Monday morning on Merle Haggard Drive to sing them
8:45 am at Starbucks, right next to Denny's on Merle Haggard Drive right off 99. It's Monday Morning on Merle Haggard Drive. Wear green and learn this song, so you can sing along:
Lucky Buck
words and music by Dr BLT copyright 2008
I heard someone call him Lucky Buck
they said that he was nothin' but a clown
but it ain't luck, it's skill
that brought Buck Owens fame
and you don't put him down
in this here town
chorus:
don't call him lucky Buck...
The idea for Phat Sounds, a compilation CD featuring various B-town acts, was inspired by the Beach Boys Pet Sounds CD, and by Fat Tracks, which was the cradle that brought two distinctly Bako sounds into the world: the Bakersfield Sound and Nu Metal.
This is what you call strictly experimental. If you want a piece of the experiment, have your people contact my people :)
Bakersfield Sounds LIke Teen Spirit, the song you hear here is one that not only attempts to combine the two...
Walls of Sound are Fallin'
words and music by Dr BLT copyright 2008
walls of sound are fallin' on Chester Ave.
Fat Tracks
2 sounds born right here
from old
and from the nu
Walls are fallin'
on the Avenue
Walls of sound are fallin'
Stop, I'm beggin' you
walls of sound are fallin'
a place of history
Buck, and Merle and Korn and more
can it really be
Walls are fallin'
on the Avenue
Walls of sound are...
The song is called Phat Chance, and it's about my sense of regret over being too cheap to record at Fat Tracks (though I came close on a couple of occasions). In opting to be a cheapskate, I robbed myself of the opportunity to be where two unique Bakersfield sounds were created, the sound of the Bakersfield Sound, and the sound of Korn. So, what do you think, are my chances slim or Phat?
BTW, for the first time, on this song, I played lead guitar with my vocal chords....
Both songs deal with luck, and both will be released to bars and radio stations on St. Patrick's Day, 2008. You'll hear this one on St.. Patty's Day too. It's a song of recording regrets, and it's called...
Phat Chance
words and music by Dr BLT copyright 2008
there's a phat chance
I'll ever record there
I haven't a hope in hell
and I have'nt a prayer
I tried to save some money
but I lost some history
now they're...
Are you feeling lucky? Here is your Bakersfield Sound Quest Trivia Question of the Day
The Bakersfield Sound Mural and Future Projects idea session was held at:
1. Trout's in 1922
2. The Blackboard in 2004
3. Zingo's Cafe in 1957
4. The Crystal Palace in 1964
5. Fishlips in 2008
6. Ronald McDonald House in 2009
The winner will receive a prospective future collector's item: The original, autographed, hand-written lyrics of the...
Let's fill the forest with falling trees. If nobody notices, it doesn't mean it isn't happening. And if they don't notice them, they won't set them on fire.
Jason Corbin, frontman for Bartender's Bible, took a break from his tour with the band to jam with Jim and myself at our regular weekday 12 o'clock HootaNOONee on the patio in between Zingo's and the accompanying lounge, The Boss.Jason sang a few Merle Haggard tunes and Jim and I sang some of Ferlin Husky's favorite hymns, like On the Wings of a Dove, and How Great Thou Art. It was a moment of magic that marked a new coming together of two generations of Bakersfield Sound. Jason's...
That's all I wanted to know.
BAKERSFIELD SOUNDoff
A fairly popular local Bakersfield band wants to enter Bakersfield's Next Buck contest under the aka of Bastard Sons of Buck Owens. The band (I've agreed not to expose the band at this time) wants to know if entering the contest under this aka will help or hurt their chances? How would you answer this question? Do you think this name, like the similar name, Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash, dishonors the artist incorporated into the name?
In blog n...
HuskyHootaNOONee: I'll Meet you at Zingo's on the corner of "Ferlin Friday" and Buck Owens Boulevard
It's another HootaNOONee jam session. More specifically, it's a HuskyHootaNOONee.
I'll meet you at noon today on the patio at Zingo's on the corner of Ferlin Friday and Buck Owens Boulevard. Today I'll be playing Ferlin Husky's favorite hymns--hymns from such great records as Where No One Stands Alone and Memories of Home---songs like I Saw the Light, Peace in the Valley, On the Wings of a Snow White Dove and Just a Closer Walk with Thee.
I'll see you there!
stay tuned...
