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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 thread. 

But here's the tricky part:  You can answer the questions introduced in this fragment, and still not win.  In a few moments, there will be a longer song fragment introduced at Bakersfield Sound Underground.  That longer fragment will include 2 more questions. You'll find that here:


Bakersfield Sound Underground Trivia Quest

You must answer all 4 questions correctly in order to be pronounced the winner.  The winner will win a personally autographed copy of From Buck Owens Blvd. to Merle Haggard Drive CD.  All you have to do to collect the prize is to show up at that CD release party (not the one to be held next Saturday, but the one yet to be scheduled, likely sometime in July).

Posted in the Arts & Entertainment interest group.
Topics: If Buck Were Back in Bakesfield, Dr. BLT, Bakersfield Sound Trivia Quest, Buck Owens, Bakersfield Sound
posted by drblt on Saturday, May 31, 2008 at 09:19 AM
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The brand new recording of One Hand on my Bible/the other on my Gun, has just made it's debut over at Art of the Mix. 

One Hand on my Bible/The other on my Gun

It features Hank Ray on guitar, Reggie Langendorfer on bass and Jerry Rothberg on drums.  Check it out and let me know what you think the chances are of getting airplay on this one. 

 

 

 

 

 

I've Got on Hand on my Bible/the other on My Gun

Dr BLT

words and music by Dr BLT © 2008


I got one hand on my Bible
the other on my gun
you say that I've been bitter
so you'd best be on the run
no, don't you test my patience
'cause my patience is nearly done
I got one hand on my Bible
The other on my gun

I got one foot on your grave stone
the other on the ground
I'm rooted in the music of the Bakersfield Sound
and when you step upon this soil
well, at best, you'll soon be shunned
I got one hand on my Bible
the other on my gun

I'm bitter as the blues
bitter as the soles beneath
these beat up cowboy boots
you know where I came from
all we see's the settin' sun
I'm bitter as the blues
bitter as the soles beneath
my bitter cowboy boots
I got one hand on my Bible
the other on my gun

I got one hand on my Bible...
the other, on my gun


 

Posted in the Arts & Entertainment interest group.
Topics: one hand on my bible the other on my gun, Dr BLT, political song, obama song
posted by drblt on Friday, May 30, 2008 at 11:25 PM
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I'm not that kind of doctor, so this, in no way, represents a professional recommendation, a professional opinion, or a recommendation of any kind for that matter.  It's just me sharing a personal discovery. 

I'm the king of sinus pain.  I've tried everything for sinus headaches.  Nothing worked until I grabbed a couple of my wife's midol tablets, made for women, at that time of month when Aunt Flo comes for a visit.  

It absolutely crucified the headache and killed the pain within about 20 minutes.  How about the rest of you that suffer from sinus headaches, or headaches of any kind?  What does, and doesn't work for you?   

Posted in the Health & Wellness interest group.
Topics: midol, midol for men, headaches, sinus headaches
posted by drblt on Friday, May 30, 2008 at 11:38 AM
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Most of us have friends, but where those friends are found, and who those friends are can sometimes come back to haunt us.  I like Obama, as a person, though he and I don't share political views, and I don't think his ideology is not as extreme as some of the friends he's associated with. 

It appears to me, however, that he's traditionally had too much sympathy for those views, and those who hold such views, at least in the past, for my mind to be 100% re-assured by his replies, and his other efforts to distance himself from those "friends." 

What do you think?  Does his past associations make a difference to you?

In the game of blog n roll, I supply the topic, and the tune.  You supply the talk.  I've just introduced the topic.  The lyrics to the new Dr. BLT parody of a Garth Brooks classic are posted here.  The song is from my forthcoming CD,

Right Wingers Need Love Too Part 2.

