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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...
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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...
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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...
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I'm working on getting Homer Joy (who wrote the Streets of Bakersfield) to sing with me on a new recording of this song. He said he wanted to help out with my forthcoming music/spoken word CD "any way he can." It connects two streets and two legends.
From Buck...
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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...
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In Malmö, Sweden, there's a Country music night they call Klubb Bakersfield. I don't know why this cracks me up so much! It just seems odd they know about Bakersfield, when most Americans probably don't know where Sweden is!
Support their night in honor of our city by being their...
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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...
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THE
KOMPLETE
KRONICLES
(click picture below for the whole Kan!)
(KORN's First Promo Glossy)
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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...
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I really wanted to see Dwight Yoakam and Raul Malo at Buck's Birthday Bash, but it is sold out. I went by The Crystal Palace 3 times to ask if any extra tickets would go on sale, but nada.
Now I see that you are supposed to be able to listen to it on the computer. I tried to log in but am...
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I generally don't draw big numbers with my outdoor acoustic performances, and I don't generally sell many CDs. In short, I'm not very popular as a singer/songwriter.
Dr. BLT's Birthday Breakfast for Buck, (featuring original songs from Confessions of a Buckaholic, including the...
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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...
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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...
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Lots of Bako-related music news floating around the web lately, and here are some choice tidbits:
• From Billboard.com:
A longtime admirer of the style and songs of Buck Owens, Dwight Yoakam has crafted a tribute to the country bard on "Dwight Sings Buck," due Oct. 23 via New...
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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...
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Yesterday as I wrote an article for our newsletter I was listening to an instrumental version of Streets of Bakersfield.
I thought how the music seemed to put me in a "mood" of comfort and, of course reminded me of the Bakersfield 'sound' and the last time I went to the Crystal...
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This is the first in a sub-series from the grand series: CRYSTAL PALACE STATUES. It will feature artists present in the collection of bronze statues housed at the Crystal Palace. There's no better way to bring Buck back, and keeping the spirit of Buck Owens and the Buckaroos alive than to pitch...
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Hey Bakersfield: It's nearly time to put the forthcoming new Cake in the oven and "bake" it. Here's the latest on the new Cake CD. It looks like you can add ingredients to the Cake recipe for Cake Live at the Crystal Palace by participating in the final song selection. And if you didn't catch my...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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"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...
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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,...
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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...
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