Welcome to The "I Wish it were the Cousin Herb Show" Show. I'm Dr BLT, and I'll be your host. Today is Friday, Ferlin Friday to be exact. So without further ado, I'd like to introduce our guest who will perform and old Ferlin favorite. This is in fact, a very special moment on our show. This is...well, a moment of love. Ladies and gentlemen, to perform This Moment of Love, here's Ferlin......
You guessed it: John Mellancamp's The Authority Song. What do you win? Well, you win a free listen, right here, right now. It's from my forthcoming CDs, Running for Cover and 6Tease.
Also, who sang the original 60s song, I Fought the Law?
Stay tuned at:
http://www.drblt.net
BAKERSFIELD SOUNDwaves
Of course most of you are painfully aware of how much I hate fame, or even the thought of it. Fortune, or rather, the thought of it, has also made me ill.
So is it any wonder why I would be getting worried, now that a Chicks-dissin'-ditty I wrote, recorded and released as a free download is approaching 10,000 downloads per my goddaddy stats tracking program? Yesterday, in the period of 24 hours, 715 hits were recorded. ...
BAKERSFIELD SOUNDwaves
Bosses can be real dictators. The Boss I'm talking about in this song is a bar connected to Zingo's Cafe on Buck Owens Boulevard. This cocktail lounge is called The Boss. So the risk is minimum. I'm not asking you to provide any comments that may make you the subject of retaliation, so if your going to bitch and not boast about your boss, I'd urge you to bitch about a boss from your past, not your present.
Actually, I do have...
In blog n roll, I supply the topic and the tunes, and you supply the talk. So now that you've heard the unplugged version of a song I plan to turn up a notch or two with a full-band arrangement in Mark Yeary's studio, and now that I've introduced the topic, it's up to you to share your story about the last time you heard some "Kick-ass Kountry" in Kern County.
Ready? Set? Blog n roll!
His name is Jim Jones. After hearing his recent song about Bonnie and Buck (recorded with a little help from the great Sonny Langley) and experiencing the passion he has for country music, I wrote a song about him called The Other Jim Jones, posted here:
http://people.bakersfield.c...
I didn't realize that when I heard that song, I was just catching the tip of the iceberg. Today, I learned that the iceberg is on fire.
An interview I...
As Gomer Pyle used to say, "Surprise. Surprise." (On TV land, folks, please, I'm not that old :)!
Certainly, when I introduced this contest, I wasn't expecting the first contestant to be female. I didn't picture "a young buck" in the form of a "young woman."
But the Bakersfield Sound was full of surprises, and so it should come as no surprise that this attempt to tap into some of the spirit of that age and to...
Singin' is a Man's way of Cryin'
words and music by Bruce L. Thiessen,
aka Dr BLT copyright 2008
Singin' is a Man's way of Cryin'
over somethin' inside that has died
songs are a man's form of teardrops
'cause everyone knows
big boys don't cry
Singin' is a Man's way of Cryin'
be those teardrops
of laughter or pain
singin' is a man's way of cryin'
'cause everyone knows
big boys don't cry
I have saved many tears
over so many years
I have held on
to...
Ode to Slim the Drifter
by Bruce L. Thiessen
aka Dr BLT
slim the drifter
a city still cries for you
above the skyline
tell me
is that really you
you were just driftin'
as time went by
we didn't feel you
until you died
and now it seems it's
too late to cry
slim the drifter
I thought I saw you in the sky
slim the drifter
you lived life recklessly
there were many nights
you'd drink yourself to sleep
was life too cruel for you to stay alive...
Listen to musicians and poets on the street. Look at the blogs of late. Listen to the buzz. Everywhere you go on the streets of Bakersfield today, there is a burgeoning restlessness among members of the underground music community. Local musicians of today are no longer content to rest on the accomplishments of yesterday's heroes. They no longer want to ride the waves. They want to make their own waves on the music scene.
Social...
It was March 11, 2008. It was a sunny day on Buck Owens Boulevard of broken dreams.
I was sitting on the patio at Zingo's cafe today, at noon, feeling kind of sorry for myself over my lack of fans. Then someone came my way and his story helped me put it all in perspective. If I'm not mistaken, he said his name was Tony. He was from Kentucky. Tony said that his dad used to play guitar with Hank Snow, and that he too, was once a guitar-player. He was...
