Dr BLT's Blog n Roll Studio
an innovative fusion of music and discussion centering around a variety of topics
Real Name: Bruce Thiessen Member Since: July 29, 2006 Last Signed In: July 05, 2008 Profile Views: 14493 Blog Views: 78277 America off the Hook: I woke up July 4th at 5:40 am with this song in my head American Blues: The new song born in the BuckarooM by Hank Ray and Dr BLT You'll get more July 4th bang for your Buck at early morning Starbucks patio performance/CD release The first time Daddy Took a Drink: Inspired by pages 8-10 in George Jones autobiography Buck Owens Wellness Center will benefit from sales of "Buck's Red, White and Blue Guitar" They're gonna put me in the movies: Here come the Ants: From short film soundtrack If God wore Denim: New song inspired by George Jones autobiography This is the only CD you'll find available at Dagny's Bakersfield's Next Buck Talent Competition update: Deadline extended Wait 'till Hank Ray gets his hands on "Buck's Red, White and Blue Guitar"...this song, that is 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'm honestly not trying to start a new fad. It's simply the boredom talking.
In blog n roll, I provide the tunes and the topic and you provide the talk. But every once in awhile we mix things up so they won't become too boring, or too predictable. In this case, I'm providing the art, if it could actually be considered art, in the mind of the art purest. The music you are hearing, is secondary, to accompany the visual music.
If you want to hear my cover of...
It's as simple as that. There are two prizes that may be earned in this, the blog n roll game of the afternoon. If you correctly guess whether this is a mere rumor, unsubstantiated by fact, or a true statement, you win the first copy of the song, if and when it is released as an mp3
If you take it to the next level, correctly identifying the Beatles song(s) and Buck song(s) to be supposedly included in the medley, you win an autographed copy of the song on a CD-R.
Well,...
Songs provide emotionally-compelling avenues for learning to take place. It's not hard to find songs that illustrate key principles or points, and songs do it in a way that allows the material to be more efficiently digested.
Right now, I'm teaching a Personality Theories course. My students are learning about personality through the personalities expressed in the songs associated with the Bakersfield Sound.
Next week, I will perform the song you're hearing right now (if...
More accurately, it's my new bakobilly krock tune. Krock is a term I coined (after having a couple of beers) to describe a new form of Kern County country rock. Bakobilly is my flavor of distinctly Bakersfield rockabilly. "Kross" the two and you've got bakobilly krock.
The song can be found on my forthcoming CD, From Buck Owens Blvd. to Merle Haggard Drive.
Stay tuned here:
http://www.drblt.net
Yes, I've been...
There you have it. All you have to do is answer these two to be declared our big winner for this morning's BAKERSFIELD SOUND Trivia Quest QUESTion.
I'd like to introduce my new one-man band. This is Dr BLT and the Bitter Clingers (aka me) playing a little bit of my new blog n roll prospective hit, One Hand on my Bible (The Other on my Gun). It's time to play blog n roll. You know the rules if you've travelled this territory before. I provide the topic and tunes and you provide the talk. Today, I'm asking you if there's a contradiction between Obama's...
You're looking at the Derailers CD, Under the Influence of Buck, a collection of Buck Owens cover tunes by the band.
The winner gets a copy of my song, Under the Influence of Buck, on mp3, along with the bigger prize of the self-satisfaction that comes with a vast fund of knowledge concerning the history and evolution of the Bakersfield Sound.
What Buck Owens' hit written by Johnny Russell and Voni Morrison was covered by the Beatles?
Today's gift to the winner will be the self-satisfaction that comes with having a vast fund of knowledge about the Bakersfield Sound and the history and evolution of that sound.
Ready? Set? Blog n roll!
Welcome to Ferlin Husky's Freudian Slips. I'm your host, Dr. BLT. Today we're taking a closer look at the lyrics to a great Ferlin Husky song, written by Fred Rose. You might say it's a song about the thorns that come with the roses of love.
Afraid to tell you how much I care.
Afraid I'll need you and you won't be there.
I'd love to take you in to my heart.
But something tells me we would only part.
I loved and lost just one love ago.
I paid the cost and it...
