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Some of you last-minute-in-the-door-seeking musicians desiring to secure your rightful place in Bakersfield Sound history at the home of the old Buck Owens studios (re-named Fat Tracks and, later, Pig) might have discovered an apparent contradiction that seems to violate the laws of...
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Here are your choices:
a. Buck Owens
b. Blue Metal
c. Dr BLT
d. Iron Outlaws
e. Tom Petty and Mudcrutch
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More accurately, it's my new bakobilly krock tune. Krock is a term I coined (after having a couple of beers) to describe a new form of Kern County country rock. Bakobilly is my flavor of distinctly Bakersfield rockabilly. "Kross"...
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I'd like to introduce my new one-man band. This is Dr BLT and the Bitter Clingers (aka me) playing a little bit of my new blog n roll prospective hit, One Hand on my Bible (The Other on my Gun). It's time to play blog n roll. You know the rules if you've travelled this...
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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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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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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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Last night's gig at Starbucks on Rosedale Highway and Calloway was well attended, by a wide rage of age groups (the youngest being my daughter (seen here) who will turn 3 in July. with a wide-range of musical style preferences. Dubbed Coffee as Art, it was all for a good...
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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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BAKERSFIELD SOUND Trivia Quest: Picture the Sound Edition
If you are new to the blog n roll studio, here's how you play the game. I provide the tune and topic-------you provide the talk.
Here's your clue to today's Bakersfield Sound Trivia Quest question:...
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