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Good morning, Bakersfield! Today at
Bakersfield Sound Underground
http://www.bakersfieldsound...
you can find out more about what the role this man, Lloyd Reading (pictured here with my daughter) is playing in moving the Bakersfield sound of yore to a new generation, and...
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Welcome to Bakersfield Sound Trivia Quest: Next Generation Edition
I'm Dr BLT. I'll be your host.
The first two questions are contained in the subject line.
Now, you'll need a hint to answer the first one:
Where was this photo taken? (hint: it's owned by the father of the...
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This morning, after crashing a couple of nights at my place, my brother from Slovakia left, with his family, and they will be leaving the country in a few days, heading back to Slovakia, where he operates a language school and plays in a bluegrass band. The...
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A new bako sound, future AmeriKERNa classic? You'll decide. I'll abide.
What this Country Means to Me
Dr BLT
hardly a day goes by
when I don't play a song
by old Merle Haggard and his boys
hardly a night goes by
when a...
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In my efforts to take the reins and assume the role of conduit for new brand of Kern county country, grounded in the Bakersfield sound, I've been preaching about mentoring, teamwork and collaboration. This song speaks of that sort of Kern county country...
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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.
Or, Sonny, if you're out there, have your people call my lack of people. Red, the same goes for you. Have your people call my lack of...
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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.
If you've never experienced a Sonny Night, you've never heard him play at Trout's.
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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. For those following such reviews, here's the latest, this one by a music critic I have great respect for---Michael Dalton.
Here is...
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If you haven't gone underground lately, you're missing out on some exciting action, like my recent interview with Hot Rod of FattKatt and the VonZippers. Along with Dusk Devils, this local act is on the cutting edge of the burgeoning Bakersfield-sound-grounded bakobilly movement.
The...
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Welcome to the new series, Songs inspired by Red Simpson. You'll find the latest edition at:
Bakersfield Sound Underground
http://www.bakersfieldsound...
Red Simpson is to truck songs as Johnny Cash is to train songs. Red is one of the living legends of the...
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Here's your clue, and it doubles as a free Dr BLT download:
Ticket to Ride
words and music by J. L. and P.M.
Dr BLT feat. Roxie
http://www.drblt.net/music/...
The winner (the first one to get the correct answer and post it in the comments section) receive a copies of...
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There's Lloyd Reading, there's Homer Joy, there's Red Simpson, there's Billy Mize, there's Sonny Langley, just to name a few of the local living legends of the Bakersfield sound genre.
My question to those who are familiar with these cats and their Kern County country music, is...
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Welcome to my new series. A special version of Lyric Today/Hear it Tomorrow. This song was inspired by Lloyd Reading's Tuesday evening visit to my home recording studio, The BuckarooM, and by my first exposure to John Mellancamp's new CD. I listened to it on my way to work...
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IT'S FINALLY HAPPENING---two generations, united by one sound, the Bakersfield sound. Tonight, beginning at 7 pm, the man Hank Ray and I have named "Playbody Lloyd" in this co-written song of ours, will be joining us in an historic video-taped interview/recording session in my own...
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Welcome to the No Guts No Glory edition of Lyric Today/Hear it Tomorrow. The following is a duet I penned this morning, especially for Sonny Langley and Red Simpson, a couple of local Bakersfield Sound legends.
Whether they agree to record it or not, is their business, and they...
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I won't mention him by name, but he's somebody that's a perfectionist, and I'm far from perfect--more of an amateur in many respects. He's had to be a perfectionist, in order to produce some of the greatest music associated with some of the biggest names in country music to come out of the...
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GOOD DAY! Welcome to my new series, NO GUTS, NO GLORY. It's a step-by-step (or in some cases, it will be misstep-by-misstep) guide to long shots I take on the oft-failure-ridden road to success as a singer/songwriter.
Today, I'm going to have the guts to ask Bakersfield's own...
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As promised, I started a new series at Bakersfield Sound Underground today. It's called Bakersfield Sound Garden. It's where we take seeds from the old Bakersfield Sound "trees," that is, music of yore, that distinctly represents the Bakersfield Sound, and the spirit of...