But to actually hear what the song sounds like, you'll have to go underground.  That's a transparent trick to get you to visit my new blog site, but hey, at least it's transparent :) 

Hear the song here:
Bakersfield Sound Underground

I've Got Friends in Low Places
(Obama Parody)
parody lyrics by Dr BLT copyright 2008

blame it all on the priest
ain't seen him for weeks
we're friends but it's not what it seems
he rants about whites
and that just ain't right
no, I'm just a man with a dream
what Mike Pfleger said
means he's sick in the head
if you want
I'll deny him 3 times
before the cock crows
someone I'd never know
and I'm not a part of his show, but

chorus:
I've got friends in low places
you say they'll bring me down
but in the primary races
I'm winnin' you see
against that white Hillary
I've got more class
more social graces
and I don't recognize
those disgraced faces
yeah, I got friends in low places

my friend, Reverend Wright
was someone I might
have known somewhere
long, long ago
and yes we were tight
me and old Reverend Wright
but never again would I go
to hear him rant on
no those days are gone
like the days with my old tenured prof
don't know him a lot
but look at the flack
all of the flack that I caught
'cause
(chorus)

For more information

http://www.drblt.net/1-2-3-...>I've Got Friends in Low Places parody: Single and CD

Posted in the Arts & Entertainment interest group.
Topics: I've got friends in low places, Dr BLT, Garth brooks, Obama parody
posted by drblt on Friday, May 30, 2008 at 10:48 AM
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Glenn Pogatchnik, a personal friend of mine, and a friend of Merle's as well, who is known as "The Ambassador of the Bakersfield Sound," and runs the popular blog site, That Bakersfield Sound has let me know that Merle Haggard is in need of our prayers for his health.

Glenn shared more information, but I don't feel at liberty to pass it on until I am certain that it would not violate Merle's privacy or the privacy of his family.   Let's all pray for one of our own, one who has made this city, and this world, a better place with the richly poetic story-telling songs he gave us---songs that come right from his heart, and songs that touch ours. 

Posted in the Arts & Entertainment interest group.
Topics: Merle Haggard, Merle Haggard's health
posted by drblt on Thursday, May 29, 2008 at 12:00 PM
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They'll look for any sign of a slip-up, smell it like blood and go after you, sometimes on a very personal level--no questions asked.  They'll single you out among others who have voiced the same opinion, sometimes in ways much less tactful and much less sensitive. 

I'm talking about blog sharks.  They know who they are.  If the fins fit, wear them. 

I recently shared my initial impressions of some of the articles written by once Bakersfield Californian entertainment writer, Chris Page, at a blog thread here and over at Bakersfield.com

I did not formulate my impressions as a definitive statement about Page's character.  My statement was honest.  It was a statement I later learned from a commenter who was Chris's friend that Chris would have appreciated, even in a blog about his death, one he would have even encouraged. 

It was an impression others shared, though apparently in rare moments, that according to Andy Kehe, Bakersfield Californian writer via his article on Chris in today's paper.  Kehe referred to it as his "cocky side." 

I didn't even attribute my impression his character, at least not in my comments, but restricted my impression to his writing.  I said I experienced some of his articles as having a certain "arrogantly, smugly sarcastic tone" to them.  Though, according to Kehe's article, my impression seems to have been shared by others whom he worked with closely, and those who knew him better than I did, 3 bloggers (I believe all of most, if not all conducted their verbal attacks over at Bakersfield.com) went for blood when I expressed my initial impressions of his writing.

Kehe said he was "Humble more often than not..." and so apparently I caught him at his worst, on a bad day or two.  Unfortunately, that turned me off and prevented me from wanting to get to know him better. 

Upon reading the comments of Chris's close friends and family members, I came to realize that there was a side to Chris that I missed out on because I had dismissed him according to my first or second impressions of him. 

It was a side of him I found so moving and touching that it made me cry.  They lost their brother, their friend, their mentor.  I lost the opportunity to know his bigger, better side.  I now understand it was a profound loss of mine.  That's what caused me to weep. 

I could have built a bridge against what I perceived, at the time, to be a wall.  But I don't like the sight of walls.  They are cold and ugly to me.  So I built my own cold, ugly wall. 

