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Real Name: Bruce Thiessen Member Since: July 29, 2006 Last Signed In: November 17, 2009 Profile Views: 15463 Blog Views: 102939 Battle of the Bakersfield SounDIVAS: Poll has Penny Marie and Kim McAbee tied Update on "The Bakersfield Sound of Christmas" and "Bakersfield and Beyond" radio show Addressing rumors my new song, "Thanksgiving in Turkey" is banned in Turkey Do you take "everything for granted?" Dickenesque message contained in this new Thanksgiving song "The Bakersfield Sound of Christmas" recording project for the homeless The Cultural Signficiance of "Bakersfield and Beyond" Top 10 Dr BLTunes: "Halloween with Jim Beam" swiftly claims number one spot Update on HALLOWEEN WITH JIM BEAM: Rumors of botleg copy prompt midnight release Is this the next Buck Owens? My song aired back to back with the Man in Black? That's a fact! 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 August 08 September 08 October 08 November 08 December 08 January 09 February 09 March 09 April 09 May 09 June 09 July 09 August 09 September 09 October 09 November 09 http://www.drblt.net 
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What's a Buckanuck, you say? Well, it's up to you to answer. If you answer it correctly, you'll be the first to win the song I wrote as a prelude to tonight's radio show, Bakersfield and Beyond, on KWMR
http://www.kwmr.org
There are two new blogs posted at Bakersfield Sound Underground today:
http://www.bakersfieldsound...
If you go to Bakersfield Sound Underground today, you'll also catch Oil-dale, a new interactive blog storybook that you can actually...
It's a rock n roll psychological vaccination for swine flu panic. It's my parody of Blue Oyster Cult's Don't Fear the Reaper. It's called Don't Fear the Swine Flu.
You'll have to go underground to find it:
Bakersfield Sound Underground
http://www.bakersfieldsound...
There's just a sample up there right now, but the whole song, including my electric lead guitar solo should be up there later today.
Where can you get the downloadable, injectable form of my...
Which do fear more, the swine flu, coming to a local venue near you, or the new Creed CD?
Unlike some, Creed has never made me sick. You'll catch they're new CD soon.
You mustn't catch the pig flu, but you must catch this new Merle Haggard/Animals Medley. These Swingin' Doors has just been assembled and attached to a Bakersfield-tailored adaptation of the Animals' House of the Rising Sun.
See if you can correctly identify the local honky-tonk that this...
Well, maybe the demand for the song isn't quite that intense, but whatever the level of intensity of the demand, I think I'm safe in declaring that many kccrocker (Kern County country rocker) fans will appreciate the sentiment expressed in this original tune of mine. So keep watching at:
Bakersfield Sound Underground
http://www.bakersfieldsound...
Keep checking my profile at http://www.myspace.com/drbl...
and always stay "tuned,"---literally tuned at:...
Where?
Why, where else, but underground? More specifically...
Bakersfield Sound Underground
http://www.bakersfieldsound...
It's Bakersfield sound: The next generation---the Place where new bakersfield-sound-grounded artists take the Bakersfield sound in exciting new directions and to all-new levels.
If you ain't been underground, you ain't been anywhere.
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soon-to-become
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Where?
Why, where else, but underground? More specifically...
Bakersfield Sound Underground
http://www.bakersfieldsound...
It's Bakersfield sound: The next generation---the Place where new bakersfield-sound-grounded artists take the Bakersfield sound in exciting new directions and to all-new levels.
If you ain't been underground, you ain't been anywhere.
Also visit:
http://www.drblt.net
soon-to-become
http://www.drblt.com
Welcome to Bakersfield Sound Trivia Quest. Here's your question:
Which recent Rock n Roll Hall of Fame inductee became the very first woman to be interviewed on the all-new KWMR radio show, Bakersfield and Beyond?
a. Tammy Wynette (pictured here)
b. The late Bonnie Owens
c. June Carter-Cash
d. Wanda Jackson
The winner will receive a free mp3 copy of a song written as a tribute to the very woman named in the winning response to this question as soon as that...
Here's your question:
Which of the following was the first nu bako female artist (as opposed to the female artists of yore from the original Bakersfield sound heyday) to be aired on KWMR on the all-new Bakersfield and Beyond radio show?
a. Jenny Angel
b. Kim McAbee (pictured here)
c. Alyssa Kaess
d. All of the above, simultaneously in a song recorded as a trio
e. None of the above
The winner will receive the mp3 single of the song that was...
"I have to pinched myself to convince myself it's real."
Observe my reflections on the Thursday night broadcast of KWMR at:
Bakersfield Sound Underground
http://www.bakersfieldsound...
Have you got a tea party hangover? Or has the party just begun for you? Of course the big question is: Would the Beatles have supported the anti-tax tea parties. The answer may be contained in this song. Posted here is the Dr. BLT cover of the Beatles, Taxman.
Easter has come and gone. Christmas is still a long ways away. Instead of getting the post-holiday blues, I think I'll proclaim this Wanda Wednesday in Kern County, and I'll celebrate her quintessential legacy. Heck, why not make it Wanda Week? Without Wanda Jackson, who would possibly serve as the inspiration for Bakersfield acts such as the Dusk Devils, especially with the beat Pat Frase used to bring to the band?