Some Kick-ass Kountry is Komin' 2 Town: Hear song inspired by Bako blog comment on the streets today
More specifically, the comment below brewed in my mind overnight and, in the morning, out on the patio of Rubio's, right next to Starbucks on Rosedale Highway just east of Calloway, on March 11, 2008, at around 8:45 am, this new song was born.
I had to go to my day job, so I couldn't record even an unplugged version. That'll be up within the next day or two. But I do want to thank losthills, and his comment for giving me the angst to pen this tribute to the Bakersfield...
BAKERSFIELD SOUNDS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT!
Lyrics to be added later today.
Full song available later this week. Stay tuned at:
http://www.drblt.net
What do you get when you cross post-Korn rock with Kern County Kountry? You get KROCK. This is just an example of how a new hybrid could evolve out of two distinctive sounds to emerge out of Kern County: The Bakersfield Sound and Nu Metal.
Our blog n roll game today involves introducing your own hybrid. If you could create the Nu Bako Sound, what would it Sound like?
Ready? Set? Blog n roll!
I don't like to repeat myself, but I'm about to, so if you've heard me say this before, feel free to move on.
An argument has been raised here that to sing about the things they sang about in the days of the Bakersfield Sound, and to be convincing, you have to have lived through the 30s, and have been born into a dustbowl. I submit to you that THIS IS ONE BIG MYTH. In other words, it's a pile of BS.
What shaped the great artists of the Bakersfield Sound was not the details...
Call it poetic justice. It beats breaking rules with out-of-line name-calling and over-the-top ad hominem attacks. But poetic justice is what you'll receive if you show up under one of my blog threads (actually it's not technically mine, but you know what I mean) and raise cain, picking on the true, mostly meek, mild-mannered, civil faithful blog 'n' roll commenting visitors.
http://people.bakersfield.c...
You know who you are. This blog...
If you want to learn the facts about the many ways the ego protects itself from "The Cold Facts of Life," check out Freud and his defense mechanisms:
http://webspace.ship.edu/cg...
But if you want to feel what it's like to be forced to abondon all of your defenses in the face of cold, hard evidence that the one you love most has been untrue, you'd be better off hearing this song and/or taking in the lyrics:I got back in town a day before I'd planned to:
The...
Not doing anything for lunch Tuesday? How about a BLT? Do you want to take a stroll down memory lane, or, more specifically, Buck Owens Boulevard?
On Tuesday, March 11, 2008, I'll be on Buck's Boulevard Tuesday at noon for a short set of songs from my forthcoming CD, From Buck Owens Boulevard to Merle Haggard Drive, with a couple of Buck's best "sandwiched" between the Dr BLTunes.
I'll be out on the patio of ZIngo's on 3201 Buck Owens Boulevard around...
Merle Haggard's face, at least in his younger years, was not in his younger years, was not the face of stability. On the contrary, he was the poster boy for problems. But in his lyrics, we find secrets for maintaining a sound mind. Today we're going to discuss Roots of My Raisin'.
I left the four lane highway, took a blacktop seven miles
Down by the old country school I went to as a child
Three miles down a gravel road, I could...
Be at Starbucks, right next door to Dennys, on Merle Haggard Drive today, Monday Morning at about 8:15 am for a single-set street musician's celebration of the Bakersfield Sound. I will debut The Other Jim Jones, and play other songs from my From Buck Owens Boulevard to Merle Haggard Drive CD.
Stay tuned at:
http://www.drblt.net
I met Jim Jones on Friday, the 7th of March, at my noon gig at Zingo's Cafe patio on Buck Owens Boulevard. Most of what I know about Jim so far is contained in the brand new song posted here, "The Other Jim Jones."
The whole song will be included in my forthcoming CD, From Buck Owens Boulevard to Merle Haggard Drive.
Stay tuned at:
http://www.drblt.net
I'd also like you to hear the song he co-wrote with Jay Ramsey about Buck and Bonnie. It can be found...
It's free. All you have to do is to be a Homer Joy fan, and to blog n roll. Blog n roll is a game I invented that involves me supplying the topics and the tunes, and you joining in with your own comments, links to music, you tube clips and more.
Any questions?
Welcome to my new Dr BLTrivia series: Streets of Bakersfield.com. Your winning today will get you a VIP pass to my Monday on Merle Haggard Drive performance. But you have to get both of these questions right: Here is your Dr BLTrivia question of the day.
