Dr BLT's Blog n Roll Studio - blognroll's Blog - Bakersfield.com http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/blognroll an innovative fusion of music and discussion centering around a variety of topics an innovative fusion of music and discussion centering around a variety of topics en-us male/female Bakersfield's Next Buck contestants team up for duet about Buck and Bonnie Owens http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/blognroll/30613 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/blognroll/30613 <p>If you weren't in the buckarooM last night for this historic recording session, you missed out.&nbsp; Then again, though I love the public, the event was closed to the public.</p> <p>But that doesn't mean you can't go underground and hear a sample of the rough mix of Short Season of Love, the new duet about the short-lived romance between Buck and Bonnie Owens.&nbsp;</p> <p>Bakersfield Sound Underground</p> <p>http://www.bakersfieldsoundunderground.com</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>If you ain't goin' underground, you ain't goin' nowhere!</p> -2 -2


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 AriJoe.jpg Dr BLT What this Country Means to Me: A tribute to Kern county country music http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/blognroll/30566 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/blognroll/30566 <p style="text-align: left">A new bako sound, future AmeriKERNa classic?&nbsp; You'll decide.&nbsp; I'll abide.&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: left">&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: left">&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: left">&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: left">&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: left">&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: left">&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: center"><b>What this Country Means to Me</b></p> <p style="text-align: center">Dr BLT</p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>hardly a day goes by</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>when I don't play a song</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>by old Merle Haggard and his boys</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>hardly a night goes by</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>when a </i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Billy Mize lullaby</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>plays next to that song</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>by Homer Joy</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><b><i>CHORUS</i></b></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>that's what this country</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>means to me</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>the sound</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>of the brave, strong and the free</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Jelly Sanders, Whittington</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>songs that comfort like a friend</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>that's what this country means to me</i></p> <p style="text-align: center">&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Buck was there to bring it on</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>with his brand of country song</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Simpson's truckin' songs</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>brought truckers home</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Sonny Langley and the gang</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>songs they wrote and songs they sang</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>that's what this country means to me</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>(chorus)</i></p> <p style="text-align: center">&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>now it's gone</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>or is it so?</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>is it comin' back to life</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>how do we know</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>we can feel it in the breeze</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>whispered 'neath the withered trees</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>all the things this country means to me</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>(chorus)</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>that's what this country means to you and me</i></p> -2 -2


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 BakersfieldsoundGang.jpg BOMuseum I'll pull some Strings for You: Lyric today, hear it tomorrow http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/blognroll/30559 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/blognroll/30559 <p style="text-align: left">In my efforts to take the reins and assume the role of conduit&nbsp;for new&nbsp;brand of Kern&nbsp;county country,&nbsp;&nbsp;grounded in the&nbsp;Bakersfield sound,&nbsp;I've been preaching about mentoring, teamwork and collaboration.&nbsp; This song speaks of that sort of Kern county country comradery.&nbsp; Without further ado, I give you:</p> <p style="text-align: left">&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: left">&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: left">&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: left">&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: center">&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: center">&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: center"><b>I'll Pull some Strings for You</b></p> <p style="text-align: center">words and music by Dr BLT copyright 2008</p> <p style="text-align: center">&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>I heard you've been hitting the pavement</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>goin' from city to town</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>I heard you've been playin' in cheap bars</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>honky tonks that bring you down</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i><b>&nbsp;chorus: </b></i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>I'll pull some strings for you</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>I'll even sing for you</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>my sing-string and me</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>can do wonders for someone like you</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>I'll pull some strings for you</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>I'll make some bling for you</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>my 6-string and me</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>can do remove all those</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>nowhere man blues</i></p> <p style="text-align: center">&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>I heard you've been singin' your heart out</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>to crowds that get smaller each day</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>I heard they've been turning you down now</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>you're homeless</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>with no place to play</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>by I've got some skills on this guitar</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>they're bound to make your dreams come true</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>when I lay down my leads </i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>on your best songs</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>they'll be thrilled</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>from their heads to their shoes</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i><b>(chorus)</b></i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>you're much too green to get famous</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>well, that's what you've said once before</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>by these fingers can work out the rough spots</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>we'll leave the crowd yellin' for more </i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i><b>(chorus)</b></i></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> -2 -2


