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And the first 1,000 to make the request receive a free VIP back-stage pass :) Yeah, in my dreams! As I consistently declare, my fans are few in number, but high in IQ.
Here are the grim details:
What?: Dr. BLT releases his latest CD of over 20 original modern...
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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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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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You don't have to wait until the sun goes down to get a bang out of your July 4th weekend. I'll be releasing my new July 4th song, Buck's Red, White and Blue Guitar, and Bakesfield's own guitar legend-in-the-making, Hank Ray who plays on several songs from the limited edtion CD, has written...
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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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Not to worry. There's something you can do while Hank is tuning up his instrument.
I'll be offering a karaoke version of the song for those who wish to sing it on their July 4th celebrations. You can catch the melody (via a song sample) and learn the words, by going underground:...
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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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The Farewell Session CD Release Party
When?: Saturday, June 7 at 7 pm.
Where? Russo's Books at the Marketplace on Ming Avenue in Bakersfield, California
What? A CD release party to welcome aboard the release of the EP, The Farewell Session, recorded at the home of the old Buck...
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Welcome to Bakersfield Sound Trivia Quest. I'm Dr. BLT and I'll be your host. Yesterday, a blog known as Turtle Box opening dissed our town, and you don't diss the town of Bakersfield and not expect to here from any of us.
They called us all a bunch of "bigots" and...
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If you're a local act, and you either consider yourself hick hop, or have written and/or recorded some material that captures the flavor of this burgeoning fusion, have your posse get in touch with mine and we'll set up an interview or I'll write something up on you, as a solo artist, a band, a...
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Welcome to the latest edition of Bakersfield Sound Trivia Quest. I'm Dr. BLT. I'll be your blog n roll host.
Today's questions are embeded in the song fragment you are hearing if you've hit the play button on the play station located in the top left-hand corner of this blog...
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The significance of The Buck Owens Studios Farewell Session, lies not in the fact that it was the last solo project to be completed at the old Buck Owens Studios (which became Fat Tracks, and then Pig Studio). Moreover, it matters not that I was the solo artist who recorded the last solo...
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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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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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If you didn't happen to catch the front-page story about the closing of Buck Owen's recording studio, which eventually evolved into Fat Tracks, and, finally, Pig, I'd recommend that you check it out. If you go back to
http://www.bakersfield.com&...
you'll find both the article, the original...
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I'd like to introduce my new one-man band. This is Dr BLT and the Bitter Clingers (aka me) playing a little bit of my new blog n roll prospective hit, One Hand on my Bible (The Other on my Gun). It's time to play blog n roll. You know the rules if...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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It's not easy being an underdog. As an underdog---a true underdog, you have to be content paying your dues until the day you die.
but if you're going under, and you're misunderstood, understand this: There's no sweeter way to go under than going under as an...
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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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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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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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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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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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