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The week of 9-16-09 thru 9-20-09
Another great week at Trouts Nightclub & The Bakersfield Stages.
Tuesday afternoon Rockwell and part of the Blackboard Playboys played some music for the Farmers Market in Oildale. Rusty Shoop the weather forecaster for channel 23 sat in and sang a...
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DON'T MISS HEATHER MYLES - 2 NIGHTS ONLY!
FRI, MARCH 27th & SAT, MARCH 28th - 8:30PM
CALL 661-399-6700 for information
21 & Over w/Valid ID only, PLEASE!
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The Bakersfield sound is rising up from the underground, where the old meets the new, and takes it to the next level. The few remaining Bakersfield sound underground pioneers are mixing it up with the young, up-and-coming Kern County country kings of tomorrow at Bakersfield sound...
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The first in a series of quarterly socials that will focus on bringing the community of Oildale together to raise funds
for the Oildale Centennial Commitee. There are alot of great events that have already taken place this year to
commemorate the 100 years since the official...
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Two Scandinavian travelers take a frantic week long tour of the West Coast and stop in Bakersfield along the way.
Using Lonely Planet as their guide they arrive at Trout's.
What's particularly fun about their post is the journey from Vegas to Bako where they get a pulled over a couple of times...
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HAS YOUR BEST BETS FOR
BAKERSFIELD NEW YEAR'S EVE PARTIES!
(CLICK PIC BELOW AND FIND THE BEST BASHES IN TOWN!)
BE SAFE! DON'T DRINK & DRIVE!
SEE YA' IN '09!
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C'mon people! It is so rare to have this caliber of talent pass through town!!
Get Out Of The House For a Change - You Wont Be Sorry - What A Great Show!
You do not want to miss this incredible band from Colorado!
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Here's one for all of you haunted honky-tonk fans. Happy Halloween!
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When I first learned that Vern Hoover, local owner of Trout's Nightclub and Blackboard Stages, had passed away, I wrote a song called It's Rainin' at this Honky-tonk. I pretty much left that song the way.
But I've been working on a second song, one that focuses specially on Vern's...
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So far, I've written two songs about a man I never got a chance to get close to. How can that be, you ask? Well, it's a testimony to what an impact he really had on this community. This latest song, Hard-workin' Honky-tonk Hero has evolved from its original first draft....
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Welcome to Lyric Today, Hear it tomorrow, the blog n roll series where you read original Dr BLT lyrics right after they've been penned, and (provided the song-crowded freeway in my head allows them to survive the traffic jam), hear them the next day.
I've always said the...
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The following public events and services are scheduled in honor of the passing of our President and friend, Vern Hoover:
Memorial Celebration of Vern's Life: Sunday, August 24th @ 1pm - Trout's Nightclub, 805 N Chester Avenue, Bakersfield, Ca 93308 ...
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Welcome to Lyric Today, Hear it Tomorrow, where you can read my lyrics right after they've been written, and possibly hear them the next day, if they're not crowded out with other songs in the freeway of my brain.
Hi. My name is Dr. BLT and I have a confession to make. Even...
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This one's for all of my friends at Trout's, who lost a dear friend:
It’s Rainin’ at my favorite Honky Tonk
words and music by Dr BLT © 2008
I got the call from Rockwell
earlier today
he told me that his friend had passed away
big dark clouds surrounded
my...
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That's your first question. If you go to
Bakersfield Sound Underground
http://www.bakersfieldsound...
on Wednesday, you'll find question to and you'll get to sample the song inspired by this picture, taken last night at Trout's. The song is called All Dressed Up...
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Hey, Bakersfield! You don't have to wait any longer to catch my mini-interview with one of the most energetic, young creative talents in Bakersfield, and to hear what he's doing with the song I wrote as the audtion theme song, If You Wanna Be the Next Buck Owens.
Today...
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He's got more wit than 20 of the top country music songwriter's put together. That's how I feel about Toby Keith. He's part of the Bakersfield sound extended family, which is spread out all over the globe.
In a recent edition of Country Weekly, Toby Keith said, "I doubt...
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I asked, and they graciously and enthusiastically agreed to host BAKERSFIELD'S NEXT BUCK TALENT CONTEST.
I am humbled and honored by their hospitality. I've always said that, as it pertains to the Bakersfield sound, if lightening strikes twice, Trout's will be the lightening rod that...
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I'll be hanging out at Trout's over the next couple of weeks, fishing for these two Kern County country stars of the Bakersfield sound genre.
Or, Sonny, if you're out there, have your people call my lack of people. Red, the same goes for you. Have your people call my lack of...
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Welcome to the new series, Songs inspired by Red Simpson. You'll find the latest edition at:
Bakersfield Sound Underground
http://www.bakersfieldsound...
Red Simpson is to truck songs as Johnny Cash is to train songs. Red is one of the living legends of the...
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There's Lloyd Reading, there's Homer Joy, there's Red Simpson, there's Billy Mize, there's Sonny Langley, just to name a few of the local living legends of the Bakersfield sound genre.
