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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...
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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:...
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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...
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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...
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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)...
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"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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Kurt was and is to rock what Buck was and continues to be for country music. As Mike over at KWMR said recently, the Bakersfield sound is a state of mind. It's a spirit of independence, and Kurt Cobain possessed that spirit. Typically when rock stars die, they are...
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The new radio show, Bakersfield and Beyond, at KWMR in Marin County (see details below) is stirrring up a great deal of excitement over a burgeoning Bakersfield sound revival.
The revival and the hunger for a return to country roots, is bringing on board a whole new...
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There will be an actual pilgrimage and a virtual one. Follow the details and submit songs, memories, stories at:
Bakersfield Sound Underground
http://www.bakersfieldsound...
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Welcome to Nu Bako SoundOFF, where I provide the topics and tunes and you provide the talk. I'm Dr. BLT, and I'll be your host.
Currently, Bakersfield's Next Buck talent contest is not limited in terms of geography. That is, as long as the contestant's cover of...
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Welcome to Lyric Today/Hear it Tomorrow, where you read the songs before they are ever sung. I'm Dr. BLT, and I'll be your host. Today's featured set of lyrics is from the theme song for my new blog series, Bringin' Buck Back.
You'll hear it tomorrow, or the next day, or the...
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Welcome to my new blog n roll series, Bringin' Buck Back. I'm Dr. BLT, and I'll be your host.
Have you heard I've Got you on My Mind Again by Buck Owens? It's a bit of a haunting country ballad involving a long lost flame that keeps burning in his heart and scorching what's left...
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You'll find both at:
Bakersfield Sound Underground
http://www.bakersfieldsound...
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When I was working as a practicum doctoral student trainee at California Institute for Men, the state prison in San Luis Obispo, my then supervisor told me that I was the first supervisee he had worked with that wasn't narcissistic.
Well, I'm not saying I agree with him 100%. I knew...
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The keys are quite simple. They will alive me to survive (at least), and to thrive (at best) in this business of music. Buck taught me to be myself and to take musical risks by fusing together different genres and different sounds. Merle taught me that you can be a country...
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I'm Goin' to Walk through Every Slammin' Door
words and music by Dr BLT copyright 2009
chorus:
I'm goin' to walk through
every slammin' door
I'm goin' to walk through
like folks who've gone before
I had so many doors slammed in my face
and they're be more
but in the end I'll...
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For those unfamiliar with my efforts to embrace and incorporate a little bit of the Bakersfield sound of yore into a style of my own I call Kccrock (K.ern C.ounty C.ountry R.ock) aka Nu Bako or Nu Bako sound, it is something any Kern county artist of any genre, with a deep...
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Welcome to Dr. BLT Replies, a brand new blog in which Dr. BLT answers fan questions and addresses fan rumors. I'm Dr. BLT, and I'll be your host. Here's today's question, from a fan who also wishes to remain anonymous:
Dr. BLT: When did your band,...
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Welcome to Nu Bako SOUNDoff (vocabulary expansion edition), where you can keep the spirit of the old Bakersfield sound alive in a new generation of sound, while expanding your vocabulary. I'm Dr. BLT, of Bakersfield Sound Underground, and I'll be your host:...
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Welcome to the all new BLOGame TM series, Nu Bako Sound Trivia Quest TM. It's like Bakersfield sound Trivia Quest TM, except it deals with rising artists that are opening themselves up to the influence of the Bakersfield sound genre, while carving out a style of their own. ...
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Welcome to the all new BLOGame TM series, Nu Bako Sound Trivia Quest TM. It's like Bakersfield sound Trivia Quest TM, except it deals with rising artists that are opening themselves up to the influence of the Bakersfield sound genre, while carving out a style of their own. ...
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Welcome to Bakersfield soundOFF, where new topics on the old and nu Bakersfield sound are introduced and hashed out. I'm Dr. BLT, and I'll be your humble host.
Today's subject is contained in the subject line of this blog. It's plain and simple. For those unfamiliar...
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Welcome to Bakersfield sound Trivia Quest. I'm Dr. BLT, and I'll be your host. Answer the question posted in the title of this blog and win an mp3 of the song when it comes out.
Ready? Set? Blog and roll!
Boy Born from the Dustbowl
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The Bakersfield sound is rising up from the underground, where the old meets the new, and takes it to the next level. The few remaining Bakersfield sound underground pioneers are mixing it up with the young, up-and-coming Kern County country kings of tomorrow at Bakersfield sound...