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Gather your hoes, your shovels, your work gloves, your garden hats, and all of your garden tools. Most of all, gather your seeds, tomorrow, at Bakersfield Sound Underground,
http://www.bakersfieldsound...
I'm going to help you plant a...
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You don't have to wait until the sun goes down to get a bang out of your July 4th weekend. I'll be releasing my new July 4th song, Buck's Red, White and Blue Guitar, and Bakesfield's own guitar legend-in-the-making, Hank Ray who plays on several songs from the limited edtion CD, has written...
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I'm talking about the song, not an actual guitar, but if anybody has a Buck Owens red, white and blue guitar that they would like to auction off at the song's "live" debut, let me know.
On July 4th from about 8 am to 10 pm, me and Hank Ray will be on the patio at...
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The short film producer (who doubles as one of the fastest-rising guitarists in the nu Bako Sound underground movement from the krock crop, or the Kern County country rock crop), Hank Ray, told let me know "all I have to do is act naturally." And, acting naturally comes...
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They have lots of great coffee drinks, beer, and pastries, but this is the only CD you'll find at Dagny's, at least for the time being. It's kind of nice, for a change, not to have any competition. Come to Dagny's. It's a cool place to hang out, discuss the rise,...
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There's good news for procrastinators and for those requiring more confidence and more encouragement to enter. The deadline for Bakersfield's Next Buck Talent Competition, initially set for June 1, 2008, has been extended until September 1.
For those who wish to know what this...
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Not to worry. There's something you can do while Hank is tuning up his instrument.
I'll be offering a karaoke version of the song for those who wish to sing it on their July 4th celebrations. You can catch the melody (via a song sample) and learn the words, by going underground:...
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Before Buck and before Merle, there was Mr. Lloyd Reading. He's the most accessible living legend from the earliest of the Bakersfield Sound generation. At 89 years of age, he's the man the younger generations of Bakersfield Sound-rooted artists are turning to for mentoring and for...
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As the local underground music scene goes, t's one of the hottest topics to hit the Streets of Bakersfield in recent days. I'm talking about the Bakersfield Sound generation gap.
Up until now, I've been doing my best to put a spotlight on the problem, and the nature of the...
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I recently took the words to that old Little River Band song to heart and decided it was "time for a cool change." So I gathered my wife, my nearly 3-year-old daughter, a stack of my new CDs (The Buck Owens Studios Farewell Session), and headed North to Canada.
After landing in...
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Meet me underground tomorrow for a brief article on the subject and a rockin' round table discussion in the comments section. My name is Dr. BLT. I'll be your host. I teach Developmental Psychology at Chapman University on the beautiful campus of College of the Canyons in...
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There are right answers, there are wrong answers, and then, there's the best answer. If you feel you have the best answer, post it under the comments section at:
Bakersfield Sound Underground
Tomorrow, June 25, 2008. You'll win a prize, and you'll win the comforting knowledge that...
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------even if it's an ox. like the one pictured here, that my wife took at a little shop in Banff, Alberta. The deadline for mix tapes or CD-R covers of the song, If You Wanna Be the Next Buck Owens, is June 30, 2008 at 12 midnight.
What will the winner of Bakersfield's Next Buck...
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This photo I took is not posted here to necessarily represent my preference. I enjoy both and I need you to help me if I'm ever caught in this jam (pun wholly intended):
It's a Saturday night. There's a kick-ass country band playing at Trout's and there's one playing over at the...
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Here's another Trout's Tall Tale told in Song, from a forthcoming collection of such. This one's about not only not kicking a woman when she's down, but actually picking her up by being a true cowboy gentleman. I hope you enjoy it. It's called Cowboy Up 'cause Cowgirl's...
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They call it laryngitis. That's what I was stricken with after spending a night in Calgary, Alberta at a hotel where too much cold air from the air conditioner blew on me all night long.
So I left my voice in Calgary, Alberta, but brought my heart, and my pen with me. This morning, I...