The lesson I learned from all of this, is contained in this NOTE TO SELF: Don't let what I perceive to be a wall, prevent me from building bridges to apparent wall builders. 

Maybe my lesson could also be your lesson. 

Oh, yeah, and then there's one more lesson to be learned here:

NOTE TO SELF and others who are tactful, respectful, yet honest:

BEWARE OF SHARKS IN THESE WATERS!

Posted in the Arts & Entertainment interest group.
Topics: blog sharks
posted by drblt on Thursday, May 29, 2008 at 10:15 AM
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In case you hadn't notices, gas prices have been spiraling out of control.  Is this driving you out of control?  Here's a brand new, bakobilly TM protest song that will, hopefully, fuel your passion for protesting the high cost of driving.   Once that passion has been fueled, share your plan right here, right now, or where the song debuted early this morning:

new Bakersfield Sound Underground post

 

Oh, I almost forgot, if you're not going underground, your not going anywhere!

Posted in the Arts & Entertainment interest group.
Topics: I'm Gonna Kick Yer Gas, new gas price protest song, Dr. BLT, Nu Bakok Sound, Bakersfield Sound underground
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I call it America Off the Hook.  What Memorial Day message are you getting from this? Post those in the comments section below if you would. 

Also, if you can guess where I took this photo on my iPhone, you can win an mp3 copy of my song, Red, White and Blue, from the CD One September Mournin' .

 

Wait!  It gets better.  If you know the answer, post it here at Bakersfield Sound Underground, and you'll win one of my biggest blog n roll hits ever:  Merle Hasn't Lost His Fightin' SIde.  Check out the details here.

 Dr BLT Memorial Day Photo/Song Contest

Ready?  Set?  Blog n roll!

Posted in the Arts & Entertainment interest group.
Topics: America Off the Hook, iPhone art, Dr. BLT, Dr BLT photo
posted by drblt on Sunday, May 25, 2008 at 08:09 AM
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I've never interviewed a friendlier, more hospitable interviewee than Bakersfield's own Jim Shaw, of the Buckaroos, quintessential recording engineer during some of the most productive days to come out of the history of the Buck Owens Studios. 

Jim Shaw not only plays great keyboards.  He managed Buck Owens and the Buckaroos for many years (and still manages the Buckaroos), plays keyboard for the Buckaroos, and has been involved in producing some of the greatest recordings by Buck and others. 

A few years back, I had the pleasure of interviewing him and that interview was published in various publications.  Now the interview has gone underground.  If you missed it the first time around, you can discover it for the first time.  If you caught it then, you can re-visit it at the all-new Bakersfield Sound Underground blog site now, right here:

Jim Shaw Interview

Remember, if you're not going underground, you're not going anywhere!

Posted in the Arts & Entertainment interest group.
Topics: Jim Shaw, Buck Owens, Buck Owens Recording Studios, Fat Tracks, Pig studio
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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 project, recorded in its entirety and engineered by Nick Forcillo on April 2, 2008...

Catch more of the details, and here the first single from the EP at this Bakersfield Sound Underground thread:

First Single from Last Solo Project

And remember this: If you're not going underground, you're not going anywhere!

t was one heck of a lot of fun, and we nailed down about 1/2 of a brand new CD.  If you're curious about this recording session held smack dab in the middle of this long weekend, visit Bakersfield Sound Underground via this link:

http://www.bakersfieldsound...

And remember, if you're not going underground, you're not going anywhere!

Welcome to Bakersfield Sound Trivia Quest.  I'm Dr. BLT, and I'll be your host for the trivia quest question of the day.  You know the question if you read the subject line.  But do you know the answer?

Your answer, in this case, is contained in the lyrics to my new song, The Winnin' Candidate (a tribute to David Cook).  Your answer must be lyrically correct for you to win---that is, your answer must conform to the way it is phrased in the lyrics to The Winnin' Candidate.

