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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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It's another HootaNOONee jam session. More specifically, it's a HuskyHootaNOONee.
I'll meet you at noon today on the patio at Zingo's on the corner of Ferlin Friday and Buck Owens Boulevard. Today I'll be playing Ferlin Husky's favorite hymns--hymns from such great records as Where...
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Welcome to The "I Wish it were the Cousin Herb Show" Show. I'm Dr BLT, and I'll be your host. Today is Friday, Ferlin Friday to be exact. So without further ado, I'd like to introduce our guest who will perform and old Ferlin favorite. This is in fact, a...
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You guessed it: John Mellancamp's The Authority Song. What do you win? Well, you win a free listen, right here, right now. It's from my forthcoming CDs, Running for Cover and 6Tease.
Also, who sang the original 60s song, I Fought the Law?
Stay tuned at:...
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BAKERSFIELD SOUNDwaves
Of course most of you are painfully aware of how much I hate fame, or even the thought of it. Fortune, or rather, the thought of it, has also made me ill.
So is it any wonder why I would be getting worried, now that a Chicks-dissin'-ditty I wrote, recorded and...
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BAKERSFIELD SOUNDwaves
Bosses can be real dictators. The Boss I'm talking about in this song is a bar connected to Zingo's Cafe on Buck Owens Boulevard. This cocktail lounge is called The Boss. So the risk is minimum. I'm not asking you to provide any comments...
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In blog n roll, I supply the topic and the tunes, and you supply the talk. So now that you've heard the unplugged version of a song I plan to turn up a notch or two with a full-band arrangement in Mark Yeary's studio, and now that I've introduced the topic, it's up to you to share your...
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His name is Jim Jones. After hearing his recent song about Bonnie and Buck (recorded with a little help from the great Sonny Langley) and experiencing the passion he has for country music, I wrote a song about him called The Other Jim Jones, posted here:...
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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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Singin' is a Man's way of Cryin'
words and music by Bruce L. Thiessen,
aka Dr BLT copyright 2008
Singin' is a Man's way of Cryin'
over somethin' inside that has died
songs are a man's form of teardrops
'cause everyone knows
big boys don't cry
Singin' is a Man's way...
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Ode to Slim the Drifter
by Bruce L. Thiessen
aka Dr BLT
slim the drifter
a city still cries for you
above the skyline
tell me
is that really you
you were just driftin'
as time went by
we didn't feel you
until you died
and now it seems it's
too late to cry
slim...
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Listen to musicians and poets on the street. Look at the blogs of late. Listen to the buzz. Everywhere you go on the streets of Bakersfield today, there is a burgeoning restlessness among members of the underground music community. Local musicians of today are no...
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It was March 11, 2008. It was a sunny day on Buck Owens Boulevard of broken dreams.
I was sitting on the patio at Zingo's cafe today, at noon, feeling kind of sorry for myself over my lack of fans. Then someone came my way and his story helped me put it all in perspective. ...
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More specifically, the comment below brewed in my mind overnight and, in the morning, out on the patio of Rubio's, right next to Starbucks on Rosedale Highway just east of Calloway, on March 11, 2008, at around 8:45 am, this new song was born.
I had to go to my day job, so I couldn't...
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BAKERSFIELD SOUNDS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT!
Lyrics to be added later today.
Full song available later this week. Stay tuned at:
http://www.drblt.net
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What do you get when you cross post-Korn rock with Kern County Kountry? You get KROCK. This is just an example of how a new hybrid could evolve out of two distinctive sounds to emerge out of Kern County: The Bakersfield Sound and Nu Metal.
Our blog n roll game today...
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I don't like to repeat myself, but I'm about to, so if you've heard me say this before, feel free to move on.
An argument has been raised here that to sing about the things they sang about in the days of the Bakersfield Sound, and to be convincing, you have to have lived through the 30s, and...
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Call it poetic justice. It beats breaking rules with out-of-line name-calling and over-the-top ad hominem attacks. But poetic justice is what you'll receive if you show up under one of my blog threads (actually it's not technically mine, but you know what I mean) and raise cain,...
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Not doing anything for lunch Tuesday? How about a BLT? Do you want to take a stroll down memory lane, or, more specifically, Buck Owens Boulevard?
On Tuesday, March 11, 2008, I'll be on Buck's Boulevard Tuesday at noon for a short set of songs from my forthcoming CD, From Buck...
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Be at Starbucks, right next door to Dennys, on Merle Haggard Drive today, Monday Morning at about 8:15 am for a single-set street musician's celebration of the Bakersfield Sound. I will debut The Other Jim Jones, and play other songs from my From Buck Owens Boulevard to Merle...
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I met Jim Jones on Friday, the 7th of March, at my noon gig at Zingo's Cafe patio on Buck Owens Boulevard. Most of what I know about Jim so far is contained in the brand new song posted here, "The Other Jim Jones."
The whole song will be included in my forthcoming CD,...
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It's free. All you have to do is to be a Homer Joy fan, and to blog n roll. Blog n roll is a game I invented that involves me supplying the topics and the tunes, and you joining in with your own comments, links to music, you tube clips and more.
Any questions?
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Welcome to my new Dr BLTrivia series: Streets of Bakersfield.com. Your winning today will get you a VIP pass to my Monday on Merle Haggard Drive performance. But you have to get both of these questions right: Here is your Dr BLTrivia question of the day.
1. The cup you are...
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BAKERSFIELD SOUNDoff!
Today is the big mural event in which artists honor the great legends of the Bakersfield Sound.
What I'm about to say may sound like sour grapes. And don't get me wrong. I love raisins. They are sweet and full of important nutrients. But as it...
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There Ain't No Room 4 Country in this Town
(Ghost Town)
words and music by Dr BLT copyright 2008
there's no room for country
in this city
the string of stars has walked right off the stage
there's no room for country in this ciity
they've left inside the turning of the page
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That's the BAKERSFIELDSOUNDoff challenge this afternoon. Let's see if you can meet it and rise to the occasion.
In the game of blog n roll, I usually provide the music and the introduction, and you tell the rest of the story in the comments section. This time, to make a...
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That's the BAKERSFIELDSOUNDoff challenge this afternoon. Let's see if you can meet it and rise to the occasion.
In the game of blog n roll, I usually provide the music and the introduction, and you tell the rest of the story in the comments section. This time, to make a...
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Today on BAKERSFIELD SOUNDoff, I'm featuring two blog 'n' roll questions. The first is a trivia question. Who wrote the song, The Streets of Bakersfield?
The second springs from the truism that Bakersfield once spawned a steady stream of country stars, Merle Haggard...
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Wednesday took me to a high noon gig at Zingo's outdoor patio on Buck Owens Boulevard, where I gave away an autographed CD and sang a few original Dr BLTunes, including Buck Owens Boulevard, Goin' Nowhere Fast, and Opening Act for the Rolling Stones.
As usual, the numbers attending...
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Find out more here:
http://www.bakersfield.com/...
See you there!
Picture the Sound
words and music by Dr BLT copyright 2008
picture the sound
the Bakersfield Sound
the sound...
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