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Some of the Bee Gees richest material sprang from their early souls, prior to the disco era they got bloody rich in, and, also, typecast in. One example is I Started a Joke. My cover of the song can be found here:
New Dr BLTunes at Art of the Mix
along with a couple of cuts from...
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Before Buck and before Merle, there was Mr. Lloyd Reading. He's the most accessible living legend from the earliest of the Bakersfield Sound generation. At 89 years of age, he's the man the younger generations of Bakersfield Sound-rooted artists are turning to for mentoring and for...
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They call it laryngitis. That's what I was stricken with after spending a night in Calgary, Alberta at a hotel where too much cold air from the air conditioner blew on me all night long.
So I left my voice in Calgary, Alberta, but brought my heart, and my pen with me. This morning, I...
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The CD released just last night, "The Buck Owens Studios Farewell Session," contains both the mixes that were done at Pig Studios (formerly, informally known as Buck Owens Studios and then Fat Tracks) at the original rough mixes from my own home studio, the BuckarooM.
The CD has...
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What up, cowboy? What up, cowgirl? Welcome to my new series---one that gives you an up close and personal look at the burgeoning underground "hick" hop scene, both here in Bakersfield, and abroad. I'm your host, Dr. BLT.
I met him at his day job at Office Depot on...
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Everybody's talking about the two big events to be held in Bakersfield this weekend. Whether you've gone country, whether you've gone underground, or whether you've done both and lived to tell about it, you'll want to know about these 2 big events and you'll want to be there.
The...
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Welcome to Bakersfield Sound Trivia Quest. I'm Dr. BLT and I'll be your host. Yesterday, a blog known as Turtle Box opening dissed our town, and you don't diss the town of Bakersfield and not expect to here from any of us.
They called us all a bunch of "bigots" and...
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If you're a local act, and you either consider yourself hick hop, or have written and/or recorded some material that captures the flavor of this burgeoning fusion, have your posse get in touch with mine and we'll set up an interview or I'll write something up on you, as a solo artist, a band, a...
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Lately I've been feeling a little insecure about whether or not I'm a "real" cowboy, or an imposter. Truth be told, I broke in my first horse when I was just 9 years of age. Of course it was just a pony, and a lilliputian one at that, but size shouldn't matter. ...
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It's not rude to turn your back to the audience when you're rehearsing, so go easy on Hank Ray, and give him a warm welcome when he opens for my CD release party at 7 pm on Saturday, June 7 at Russo's Books at the Marketplace.
I'll be releasing The Farewell Session, an EP featuring a collection...
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The brand new recording of One Hand on my Bible/the other on my Gun, has just made it's debut over at Art of the Mix.
One Hand on my Bible/The other on my Gun
It features Hank Ray on guitar, Reggie Langendorfer on bass and Jerry Rothberg on drums. Check it out and let me...
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In case you hadn't notices, gas prices have been spiraling out of control. Is this driving you out of control? Here's a brand new, bakobilly TM protest song that will, hopefully, fuel your passion for protesting the high cost of driving. Once that passion has been fueled,...
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Welcome to Bakersfield Sound Trivia Quest. I'm Dr. BLT, and I'll be your host for the trivia quest question of the day. You know the question if you read the subject line. But do you know the answer?
Your answer, in this case, is contained in the lyrics to my new song,...
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He's one of the most promising Bakersfield Sound-grounded artists of our time. He's rising up from the underground with style, attitude, contagious charm and charisma. Is he the next Buck Owens? He modestly denies that he is, but he's the next Jeff Michaels, and that may...
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Welcome to Twitty Tuesday. I'm Dr BLT. I'll be your host. Today we're going to take an up close and personal look at the lyrics to Conway Twitty's big hit, Hello Darlin':
Hello darlin' nice to see ya
it's been a long time
you're just as lovely as you used to be...
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Happy Mothers Day! Faith of our Fathers is one of my favorite hymns, but it's hard to find a hymn that honors our mothers, unless it's about the mother of Jesus himself.
