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The song was released quietly here last night
http://www.drblt.net
(hit "music' button to find song and CD)
...while you were either listening to Bakersfield and Beyond on kwmr or getting ready for an early bedtime. It's the title track to my forthcoming CD, From...
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At BSU, we're studying the life of Merle Haggard, beginning in childhood. For the research, and the remix of Boy Behind Bars (Portrait of Merle Haggard as a Young Delinquent), visit:
Bakersfield Sound Underground (BSU)
http://www.bakersfieldsound...
If you haven't already...
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Is there any meaningful way that Michael Jackson and Merle Haggard can be discussed within the same sentence or within the same paragraph(s). To find out, and gain psychological perspective at the same time, you'll have to go underground:
Bakersfield Sound Underground (BSU)...
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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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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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When examining the history of any individual, or family for that matter, there are often key, dramatic and/or traumatic events that serve as pivotal points in that person, or in that family's history. One such event, for the Haggard family was the incident in which their barn was burned...
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Which do fear more, the swine flu, coming to a local venue near you, or the new Creed CD?
Unlike some, Creed has never made me sick. You'll catch they're new CD soon.
You mustn't catch the pig flu, but you must catch this new Merle Haggard/Animals Medley. These Swingin'...
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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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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 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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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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The show is called Bakersfield and Beyond. Amanda and Mike over there have been fanning the flames of a Bakersfield sound revival on the West Coast. Where else can you hear the old classics from the likes of Buck and Merle next to next generation artists like Big House, the Derailers,...
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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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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 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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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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By all means give Merle Haggard a standing ovation at his Bakersfield concerts Friday and Saturday night, just don't offer the country music star a post-show Snoop Dogg-type hit of gratitude from your marijuana pipe.
According to a Reuters story, Merle is singing better than at any point in his...
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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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Many years ago when Merle Haggard was released from San Quentin on parole, his parole officer was Jack Wood.
Describing Haggard as "affable" and "appreciative," Wood talks about his relationship with Merle and wishes the singer well following his recent surgery.
You can read...
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Welcome to the blog n roll game, Bakersfield Sound Trivia Quest. I'm Dr. BLT, and I'll be your humble host. Today's question is based on the fictional song about a Christmas dinner I alledgedly had with Merle Haggard. The song is called My Christmas Dinner with Merle...
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Welcome to my blog n roll series, Lyric Today/Hear it Tomorrow. I'm Dr. BLT and I'll be your host.
The song, The Day Merle Haggard Stole my Pen, was a true story. This one is true, only in my dreams. I plan to record it and add it to my Ice and Snow CD, scheduled for...
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Merle Haggard earned a spot on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 100 greatest singers of all time, coming in at No. 77.
Aretha Franklin was No. 1 on the list.
Merle's ballot looks like a substitute teacher's classroom seating plan, replete with sticky notes and scribbles....
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If you haven't heard yet, Merle Haggard is in a local hospital, recovering from the surgical removal of a cancerous tumor on his lungs.
Today, I've released a sample of the new song, Get Well, Merle Haggard, Get Well, and I've created a forum for all of you Merle Haggard fans to post your...
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Nobody tells a story like Merle Haggard. Nobody's lived a story quite like he has. He's one of the most prolific poets and most poignant, if plain-spoken, artists of our time. And he may no longer live here, but he lives in our hearts. He's one of Bakersfield's...
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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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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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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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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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Were you an adolescent that went astray, like Merle Haggard did? Are you the parent of a child that took the wrong road? If you have a story to tell about how you turned it all around, tell it here, at the site of this brand new song.
Here are the lyrics, the recording is in...
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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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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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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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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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Glenn Pogatchnik, a personal friend of mine, and a friend of Merle's as well, who is known as "The Ambassador of the Bakersfield Sound," and runs the popular blog site, That Bakersfield Sound has let me know that Merle Haggard is in need of our prayers for his health.
Glenn shared...
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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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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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Welcome to A Merle Haggard Mental Health Moment, where the songs of Bakersfield and Oildale's own Merle Haggard are examined in search of mental health nuggets of knowledge. I'm Dr. BLT and I'll be your blog n roll host. Today we examine the lyrics to Every Fool has a Rainbow. ...
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A longtime resident of Bakersfield talks country music and intersperses recollections of country legends Buck Owens and Merle Haggard.
Read the blog post here.
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The Trekkies just can't get enough of movie scenes being shot in Kern County. Check out a Google Earth view of the location and theories on who was behind the wheel of the red Corvette.
Meanwhile, another day at the Kern County Fairgrounds nets meager profits, but good stories for a rock and gem...
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I was sure I came across this issue in Bakersfield writer Shellie Branco's recent, brilliantly executed interview with Merle, but it may have appeared in an expanded edition of the interview as it appears here:
http://people.bakersfield.c...
Bakersfield has certain...
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BAKERSFIELD SOUND Advice
JUST GET OVER IT! COWBOY UP! GET ON WITH IT! There may be teens, and perhaps adults that need to hear these words. But at the risk of being cast into the stereotype of the shrink with a predilection for excusing bad behavior, I would suggest that...
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I would try to get a copy of this song to Merle Haggard, but I don't want to intrude into his personal life. I'm not his doctor. I'm not so filled with a narcissistic sense of self-importance that I have any reason to believe the song would ever reach him even if I tried to send...
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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...
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Bakersfield Sound Trivia Quest:
What was the name of the band that played at the Crystal Palace several days after Johnny Cas passed away---the one featured on this music video that also happens to feature me and many others?:
http://www.youtube.com/watc...
1. Steppenwolf...
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8:45 am at Starbucks, right next to Denny's on Merle Haggard Drive right off 99. It's Monday Morning on Merle Haggard Drive. Wear green and learn this song, so you can sing along:
Lucky Buck
words and music by Dr BLT copyright 2008
I heard someone call him Lucky...
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As Gomer Pyle used to say, "Surprise. Surprise." (On TV land, folks, please, I'm not that old :)!
Certainly, when I introduced this contest, I wasn't expecting the first contestant to be female. I didn't picture "a young buck" in the form of a...
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