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If you think the Bakersfield Sound is dead and gone, think again.  Artists like Kama Ruby, who recently did a brilliant remake of The Door's Light My Fire is featured in her first BSU interview, are standing on the shoulders of those who have gone before, and she's paving her own road. 

She's got her own "Korner" at BSU now, a series where you can follow and trace her career, just like Penny Marie and her own Lane---Penny Lane, Rockwell has his own Blvd.---Rockwell Canyon Blvd., and Homer Joy has his own series, "Cup 'o Joy." 

Enough of my carrying on.  Here's Kama:

Bakersfield Sound Underground (BSU)

http://www.bakersfieldsound...

I found them after several years.  They've never been published, until today.  You'll also find a rare photo I took of Clint Black at the first performance following the Buck-Owens-funeral-related temporary closing of the Crystal Palace.  

These photos celebrate beloved members of our Bakersfield sound extended family.  You'll also find a flashback link to a story I wrote about that heart-warming Clint Black performance.  Where?  

BSU, of course.

Bakersfield Sound Underground

http://www.bakersfieldsound...

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Just in case any of you were beginning to think that the Bakersfield sound was dead and gone, or a thing of the past, something new is happening that builds on the great foundation our Bakersfield sound artists laid down in days of yore.

You'll find the latest at BSU:

Bakersfield Sound Underground

http://www.bakersfieldsound...

also, stay tuned at:

http://www.drblt.net

and

http://www.myspace.com/drbl...

And keep listening to Bakersfield and Beyond on

KWMR

http://www.kwmr.org

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Can you tell me the name of this band?  Can you tell me where these members of our Bakersfield sound extended family come from?  How great a fund of knowledge do you have as it concerns members of our extended family who have their roots firmly planted in the very sound we (Bakersfield residents) so often take for granted?  If your fund is marked by a plethora, not a paucity, demonstrate it right here, right now, or at the place where us Bakersfield-sound-grounded types like to hang out:

BSU

http://www.bakersfieldsound...

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Is there any meaningful way that Michael Jackson and Merle Haggard can be discussed within the same sentence or within the same paragraph(s).  To find out, and gain psychological perspective at the same time, you'll have to go underground:

Bakersfield Sound Underground (BSU)

http://www.bakersfieldsound...

Then again, if you ain't going underground, you ain't goin' anywhere.