You're going to need to "go underground," to win this, the prize being a free mp3 of the song, but that's okay, because as most folks now realize: If you're not going underground, your not going anywhere.

The answer is at the very end of the song sample posted here:

http://www.bakersfieldsound...

Good luck!

Posted in the Arts & Entertainment interest group.
Topics: the winnin' candidate, Dr BLT, David Cook, american idol
posted by drblt on Friday, May 23, 2008 at 06:54 AM
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I wrote and recorded this song this morning before work, but the vocals are overpowered by the music, so I'll have to re-mix it and release it on Friday.  There's a line missing in the following lyrics, because to include that line would be to give away a trivia question I plan to post on Friday.  Here are those lyrics: 

 

 

 

 

 

The Winnin' Candidate

words and music by Dr. BLT copyright 2008

 

some said the winnin' candidate

would be black

some said the winnin' candidate

would be a woman

but when it comes to

rock and roll and blues

the winnin' candidate is you

 

the winnin' candidate is you

the winnin' candidate is you

the winnin' candidate is you

 

you sang Lionel Richie

in a way

that no one else

has ever sung before

you did what Buck would do

you ____________________________

 

you did it

you did it

you made it

looks like you made it

though Simon favored someone else

it's true

the winnin' candidate would be you

 

Posted in the Arts & Entertainment interest group.
Topics: the winnin' candidate, David Cook, american idol, Dr. BLT, Dr. BLTributes
posted by drblt on Thursday, May 22, 2008 at 02:17 PM
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I'm a Country Punk

words and music by Dr BLT copyright 2008

I'm a country punk

with a punch-drunk lunch

in the back seat of my chevrolet

got a cowboy hat

a Sid Vicious tat

and a safety pin-up girl

what can I say

 

Chorus:

I go to Jerry's Pizza

every night when I'm not at Trout's

torn between scorn

and heart that's torn

with a hootenanny holler

and a shout

 

I'm a country punk

black and white

like a skunk

Johnny Rotten was a friend of mine

got a redneck tan

tour across the land

with a cowboy kinda

sorta punk rock band

(chorus)

 

Between Maces Springs

and Bristol

is my favorite rock-strewn trail

that's where we jam, yeah

me and my band

every time we're released on bail

(chorus)

Posted in the Arts & Entertainment interest group.
Topics: country punk, Dr BLT, country, Punk, Punk Rock, post-punk, country rock, KROCK, Kern County country rock, Nu Bako, Nu Bako Sound
posted by drblt on Thursday, May 22, 2008 at 11:09 AM
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If any of you have ever known a close friend or family member that has suffered with cancer, or if you have been a survivor yourself, you'll understand that it's always sad when somebody suffers.  It doesn't matter if that person has a different point of view, or that the person may have rubbed you the wrong way in the past. 

When one person suffers, we should all rally around the person and support him or her.  Shortly after hearing about the news that Senator Kennedy had brain cancer, I was listening to the Ralph Bailey Show, and noticed that Ralph had nothing but positive things to say about the Senator.  And I know that Ralph's politics and those of Kennedy's rarely gel.  But Ralph got it right.  You don't kick a man when he is down.  You remember him in your thoughts and prayers and you wish him the best.  That is the sentiment behind the song posted here.

 

 

Pain Knows no Politics

words and music by Dr. BLT copyright 2008

 

pain knows no politics

let's pray for Kennedy

pain knows no politics

and disease is just disease

put aside your foolish pride

faith is the remedy

pain knows no politics

let's pray for Kennedy

 

I'm a mid-western man

I am a prairie boy

so it's no big surprise

that the left gets me annoyed

but in time of trouble, lord

it just ain't about me

pain knows no politics

let's pray for Kennedy

 

this I plead

this I plead

just say a prayer

get on bended knee

this I plead

this I plead

let's say a prayer

for Edward Kennedy

Posted in the Arts & Entertainment interest group.
Topics: Kennedy, Edward Kennedy, Senator Kennedy, Kennedy's cancer diagnosis, pain knows no politics
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 Welcome to the "I Wish it were the Cousin Herb Trading Post Show" Show.  I'm your host and today's VJ, Dr. BLT.  Today we're featuring a you tube video clip that stars Buck Owens and Don Rich singing together again------no, not the song, "Together Again," but singing together again on stage for your listening pleasure.  The song they are singing is Love above and Beyond the Call of Love.