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 strings.jpg web Bakersfield sound pioneer helps younger songwriters pen tribute to the Blackboard where he played http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/blognroll/30513 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/blognroll/30513 <p>Mr. Lloyd Reading, formerly of the Bob Manning Trio and the Blackboard Playboys,&nbsp;is helping to&nbsp;bridge the Bakersfield sound generation gap, by&nbsp;joining a couple of&nbsp;younger Bakersfield-sound-rooted songwriters with a song that pays tribute to the Blackboard, the very plays he and his band-mates used to jam.&nbsp;</p> <p>Mr. Lloyd Reading is keenly aware of our efforts to bridge the Bakersfield sound generation gap and to make his music, and the music of his cohorts of the Bakersfield&nbsp;sound&nbsp;genre&nbsp;more accessible to younger generations through community education and mentoring.&nbsp; Hank Ray is involved in documenting Lloyd Reading's historic past by filming his rich body of songs and stories.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>Mr. Reading told us &quot;I'll cooperate&nbsp;in every&nbsp;way.&nbsp; Just let me know what is needed.&quot;&nbsp; In the works are a recording in which he will sing&nbsp;this song with us, a song&nbsp;he helped us pen.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>There may still be a little editing to do, but here's what the three of us have so far:</p> <p><b>Them Blackboard Days</b></p> <p><b>words and music by Dr BLT,&nbsp;Lloyd Reading and Hank Ray</b> copyright 2008 Nu Bako Sound Recordings/Krocker Records</p> <p>well, I heard you were there</p> <p>in the beginning</p> <p>back when country music was livin'</p> <p>back in the day</p> <p>them&nbsp;Blackboard&nbsp;days</p> <p>Mr. Reading, tell us a story</p> <p>'bout that Bakersfield&nbsp;sound glory</p> <p>talk about the day</p> <p>them Blackboard days</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>chorus 1:</p> <p>them&nbsp;Blackboard days</p> <p>sittin', strummin'&nbsp;on the stage</p> <p>Mr. Lloyd Reading</p> <p>won't you tell us&nbsp;'bout the Blackboard&nbsp;days</p> <p>them Blackboard days</p> <p>in the old cafe</p> <p>Mr. Lloyd Reading&nbsp;</p> <p>won't you tell&nbsp;us</p> <p>'bout the Blackboard days</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>on the heels of the&nbsp;great depression</p> <p>well, I think we all learned our lesson</p> <p>back in the day</p> <p>them Blackboard days</p> <p>in the days of the Edison work camps</p> <p>picked guitars</p> <p>by the kerosene lamps</p> <p>back in the days</p> <p>them Blackboard days</p> <p>(chorus 1)</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>them Blackboard Days</p> <p>sittin' strummin' on the stage</p> <p>with the Bob Manning trio</p> <p>people gathered as</p> <p>the band would play</p> <p>them Blackboard days</p> <p>sittin', strummin' on the stage</p> <p>Mr. Lloyd Reading</p> <p>won't you tell us 'bout the Blackboard days</p> <p>(return to chorus 2)</p>


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 Lloyd71508.jpg Dr BLT Roots, Rhythm and Boots to Fit In: Lyric today, hear it tomorrow http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/blognroll/30496 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/blognroll/30496 <p style="">In this world of mine--the world of blog n roll, I supply the topic and the tunes, and you supply the talk.</p> <p style="">Simply use these lyrics as a springboard to get into formulating your answer to this: What 3 things do you need most to survive?&nbsp;</p> <p style="">Ready?&nbsp; Set?&nbsp; Blog n roll?</p> <p style="text-align: center">&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: center">&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: center">&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: center">&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: center">&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: center"><b>Roots, Rhythm and Boots to Fit In</b></p> <p style="text-align: center">words and music by Dr BLT copyright 2008 Nu Bako Sound Recordings/Krocker Records</p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>I don't ask for much</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>'cause I don't need much</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>roots, rhythm and boots to fit in</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>I don't cry or beg</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>I don't have a sit in</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>roots, rhythm and boots to fit in</i></p> <p style="text-align: center">&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>all I want is what I need</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>my hearts free</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>not filled with greed</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>grab your guitar</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>join right in</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>all I need </i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>roots, rhythm and boots to fit in</i></p> <p style="text-align: center">&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>I don't need no fame or cash</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>roots, rhythm and boots to fit in</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>all those things, well, they just don't last</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>roots, rhythm and boots to fit in</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>don't need to travel 'round the world</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>got myself a country girl</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>all I need </i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>roots, rhythm and boots to fit in</i></p> <p style="text-align: center">&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>you can have your fancy cars</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>all that bling won't get you far</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>what I've got's a simple taste</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>roots, rhythm and boots to fit in </i></p>


