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Welcome to Nu Bako SOUNDoff (vocabulary expansion edition), where you can keep the spirit of the old Bakersfield sound alive in a new generation of sound, while expanding your vocabulary. I'm Dr. BLT, of Bakersfield Sound Underground, and I'll be your host:...
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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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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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The song you will cover for your audition is posted right here, right now (complete version with and without instruments available for free for contestants upon request).
The details of the contest and the list of talented contestants that have already applied for the title is...
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Welcome to Bakersfield Sound Trivia Quest: Next Generation Edition
I'm Dr BLT. I'll be your host.
The first two questions are contained in the subject line.
Now, you'll need a hint to answer the first one:
Where was this photo taken? (hint: it's owned by the father of the...
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If you weren't in the buckarooM last night for this historic recording session, you missed out. Then again, though I love the public, the event was closed to the public.
But that doesn't mean you can't go underground and hear a sample of the rough mix of Short Season of Love, the new duet...
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A new bako sound, future AmeriKERNa classic? You'll decide. I'll abide.
What this Country Means to Me
Dr BLT
hardly a day goes by
when I don't play a song
by old Merle Haggard and his boys
hardly a night goes by
when a...
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It's rooted in the past. It's grounded in the Bakersfield Sound. It's symbolically represented by the changing of the guard, or the passing of the torch from the Bakersfield sound generation to generations of younger artists and fans.
It's hard to define. Some terms I've come...
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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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Welcome to my new series. A special version of Lyric Today/Hear it Tomorrow. This song was inspired by Lloyd Reading's Tuesday evening visit to my home recording studio, The BuckarooM, and by my first exposure to John Mellancamp's new CD. I listened to it on my way to work...
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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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As promised, I started a new series at Bakersfield Sound Underground today. It's called Bakersfield Sound Garden. It's where we take seeds from the old Bakersfield Sound "trees," that is, music of yore, that distinctly represents the Bakersfield Sound, and the spirit of...
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Gather your hoes, your shovels, your work gloves, your garden hats, and all of your garden tools. Most of all, gather your seeds, tomorrow, at Bakersfield Sound Underground,
http://www.bakersfieldsound...
I'm going to help you plant a...
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I'm talking about the song, not an actual guitar, but if anybody has a Buck Owens red, white and blue guitar that they would like to auction off at the song's "live" debut, let me know.
On July 4th from about 8 am to 10 pm, me and Hank Ray will be on the patio at...
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The short film producer (who doubles as one of the fastest-rising guitarists in the nu Bako Sound underground movement from the krock crop, or the Kern County country rock crop), Hank Ray, told let me know "all I have to do is act naturally." And, acting naturally comes...
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There's good news for procrastinators and for those requiring more confidence and more encouragement to enter. The deadline for Bakersfield's Next Buck Talent Competition, initially set for June 1, 2008, has been extended until September 1.
For those who wish to know what this...
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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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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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------even if it's an ox. like the one pictured here, that my wife took at a little shop in Banff, Alberta. The deadline for mix tapes or CD-R covers of the song, If You Wanna Be the Next Buck Owens, is June 30, 2008 at 12 midnight.
What will the winner of Bakersfield's Next Buck...
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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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Homeboy on the Range
words and music by Dr BLT copyright 2008
she ordered a
homeboy on the range
she ordered one with lots of bling
she doesn't like small change
you know I ain't no millionaire
but I that could always change
I wanna be her homeboy
on the range
I think...
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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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Country Punk
words and music by Dr BLT copyright 2008
I'm a country punk
' pack a punch-drunk lunch
safety pin-up girl
try to see the world
from two points of view
punk n...
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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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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
words and music by Dr BLT...
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The deadline is June 30, but as we've learned from Pig studios, a deadlines and closing dates are never set in stone. But there's a chance you'll miss out, if you think you have what it takes to be Bakersfield's Next Buck, now is the time for you to show us what you've got....
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Here are your choices:
a. Buck Owens
b. Blue Metal
c. Dr BLT
d. Iron Outlaws
e. Tom Petty and Mudcrutch
f. Dwight Yaoham
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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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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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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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Welcome to my blog n roll baking class. I'm Dr. BLT. I'll be your chef and your instructor.
Today we're going to bake a Jerry's Trout Pizza. Of course, we're talking metaphors here. We're talking about "bakin" a new sound from the fusion of two...
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You never know when a song is going to come, and you never know where it's going to come from. The following song was inspired when a blog post of mine involving a song called Merle's Girl, led a young lady over at Bakotopia.com to reply with a touching story about growing up with her...
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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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Are you an acoustic/electric lead guitar player of the burgeoning nu krock (new Kern County country rock) musical genre----reaching for the stars while wholly grounded, with your boots firmly rooted in the Bakersfield Sound? Can you play leads like the back of your hand on...
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Has anybody seen this old girl around? If you have, give her my regards.
Stories and Songs from The Streets of Bakersfield is a series based on the huge hit Homer wrote for Buck Owens---The Streets of Bakersfield. The stories, and the songs are born from conversations I have with...
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Welcome to the first in a new series: Stories and Songs from the Streets of Bakersfield.
It's a series inspired by The Streets of Bakersfield, the song written by Homer Joy and recorded and taken to the top of the charts by Buck Owens and Dwight Yoakam. The series involves mostly...
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BAKERSFIELD SOUND Advice
JUST GET OVER IT! COWBOY UP! GET ON WITH IT! There may be teens, and perhaps adults that need to hear these words. But at the risk of being cast into the stereotype of the shrink with a predilection for excusing bad behavior, I would suggest that...
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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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