1. The cup you are seeing here today contains autographs of both Homer "Streets of Bakersfield" Joy and Bakersfield Sound's quintessential forward-moving music mogul/promoter. Choose one:
a) Homer Joy and...
BAKERSFIELD SOUNDoff!
Today is the big mural event in which artists honor the great legends of the Bakersfield Sound.
What I'm about to say may sound like sour grapes. And don't get me wrong. I love raisins. They are sweet and full of important nutrients. But as it concerns the country music scene in Kern County, where are all the new grapes, that grow from the vine that is our treasured heritage?
It's great to treasure our country legends of yore, like Buck,...
There Ain't No Room 4 Country in this Town
(Ghost Town)
words and music by Dr BLT copyright 2008
there's no room for country
in this city
the string of stars has walked right off the stage
there's no room for country in this ciity
they've left inside the turning of the page
chorus:
it's just a ghost town round here
it's just a ghost town I fear
it's just a ghost town
so I'll cry another tear
'cause there ain't no room for country
in this town
there's no...
That's the BAKERSFIELDSOUNDoff challenge this afternoon. Let's see if you can meet it and rise to the occasion.
In the game of blog n roll, I usually provide the music and the introduction, and you tell the rest of the story in the comments section. This time, to make a statement, I have included no music. For those who need that statement spelled out, it means that there is a conspicuous country music drought in Kern County among our young people.
This is not to...
Today on BAKERSFIELD SOUNDoff, I'm featuring two blog 'n' roll questions. The first is a trivia question. Who wrote the song, The Streets of Bakersfield?
The second springs from the truism that Bakersfield once spawned a steady stream of country stars, Merle Haggard and Buck Owens, of course, being the biggest. The question is, what the hell happened to the stream?
In the game of blog 'n' roll, I provide the topic and the (mostly original)...
Wednesday took me to a high noon gig at Zingo's outdoor patio on Buck Owens Boulevard, where I gave away an autographed CD and sang a few original Dr BLTunes, including Buck Owens Boulevard, Goin' Nowhere Fast, and Opening Act for the Rolling Stones.
As usual, the numbers attending were few, but not their IQs. Wish you coulda bin there.
Find out more here:
http://www.bakersfield.com/...
See you there!
Picture the Sound
words and music by Dr BLT copyright 2008
picture the sound
the Bakersfield Sound
the sound that was born of this town
picture Merle's face
picture the place
the humble abode
where he was born
a great song
inspires a picture
great pictures inspire great songs
and seeing a mural of...
CDiary
Welcome to my CDiary. I'm about half-way through completing the first volume of my forthcoming CD, Altar'd Hymns. This medley will be on the album.
In the game of blog 'n' roll, I provide the music (mostly original), and the corresponding introductory comments. You provide the corresponding comments.
When Billy Graham was recently asked if Muslims go to heaven, he, possibly sensing the inquiring party was trying to trap him, deftly replied,...
P.O.P: Psychology of Politics
A number of out-spoken, high-profile far-right conservatives are using Obama's middle name with increasing frequency and with a conspicuous emphasis. Are they taking his middle name in vane? Are they using Obama's middle name as a middle finger that they point in his direction?
How do you feel about this and about Marie Jon's most recent observations concerning Obama?
Homer "Streets of Bakersfield" Joy, paid for the coffee and the over-priced pastries. Then he and Rockwell of Trout's autographed the cup and gave me one of the best interviews that has ever been delivered to me.
It's all part of the From Buck Owens Boulevard to Merle Haggard Drive music/spoken word/written word project.
I'm hoping to bring together the pioneers and the up-and-coming Bakersfield Sound artists of tomorrow to tell stories, sing songs and...
I'll be performing songs from my forthcoming audio/spoken word CD, From Buck Owens Boulevard to Merle Haggard Drive and experimenting with style combinations as I try to construct a freeway to the New Bako Sound by juxtaposing old and new styles.
The show will begin around 8:15 am. I'll meet you at the new Starbucks, right next door to Denny's on Merle Haggard Drive.
You might say I'm driving down the right lane, facing traffic with this song, an answer to Merle Haggard's song about Hillary? What side of the street are you on when it comes to Merle's political views----the side he introduced when he wrote, recorded and released The Fightin' Side of Me, or the views he has expressed more recently when he wrote, recorded and released Hillary....
http://thecaucus.blogs.nyti...
or when he expressed,...
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