My question to those who are familiar with these cats and their Kern County country music, is...
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IT'S FINALLY HAPPENING---two generations, united by one sound, the Bakersfield sound. Tonight, beginning at 7 pm, the man Hank Ray and I have named "Playbody Lloyd" in this co-written song of ours, will be joining us in an historic video-taped interview/recording session in my own...
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Welcome to the No Guts No Glory edition of Lyric Today/Hear it Tomorrow. The following is a duet I penned this morning, especially for Sonny Langley and Red Simpson, a couple of local Bakersfield Sound legends.
Whether they agree to record it or not, is their business, and they...
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GOOD DAY! Welcome to my new series, NO GUTS, NO GLORY. It's a step-by-step (or in some cases, it will be misstep-by-misstep) guide to long shots I take on the oft-failure-ridden road to success as a singer/songwriter.
Today, I'm going to have the guts to ask Bakersfield's own...
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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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As the local underground music scene goes, t's one of the hottest topics to hit the Streets of Bakersfield in recent days. I'm talking about the Bakersfield Sound generation gap.
Up until now, I've been doing my best to put a spotlight on the problem, and the nature of the...
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There are right answers, there are wrong answers, and then, there's the best answer. If you feel you have the best answer, post it under the comments section at:
Bakersfield Sound Underground
Tomorrow, June 25, 2008. You'll win a prize, and you'll win the comforting knowledge that...
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This photo I took is not posted here to necessarily represent my preference. I enjoy both and I need you to help me if I'm ever caught in this jam (pun wholly intended):
It's a Saturday night. There's a kick-ass country band playing at Trout's and there's one playing over at the...
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Here's another Trout's Tall Tale told in Song, from a forthcoming collection of such. This one's about not only not kicking a woman when she's down, but actually picking her up by being a true cowboy gentleman. I hope you enjoy it. It's called Cowboy Up 'cause Cowgirl's...
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Welcome to Bakersfield Sound Trivia Quest (BSTQ). I'm Dr. BLT. I'll be the host of today's challenge question.
You'll choose between two, both located within blocks of one another, in downtown Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The first of these two is pictured here. You'll need...
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Money talks. Money weilds influence. Is this city, and the local media, "Under the Influence" of Buck, or simply under the influence of the bucks Buck left behind? I've heard songs---really great songs, from the likes of Tuney Reeves and Jim Jones, that are...
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Imagine a resolution were put together to have the official name of our city changed from Bakersfield to Buckersfield, and city government officials were about to vote on the measure. If you were invited to a community forum to express your opinion on the resolution, would you attend? ...
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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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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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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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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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I felt like I was treading on holy ground. After catching the announcement on the Bakotopia blog about the jam session/songwriter's workshop at Trout's, I said to myself, "Why not?" and headed over there on Monday, April 14.
I was directed down this rickety old staircase...
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Yes, it's another birthday, thank God, for Homer Joy. He's a terrific songwriter who penned The Streets of Bakersfield for Buck. He's had a heart transplant, but he's always, and will always have a big heart for these streets of Bakersfield and all the people that walk them....
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I borrowed this announcement from this blogger.
http://www.bakotopia.com/ho...
I hope you don't mind, kookoonauts.
I hope to make this event, and I'm hoping that if you're Bakersfield's Next Buck, I'll discover you there, and I do mean discover. ...
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If Jerry's Trout Pizza ever catches on, I want to be one of the delivery boys.
In my humble opinion, the Bakersfield music scene is struggling to find itself, after a post-Bakersfield-Sound-post-Korn identity crisis. In my opinion, there exists a collosal...
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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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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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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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*Celebrity autographed guitar auction - proceeds to benefit the LUPUS FOUNDATION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA*
Donations for the LFNC will also be accepted at this event - Call for more information (661)399-6700 or (661) 348-4522
TRIBUTE WEEKEND LINEUP AND SCHEDULE OF PERFORMANCES:...
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SATURDAY! MARCH 1st - 3pm!
HowCool.com Presents the 1st Annual "BAKOBILLY FEST"
at The Legendary Trout's Nightclub & the Blackboard Stages!
$10.00 Admission - At The Door!
Come out and BE A PART of this BAKERSFIELD
Brought to you by HowCool.com...
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MONDAY!
SENIORS & SINGLES MIXER - LIVE MUSIC Featuring RED SIMPSON & LARRY PETREE!
ACOUSTIC COMMUNITY JAM & SONGWRITER WORKSHOP!
TUESDAY!
STEVE WOODS on the "Legends" Stage!
LINE DANCE LESSONS w/ HELEN!
KARAOKE w/ JANA!
WEDNESDAY!
GERI ARNOLD w/ "STARS &...
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ROCKWELL'S FEBRUARY BIRTHDAY BASH!
Saturday, February 16, 2008 - 6pm
$5.00 Cover AFTER 8pm - No Cover For Everyone With Valid ID Showing February Birthdate! (Saturday Night ONLY!)
805 N CHESTER AVENUE BAKERSFIELD, CA 93308...
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