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The short film producer (who doubles as one of the fastest-rising guitarists in the nu Bako Sound underground movement from the krock crop, or the Kern County country rock crop), Hank Ray, told let me know "all I have to do is act naturally." And, acting naturally comes...
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Someday, I hope to be good enough to write commercial radio jingles for Trout's, maybe even to perform there, but in the meantime, I'm just playing around and dreaming.
What you're hearing if you've activated the attached play station is just a sample of what you'll get today, when you go...
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As the local underground music scene goes, t's one of the hottest topics to hit the Streets of Bakersfield in recent days. I'm talking about the Bakersfield Sound generation gap.
Up until now, I've been doing my best to put a spotlight on the problem, and the nature of the...
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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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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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Imagine a resolution was put together to have the official name of our city changed from Bakersfield to Buckersfield, and city government officials were about to vote on the measure. If you were invited to a community forum to express your opinion on the resolution, would you attend? ...
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Photos from the Stampede Days post-rodeo party hosted by the Blackboard Stage @ Trout's Nightclub - Bakersfield on Saturday, May 3rd.
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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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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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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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I felt like I was treading on holy ground. After catching the announcement on the Bakotopia blog about the jam session/songwriter's workshop at Trout's, I said to myself, "Why not?" and headed over there on Monday, April 14.
I was directed down this rickety old staircase...
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