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The first in a series of quarterly socials that will focus on bringing the community of Oildale together to raise funds
for the Oildale Centennial Commitee. There are alot of great events that have already taken place this year to
commemorate the 100 years since the official...
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Welcome to Bakersfield sound Trivia Quest. I'm Dr. BLT, and I'll be your host.
There are a total of 5. There are two country legends, one a solo artist, and one a star in bands that used to entertain the masses at the Blackboard. One is one of the greatest steel...
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Hello Bakersfield! Where the heck have I been? As Johnny Cash once said in a song, "I've been everywhere." The one exception would be here, at Bakersfield.com
The reason for my mysterious disappearance? It's quite simple...blog burnout.
But...
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That is today's big Bakersfield SoundOFF question. There are a number of names generally tossed around, as candidates that would have foot the bill as "fifth Beatle." The most common one I have seen has been the late Billy Preston.
But what about Buck...
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Welcome to Lyric Today, Hear it Tomorrow, where you can read my lyrics right after they've been written, and possibly hear them the next day, if they're not crowded out with other songs in the freeway of my brain.
Hi. My name is Dr. BLT and I have a confession to make. Even...
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Welcome to the blog n roll series I call Lyric Today, Hear it Tomorrow, where you can read the lyrics before the songs are recorded. Yes, it's called Lyric Today, Hear it Tomorrow, but that's not always the way it works out.
The songs I come up with are like cars crowding the freeway in my...
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This one's for all of my friends at Trout's, who lost a dear friend:
It’s Rainin’ at my favorite Honky Tonk
words and music by Dr BLT © 2008
I got the call from Rockwell
earlier today
he told me that his friend had passed away
big dark clouds surrounded
my...
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You may not have a tall tale about a wild night at Trout's Nightclub. You may have a tall of heartbreak that happened there. Or you may have a tale that you told at Trout's after having one too many drinks.
If you can't come up with something, here are the lyrics to the title...
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That's your first question. If you go to
Bakersfield Sound Underground
http://www.bakersfieldsound...
on Wednesday, you'll find question to and you'll get to sample the song inspired by this picture, taken last night at Trout's. The song is called All Dressed Up...
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Welcome to the second round of the new blog n roll lyrical game, Metaphor 4. All you have to do to win a free mp3 copy of the song is to identify what "Miss Nashville" is a metaphor 4 in the following set of lyrics to my brand new song, scheduled to be recorded shorty (stay...
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I call it Hank's Haunted House, but Hank contributed the lion's share of the work on it, so who am I to give it a title? I can't thank Hank Ray enough for allowing me to add my 2-cents worth to what I believe will be another future Hank Ray classic.
It was recorded on August 7, 2008...
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Welcome to Bakersfield Sound Trivia Quest. I'm your host, Dr BLT. The first question in today's Bakersfield Sound Trivia Quest special Stand by Me edition is planted in the subject line. This photoshopped picture is from a Bakersfield Sound coloring book I'm working on...
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Hey, Bakersfield! You don't have to wait any longer to catch my mini-interview with one of the most energetic, young creative talents in Bakersfield, and to hear what he's doing with the song I wrote as the audtion theme song, If You Wanna Be the Next Buck Owens.
Today...
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He's got more wit than 20 of the top country music songwriter's put together. That's how I feel about Toby Keith. He's part of the Bakersfield sound extended family, which is spread out all over the globe.
In a recent edition of Country Weekly, Toby Keith said, "I doubt...
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I asked, and they graciously and enthusiastically agreed to host BAKERSFIELD'S NEXT BUCK TALENT CONTEST.
I am humbled and honored by their hospitality. I've always said that, as it pertains to the Bakersfield sound, if lightening strikes twice, Trout's will be the lightening rod that...
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The song you will cover for your audition is posted right here, right now (complete version with and without instruments available for free for contestants upon request).
The details of the contest and the list of talented contestants that have already applied for the title is...
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Welcome to Bakersfield Sound Trivia Quest. I'm Dr. BLT and I'll be your host.
The link to this "hick" hop song, from the CD, Confessions of a Buckaholic, by yours truly, got it's first internet hit in 2006. It's called BYOB.
http://www.drblt.net
Now,...
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The remix features my brother, Brad, member of a bluegrass band in Slovakia, and my daughter on keyboards, at the age of 2 (she's 3 now). Tell me where my daughter comes in (at the beginning, the middle, or the very end of the song, and win an autographed copy of the CD upon which the song...
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