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I started with an announcement right here at Bakersfield.com. I released the contest details and I presented If You Wanna Be the Next Buck Owens that contestants would use to make their case that they should be Bakersfield's Next Buck.
The winner will be a featured artist on my...
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Here's your final clue: The sign I saw was an old neon sign in front of Zingo's lounge. It read "Open for cocktails." Of course, just to make it clear, I didn't actually enter the lounge. I had a quick lunch at Zingo's Cafe and sat outside on the patio,...
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I wrote this song on Merle Haggard Drive at our Sunday on Merle Haggard Drive gig yesterday morning. My sax player was right next to me. I'll debut "I'll Meet you on Merle Haggard Drive," right on Merle Haggard Drive this morning (or it's attached here if you...
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This Sunday (today), beginning around 8:30 am, I'll be on Merle Haggard Drive in front of the new Starbucks playing Merle's favorite hymns like this one:
Softly and Tenderly
Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling calling for you and for me
See on the portals he's waiting and watching...
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Welcome to BAKERSFIELD SOUND off, my new blog rockin' round table series. Here's today's topic:
What do you feel it would take for a local kid to become Bakersfield's Next Buck? By now, most of you know how to play blog n roll, but it you don't, it's quite simple....
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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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Welcome to today's Food 4 Thought Round Table discussion. Today, the subject is time travel. You've seen the question, now all you have to do is answer it. Let me repeat it:
If you could travel anywhere in time, where would you go? Why?
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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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Welcome to BAKERSFIELD SOUND Off. Here's what you'll be BAKERSFIELD SOUNDing off about today:
Do you think a Bakersfield Sound revival is possible? Do you think we're at the cusp of such a revival? Do you think Bakersfield could be put back on the map as the epicenter of...
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"I did not have sex with that woman!" Sound familiar?
I've been slow to jump to conclusions these days, but I can't help wondering if this New York Times article on McCain is hit piece a deliberate attempt to undermine his assassinate his character and to cause his campaign...
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Of course, it's beginning to look like Hillary will lose to Obama, but let's just pretend for a moment, that she makes a stunning comeback and also ends up winning over McCain (another highly unlikely scenario). And if that's not enough of the unlikely scenarios, what about if Laura Bush...
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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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Welcome to Dr BLTv. I'm Dr. BLT. I'm your host and bloggin' VJ. Today I'll be putting the BLT in Beatles by expanding upon the theme introduced in this song, Let it Be by the Beatles.
To Let it Be is as timeless a piece of advice as any other. Yesterday, the world's...
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Sing Me Back Home is my very favorite Merle Haggard song, mostly because of the childhood memory of hearing it for the first time on my dad's magavox stereo system. I'm going to perform it for you, along with The Day Merle Haggard Stole My Pen, Merle Haggard Drive and a few other other...
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Scientology fiends are on the warpath, determined to wipe psychiatry and psychology off the face of the earth. But, as a recovering fundie, growing up in fundamentalist churches often disguised under the "evangelical" rubric, I am painfully aware that the war goes on well...
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Good morning. I'm Dr BLT, and I'm here to introduce the freshly paved Merle Haggard Drive, featuring Mystery Merley Girly. I'm also here to categorically deny all rumors associated with the song, including the rumor that when you play the song backwards, it says, "I'm the new...
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My visit to the naming ceremony inspired this one. Obviously, I've forgiven Merle for stealing my pen. I'd like to gather up a few of the remaining Bakersfield Sound stars and record a special version of the song, so if you fit in that category, and are interested, or if you know...
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It seemed like the perfect metaphor to depict my life. I was clearly under the weather, but couldn't miss this for the world. I was attending the official street naming party for Merle Haggard and the ceremony was wrapping up. I had my open pen in hand and my Merle...
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It seemed like the perfect metaphor to depict my life. I was clearly under the weather, but couldn't miss this for the world. I was attending the official street naming party for Merle Haggard and the ceremony was wrapping up. I had my open pen in hand and my Merle...
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“And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: Two men went up unto the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that...
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This is an exciting campaign season, and that excitement is coming from a Democratic near-presumed front-runner. That's something that's hard for a Republican to say. But Obama has breathed life into this election season by putting the squeeze on old-style Washingtonian...
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I supply the tunes. You supply the tips. That's what I call BLOG N ROLL. Today, you will provide tips on how to keep marital bliss in bed, or, how to keep a sex life alive in the context of a monogamous sexual relationship? And you will try to figure out if and how I...
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That's the question that's on my mind today, as we inch a little bit closer to Valentine's Day. What is the relevance of this question as it concerns Valentine's Day? Well, if human hearts are inherently evil, then there is very little reason for one heart to trust another and...
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I don't care if you're a Democrat, a Republican or an independent. We must join together in preventing Hillary from reaching the White House. That's where your plan comes in. I want to know what it is, so. I hope I came in on cue and in key. Now, let's hear from you....
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Well, the day has arrived. Hello, Super Tuesday! This is supposed to be the day when it becomes clear who the ascendant candidate is in both parties. But this is not just any Super Tuesday. This is an unusually unusual one, with races so close, especially on the Democratic side,...
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Or a Romney/McCain ticket for that matter? There is bad blood between them, but it is not old blood. McCain would probably prefer someone he regards as more moderate as a running mate, so, in my opinion, this isn't a likely ticket you'll see anytime soon.
But, hypothetically, if the...
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Dr BLT's CDiary
1.31.08
I was in third grade at Woodlawn Elementary School in Steinbach, Manitoba. That's in mid-western Canada and its the town where I was born.
I believe I was nine. Her name was Lori Quaker. She had blonde hair and blue eyes. I was too shy to...
