|
|
|
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...
|
Comments [0] - Views [22]
|
|
|
|
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...
|
Comments [12] - Views [44]
|
|
|
|
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...
|
Comments [0] - Views [31]
|
|
|
|
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...
|
Comments [1] - Views [52]
|
|
|
|
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...
|
Comments [1] - Views [18]
|
|
|
|
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...
|
Comments [4] - Views [22]
|
|
|
|
I wrote this song on Merle Haggard Drive at our Sunday on Merle Haggard Drive gig yesterday morning. My sax player was right next to me. I'll debut "I'll Meet you on Merle Haggard Drive," right on Merle Haggard Drive this morning (or it's attached here if you...
|
Comments [15] - Views [36]
|
|
|
|
Good morning Bakersfield's Next Buck Contestants!
If you'd like to get a head start on the rest of the contestants, learn the song and meet in front of Starbucks on Merle Haggard Drive this morning at about 8:30 am.
If you are Bakersfield's Next Buck then you probably don't need me to send the...
|
Comments [0] - Views [14]
|
|
|
|
I'd like to invite you to another outdoor performance, the second in a new series called Mornings on Merle Haggard Drive.
I'll be performing Merle Haggard Drive, The Day Merle Haggard Stole My Pen, From Buck Owens Boulevard to Merle Haggard Drive and also a few Merle songs. The...
|
Comments [19] - Views [37]
|
|
|
|
Are you Bakersfield's next Buck? If you think you could be the next Buck Owens, send me an mp3 of one of your performances at:
drblt@drblt.net
or post an mp3 or youtube link right here in the comments section and tell us all why you should be Bakersfield's Next Buck in the comments...
|
Comments [1] - Views [28]
|
|
|
|
It seemed like the perfect metaphor to depict my life. I was clearly under the weather, but couldn't miss this for the world. I was attending the official street naming party for Merle Haggard and the ceremony was wrapping up. I had my open pen in hand and my Merle...
|
Comments [15] - Views [88]
|
|
|
|
This is one of the most poignant live duets I've ever come across. It is included in the rare footage of Johnny Cash's TV shows that I picked up at Starbucks the other day. As we pay tribute to the legend that was, and will always be Ken Nelson, let's consider the debt our very own...
|
Comments [0] - Views [9]
|
|
|
|
Today, we celebrate the legacy of Ken Nelson 1911-2008, the quintessential producer who was behind some of the greatest hits of the Bakersfield Sound era, who died Sunday, at age 96.
Let's begin with this Buck Owens television performance of Act Naturally. This episode is the first...
|
Comments [0] - Views [8]
|
|
|
|
For those who just can't get enough of me, Dr. BLT (all two or three of you), I would like to direct you to this month's edition of Phantom Tollbooth, an e-zine that examines music and entertainment from a Christian persective.
This month, you'll find my regular features:
1. Ask...
|
Comments [14] - Views [75]
|
|
|
|
Dwight Sings Buck vs. Confessions of a Buckaholic:
A comparative CD review by Dr BLT
A Sneak Preview of forthcoming Phantom Tollbooth review:
http://www.tollbooth.org
Dwight Yoakham’s Dwight Sings Buck may be more aptly titled, Dwight Channels Buck, not only because of the...
|
Comments [3] - Views [39]
|
|
|
|
Well, the Christmas season is rapidly approaching, at leat in the minds of singer/songwriters planning for Christmas album releases. This Christmas, I'm planning on releasing a brand new album of mostly original Christmas material.
When I have time, on my way to my day job, I stop...
|
Comments [8] - Views [22]
|
|
|
|
Welcome to my new BLOGame show, I Wanna Be a Rock Star.
Where's the drummer? As you can see in the photo, and as you can hear in the song: Something's missing. Someone's missing, and that someone is you!
Today, Kern County drummers will be invited to download this Dr...
|
Comments [6] - Views [35]
|
|
|
|
It was written in about 20 minutes. It started with a birthday song for Buck, entitled Don't Forget Buck's Birthday. Then it evolved into a song you can sing along with all year long.
The recording process was quite simple. I sat down at my home studio overlooking The...
|
Comments [0] - Views [21]
|
|
|
|
Claiming, even to come close, to the legendary Johnny Cash, is clearly blaspheme. It's like not being John Lennon and claiming you've become more popular than Jesus Christ. No, I'll never be Johnny Cash, because I'm...well... me, but it sure was fun smuggling in a guitar and playing...
|
Comments [0] - Views [15]
|
|
|
|
I wasn't satisfied with the birthday song I had previously written for Buck, so this morning I wrote him a brand new one. And after his birthday, I'll introduce an alternative version called Don't Forget Buck Owens that you can sing all year round.