Ladies and gentlemen------I give you Buck Owens and Don Rich.

 

PS: If you can't get the video to work, try this link:

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

http://people.bakersfield.c... 700, 620 )">

 
It's a brand new mix of a song just recently released.  It's the Dr BLT cover of Melt with You, originally recorded by Modern English.  Now you can hear the song in it's entirety, rate it, and comment on it by accessing Art of the Mix here:

 

http://www.artofthemix.org/...

Posted in the Arts & Entertainment interest group.
Topics: Melt with You, modern english, Dr BLT, Dr BLT cover of Melt with You, Dr BLT cover of Modern English
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He's one of the most promising Bakersfield Sound-grounded artists of our time.  He's rising up from the underground with style, attitude, contagious charm and charisma.   Is he the next Buck Owens?  He modestly denies that he is, but he's the next Jeff Michaels, and that may just be the winning ticket. 

Jeff Michaels makes Bakersfield Sound Underground history by being the very first interview ever posted here:

 

http://www.bakersfieldsound...


If you aren't going underground, you're not going anywhere!

There may be a few names history will remember that I've forgotten, so forgive me if you happened to have made REAL history here and I left you out.

HISTORY HUMBLED ME HERE.  It's keeps humbling me every time my ego tries to take center stage.  Fate was trying to tell me something when I couldn't get enough lightening on this photo I took of myself.  I was being overshadowed by REAL history.  Of course my disdain for fame is no secret (ha ha), but I feel sorry for anybody who came here to record at the last minute in hopes of being a significant part of the history that the old place represents.  Unless you've created a masterpiece here, you'll be forgotten.  Position in line doesn't matter to history.  Only art does. 

IT'S HISTORY VS. HYPE. 

Those of us who got our boots in the door at the last minute (whether for noble or narcissistic reasons) better leave any hopes of making history at the very door we stepped into at the last minute.  We must prepare ourselves, instead, to be humbled by the REAL history of the old place Buck created from an old movie theatre. 

You won't be remembered simply by being the last one, or even among the last ones to record here.  Your work must stand on its own---like the works of Buck Owens and Homer Joy.  Your work must stand upon against years of devoted engineering skills that Jim Shaw put into the place, your work must rise to the level of the tireless efforts of Korn.  These are giants.  They are tough acts to follow.  At the very least, us last-minute-foot-in-the-door soldiers will be a mere footnote. 

Unless our intent was, (or has become) to shine a light to shine upon the hard working heroes of yore who made REAL history here, we'll be reduced to the level of fools fading into the dark of night.    

Are you history or hype?  I don't want to be a footnote, do you?  Let's learn from the giants that came before us and make new history. 

Posted in the Arts & Entertainment interest group.
Topics: Buck Owens Studios, Fat Tracks, Pig studio, Bakersfield Sound, Jim Shaw, Buck Owens, Homer Joy, Rick Davis, Korn
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larger view

I've held a few here before, but now I've taken them underground.  Today, at

http://www.bakersfieldsound...

we'll be holding the first ever Underground Buckaholics Anonymous Meeting.  I'm Dr. BLT, and I'll be your group facilitator.  The only requirement to attend the blog meeting is to admit that you're a Buckaholic and tell us in the comments section what you're doing to support your habit.  You'll even be introduced to the Buckaholics Anonymous theme song.

Come as you are.  We won't judge you for being a Buckaholic.  We'll support you in your efforts to embrace the inner Buckaholic in you. 

Oh, one more thing to remember: If you're not going underground, your not going anywhere.