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Dr BLT's CDiary
1/30/08
I won Bad, Bad Leroy Brown the 45 rpm record for a 50s dress-up contest in my elementary school after dressing up as Elvis. I wore that record out like a favorite pair of shoes.
Jim waxed poetic and prophetic in the words to Time in a Bottle. He...
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That's the likely scenario, if you don't give up your McCain grudge, embrace him as your candidate and enthusiastically head out to the polls to vote for him in November.
I'm not saying that Obama could not win the Democratic nomination. That is still within the realm of possibility,...
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Dr BLT's CDiary
The date was January 29, 2008, the first calm day after a week of wild storms that spread across California. To put the day in an historical perspective, it was also the day John McCain won the Republican primaries in Florida.
To put it in a familial context, it was...
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Welcome to BLTv, I'm your host and blog n roll VJ. It's Flashback Friday, and today, we're flashing back to one-hit wonderland with a hit by The Hood from 1974. No, bubblegum has never tasted this sweet. But my question is this: Is it too sweet for you to stomach? In...
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Some people can't believe I'm a shrink just because I don't act like one. They are suspicious of my degree, entertaining the hypothesis that it's one of those cheap-and-easy internet schools. Well, I got tired of proclamations that I graduated from an APA-accredited institution, and,...
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This story is making the rounds, but I haven't seen it around here. Maybe if he takes Johnny Cash's advice in Get Rhythm, they'll invite him to join the Blue Man Group.
Remember, you saw it here first on BLTv.
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Over the long weekend, beginning on Saturday, January 19th, I took a trip with my wife and 2 1/2-year-young daughter to Sacramento. I made a pilgrimage to 19th and J to begin work on my new CD, 19th and J (The Place I Used to Play).
When we arrived in Sacramento, it was cold as hell (oh...
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This year, once again, his legacy has been dishonored by those who would use his dream for political gain. All people of all racial origins, have reason to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr., his dream, and his legacy. Let's help to make his dream come alive every day in our attitudes...
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Welcome to Dr BLTv. Welcome to Flashback Friday. I'm your post host, and bloggin' VJ, Dr BLT. Some say the 70s suck. If they said that, they slept through the beat and bold sounds of Bachman-Turner Overdrive.
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If Ice, Ice Baby didn't give you a chill, maybe you need to stick A Foot in Cold Water. This is Dr BLTv. I'm your host and bloggin' VJ, Dr BLT. Here's a little more bubble gum rock from the seventies to get you in the mood for a great weekend.
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That's right, it's Flashback Friday on Dr BLTv. I'm your host and bloggin' VJ, Dr BLT. Today I'm bringing real rap back to the streets of Bakersfield. That's right. I said it. Vanilla Ice got a bad rap, so I'm bringin' him back, right here on Dr BLTv!
ICE...
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Hi. Welcome to Dr BLTv. Welcome to FLASHBACK FRIDAY. I'm Dr BLT. I'm your host, and I'm your bloggin' VJ. Today I'll be serving up some early 70s Canadian rock by a band that never seems to die or grow old. I'm talking RUSH. I'm talking IN THE MOOD. ...
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Here's the latest example of my form of rock n roll experimentation. I took a heartbreak I suffered way back in 1993, took a little punk rock, added some bubble gum sentiment and came up with a new style of music I call Bubble Gunk. Let me know what you think. Is it really a new...
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If Huckabee won the nomination for the Republicans, and Hillary won for the Democrats, who would you vote for? Why?
BTW, welcome to my new Friday feature, Friday Face-off.
The rules of blog n roll are simple. I supply the music (or not) and you supply the opinion (or...
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Perhaps I've fallen victim to the very "cyanide of cynicism" I so fervently preach about as society's nemesis.
In any case, I suppose my new song, If at first you don't succeed (Cry, Cry Again), pretty much gives away my opinion. Now I want to know yours. You know...
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It's my "Party" and I'll Cry if I Want to
(parody lyrics by Dr BLT)
it's my party and I'll cry if I want to
cry if I want to
cry if I want to
you would cry too
if it got you more votes
nobody knew
where my fans had all gone
on that cold Iowa night
why did they flock to...
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This is one of the most poignant live duets I've ever come across. It is included in the rare footage of Johnny Cash's TV shows that I picked up at Starbucks the other day. As we pay tribute to the legend that was, and will always be Ken Nelson, let's consider the debt our very own...
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Today, we celebrate the legacy of Ken Nelson 1911-2008, the quintessential producer who was behind some of the greatest hits of the Bakersfield Sound era, who died Sunday, at age 96.
Let's begin with this Buck Owens television performance of Act Naturally. This episode is the first...
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Hi, I'm Bruce, aka Dr BLT. For this song, I'm looking for a highly skilled violinist to serve as the featured artist on my forthcoming Altar'd Hymns CD. So email me at:
drblt@drblt.net if you're interested.
And BTW, the sky is the limit on this CD. I don't care if...
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Dr BLT CDiary
Old hymns get me in touch with what's real in the realm of music. Old hymns and old Sunday School songs are treasures that can become new songs for a new generation if introduced in a style that will make them new again.
As I was sifting through prospective songs for my...
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Romney seemed more confident and more aggressive than Huckabee in the most recent Republican candidates debate. Romney also gave the impression that he would be more commanding as Commander-in-Chief.
But Huckabee was, once again, the most likable candidate. All the...
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Some wouldn't give it a second thought. If asked what Bush's greatest failure had been, they would automatically reply, "The war in Iraq." Others would point to the constitution and how he supposedly disregarded it to forward his own agenda.
I would disagree with...
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