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What's a Buckanuck, you say?  Well, it's up to you to answer.  If you answer it correctly, you'll be the first to win the song I wrote as a prelude to tonight's radio show, Bakersfield and Beyond, on KWMR

http://www.kwmr.org

There are two new blogs posted at Bakersfield Sound Underground today:

http://www.bakersfieldsound...


If you go to Bakersfield Sound Underground today, you'll also catch Oil-dale, a new interactive blog storybook that you can actually contribute to, and, if you scroll down once, you'll catch the latest news concerning Bakersfield and Beyond, including news about today's special Canadian edition of the broadcash, and news concerning at brand new web site that the crew of two has launched.

Catch the sound underground!
Bakersfield Sound Underground
http://www.bakersfieldsound...
PS: Happy belated Birthday, Billy Mize.  Technical difficulties prevented me from posting birthday wishes yesterday.  Billy is 80!  What a legend!  Here's a link to a blog featuring a song I wrote in Billy's honor called Billy Mize's Lullabies:

http://www.bakotopia.com/ho...

What a Thursday this is gonna be, eh?

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Topics: buckanuck, KWMR, Bakersfield and beyond
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It's a rock n roll psychological vaccination for swine flu panic.  It's my parody of Blue Oyster Cult's Don't Fear the Reaper.  It's called Don't Fear the Swine Flu.

You'll have to go underground to find it:

Bakersfield Sound Underground

http://www.bakersfieldsound...

Where can you get the downloadable, injectable form of my vaccine.  I'll be shipping it across the world and adding it to my record store at:

http://www.drblt.net (soon to become drblt.com) within the next few days. 

 

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Topics: don't fear the swine flu, Dr BLT, swine flu song, swine flu vaccination
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Which do fear more, the swine flu, coming to a local venue near you, or the new Creed CD?

Unlike some, Creed has never made me sick.  You'll catch they're new CD soon.  

You mustn't catch the pig flu, but you must catch this new Merle Haggard/Animals Medley.  These Swingin' Doors has just been assembled and attached to a Bakersfield-tailored adaptation of the Animals' House of the Rising Sun

See if you can correctly identify the local honky-tonk that this adapted version is about, and win the mp3. 

Oh, I almost forgot, to hear the song, featuring Tommy Isbell, a fellow kccrocker (Kern County country rocker), visit:

Bakersfield Sound Underground

http://www.bakersfieldsound...

Well, maybe the demand for the song isn't quite that intense, but whatever the level of intensity of the demand, I think I'm safe in assuming that lots and lots of kccrocker (Kern County country rocker) fans will appreciate the sentiment expressed in this original tune of mine.  So keep watching at:

Bakersfield Sound Underground

http://www.bakersfieldsound...

Keep checking my profile at http://www.myspace.com/drbl...

and always stay "tuned,"---literally tuned at:

http://www.drblt.net

(soon to be http://www.drblt.com (as it was before it was hijacked)

I guess what I'm really trying to say is "some kick-ass country is comin' to town," so you'd best be ready when it arrives!

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Topics: kick-ass country, Dr BLT, Nu Bako, Nu Bako Sound, Bakersfield Sound, AmeriKerna, americana
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Catch the details at:
 

Bakersfield Sound Underground

http://www.bakersfieldsound...

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Topics: Merle Haggard, Dr BLT, Bakersfield Sound underground
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Catch the details of the brand new contest at:
 

Bakersfield Sound Underground

http://www.bakersfieldsound...

 

 

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Topics: magic Wand-a, Dr BLT, Nu Bako, Nu Bako Sound
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"I have to pinched myself to convince myself it's real." 

Observe my reflections on the Thursday night broadcast of KWMR at:

 

Bakersfield Sound Underground

http://www.bakersfieldsound...

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Topics: Bakersfield and beyond, KWMR, Bakersfield Sound, Nu Bako, Nu Bako Sound
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You'll have to go underground for the scoop on tonight's big show, and to hear the new tune inspired by tonight's guest, Wanda Jackson.

Bakersfield Sound Underground

http://www.bakersfieldsound...

 

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Topics: KWMR, Bakersfield and beyond
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Have you got a tea party hangover?  Or has the party just begun for you?  Of course the big question is: Would the Beatles have supported the anti-tax tea parties.  The answer may be contained in this song.  Posted here is the Dr. BLT cover of the Beatles, Taxman.

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Topics: anti-tax demonstrations, anti-tax tea parties, taxman, beatles, Dr BLT
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It's a Dr BLTailored cover of the old Johnny Cash classic, Deliah's Gone.  You'll find it at:

Bakersfield Sound Underground

http://www.bakersfieldsound...