Welcome to a Billy Mize Mental Health Moment. I'm Dr BLT, and I'll be the host of this blog n roll moment. In blog n roll, I supply the topic and tune and you supply the talk. Today's topic is Freud's concept of oral fixation as illustrated in one of Billy Mize's biggest hits, Who Will Buy the Wine.
The Oral stage is the very first stage introduced in Freud's psychosexual stages of development. It takes place from the ages of birth to 1 year of age (involving...
Welcome to A Merle Haggard Mental Health Moment, where the songs of Bakersfield and Oildale's own Merle Haggard are examined in search of mental health nuggets of knowledge. I'm Dr. BLT and I'll be your blog n roll host. Today we examine the lyrics to Every Fool has a Rainbow.
I would like to take a look at the lyrics of this song in light of the theories of Erich Fromm, who believed that the evolution of Western civilation, and industrialization, in particular, has brought...
I've still only spent about as much time drinking as Johnny Cash has spent in jail. (Well, I suppose you can double that after yesterday's birthday party at Trout's).
So, with so little beer-drinking experience under my belt (no pun intended) why am I suddenly into writing beer-drinking songs? Well, as I mentioned in a previous blog, when you're a songwriter, you get to add a little fiction to reality, in an effort to keep people guessing, and gossiping.
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Billy, I'm sure you've got much better things to do, but in the unlikely event that you're in the blogosphere here tonight, here's your new birthday song, sung one more time for you here. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BILLY BOY!
Of course, you own a copy of the song, so you can listen to it anytime you like, if you like it.
BTW, I ate the guitar strings on the top fret of this guitar cake.
Here's your hint. He turned one year older today and there was a big birthday celebration for him at Trout's in Oildale.
The winner, that is, the first one to provide the correct answer, will win a free mp3 copy of the new Dr BLTune, Billy Mize Lullabies.
I've spent about as much time drinking as Johnny Cash spent in jail, but when it comes to writing songs, you get to take lots of liberties and you get to write songs from the perspective of other real characters or fictional characters you create. But enough of the disclaimer. Let's get on with it.
It's blog n roll time once again. I'm your blog n roll host, Dr. BLT. In my game of blog n roll, I provide the topic and the tunes, and you provide the talk....
There's just one more day until we all get a chance to celebrate the birthday of Billy Mize over at Trout's. You may have heard my birthday song for Billy. Well here's another song that tells a story of one fan's reliance on the man and his music. It's called Billy Mize Lullabies, and you can sample it by hitting the play bar in the music play station above my picture.
It's from my forthcoming CD, From Buck Owens Blvd. to Merle Haggard Drive.
Stay tuned at:
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It's only today for 4 more minutes, so let's see if I can pull this off.
Billy Mize Lullabies
words and music by Dr BLT copyright 2008
when she was just a baby
mama put her to sleep
with Billy Mize lullabies
now she's a grown-up lady
in war
she lost her guy
so she's returned to those old lullabies
chorus:
dry your eyes
dry your eyes
say a prayer
this ain't no time to cry...
The oil and gas companies are taking us for a ride---a very expensive ride. And we're all taking it in stride. ENOUGH!
I wanted to give people a way to protest the recent insane rise in gas prices while venting off a little steam. Here are lyrics to a song I plan to release tomorrow, or the next day, or the next. It's called...
I'm Gonna Kick Your Gas
words and music by Dr BLT copyright 2008
I'm gonna kick your gas
I'm gonna ride my horse
I'm...
This is the actual photograph of the broken hand referred to in the story.
The story is contained in the song, so I won't be redundant by telling it here again. It's a remarkable story about coping and rising above one's misfortunes. It's a real story about a real person I met on the Streets of Bakersfield---those golden streets Homer Joy and Buck Owens put on the map with their song---The Streets of Bakersfield.
In this game I call blog n roll, I provide the topic and the...
Happy Birthday, Billy Boy
(a Billy Mize Birthday Surprise)
Words and music by Dr BLT copyright 2008
Happy Birthday, Billy Boy
Through the years, you’ve brought us joy
Who will buy the birthday wine?
Gather round, it’s time to dine
TV personality
Country star from Bako streets
Real deal, and the real McCoy
Happy Birthday…Billy boy
Old Herb Henson’s Trading Post
Raise your glass let’s have a toast
Featured on Chuck Wagaon Gang...
