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Welcome to the first in a new series: Stories and Songs from the Streets of Bakersfield.
It's a series inspired by The Streets of Bakersfield, the song written by Homer Joy and recorded and taken to the top of the charts by Buck Owens and Dwight Yoakam. The series involves mostly...
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Let's continue to start a conversation about a conversation about race. Today we're trying to figure out what Obama meant when he mentioned the "typical white guy."
In my world of blog n roll, I supply the topic and the tune. Today's tune is my new hick hop...
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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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Welcome to my blog n roll studios. I'm Dr. BLT. I'm your blog n roll host. In the world of blog n roll, I provide the topic and the tunes, and you provide the talk. The tune you're listening to (if you happened to have hit the press bar at the play station connected to the...
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On Saturday morning, April 5, 2008 at approximately 8:30 am, I'll be the Streets of Bakersfield street musician sitting in front of Starbucks on Rosedale Highway, just east of Calloway, singing THE SONGS BEHIND THE STATUES: The 10 Legends of Bronze statues standing at the Crystal Palace. ...
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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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When I discovered that the old Buck Owens Studios (aka Fat Tracks, aka Pig) were closing the doors, and learned more about the rich history of the place, I began mourning what I had missed out on all of the years I've been recording.
I had spoken with Rick Davis about the prospect of...
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That's the first question.
The second one is this: Which one on the picture runs Trout's and is poised to be a major player in the changing of the guard from the Bakersfield Sound pioneers and those torch-bearing Bakersfield artists most heavily influenced by their music?
Here's...
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This will be done with Ferlin Husky songs I've never heard before, so it should be an interesting experiment. All of my experiments are done for the sake of finding a brand new Bako sound. Many of my experiments in the past have flopped, so attend this FEARLESS FERLIN FEVER...
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Thanks to Dr BLT's Blog n Roll Studio for this fantastic blog post, chronicling the ongoing searching for the next Buck Owens.
Click on the audio bar above the photo for Dr BLT's original song.
Check it out here.
For many, Buck Owens is/was Bakersfield's most famous resident. He...
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Well, there's several more weeks left to get your submissions in for BAKERSFIELD'S NEXT BUCK. This is Jason Corbin. He's the frontman for Bartenders Bible, playing guitar and singing lead. Jason and his band have been performing in Bakersfield where they have roots that...
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Good morning, Bakersfield! I'll be heading out to the site of the Buck Owens recording studios to (God willing) record a handful of tunes paying tribute to the history of this place, in the process of closing its doors. Songs to be recorded include There's a Ghost in This Building, Walls of...
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That would be my prediction. It may be old, but I believe it's the new Blackboard. It even houses a new Blackboard stage.
Trout's is fertile ground for a Bakersfield Sound revival and a spawning of a whole new generation to move the Bakersfield Sound movement forward.
Trout's has...
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The new Bakersfield Sound underground movement is at hand, and what is a movement without a mascot?
I hereby nominate this dog, last spotted at Trout's as the mascot and symbol of the new sound to emerge from The Streets of Bakersfield, born of the old Bakersfield Sound movement, and...
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I'll be there at about 8:30 am to perform this tribute to a record store that's closing its doors---one that we all love, namely, World Records, owned by a store owner and operator we all love: Pat.
I've recorded a low-budget, amateurish version of the song that you're hearing hear....
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I've been walking Homer Joy's Streets of Bakersfield, all the way From Buck Owens Blvd to Merle Haggard Drive. I've been meeting people and writing songs that tell their stories. Some are true, some are altered to protect the innocent, and some are flat-out fiction, like the song I'll...
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C'mon, you can do it! Welcome to my blog n roll studio. I'm your host, Dr BLT. In the game of blog n roll, I supply the topic and the tunes, and you supply the talk.
I took this pic at the Merle Haggard street-signing ceremony a few weeks back, on The Day Merle Haggard...
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I have a confession to make about the following confession. It's built on a vast exaggeration. But, then again, it's Trout's and isn't it true that to tell a good fish story, at least at little exaggeration is required to capture the interest of the listener? Thanks for the...
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Here's your chance to judge the song before others do. This my American Idol Songwriter Competition entry. This Dr BLTune is covered here by local artist Alyssa Kaess. While you're at it, name the correct number of Beatles song titles named in the song, and win a free mp3 copy...
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Here's the quote I'm putting out as a boat in your stream of thought. All you need to do in the comments section is to shout, either SINK! or FLOAT! and then support the rational for your judgment of this quote. This quote was extracted off of the back of Phillip E. Johnson's book,...
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Oops, sorry for the typo, but let's take this lemon and make lemonade out of it by "starting a conversation" about starting a conversation about global warning.
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I said it yesterday, but it's just as true today:
It's not easy being an underdog. As an underdog---a true underdog, you have to be content paying your dues until the day you die.
but if you're going under, and you're misunderstood, understand this:...
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I said it yesterday, but it's just as true today:
It's not easy being an underdog. As an underdog---a true underdog, you have to be content paying your dues until the day you die.
but if you're going under, and you're misunderstood, understand this:...
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You saw it here first. Well, maybe not, but it's almost better the second time around. Welcome to BLTv. I'm Dr BLT. I'm your host and blog VJ. Today we're featuring the Notorious Cherry Bombs. This is It's Hard to Kiss the Lips at Night...
Well, you get the...
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You saw it here first. Well, maybe not, but it's almost better the second time around. Welcome to BLTv. I'm Dr BLT. I'm your host and blog VJ. Today we're featuring the Notorious Cherry Bombs. This is It's Hard to Kiss the Lips at Night...
