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What Buck Owens' hit written by Johnny Russell and Voni Morrison was covered by the Beatles? Today's gift to the winner will be the self-satisfaction that comes with having a vast fund of knowledge about the Bakersfield Sound and the history and evolution of that sound.  Ready? ...
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Welcome to Ferlin Husky's Freudian Slips.  I'm your host, Dr. BLT.  Today we're taking a closer look at the lyrics to a great Ferlin Husky song, written by Fred Rose.  You might say it's a song about the thorns that come with the roses of love.  Afraid to tell you how much I...
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Welcome to a Billy Mize Mental Health Moment.  I'm Dr BLT, and I'll be the host of this blog n roll moment.  In blog n roll, I supply the topic and tune and you supply the talk.  Today's topic is Freud's concept of oral fixation as illustrated in one of Billy Mize's biggest hits,...
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Welcome to A Merle Haggard Mental Health Moment, where the songs of Bakersfield and Oildale's own Merle Haggard are examined in search of mental health nuggets of knowledge.  I'm Dr. BLT and I'll be your blog n roll host.  Today we examine the lyrics to Every Fool has a Rainbow.  ...
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 Billy, I'm sure you've got much better things to do, but in the unlikely event that you're in the blogosphere here tonight, here's your new birthday song, sung one more time for you here.  HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BILLY BOY! Of course, you own a copy of the song, so you can listen to it...
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Here's your hint.  He turned one year older today and there was a big birthday celebration for him at Trout's in Oildale.     The winner, that is, the first one to provide the correct answer, will win a free mp3 copy of the new Dr BLTune, Billy Mize Lullabies.   ...
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It looks like it's already tomorrow.             Billy Mize Lullabies words and music by Dr BLT copyright 2008   when she was just a baby mama put her to sleep with Billy Mize lullabies now she's a grown-up lady in war she lost her...
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This is the actual photograph of the broken hand referred to in the story. The story is contained in the song, so I won't be redundant by telling it here again.  It's a remarkable story about coping and rising above one's misfortunes.  It's a real story about a real person I met on the...
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Happy Birthday, Billy Boy (a Billy Mize Birthday Surprise)   Words and music by Dr BLT copyright 2008   Happy Birthday, Billy Boy Through the years, you’ve brought us joy Who will buy the birthday wine? Gather round, it’s time to dine TV personality Country star...
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In Shellie Banco's interview with Mike Ness of Social Distortion, in today's Bkaersfield Californian, he says the following, "Merle Haggard is probably more of a rebel than Sid Vicious ever was."  http://www.bakersfield.com/... Punks, post-punks,...
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He's coming to Bakersfield.  He'll be at Fishlips on Friday at 8 pm.  He was featured in the Eye Street section of the Bakersfield Californian today.  He's made a bold pronouncement that country music is dead.  Here he is quoted in today's paper: "As far as what country...
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  Happy Birthday, Billy Boy (a Billy Mize Birthday Surprise)   Words and music by Dr BLT copyright 2008   Happy Birthday, Billy Boy Through the years, you’ve brought us joy Who will buy the birthday wine? Gather round, it’s time to dine TV personality Country...
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No, it wasn't recorded "live" in a Pennsylvania bar, but it was in my imagination.  In reality, it was rather roughly recorded and mixed in the "BuckarooM" at my house.  In my world of blog n roll, I supply the topic and the tune.   Today's tune is a...
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I didn't catch his name, so I just call him 37 Cent.  I was driving on the way to work yesterday.  As I pulled up to the intersection of Buck Owens Boulevard and 24th, just off of the freeway, I saw this man, gave him a buck (no pun intended) and asked him if I could take his picture so...
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Bunkccrock: BUNK-ROCK: Buck-owens-based Kern county country punk rock.  Bunkccrock: BUNK-ROCK: Buck-owens-based Kern county country punk rock.  Related terms: Krrockabilly: KROCK-A-BILLY:  A local Kern Country country rock artist, or an outsider, grounded in the Bakersfield...
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