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That is today's big Bakersfield SoundOFF question. There are a number of names generally tossed around, as candidates that would have foot the bill as "fifth Beatle." The most common one I have seen has been the late Billy Preston.
But what about Buck...
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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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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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I was sure I came across this issue in Bakersfield writer Shellie Branco's recent, brilliantly executed interview with Merle, but it may have appeared in an expanded edition of the interview as it appears here:
http://people.bakersfield.c...
Bakersfield has certain...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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You might say I'm driving down the right lane, facing traffic with this song, an answer to Merle Haggard's song about Hillary? What side of the street are you on when it comes to Merle's political views----the side he introduced when he wrote, recorded and released The...
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