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 Boot4.jpg Mike Ryan boots I'm going to try to get Sonny Langley and Red Simpson to record this duet http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/blognroll/30472 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/blognroll/30472 <p>I'll be hanging out at Trout's over the next couple of weeks, fishing for these two Kern County country stars of the Bakersfield sound genre. </p> <p>Or, Sonny, if you're out there, have your people call my lack of people.&nbsp; Red, the same goes for you.&nbsp; Have your people call my lack of people.&nbsp; </p> <p>&nbsp;</p>


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 NoGutsNoGlory2.jpeg Choice shirts Sonny Nights: Latest from Songs inspired by Sonny Langley http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/blognroll/30467 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/blognroll/30467 <p>Here's another one about one of Bakersfield's last Bakersfield sound artists still living. breathing, and walking the Streets of Bakersfield---even singing and performing at Trout's every weekend.&nbsp; </p> <p>If you've never experienced a Sonny Night, you've never heard him play at Trout's.&nbsp; </p>


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 SonnyLangleyPS.jpg Sonny Langley at Trout's Dr BLT Shadows: I can't believe I got to produce this Hank Ray song http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/blognroll/30464 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/blognroll/30464 <p>When I heard this haunting, romantic ballad in the BuckarooM last night, I had to pinch myself to find out if I was really in the middle of producing it, or if it was a dream.&nbsp; As it turns out, it was a dream, but a dream come true.&nbsp; </p> <p>Here's Hank Ray's latest, <i>Shadows.&nbsp; </i></p>


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 BLTHankJohnnyBW.jpg DR BLT AND HANK RAY Dr BLT Are You the New Hank? That's what I asked him in this interview question that doubles as a song http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/blognroll/30460 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/blognroll/30460 <p>I conducted a single-question interview at the BuckarooM last night with rising nu bako sound artist, Mr. Hank Ray.&nbsp; It's that burning question that's been on everybody's mind these days.&nbsp; My question is asked in a circumlocutory manner, but Hank doesn't beat around the bush at all in the response he provides.&nbsp;</p> <p>You'll have to listen to the entire song to get to his answer, but it's worth it.&nbsp; Without further ado, here's...</p> <p>Are You the New Hank? (hit play on the play station attached here)</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><b>Credits:</b></p> <p>words and music by Dr BLT copyright 2008 Nu Bako Sound Recordings/Krocker Records</p> <p><b>Vocals: </b>Dr BLT</p> <p><b>Rhythm Guitar: </b>Dr BLT</p> <p><b>Lead Guitar: </b>Hank Ray</p> <p><b>Spoken parts:</b> Hank Ray and Dr BLT</p>


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 HankNeon.jpg Hank Ray in the BuckarooM Dr BLT Music critic Michael Dalton's review of Buck Owens Studios Farewell Session CD http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/blognroll/30367 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/blognroll/30367 <p>It looks like, so far, the news on the review front is good for the last solo project to emerge from the closing doors of the old Buck Owens recording studios.&nbsp; For those following such reviews, here's the latest, this one by a music critic I have great respect for---Michael Dalton.</p> <p>Here is a link to&nbsp;Michael Dalton's&nbsp;review of The Buck Owens Studios Farewell Session&nbsp;by yours truly.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="http://www.tollbooth.org/2008/reviews/drblt1.html">http://www.tollbooth.org/2008/reviews/drblt1.html</a></p> <p>Here is Dalton's review of my Christmas CD:, who also reviewed my Christmas album last year, <i>Certified Gold, Incence and Myrr.&nbsp; </i></p> <p><a href="http://mtdalton.blogspot.com/2007/12/phantom-tollbooths-rock-doc-goes.html">http://mtdalton.blogspot.com/2007/12/phantom-tollbooths-rock-doc-goes.html</a></p> <p>For Dalton to say such good things about the first 2 CDs of mine that he has reviewed makes me feel good.&nbsp; I'm humbled and honored.&nbsp;</p> <p>I'm humbled and honored by Hank Ray's review as well:</p> <p><a href="http://www.bakotopia.com/home/Blog/HANKRAYBLUES/28017">http://www.bakotopia.com/home/Blog/HANKRAYBLUES/28017</a></p> <p>The CD, <i>The Buck Owens Farewell Sessions </i>by me, Dr BLT, can be found at these outlets:</p> <p><b>World Records</b></p> <p>1824 G St.</p> <p>831-3100</p> <p><b>Going Underground</b></p> <p>1822 G St.</p> <p>477-8475</p> <p><b>Russo's Books</b>: The Marketplace on Ming</p> <p><b>Tramps </b>in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada</p> <p>and at my website:</p> <p><a href="http://www.drblt.net">http://www.drblt.net</a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>


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