In Shellie Banco's interview with Mike Ness of Social Distortion, in today's Bkaersfield Californian, he says the following, "Merle Haggard is probably more of a rebel than Sid Vicious ever was."
http://www.bakersfield.com/...
Punks, post-punks, Bakersfield Sound traditionalists, nu Bako Sound nubies, Krockers (nu Kern County country rockers), this debate is all yours. Even if you're not a musician at all, but simply a fan of the old or nu...
He's coming to Bakersfield. He'll be at Fishlips on Friday at 8 pm. He was featured in the Eye Street section of the Bakersfield Californian today. He's made a bold pronouncement that country music is dead.
Here he is quoted in today's paper: "As far as what country music used to be, that word is dead. They've succeeded in strangling it. It's the snake that finally ate it's entire body."
In your opinion, is he right? If so, will the...
Happy Birthday, Billy Boy
(a Billy Mize Birthday Surprise)
Words and music by Dr BLT copyright 2008
Happy Birthday, Billy Boy
Through the years, you’ve brought us joy
Who will buy the birthday wine?
Gather round, it’s time to dine
TV personality
Country star from Bako streets
Real deal, and the real McCoy
Happy Birthday…Billy boy
Old Herb Henson’s Trading Post
Raise your glass let’s have...
The latest Dr BLTune they've added to the "menu" is Average White Guy.
One good turn deserves another. They've linked to me, now I'm linking to them. This is a great place to hang out. They offer some great information and some great political food for thought, whether you're conservative, liberal, or somewhere in the middle.
Thanks Capitol Coffee House!
http://capitolhillcoffeehou...
No, it wasn't recorded "live" in a Pennsylvania bar, but it was in my imagination. In reality, it was rather roughly recorded and mixed in the "BuckarooM" at my house. In my world of blog n roll, I supply the topic and the tune.
Today's tune is a brand new mix of my hick hop "hit," Average White Guy (a prospective hit, to be precise). It's from my forthcoming CD, From Buck Owens Blvd. to Merle Haggard Drive, scheduled for...
I didn't catch his name, so I just call him 37 Cent. I was driving on the way to work yesterday. As I pulled up to the intersection of Buck Owens Boulevard and 24th, just off of the freeway, I saw this man, gave him a buck (no pun intended) and asked him if I could take his picture so that I could spread the word about his need for money. He agreed, and the rest is his story, contained in the song you are listening to, (if you hit the play bar at the play station...
Bunkccrock: BUNK-ROCK: Buck-owens-based Kern county country punk rock.
Related terms:
Krrockabilly: KROCK-A-BILLY: A local Kern Country country rock artist, or an outsider, grounded in the Bakersfield Sound, whose musical style represents a mixture of Nu Kccrock (Kern County Rock), rockabilly, and a flavor of the old Bakersfield Sound.
Krrock-a-dile: A krrockabilly tune as a cell phone ringtone.
Krrockabilly: KROCK-A-BILLY: A local Kern Country country rock artist, or an outsider, grounded in the Bakersfield Sound, whose musical style represents a mixture of Nu Kccrock (Kern County Rock), rockabilly, and a flavor of the old Bakersfield Sound.
bonus terms:
Krrock-a-dile: A krrockabilly tune as a cell phone ringtone.
It looks like Obama has inspired another country song.
One Hand on my Bible/The Other on my Gun (Bitter)
words and music by Dr BLT copyright 2008
I got on hand on my Bible
the other on my gun
'bin told that I am bitter
but there's no need to run
I may throw my big Bible
but the gun is just for fun
I've got one hand on my Bible
the other on my gun
I got one foot on a grave stone
and one foot on the ground
I'm rooted in the music
of the...
Last night's gig at Starbucks on Rosedale Highway and Calloway was well attended, by a wide rage of age groups (the youngest being my daughter (seen here) who will turn 3 in July. with a wide-range of musical style preferences. Dubbed Coffee as Art, it was all for a good cause---to raise money for cancer treatment and prevention via Relay 4 Life.
It led the Starbucks powers that be to envision similar events in the near future where yours truly and band members,...
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