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I recently took the words to that old Little River Band song to heart and decided it was "time for a cool change." So I gathered my wife, my nearly 3-year-old daughter, a stack of my new CDs (The Buck Owens Studios Farewell Session), and headed North to Canada.
After landing in...
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Meet me underground tomorrow for a brief article on the subject and a rockin' round table discussion in the comments section. My name is Dr. BLT. I'll be your host. I teach Developmental Psychology at Chapman University on the beautiful campus of College of the Canyons in...
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There are right answers, there are wrong answers, and then, there's the best answer. If you feel you have the best answer, post it under the comments section at:
Bakersfield Sound Underground
Tomorrow, June 25, 2008. You'll win a prize, and you'll win the comforting...
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------even if it's an ox. like the one pictured here, that my wife took at a little shop in Banff, Alberta. The deadline for mix tapes or CD-R covers of the song, If You Wanna Be the Next Buck Owens, is June 30, 2008 at 12 midnight.
What will the winner of Bakersfield's Next Buck...
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This photo I took is not posted here to necessarily represent my preference. I enjoy both and I need you to help me if I'm ever caught in this jam (pun wholly intended):
It's a Saturday night. There's a kick-ass country band playing at Trout's and there's one playing over at the...
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Here's another Trout's Tall Tale told in Song, from a forthcoming collection of such. This one's about not only not kicking a woman when she's down, but actually picking her up by being a true cowboy gentleman. I hope you enjoy it. It's called Cowboy Up 'cause Cowgirl's...
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Welcome to Bakersfield Sound Trivia Quest (BSTQ). I'm Dr. BLT. I'll be the host of today's challenge question.
You'll choose between two, both located within blocks of one another, in downtown Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The first of these two is pictured here. You'll need...
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It's good to be back on The Streets of Bakersfield Homer, Buck and Dwight made famous, but I sure had a great time travelling down the highways of mid-western Canada talking to Canadians and tourists from all around the world about the Bakersfield Sound.
This picture was taken on the way...
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It's not in the lyrics below, and you'll have to listen closely to catch it.
Welcome to Bakersfield Sound Trivia Quest meets Trout's Tall Tales Told in song, my new Bakersfield Sound series. I wrote and recorded the first song this morning from the BuckarooM in my house. It's called...
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I thought maybe some of the last bands and artists to have recorded at the old Buck Owens Studios (aka Fat Tracks/Pig Studios) would have showed up to honor the living legends that have contributed, in collosal ways, to the Bakersfield Sound.
They were conspicuously absent. I'm sure...
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If you've been gone underground these days, you'll realize that Homer Joy is still making the independent country music charts, and you'll know that both the Bakobilly TM and the KROCK TM (Kern County country rock) scene has been on the rise, from the underground up.
I've got my...
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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...
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Welcome to Bakersfield Sound Trivia Quest, one of several blog n roll games featured at Dr. BLT's Blog n Roll Studio. I'm Dr. BLT. I'll be your humble host.
I've introduced your quest in the subject line. Your prize will be a free mp3 download of the medley...
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Imagine the Beatles walking down the Streets of Bakersfield instead of Abbey Road. "It isn't hard to do." Imagination is what Bakersfield Sound Underground is all about, and today you will find a very special edition of Bakersfield Sound Underground Trivia Quest, in which...
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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...
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