The deeper you dig into the Bakersfield Sound, and the deeper you dig into country music, the more you'll...
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Good morning everybody! Any Eddie Arnold fans out there? If you'd like to hear Tennessee Plowboy, and witness the debut of my new tribute to Eddie Arnold, and/or if you'd like to know who the winner of our last Bakersfield Sound Trivia Quest question is, visit the brand new blog site...
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bakersfieldsoundunderground.com
If I'm ready, and I'm willing to release it from my BuckarooM, warts and all. Otherwise, I'll smooth out the rough edges and deliver it a day or two (or maybe more) later. In the meantime, check out the lyrics and you reflect upon the legacy of Mr....
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Thank you wspalifornian, who identified the flaw that may have misguided many of you in the blog announcing the new bakersfieldsoundunderground blog site.
Here is the link to the blog thread announcing the new blog site, with the link it contains, now wholly corrected:...
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bakersfieldsoundunderground.com is just getting off the ground, so please be patient. Also, your suggestions for making the blog site even better are always welcome. You'll find it right here:
http://www.bakersfieldsound...
My brand new blog site will feature...
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There has been some confusion surrounding that issue, so I just wanted to make that clear. Think outside the Buck box, or "the bux."
You can be a solo act, a band, a male, a female or a duo. For more information on Bakersfield's Next Buck contest, visit this...
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Some of you are really intent on succeeding as a Kern County country rocker, aka a "krocker." The recipe for success is really quite simple. It's contained in the song you are free to sample hear today (by hitting play on the play station above). It's from the...
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If you're wondering what it takes to be the next Buck Owens, and I haven't provided enough clues for you in the audition song I wrote for that contest, maybe this song will help. It's called...
All You Need is 3 Chords and a Heartache
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I don't remember what I was looking at (or, what I was on, no I'm kidding) when I took it, but I think it kind of transformed into something else. In today's blog n roll game, you will identify what you think it is, or what you see in the photo.
Ready? Set? Blog n roll!
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It's as simple as that. There are two prizes that may be earned in this, the blog n roll game of the afternoon. If you correctly guess whether this is a mere rumor, unsubstantiated by fact, or a true statement, you win the first copy of the song, if and when it is released as an mp3...
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Songs provide emotionally-compelling avenues for learning to take place. It's not hard to find songs that illustrate key principles or points, and songs do it in a way that allows the material to be more efficiently digested.
Right now, I'm teaching a Personality Theories course. My...
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The talking cure has it's limitations. Music soothes the savage beast within, but it does so much more. Music is the best form of catharsis, whether experienced as a performer or a listener, who vicariously identifies with the emotion in the song, and finds relief in that very...
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More accurately, it's my new bakobilly krock tune. Krock is a term I coined (after having a couple of beers) to describe a new form of Kern County country rock. Bakobilly is my flavor of distinctly Bakersfield rockabilly. "Kross"...
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There you have it. All you have to do is answer these two to be declared our big winner for this morning's BAKERSFIELD SOUND Trivia Quest QUESTion.
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You're looking at the Derailers CD, Under the Influence of Buck, a collection of Buck Owens cover tunes by the band.
The winner gets a copy of my song, Under the Influence of Buck, on mp3, along with the bigger prize of the self-satisfaction that comes with a vast fund of knowledge...
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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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I've still only spent about as much time drinking as Johnny Cash has spent in jail. (Well, I suppose you can double that after yesterday's birthday party at Trout's).
So, with so little beer-drinking experience under my belt (no pun intended) why am I suddenly into writing...
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Billy, I'm sure you've got much better things to do, but in the unlikely event that you're in the blogosphere here tonight, here's your new birthday song, sung one more time for you here. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BILLY BOY!
Of course, you own a copy of the song, so you can listen to it...
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Here's your hint. He turned one year older today and there was a big birthday celebration for him at Trout's in Oildale.
