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Calling all Penny Marie, Kim McAbee, Dr BLT, and Michael Jackson fans. It's time to break the tie in a poll that pits Bakersfield SounDIVA, Kim McAbee of the Buckaroos (formerly Buck Owens and the Buckaroos) against Bakersfield Sound-grounded singer/songwriter, Penny Marie...
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Many singer/songwriters complain about rumors that go around about them and their music, but when you ask them if they did anything to nip the rumors in the bud, they say, "ahhhh...................no." Myself on the other hand? I like to do damage control by...
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The song, "Everything 4 Granted (A Song of Thanksgiving)" by Dr BLT was released this morning at:
http://www.drblt.net
(under CD, From Buck Owens Blvd to Merle Haggard Drive)
It contains a message inspired by the Charles Dickens story of Ebeneezer Scrooge in "A...
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Few though they may be in number (unspeakably high in IQ) every once in awhile, to please underground fans, of me, Dr BLT, an undeniably underdog singer/songwriter, I publish a list of my most requested songs. Halloween with Jim Beam set a record because it raced to the top of this chart...
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It was like an AA meeting, the AA being A.utism and A.lcohol. I was double scheduled----scheduled to teach a class (involving a class trip to the Fox Theatre to see a film on Autism called The Black Baloon), and scheduled as usual as the regular guest on the...
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This song is my answer to R.E.M.'s Losing My Religion. One day while I was on my way to prison (to work there as a psychologist, not to turn myself in for any particular crime), R.E.M.'s Losing My Religion came on my car radio. Though I had heard the song many times before and...
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What do you get when you bring in the bass player from Fatt Katt and the Vonzippers, add a bunch of grad students from National University who attend my classes each week, and put them into a Dr BLT song? You get a group known as the Axes Five, who really know how to put the...
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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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When I first saw this limousine on my way to Rockwell's Trout's Nightclub and The Blackboard Stages, I had no idea who owned it, but it inspired me to write a song that would later incorporate Rockwell himself, Brian Benson (one of Bakersfield's greatest musicians), and Mark Yeary, the local...
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My songs are usually released at the stroke of midnight, but the demand for this one grew so great among all five of my fans, that I had to let it out of the bag early.
It's from the CD, From Buck Owens Blvd to Merle Haggard Drive, found here:
http://www.drblt.net
(hit music link and go...
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It's official, just a few seconds prior to midnight, on Monday, August 24, 2009, the song, Oildale Limousine was released on the indie label, Nu Bako Sound Recordings. Sample it right here, right now:
Oildale Limousine (Sample)
Brian Benson: Producer
Lead vocals: Dr BLT and...
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I'm here to clarify rumors that I'll be releasing "Oildale Limousine" at the strike of midnight. If you hang around until then, you'll find out if those rumors are true.
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I'm here to clarify rumors that I'll be releasing "Oildale Limousine" at the strike of midnight. If you hang around until then, you'll find out if those rumors are true.
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There's a rhyme and a reason behind the Bakersfield Sound. Just read Jeff Nickell and Sarah Woodman's newly released book (mine's autographed), Hard Drivin' Country. But is there a science? To find out, you'll need to go underground.
BSU (Bakersfield Sound...
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You won't see it in the papers. All of the living members of the Bakersfield sound underground movement are mum to the press when it comes to secret underground recording sessions that are going on right now in Bakersfield, under the radar, that are bringing the Bakersfield sound back to...
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Catch the latest in my efforts to seamlessly integrate psychology and the arts, right here:
Psychology Comes Alive
http://www.psychologycomesa...
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There are probably more magic moments in Bakersfield private recording studios taking place every day than most people realize. There's one such example here, as we introduce the making of the song, Oildale Limousine with a rare Brian Benson interview and a few pictures of the recording...
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If you think the Bakersfield Sound is dead and gone, think again. Artists like Kama Ruby, who recently did a brilliant remake of The Door's Light My Fire is featured in her first BSU interview, are standing on the shoulders of those who have gone before, and she's paving her own...
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He's a local community leader, music industry mogul, and owner of Rockwell's Trout's Nightclub and Blackboard Stages, the last Bakersfield Sound honky tonk, and you may have heard him singing with the house band, and with other Bakersfield sound pioneers at Trout's, but, believe it or not,...
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All the paper work is complete. The mix is nearly complete, with possible additional backup vocals to be added (to the ones done by Kim McAbee and Jerry Rothberg) by BakersfieldSounDiva, Theresa Spanke. The song is set for release and the anticipation is growing. It will be...
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I found them after several years. They've never been published, until today. You'll also find a rare photo I took of Clint Black at the first performance following the Buck-Owens-funeral-related temporary closing of the Crystal Palace.
These photos celebrate beloved...
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Just in case any of you were beginning to think that the Bakersfield sound was dead and gone, or a thing of the past, something new is happening that builds on the great foundation our Bakersfield sound artists laid down in days of yore.
You'll find the latest at BSU:
Bakersfield Sound...
