Dr BLT's Blog n Roll Studio
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Real Name: Bruce Thiessen Member Since: July 29, 2006 Last Signed In: July 23, 2008 Profile Views: 14565 Blog Views: 79452 male/female Bakersfield's Next Buck contestants team up for duet about Buck and Bonnie Owens What this Country Means to Me: A tribute to Kern county country music I'll pull some Strings for You: Lyric today, hear it tomorrow Bakersfield sound pioneer helps younger songwriters pen tribute to the Blackboard where he played Roots, Rhythm and Boots to Fit In: Lyric today, hear it tomorrow I'm going to try to get Sonny Langley and Red Simpson to record this duet Sonny Nights: Latest from Songs inspired by Sonny Langley Shadows: I can't believe I got to produce this Hank Ray song Are You the New Hank? That's what I asked him in this interview question that doubles as a song Music critic Michael Dalton's review of Buck Owens Studios Farewell Session CD August 06 September 06 October 06 November 06 December 06 January 07 February 07 March 07 April 07 May 07 June 07 July 07 August 07 September 07 October 07 November 07 December 07 January 08 February 08 March 08 April 08 May 08 June 08 July 08 http://www.drblt.net 
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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
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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
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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...
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