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Welcome to Bakersfield Sound Trivia Quest (BSTQ). I'm Dr. BLT. I'll be the host of today's challenge question.
You'll choose between two, both located within blocks of one another, in downtown Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The first of these two is pictured here. You'll need...
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It's good to be back on The Streets of Bakersfield Homer, Buck and Dwight made famous, but I sure had a great time travelling down the highways of mid-western Canada talking to Canadians and tourists from all around the world about the Bakersfield Sound.
This picture was taken on the way...
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Check out the new song featured on the "U.S.eh" edition of the CD here, then head underground for more details, sketchy though they may be.
Bakersfield Sound Underground
Remember, if you're not going underground, you're not going anywhere.
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I thought maybe some of the last bands and artists to have recorded at the old Buck Owens Studios (aka Fat Tracks/Pig Studios) would have showed up to honor the living legends that have contributed, in collosal ways, to the Bakersfield Sound.
They were conspicuously absent. I'm sure...
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Lately I've been feeling a little insecure about whether or not I'm a "real" cowboy, or an imposter. Truth be told, I broke in my first horse when I was just 9 years of age. Of course it was just a pony, and a lilliputian one at that, but size shouldn't matter. ...
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Welcome to the latest edition of Bakersfield Sound Trivia Quest. I'm Dr. BLT. I'll be your blog n roll host.
Today's questions are embeded in the song fragment you are hearing if you've hit the play button on the play station located in the top left-hand corner of this blog...
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In case you hadn't notices, gas prices have been spiraling out of control. Is this driving you out of control? Here's a brand new, bakobilly TM protest song that will, hopefully, fuel your passion for protesting the high cost of driving. Once that passion has been fueled,...
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The significance of The Buck Owens Studios Farewell Session, lies not in the fact that it was the last solo project to be completed at the old Buck Owens Studios (which became Fat Tracks, and then Pig Studio). Moreover, it matters not that I was the solo artist who recorded the last solo...
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It was one heck of a lot of fun, and we nailed down about 1/2 of a brand new CD. If you're curious about this recording session held smack dab in the middle of this long weekend, visit Bakersfield Sound Underground via this link:
http://www.bakersfieldsound...
And remember, if...
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Welcome to the "I Wish it were the Cousin Herb Trading Post Show" Show. I'm your host and today's VJ, Dr. BLT. Today we're featuring a you tube video clip that stars Buck Owens and Don Rich singing together again------no, not the song, "Together Again," but singing...
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He's one of the most promising Bakersfield Sound-grounded artists of our time. He's rising up from the underground with style, attitude, contagious charm and charisma. Is he the next Buck Owens? He modestly denies that he is, but he's the next Jeff Michaels, and that may...
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I've held a few here before, but now I've taken them underground. Today, at
http://www.bakersfieldsound...
we'll be holding the first ever Underground Buckaholics Anonymous Meeting. I'm Dr. BLT, and I'll be your group facilitator. The only requirement to attend the...
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On Thursday, May 15, I'll stop the world, just long enough for you to melt with this! This one is for all of you experimental nu bako sound artists out there. I'm beginning a brand new series on Thursday, May 15 at the all new Bakersfield Sound Underground blog site.
It poses a series of...
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The Farewell Session CD Release Party
When?: Saturday, June 7 at 7 pm.
Where? Russo's Books at the Marketplace on Ming Avenue in Bakersfield, California
What? A CD release party to welcome aboard the release of the EP, The Farewell Session, recorded at the home of the old Buck...
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bakersfieldsoundunderground.com
If I'm ready, and I'm willing to release it from my BuckarooM, warts and all. Otherwise, I'll smooth out the rough edges and deliver it a day or two (or maybe more) later. In the meantime, check out the lyrics and you reflect upon the legacy of Mr....
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Thank you wspalifornian, who identified the flaw that may have misguided many of you in the blog announcing the new bakersfieldsoundunderground blog site.
Here is the link to the blog thread announcing the new blog site, with the link it contains, now wholly corrected:...
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