Well, you get the...
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It's not easy being an underdog. As an underdog---a true underdog, you have to be content paying your dues until the day you die.
but if you're going under, and you're misunderstood, understand this: There's no sweeter way to go under than going under as an...
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There you have it. I've laid my doubts about Obama on the table, the "turn table" you might say. But the real question is, have the tables been turned in this struggle between Hillary and Barak and between the Republican party and the Democratic party? Does Obama's...
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I was intrigued and moved by this one child's ability to take a sour, sour lemon, and make lemonade out of it, in the true Steve Swenson tradition. It makes me wonder how I can possibly drum up so much self-pity in the midst of showers of blessings that God has bestowed upon me. ...
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Well....... I'm waiting. Who wants to be the first to speak out? What's the matter?
Right-wingers Need Love Too
Dr BLT
words and music by Dr BLT copyright 2008
http://www.drblt.net/music/...
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These songs are from the CD: Confessions of a Buckaholic. I've written some new Buck Owens tributes from a forthcoming CD: From Buck Owens Blvd. to Merle Haggard Drive.
Today, on the outdoor patio between Zingo's Cafe and The Boss on Buck Owens Boulevard, I'll be playing songs like these...
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Once I submit the songs, I will play them for you here, so you can determine how well I'm representing this town and it's sound. Here are the lyrics to the two songs I will be submitting, When I Heard you Sing, and Today:
When I Heard You Sing
Words and...
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Talk on the Streets of Bakersfield suggested it was highly anticipated. Now it's here. Two other publications have notified me of their plans to publish it. I only pitched it to these two and Tollbooth, so more may be wanting to jump on the Bakersfield Sound bandwagon with this...
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Isn't it time to collect on your Hard-earned Play? Be on the porch between Zingo's and The Boss on Buck Owens Blvd. at 12 noonish and you'll get RICH quick, not to mention some back 2 back Buck Owens and Johnny Cash. That's what's in store for today. See you...
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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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We spent it in San Diego with relatives on my wife's side of the family. We had the typical Easter egg hunt for the kids, but we had it on Saturday, actually. Then, on Sunday, we attended a church that featured a hard rock introduction with a huge, lit-up spinning wheel hoovering over...
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In the game of blog n roll, I supply the topic and the tunes,
like this Beatles/Dr BLT medley
In My Life/All Those Memories:
http://www.drblt.net/music/...
and you supply the talk.
Ready? Set? BLOG N ROLL!
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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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Resurrectin' Buck
words and music by Dr BLT copyright 2008 Nu Bako Sound Recordings
I was on my way to work
just the other day
when a train came
and caused a big delay
Rosedale Highway was blocked
for miles and miles
so I...
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What Part of Right-wing Don't You Understand?
Dr BLT
words and music by Dr BLT copyright 2008
http://www.drblt.net/music/...
from the CD, Right-wingers Need Love Too
stay tuned at:
http://www.drblt.net
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I can't believe I'm actually caving in to all of the public demands for me to make a statement.
Okay, here goes: I hereby unequivocally denounce and otherwise distance myself from all rumors that the Obama camp is trying to stop the release of a song I wrote and recorded about Obama's 2-decade...
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The following lyrics, from a soon-2-be-released cut from the CD, From Buck Owens Blvd. to Merle Haggard Drive, are based upon a true story about the anticipation what type of Buck-Owens-related anniversary?
a) His birth
b) The day Buck Owens first recorded together with Dr...
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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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The idea for Phat Sounds, a compilation CD featuring various B-town acts, was inspired by the Beach Boys Pet Sounds CD, and by Fat Tracks, which was the cradle that brought two distinctly Bako sounds into the world: the Bakersfield Sound and Nu Metal.
This is what you call strictly...
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Walls of Sound are Fallin'
words and music by Dr BLT copyright 2008
walls of sound are fallin' on Chester Ave.
Fat Tracks
2 sounds born right here
from old
and from the nu
Walls are fallin'
on the Avenue
Walls of sound are...
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The song is called Phat Chance, and it's about my sense of regret over being too cheap to record at Fat Tracks (though I came close on a couple of occasions). In opting to be a cheapskate, I robbed myself of the opportunity to be where two unique Bakersfield sounds were created, the sound...
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Both songs deal with luck, and both will be released to bars and radio stations on St. Patrick's Day, 2008. You'll hear this one on St.. Patty's Day too. It's a song of recording regrets, and it's called...
Phat Chance
words and music by Dr...
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Are you feeling lucky? Here is your Bakersfield Sound Quest Trivia Question of the Day
The Bakersfield Sound Mural and Future Projects idea session was held at:
1. Trout's in 1922
2. The Blackboard in 2004
3. Zingo's Cafe in 1957
4. The Crystal Palace in...
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Let's fill the forest with falling trees. If nobody notices, it doesn't mean it isn't happening. And if they don't notice them, they won't set them on fire.
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Jason Corbin, frontman for Bartender's Bible, took a break from his tour with the band to jam with Jim and myself at our regular weekday 12 o'clock HootaNOONee on the patio in between Zingo's and the accompanying lounge, The Boss.Jason sang a few Merle Haggard tunes and Jim and I sang some of...
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BAKERSFIELD SOUNDoff
A fairly popular local Bakersfield band wants to enter Bakersfield's Next Buck contest under the aka of Bastard Sons of Buck Owens. The band (I've agreed not to expose the band at this time) wants to know if entering the contest under this aka will help or hurt their...
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