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Topics: lana's gone, Dr BLT, phil spector verdict
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Buck in the System

Dr BLT

album: Confessions of a Buck-a-holic

hear/download for free here:

http://www.drblt.net/music/...

and, if you want to sing along, here are the words:

Buck in the System

words and music by Dr BLT copyright 2009

I've got Buck in the system

I'm gonna play his tunes

back-2-back Buck

wall-2-wall sound

and you know it won't be too soon

 

before I play the next song X2

I've got Buck in the system all night long

 

I've got Buck in the system

I'm the DJ so I can

I've got all the gold records

like All-time Greatest Hits,

Made in Japan

and it won't be too long

before I play the next song

no it won't be too long

I've got Buck in the system all night long

 

Buck in the system

all night long

Buck in the system

although he's been gone

Buck in the system

every single song

I've got Buck in the system all night long

 

Buck in the system

I've got Buck in the system

I've got Buck in the system

all night long

 

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Topics: Dr BLT, random jukebox, Bakersfield Sound, Nu Bako, Nu Bako Sound, Kccrock, Kern County country rock, buck in the system
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Buck Owens past away just prior to the Easter seaon.  On the anniversary of his death, this song came to me. 

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Here's a song that I tried to add to my record store today in an effort to make available another track from the No Sympathy: A Bittersweet Tribute to the Rolling Stones CD. 

I want to thank Pat Frase who played the drums and Walter Stormont who played rhythm on this track.  I want to thank Jerry Rothberg, and all of the fellow members of the Rolling Scones who participated on this CD. 

Technical difficulties prevented me from uploading the song onto the internet edition of the CD today, but here it is for your listening and reflection experience as we celebrate Easter Sunday.

If you want to download the song, check back at my website in a few days:

http://www.drblt.net

HAPPY EASTER!

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Happy Easter.  Hope you enjoy my Easter song. 

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He's a kccrock (Kern County Country Rock) guitar legend-in-the-making.  It started out as a rumor, but you'll find there's more to this rumor than simply a rumor:

Bakersfield Sound Underground

http://www.bakersfieldsound...

Music for mavericks, outlaws and romantics.
 
Bakersfield and Beyond!
 
Tonight Mike and Amanda will be spinning some great old tunes intermixed with some rockabilly and maybe even some new stuff.
 
Stream it live at www.kwmr.org or tune in locally at 90.5 fm or 89.9 fm.
 
Of course we will be chatting with Dr. BLT!
 
Bakersfield and Beyond – Music for Mavericks, Outlaws and Romantics – every other Thursday from 6:30 – 8:30 pm:
 
Amanda E. and Mike Varley, spin tunes influenced by the Bakersfield Sound (great California music - steel guitar, hillbilly, country, folk, Americana) and beyond - rockabilly, punk, blues etc. that were inspired by the not so sleepy town at the end of the dustbowl migration.

Not sure what the Bakersfield Sound is? Tune in.
 
"Bakersfield and Beyond is the best thing to happen to the Bakersfield sound since Cousin Herb Henson's Trading Post, the variety show that launched many of the biggest country stars to come out of Bakersfield.” Dr. BLT (Bruce Thiessen, PHD – Bakersfield, CA)
 
Amanda also hosts Think Local First West Marin on the 3rd Monday of each month at 1 pm. Mike can be found listening to great tunes while tuning up great bicycles at the local shop – Black Mtn. Cycles.
 
 
 
 
 
Amanda Eichstaedt
Bear Valley Inn, LLC
PO Box 58
Olema, CA 94950
415-663-1777
www.bearvinn.com
Join the League of American Bicyclists www.bikeleague.org

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Topics: Bakersfield and beyond, KWMR, Bakersfield Sound, Nu Bako Sound, Bakersfield Sound underground
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Marin county may be out of your FM dial range, but you can stream the show live tonight from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm.  I'm proud to be on the playlist, and I'm proud to represent Bakersfield's fine music community and rich musical heritage on this exciting new show that broadcasts at the time noted every second Thursday. 

Stream it via:

http://www.kwmr.org

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Topics: KWMR, Bakersfield Sound, Nu Bako Sound, Dr BLT, Merle Haggard, Buck Owens, Derailers
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You can get it directly at:

http://www.tollbooth.org/20...

or you can head underground:

Bakersfield Sound Underground:

http://www.bakersfieldsound...

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Topics: Lost Ocean Interview, Dr BLT, Nu Bako Sound
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She's consistently been compared to a superstar from my hometown of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Joni Mitchell, who was introduced to the world by Johnny Cash.  You'll have to decide for yourself if she's the next Joni Mitchell.  You can do that by checking her out on the latest edition of Rising Stars from the folk side of the nu bako sound.

Bakersfield Sound Underground

http://www.bakersfieldsound...

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Topics: rising stars from the folk side of the nu bako sound
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