The winner, that is, the first one to provide the correct answer, will win a free mp3 copy of the new Dr BLTune, Billy Mize Lullabies.
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I've spent about as much time drinking as Johnny Cash spent in jail, but when it comes to writing songs, you get to take lots of liberties and you get to write songs from the perspective of other real characters or fictional characters you create. But enough of the disclaimer. Let's...
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There's just one more day until we all get a chance to celebrate the birthday of Billy Mize over at Trout's. You may have heard my birthday song for Billy. Well here's another song that tells a story of one fan's reliance on the man and his music. It's called Billy Mize...
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It's only today for 4 more minutes, so let's see if I can pull this off.
Billy Mize Lullabies
words and music by Dr BLT copyright 2008
when she was just a baby
mama put her to sleep
with Billy Mize lullabies...
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The oil and gas companies are taking us for a ride---a very expensive ride. And we're all taking it in stride. ENOUGH!
I wanted to give people a way to protest the recent insane rise in gas prices while venting off a little steam. Here are lyrics to a song I plan to...
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In Shellie Banco's interview with Mike Ness of Social Distortion, in today's Bkaersfield Californian, he says the following, "Merle Haggard is probably more of a rebel than Sid Vicious ever was."
http://www.bakersfield.com/...
Punks, post-punks,...
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The latest Dr BLTune they've added to the "menu" is Average White Guy.
One good turn deserves another. They've linked to me, now I'm linking to them. This is a great place to hang out. They offer some great information and some great political food for thought,...
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No, it wasn't recorded "live" in a Pennsylvania bar, but it was in my imagination. In reality, it was rather roughly recorded and mixed in the "BuckarooM" at my house. In my world of blog n roll, I supply the topic and the tune.
Today's tune is a...
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The Long Beach Grand Prix marked the last race of the Champ Car World Series.
What does everybody think about Champ Cars death and the merger with Indy?
Is Indy going to benefit or is it too little too late?
Danica Patrick won at the Twin Ring in...
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I didn't catch his name, so I just call him 37 Cent. I was driving on the way to work yesterday. As I pulled up to the intersection of Buck Owens Boulevard and 24th, just off of the freeway, I saw this man, gave him a buck (no pun intended) and asked him if I could take his picture so...
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It looks like Obama has inspired another country song.
One Hand on my Bible/The Other on my Gun (Bitter)
words and music by Dr BLT copyright 2008
I got on hand on my Bible
the other on my gun
'bin told that I am bitter
but there's no need to run
I may...
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Last night's gig at Starbucks on Rosedale Highway and Calloway was well attended, by a wide rage of age groups (the youngest being my daughter (seen here) who will turn 3 in July. with a wide-range of musical style preferences. Dubbed Coffee as Art, it was all for a good...
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Or the next day, or the next. Welcome to Lyric today/Hear it Tomorrow. This one comes straight from my heart:
Music is my Blessing, and My Curse
words and music by Dr BLT copyright 2008
music my blessing, my curse
music---every chorus, every verse
the good Lord surely...
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It feels like God has simultaneously blessed and cursed me with the bittersweet "gift" of music---songwriting, to be specific, and to be more accurate. "Musicians" are much more polished and precise. But I thank him because, overall, music has been a huge...
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Lyrics Today/Hear it Tomorrow
Well, in the case of this one, I'm going to take my time and make sure it sounds just right before I record it.
Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes?
New lyrics by Dr BLT,adapted from George Jones's big hit,
Original Words and Music by T. Seals and M.D....
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I was in the process of establishing my playlist, and a patient came in talking to me about his dreams and about how they related to quintessential theories Carl Jung's book, Memories, Dreams and Reflections.
In order to encourage his patient, a remarkable poet, to begin...
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BAKERSFIELD SOUND Trivia Quest: Picture the Sound Edition
If you are new to the blog n roll studio, here's how you play the game. I provide the tune and topic-------you provide the talk.
Here's your clue to today's Bakersfield Sound Trivia Quest question:...
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