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The country is going to wholeheartedly embrace John McCain and Sarah Palin as the winning ticket. They represent real change, and they are prepared to put country before anything else.
I'm proud of the current President of the United States, but let's face it, how good could you do...
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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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It's the people that make up a city, not the buildings. And it's folks like Vern that built Kern. Bakersfield is a city, not made up of stones, but of singers, and of songwriters, and of songs.
That's where the new traditionalists, or, if you prefer, the new romantics, come...
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Welcome to the blog n roll series I call Lyric Today, Hear it Tomorrow, where you can read the lyrics before the songs are recorded. Yes, it's called Lyric Today, Hear it Tomorrow, but that's not always the way it works out.
The songs I come up with are like cars crowding the freeway in my...
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Welcome to the second round of the new blog n roll lyrical game, Metaphor 4. All you have to do to win a free mp3 copy of the song is to identify what "Miss Nashville" is a metaphor 4 in the following set of lyrics to my brand new song, scheduled to be recorded shorty (stay...
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I call it Hank's Haunted House, but Hank contributed the lion's share of the work on it, so who am I to give it a title? I can't thank Hank Ray enough for allowing me to add my 2-cents worth to what I believe will be another future Hank Ray classic.
It was recorded on August 7, 2008...
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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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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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As long as we're talkin' Buckshot, the seed is good. In fact, it's superb. One of the seeds even comes from "the big tree"---Buck Owens himself.
All of us who want to see the younger generations benefit from the rich musical legacy that was left behind with...
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It was a surrealistic photo session and a jam session of a lifetime. It's a long story, but you can catch the first part of it and catch the lyrics to one of the songs on the "soundtrack" to our Buck Owens ranch trek today at:
Bakersfield Sound Underground
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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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It looks like, so far, the news on the review front is good for the last solo project to emerge from the closing doors of the old Buck Owens recording studios. For those following such reviews, here's the latest, this one by a music critic I have great respect for---Michael Dalton.
Here is...
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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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