I'm hear to announce that big hair...
It's an adaptation of Johnny Cash's Deliah's Gone, tailored to the Spector case. You'll find it at:
Bakersfield Sound Underground
http://www.bakersfieldsound...
Any comments on the song or the verdict?
The Spector-Lana-tailored re-make should be out in a day or two at Bakersfield sound Underground. Here are the adapted lyrics:
Lana’s Gone
adapted by Dr BLT from Johnny Cash's Delia's Gone
Lana, oh, Lana
Lana all my life
If I hadn't have shot poor Lana
I'd-a had her for my wife
Lana's gone, one more round Lana's gone
I went up to the mansion
And I met Lana there &n bsp; ...
If you're part of the original Bakersfield sound generation, then you've heard as bumper music for radio broadcasts, and television shows, including Cousin Herb's show that launched the careers of so many big country stars out of Bakersfield. If you're of the kccrocker crowd, or nu bako sound generation, and you're up on your history, or if you listen to Bakersfield and Beyond each week on KWMR in Marin County, you've also been exposed to it. It's an instrumental hit for Buck and...
If you're familiar with these tunes, and you have a favorite, indicate your favorite in the comments section below. If you need more education to be an informed voter, be sure to catch Bakersfield and Beyond this Thursday from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. I understand they have an interview lined up with Wanda Jackson, a quintessenatial rockin' country mover and shaker, and a recent Rock n Roll Hall of Fame inductee. They'll be playing lots of music of the Bakersfield sound era and...
Buck in the System
Dr BLT
album: Confessions of a Buck-a-holic
hear/download for free here:
http://www.drblt.net/music/...
and, if you want to sing along, here are the words:
Buck in the System
words and music by Dr BLT copyright 2009
I've got Buck in the system
I'm gonna play his tunes
back-2-back Buck
wall-2-wall sound
and you know it won't be too soon
before I play the next song X2
I've got Buck in the system all night long
I've got Buck in the...
Buck Owens past away just prior to the Easter seaon. On the anniversary of his death, this song came to me.
Here's a song that I tried to add to my record store today in an effort to make available another track from the No Sympathy: A Bittersweet Tribute to the Rolling Stones CD.
I want to thank Pat Frase who played the drums and Walter Stormont who played rhythm on this track. I want to thank Jerry Rothberg, and all of the fellow members of the Rolling Scones who participated on this CD.
Technical difficulties prevented me from uploading the song onto the internet...
Happy Easter. I hope you enjoy my Easter song.
Thank God it's good Friday
thank God it's arrived
thank God that he died
but thank God he's alive
my sins are forgiven
with blood he supplied
thank God that it's Friday
thank God it's arrived...
Those are the words to a brand new song that probably won't be available until Good Friday, 2010, but I've got another one to help you reflect upon the significance of this day. Now, Johnny Cash is a hard act to follow, as are many of the acts that have covered this song. ...
He's a kccrock (Kern County Country Rock) guitar legend-in-the-making. It started out as a rumor, but you'll find there's more to this rumor than simply a rumor:
Bakersfield Sound Underground
http://www.bakersfieldsound...
Here's the latest from Bakersfield and Beyond:
Music for mavericks, outlaws and romantics.
Bakersfield and Beyond!
Tonight Mike and Amanda will be spinning some great old tunes intermixed with some rockabilly and maybe even some new stuff.
Stream it live at www.kwmr.org or tune in locally at 90.5 fm or 89.9 fm.
Of course we will be chatting with Dr. BLT!
Bakersfield and Beyond – Music for Mavericks, Outlaws and Romantics – every other...
Perception is a huge topic of inquiry in the field of psychology. But you can't find a treatment of the topic of perception as brilliant in any university text book as you'll find in the lyrics to a song penned by local artist, Kenny Reeves. His song, Perception is required reading (and listening) for my university students.
Check out the lyrics here, and then go underground to sample the song:
Bakersfield Sound Underground
http://www.bakersfieldsound...
Good morning, Bakersfield! The picture you're looking at is one I took of Buckshot at the Buck Owens ranch just outside of Bakersfield. Buckshot, if you're out there, send me your tunes.
Notwithstanding the local talk shows, if you're a Bakersfield musician, you won't get your songs on the air here. There's no support for local talent on any of our FM radio stations. But they appreciate us when you go beyond Bakersfield.
I've been sending local music to...
Marin county may be out of your FM dial range, but you can stream the show live tonight from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. I'm proud to be on the playlist, and I'm proud to represent Bakersfield's fine music community and rich musical heritage on this exciting new show that broadcasts at the time noted every second Thursday.
Stream it via:
http://www.kwmr.org
You can get it directly at:
http://www.tollbooth.org/20...
or you can head underground:
Bakersfield Sound Underground:
http://www.bakersfieldsound...
She's consistently been compared to a superstar from my hometown of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Joni Mitchell, who was introduced to the world by Johnny Cash. You'll have to decide for yourself if she's the next Joni Mitchell. You can do that by checking her out on the latest edition of Rising Stars from the folk side of the nu bako sound.
Bakersfield Sound Underground
http://www.bakersfieldsound...
Color of your Dreams
Words and music by Dr BLT copyright...
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