Now that might sound like an odd combination, but when you go underground, you open yourself up to all sorts of odd combinations in the name of experimentation. 

Today, I've released my re-make of Modern English's Melt with You, and I've presented a challenge to listeners to take it to the next level by doing their own Kern County country rock version of the song, with a little Bakersfield Sound retro flavor in the mix.

But you don't have to be an experimental artist to get something out of what I've posted at Bakersfield Sound Underground today.  You'll also have the opportunity to respond to some questions of a psychological nature that have been drawn from the lyrics to Melt with You. 

Remember, if you're not going underground, you're not going anywhere. 

http://www.bakersfieldsound...

Posted in the Arts & Entertainment interest group.
Topics: Bakersfield Sound, Nu Bako Sound, Nu Bako, Bakersfield Sound underground, modern english, new wave, synth rock
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Welcome to Twitty Tuesday.  I'm Dr BLT.  I'll be your host.  Today we're going to take an up close and personal look at the lyrics to Conway Twitty's big hit, Hello Darlin':

Hello darlin' nice to see ya
it's been a long time
you're just as lovely as you used to be
how's your new love are you happy
hope you're doin' fine
just to know it means so much to me

It's hard to be friendly with someone who has betrayed you, or somebody that has not only left you unforgiven for something terrible that you've done, but someone whose inability to forgive you eventually led that person to walk out the door. 

The question is, why would somebody cause so much pain to a loved one, that the loved one would walk?  Then again, did the person simply use the wrong you committed as an excuse for leaving you in the dark? 

Renounce post-Freudian psychological theorist, Henry Murray believes that we produce tension in relationships just so we can go about trying to reduce that tension.  In other words, we all have an unconsious need for drama in our lives. 


What's that darlin' how am I doin
I'm doin' alright except I can't sleep I cry all night 'till dawn
What I'm tryin' to say is I love you and I miss you and I'm so sorry that I did you wrong

Henry Murray believes that physiological processes are central to functioning, and central to the understanding of dysfunction. And, in terms of physiological phenomena, sleep and appetite are a couple of the first things to be impacted by emotional distress. 

Tears are a mechanism of release, the lachrymal paroxysms are instrumental to the recovery process. The problem is, most men have a problem with the association between crying and weakness.  As I said once in a song, singin' is a man's way of cryin' and this song goes a long way towards releasing "man tears." 

Look up darlin' let me kiss you
just for old times sake
let me hold you in my arms one more time...

Murray would look at these lines as an expression of what he referred to as "prepotency."  It has to do with that certain urgency or importuning insistence that often accompanies an unfulfilled need. 

...Goodbye darlin' I gotta go now
gotta try to find a way to lose these memories of a love so warm and true
and if you should ever find it in your heart to forgive me
come back darlin' I'll be waitin' for you

The memories Twitty is attempting to lose in this song represent what Murray would refer to as "press."  Press is short for "pressure." Press can have its origins in the enviornment, or in events from the past that form a representation in memory.  Memories are most often emotionally-charged.  The more intimate the memories, the more intense the pain, when the object of that intimacy leaves the scene.

What we get, in Murray's terms, when the need for intimacy meets the pressure (in this case, generated by emotionally-charged memories in this case), is something he calls "amalgamation." 

Now, how does childhood development fit into the mix, according to Murray?  Well, childhood experiences and the memories they produce can lead to various complexes.  For example, the trauma of birth, involving an abrupt exit from the security of the womb can contribute to what Murray described as a "Claustral complex."  

If a child is mollycoddled for too long, letting go of the "oral complex (sensual enjoyment associated with sucking from the breast and other transitional objects)," can produce trauma that rears its ugly head in adult intimate relationships when an unhealthy dependency is followed by what is perceived as unbearable rejection or abandonment.  

Hello Darlin' is much more than a love letter.  It is an attempt to reduce the tension that comes from being unforgiven, rejected and abandoned by the object of one's love.  The degree of success one will have in reducing that tension will, in most cases, depend on the degree to which unresolved childhood conflicts rear their ugly heads to intensify and complicate things.  