In the meantime, here are the...
|
Comments [0] - Views [29]
|
|
|
|
As we approach Buck's birthday, the interest in this CD has been building. People want to know if its a CD of Buck covers. No. Not that there's anything wrong with Buck covers, but it seems to me that few people, if any, can do Buck songs as good as Buck himself.
As...
|
Comments [3] - Views [25]
|
|
|
|
I'm not talking about Desperate Housewives. I'm talking about satisfied, content women who stayed home to take care of the children, clean the house, wash the dishes, do the laundry. Is a housewife now a second class citizen? Were they ever satisfied? Were they ever...
|
Comments [33] - Views [415]
|
|
|
|
It's hard to believe it's been a year since we lost our beloved Buck. A jukebox could never take his place, but Bucks songs and our memories of Buck are all we have left, so before the day I intend to find a place where I can drop a few quarters in a jukebox and listen to the music of Buck...
|
Comments [14] - Views [302]
|
|
|
|
Those who are fans of his old stuff remember Okie from Muskogee and The Fightin' Side of Me. There was no ambiguity about him. He was the voice of the right-winger. A few years back, he began to show another side. He began to join the chorus of critics against the...
|
Comments [41] - Views [367]
|
|
|
|
Mel Tillis wrote it. Kenny Rogers made a big hit out of it. Now, as a tribute to Mel Tillis, and as a way of honoring all of the injured veterans and the ones who paid the ultimate sacrifice (especially the ones from Bakersfield), I've released it again as a cover. I hope...
|
Comments [10] - Views [214]
|
|
|
|
It's now nearly old news that Homer Joy has a new heart. I want to wish one of Bakersfield's most famous songwriter's a speedy and full recovery. Let's all keep him in our thoughts and prayers. For anyone who may be unfamiliar with him, he wrote, Streets of Bakersfield, a song covered by Buck...
|
Comments [0] - Views [149]
|
|
|
|
Well, the Crystal Palace is alive and well, but how often do we stop to reflect upon and appreciate the man that breathed life back into the place after Buck passed away? That man was Clint Black. I hope the following article and the original photo I was lucky enough to shoot that rainy April...
|
Comments [0] - Views [174]
|
|
|
|
Truthfully, Buck was one of a kind, and, sadly, there will never be another Buck. But there is somebody who seems to be standing in front of the line to follow in his footsteps. That "somebody" seems to be John McCrae, of the band, Cake. Where's the evidence? Well, it can be found here:...
|
Comments [7] - Views [240]
|
|
|
|
Hello everybody! I heard the CD, Cash V: A Hundred Highways while cruising down Rosedale Highway after picking up a copy at Wal-Mart. It inspired a brand new song that is scheduled to be aired on Randall Cousins' Brave New Frontiers progressive country radio show this weekend. Bakersfield fans...
|
Comments [2] - Views [157]
|
|
|
|
My birthday gift for Buck Owens was to have been entire collection of songs I wrote and recorded for him included in a CD called Confessions of a Buckaholic. He left this earth before I was able to give it to him. Thanks to Jim Shaw of the Buckaroos, he did hear one song from the CD, and told...
|
Comments [0] - Views [190]
|
|
|
|
What do you get when you cross Buck Owen's twang flavor, his devil-may-care attitude and hip hop music? Well, that's what I was trying to find out when I wrote BYOB (Bring Yer Own Buck). The song tells the story of a DJ who just lost most of his Buck Owens records due to some thief breaking...
|
Comments [0] - Views [140]
|
|
|
|
"The people of Bakersfield are wonderful. They sang very well!" Ritch Sublett, Producer, CMT (Country Music Television). Buck's birthday is Saturday, so, in Buck's honor, I'd like to travel down memory lane (or, more aptly, down the Streets of Bakersfield), to give you a glimpse of the last time...
|
Comments [2] - Views [252]
|
|
|
|
Why I had the guitar with me to begin with is a long story, and I don't want to bore you with unnecessary details. It was a hellishly hot August morning at California State Prison, Solano. Not wanting to destroy my guitar in my car-turned-sauna, I sheepishly smuggled it past the prison sally...
|
Comments [1] - Views [213]
|
|
|
|
I come to the garden alone/ while the dew is still on the roses/ and the voice I hear, falling on my ear/The Son of God discloses/and he walks with me, and he talks with me/ and He tells me I am His own/ and the voice we share/ as we tarry there/ none other has ever known/It's deeply precious,...
|
Comments [0] - Views [204]
|
|
|
|
When Travis Barker, Blink-182 drummer joined the all-star tribute to Buck Owens at the 41st Annual Academy of Country Music Awards earlier this year, it was not by accident. I believe that the selection of band members for that performance was a reflection of the broad influence that Buck Owens...
|
Comments [0] - Views [208]
|
|
|
1
