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At the age of 13, I had my head in the clouds.  I would listen to my favorite songs on AM radio, and create my own little rock n roll heaven in my head.  All I needed was a theme song for my own personal paradise.  Enter the Righteous Brothers and their big hit of the summer of 74,...
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Doyle Holly, was bass guitarist for Buckaroos Nashville, Tenn.- Doyle Holly, bass guitarist for Buck Owens and His Buckaroos during its hit making heyday in the 1960s, died last Saturday. He was 70 years of age. Just under a year since Buck went to the far shore. Doyle Holly spent 1963 to...
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It's now nearly old news that Homer Joy has a new heart. I want to wish one of Bakersfield's most famous songwriter's a speedy and full recovery. Let's all keep him in our thoughts and prayers. For anyone who may be unfamiliar with him, he wrote, Streets of Bakersfield, a song covered by Buck...
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Well, the Crystal Palace is alive and well, but how often do we stop to reflect upon and appreciate the man that breathed life back into the place after Buck passed away? That man was Clint Black. I hope the following article and the original photo I was lucky enough to shoot that rainy April...
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Truthfully, Buck was one of a kind, and, sadly, there will never be another Buck. But there is somebody who seems to be standing in front of the line to follow in his footsteps. That "somebody" seems to be John McCrae, of the band, Cake. Where's the evidence? Well, it can be found...
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Hello everybody! I heard the CD, Cash V: A Hundred Highways while cruising down Rosedale Highway after picking up a copy at Wal-Mart. It inspired a brand new song that is scheduled to be aired on Randall Cousins' Brave New Frontiers progressive country radio show this weekend. Bakersfield fans...
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My birthday gift for Buck Owens was to have been entire collection of songs I wrote and recorded for him included in a CD called Confessions of a Buckaholic. He left this earth before I was able to give it to him. Thanks to Jim Shaw of the Buckaroos, he did hear one song from the CD, and told...
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hello, everyone; remember the rollergirls' fundraiser tomorrow at the dome!... i have a blog ostensibly about my band, but more usually about my life, at www.duskdevils.blogspot.com ... the latest stuff is about summer vacation, lysa luna's tarot art, the fabulously talented bloodshot bill, stuff...
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What do you get when you cross Buck Owen's twang flavor, his devil-may-care attitude and hip hop music? Well, that's what I was trying to find out when I wrote BYOB (Bring Yer Own Buck). The song tells the story of a DJ who just lost most of his Buck Owens records due to some thief breaking...
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Hi, I'm Dr. BLT, and I'm a Buckaholic. Today, in anticipation of Buck Owens' birthday on Saturday, I'm holding an online Buckaholics Anonymous Meeting. Look no further, the meeting is right here, right now! If you are a Buckaholic, that is, if you are addicted to the music of Buck Owens and the...
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The people of Bakersfield are wonderful. They sang very well! Ritch Sublett, Producer, CMT (Country Music Television). In anticipation of Buck's birthday coming up on Saturday, I'd like to take you down memory lane (or, more aptly, down the Streets of Bakersfield). Where were you on the night...
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