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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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It looks like Obama has inspired another country song.
One Hand on my Bible/The Other on my Gun (Bitter)
words and music by Dr BLT copyright 2008
I got on hand on my Bible
the other on my gun
'bin told that I am bitter
but there's no need to run
I may...
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Last night's gig at Starbucks on Rosedale Highway and Calloway was well attended, by a wide rage of age groups (the youngest being my daughter (seen here) who will turn 3 in July. with a wide-range of musical style preferences. Dubbed Coffee as Art, it was all for a good...
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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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What's a relay without a theme song? Well, the Relay for Life events would probably do quite well without me, but to set the tone for my contribution to the events, I would like to introduce this new theme song.
Hear it by hitting the play bar at the play station above the icon in...
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Welcome to my new one-piece-at-a-time blog novel, Dr. Samuel von Starbuckaroo and the Bakersfield Sound Underground. I ripped the idea of the one-piece-at-a-time nature of the novel, off of an old Johnny Cash tune (one of the first rap songs) about a poor, recreant young...
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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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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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We'll meet you at Zingo's Cafe patio right next to The Boss lounge noonish today for a HooteNOONee. We're going to bring one of the statues standing at the Crystal Palace come to life today, that bronze giant being George Jones.
Today, Jim Jones and myself, God willing, will...
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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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Let's continue to start a conversation about a conversation about race. Today we're trying to figure out what Obama meant when he mentioned the "typical white guy."
In my world of blog n roll, I supply the topic and the tune. Today's tune is my new hick hop...
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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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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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This will be done with Ferlin Husky songs I've never heard before, so it should be an interesting experiment. All of my experiments are done for the sake of finding a brand new Bako sound. Many of my experiments in the past have flopped, so attend this FEARLESS FERLIN FEVER...
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Well, there's several more weeks left to get your submissions in for BAKERSFIELD'S NEXT BUCK. This is Jason Corbin. He's the frontman for Bartenders Bible, playing guitar and singing lead. Jason and his band have been performing in Bakersfield where they have roots that...
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The new Bakersfield Sound underground movement is at hand, and what is a movement without a mascot?
I hereby nominate this dog, last spotted at Trout's as the mascot and symbol of the new sound to emerge from The Streets of Bakersfield, born of the old Bakersfield Sound movement, and...
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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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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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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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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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