Sadly, when prepotency is at an overwhelming high level, when urgency is greatest, and when solicitous insistence on rapprochement is greatest, the search for resolution or the effort to find tension-reduction represents an ineffably illusive quest. 

The moral of the story, if you haven't figured it out by now, is this: Do your best to create a safe, secure enviornment for your child or children.  When children feel secure, they grow up better equipped to handle the bumps on life's treacherous road. 

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Topics: Twitty Tuesday, Dr BLT, Conway Twitty, Bakersfield Sound, Kern County country rock, Krock. nu bako sound
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On Thursday, May 15, I'll stop the world, just long enough for you to melt with this! This one is for all of you experimental nu bako sound artists out there.  I'm beginning a brand new series on Thursday, May 15 at the all new Bakersfield Sound Underground blog site.

It poses a series of challenges to artists interested in carving out a whole nu bako sound TM by fusing the Bakersfield Sound of yore with myriad other genres, including 80s rock, Seatle-based grunge, punk, post-punk, new wave, alt rock, and something I refer to as experiMETAL TM. 

On Thursday, I plan to release my re-make of I'll Stop the World (and Melt with You) by Modern English.  There's no fusion involved with my re-make.  That will be your job, and your first Nu Bako Sound TM  Fusion Challenge. My song will appear on the future CD, 8Tease.  Your nu Bako TM re-make will be linked over at Bakersfield Sound Underground, and here. 

You will take this song, add a little bit of Bakersfield Sound flavor, either as a DJ mix, or a whole new altered cover of the original tune.  So, what do you say?  Are you up for the challenge? 

Remember, if you're not going underground, you're not going anywhere.  So check out the new contest Thursday at:

http://www.bakersfieldsound...

If any of you are requiring a more complete explanation about Bakersfield's Next Buck talent contest, or you would like an update, including the announcement of a deadline extension, then you'll want to check out the latest post over at Bakesfield Sound Underground.  Remember, if you're not going underground, you're not going anywhere!

http://www.bakersfieldsound...

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Topics: Bakersfield's next buck talent contest, Dr BLT, Bakersfield Sound, Buck Owens, Nu Bako Sound
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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 Owens recording studio, aka Fat Tracks, aka Pig. 

Recorded on Wednesday, April 2, 2008, in the last days of the old place---the very same place that the songs pay tribute to.  The songs are a tribute, not only to the place, but to the rich history created there, and the giants that once considered it their stomping grounds. 

The studio management went to great lengths to afford me privacy for this session, going the extra mile by insisting that the session be closed to TV cameras, a favor they didn't do for other acts that were also working on noteworthy last minute projects there. 

I assure you, it wasn't a matter of favoritism, it had to do with their respect for the uniqueness of my project as a tribute to the old place and to the giants that made music there.  So, they kept me free from distractions, and I was able to avoid the media circus that followed the news of the closing of the studio. 

When you attend the CD release party, you will hear Phat Chance, a song written when I was in doubt as to my chances of getting in the door to record this tribute; The Last Man Standing, and Walls of Sound are Fallin'.   I will also be recording The World is Coming to an End, which pays tribute to the closing of World Records, another historic musical landmark in Kern County. 

At the party, you'll also hear songs from past and future Dr BLT CDs.  Be there.  Celebrate history with me.  Watch here, and over at

http://www.bakersfieldsound...

for updates. 

Happy Mothers Day!  Faith of our Fathers is one of my favorite hymns, but it's hard to find a hymn that honors our mothers, unless it's about the mother of Jesus himself. 

The deeper you dig into the Bakersfield Sound, and the deeper you dig into country music, the more you'll discover the ineffably powerful influence of gospel music.  Most stars and great artists who never become stars that are generally associated with the Bakersfield Sound played hard, but also prayed hard. 

They all had favorite hymns, and t