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Several new/reasonably new songs are doing more than name-dropping Bakersfield -- they're centered around the city, its roots and reputation, and its changing face.
First off, Social Distortion has been performing its song “Bakersfield” in concert for a number of years, but now come...
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Nick Belardes over at FaceNews has posted a fun "Top 10 Weird Bakersfield Items on eBay."
FaceNews has more detail, but the discoveries -- being sold from around the world -- include:
A prehistoric shark tooth, presumably from Shark Tooth Hill.
A Korn lighter.
A 1972...
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There are good things about the Internet -- and there are bad things.
Buck, Billo and Maxi's video performance of "Streets of Bakersfield" is weird, lifeless and kinda creepy.
The trio uses a photo of the famous Fun, Sun, Stay, Play sign as backdrop for a performance in which...
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It isn't as easy as it seems having too many original songs on your hands. You've got to record as many as you can, and you've farm as many of them out as you can, or they end up sitting on a shelf collecting dust.
I wrote "Ain't I Buck Enough" this morning, and now...
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Welcome to another round of Bakersfield Sound Trivia Quest. Here is today's Bakersfield Sound Trivia Quest question (don't allow the photo to throw you off, it could be a clue, or it could be a diversion):
After hearing The Buck Stops Here, a song Jim Shaw played him off a cassette...
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This video shows some of the Bakersfield sound in my song of the same name. Note the addition of Clarence White whom has been left out of the story until now. He was in the 1960s band "Nashville West" he invented the B bender and the style used by most pickers today both in country and...
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You guessed it. Punk meets Kern County Country Rock (K.c.c.r.o.c.k). And if you're wondering what this series is all about, I cut this from BSU for your convenience:
Welcome to a brand new Bakersfield Sound Underground blog storybook adventure, where you, the blog visitor, get...
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giantの無料動画、無料動画が見つかる 世界中の動画からgiantの動画を探す ... GIANT ANTS, STEEL BAKERFIELD SOUND:“I've heard of retro 50-style horror flicks, but never one where the theme is a metaphor depicting the record industry as a predator with its aim...
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Join me in paying tribute to the Beatles, hear our duet, and welcome Moriah to the Bakersfield music scene.
Bakersfield Sound Underground
http://www.bakersfieldsound...
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But the public is fickle. The underdog may be alive today, but I could easily be way down in the polls tomorrow. But you, Bakersfield, should be given the chance to vote for one of your own over a slick, if extraordinarily talented commercialized product of Nashville. You can...
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Rebellious, underground Kern County country rockers (I call them Kccrockers) haven't had a voice like this in which to showcase their talent since Cousin Herb's Trading Post television broadcast in the original Bakersfield sound era.
Buck Owens and the Buckaroos, Fatt Katt and the...
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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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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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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...
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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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Buck Owens past away just prior to the Easter seaon. On the anniversary of his death, this song came to me.
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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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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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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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According to this song, not much:
http://people.bakersfield.c...
I hope you enjoy this St. Patrick's Day blog n roll flashback, or should I say, "flashbuck?"
Either way, HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY!
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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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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 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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For those still in the dark about the Nu Bako sound, it's an evolving new genre, rooted in the original Bakersfield sound, and flavored with various alt rock, hick-hop, Bako blues, Kern County country rock, and modern folk rock genres of today.
It's not an established genre, it's not a genre in...
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Make plans now to attend Rockwell's very special birthday celebration for Bakersfields own "Living Legend" RED SIMPSON!! Friends, family, fans, and musicians will gather to honor this talented singer/songwriter/musician who penned songs for Buck Owens, Merle Haggard, and...
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The author of the blog, Beat Diaspora: Beats, Buses, Bricks, visited Bakersfield recently and drew parallels between Buck's blinged-out Pontiac and rap music's excesses.
But it was a visit to the Black Gold exhibit at the Kern County Museum which really got the author going:
I choose to live a...
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This song is by the Bakersfield Boogie Boys.
Here's a brief article on the band. We're thinking they're from the 80s
"We're a rarity for Bakersfield," says bassist Billy Joe Conrad, "because none of us know anyone related to Buck Owens."
They've also done a cover of Merle...
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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 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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If you haven't heard about the unveiling of the new Buck Stamp, check out the details here:
http://www.bakersfield.com/...
(attached photo courtesy of Buck Owens Productions)
And, please allow me to put the rumors to rest that, along with the Buck stamp, there will be a brand...
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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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As long as we're talkin' Buckshot, the seed is good. In fact, it's superb. One of the seeds even comes from "the big tree"---Buck Owens himself.
All of us who want to see the younger generations benefit from the rich musical legacy that was left behind with...
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It was a surrealistic photo session and a jam session of a lifetime. It's a long story, but you can catch the first part of it and catch the lyrics to one of the songs on the "soundtrack" to our Buck Owens ranch trek today at:
Bakersfield Sound Underground...
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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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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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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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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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Welcome to Bakersfield Sound Trivia Quest. I'm Dr. BLT, and I'll be your host. The answer will be revealed after a day or two. The answer will be revealed in a similar picture to this one. You'll find it at:
Bakersfield Sound Underground...
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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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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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Buck's Red, White and Blue Guitar
words and music by Dr BLT copyright 2008 Nu Bako Sound Recordings/KrockeRecords
nothin' helps me celebrate
July the 4th as much
as Buck's red, white and blue guitar...
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Buck's Red, White and Blue Guitar
words and music by Dr BLT copyright 2008 Nu Bako Sound Recordings/KrockeRecords
nothin' helps me celebrate
July the 4th as much
as Buck's red, white and blue guitar...
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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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