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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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Do you want to break down a few stereotypes of white males? Well, this is as good a place to do it as any. And if you want to follow the making of a future hit song of mine, from beginning 'till end, a song I call White Lies about White Guys, you can do that too, but for that, you'll...
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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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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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As the pirated copy of an as-yet-unedited sample of Dr BLT's country version of Michael Jackson's Billie Jean begins to spread across the blogosphere, the comments are beginning to come in. Here are a few. Add your own in the comments section...
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This is the sight of a new Bakersfield-sound-grounded rising rising star shining brightly at a studio session I had the honor of attending on Thursday evening.
Her name is Penny Marie. You can catch more on her at:
BSU
http://www.bakersfieldsound...
BSU...
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Welcome to Random Jukebox. This is from the forthcoming CD, The BLT in BeaTLes.
http://www.drblt.net
Please insert zero quarters to hear this rare Dr. and Mrs. BLT recording of an old Beatles classic:
Ticket to Ride
Dr and Mrs BLT...
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Legendary American icon, Johnny Cash suffered from it, legendary filmaker Alan Berliner still suffers from it. I call it creative-job-related insomnia.
You can learn more about the common struggles shared between Cash and Beliner at:
Psychology Comes Alive...
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This one's going out to those who haven't had a chance to pick up today's paper or read it online. What I predict in California is the reverse of the phenomenon known as the California gold rush.
The gold rush brought us good people, and good music, like the music of Merle...
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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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Nashville or Bakersfield? Brad Paisley or Dr BLT? Today you'll get to excercise your right to free speech, and actually vote.
Things in Nashville today look a lot like they did just before the emergence of the Bakersfield sound back in the late 50s and early 60s. It's...
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Watch the bottle in this photo grow. When it's three times this size, it'll be time for me to release the kccrock (Kern County Country Rock) single, "The Bottle's Gettin' Bigger," about one man's struggle with alcoholism.
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If you want to find available singles, midnight Memorial Day is the time to do it. I'll release the single, Red, White and Blue (remix) as a Memorial Day tribute to the troops, and the veterans, living and deceased.
Red, White and Blue (remix) is one of multiple singles that will be...
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So far, in this newly released poll at topix.net, I'm ahead by a comfortable margain. But the public is fickle, so that could change at any time. I explain the overwhelmingly Dr BLT favorable results as either the case of folks going for the underdog, or the fact that I'm allowed to...
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Of course you know how fickle the public is, that could always change. To vote for your favorite, visit:
http://www.topix.net/forum/...
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You get to choice whether you love, hate, or are ambivalent about my cover of John Denver's Leavin' on a Jet Plane, right here:
http://www.topix.com/forum/...
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What was Steven T. Jones referrring to when he came up with this title for the interview he did with me on the corner of 19th and J streets in Sacramento, California? It couldn't have been my race, and it couldn't have been my skills on the guitar. It couldn't have been my...
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(You're) motoring
What's your price for flight,
And finding Mister Right?
You'll be alright tonight
What the hell does that mean? Am I missing something? Is there something wrong with my brain that all of those years of schooling hasn't been able to...
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Homer Joy, who wrote Buck Owen's most memorable hit song, a song that won a grammy when Buck recorded it with Dwight Yoakam, and the man who hit the charts again with the song, John Law, will be a guest on Bakersfield and Beyond tonight at kwmr. For details and to hear a sample of the song...
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You may have heard this song before, but it's never been released on a CD before, that is, until the strike of midnight, 5/13//09, in about 38 minutes from now.
At that hour, go to my official home page:
http://www.drblt.net
Then go to: Songs from the CD, From Buck Owens...
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When a shrink tackles something like 19th Nervous Breakdown, it's either going to be a complete train wreck, or an unstoppable speed rail locomotion. I'll let you be the judge of which one this is. Rules were meant to be broken. I call the style on this one "hip...
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It's called How Far is it To Bakersfield and Beyond, and you'll find it at:
http://www.bakersfieldsound...
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The song will be released at midnight tonight at:
http://www.drblt.net
(go to music, then songs from CD, From Buck Owens Blvd. 2 Merle Haggard Drive.
and at:
http://www.myspace.com/drbl...
and at
Bakersfield Sound Underground
http://www.bakersfieldsound...
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It's based on local facts and lies. You get to finish every chapter introduced on the blog. You'll find Oil-dale (the fact/fiction series) only at:
Bakersfield Sound Underground
http://www.bakersfieldsound...
Here's a sample, just to tease and frustrate the hell out of...
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That's right, it's gone missin', prompting rumors of an earlier-than-expected release of the new song as a damage-control measure to prevent the bootleg copies from ruining all propsects of profit-making for me, Dr BLT, not that I care about either profit or fame. Truth be told, I hate even...
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It's a rock n roll psychological vaccination for swine flu panic. It's my parody of Blue Oyster Cult's Don't Fear the Reaper. It's called Don't Fear the Swine Flu.
You'll have to go underground to find it:
Bakersfield Sound Underground
http://www.bakersfieldsound...
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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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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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