Bakotopia

Search:

View Topic

There are 52 blog posts about 'Bakersfield Sound underground'

view more blog topics

1 2 3 4

Rumor has it that some of my younger fans have called this song "dope," but I wouldn't recommend smoking it.  It's called Mrs. Hippie from Mississipi, and It's sub-titled Person Voted Most Likely to Vote against Chad Vegas, and it's from the mini-soundtrack to the forthcoming...
Comments [0] - Views [6]
 

Welcome to Bakersfield Sound Trivia Quest.  I'm Dr. BLT.  I'll be your host and guest singer/songwriter.  You won't find the answer to today's trivia quest question here.  Sure you can sample the song on the play station here (first verse or two and even part of the chorus),...
Comments [1] - Views [9]
 

July 31, 2008 was an historic day in the Bakersfield sound moving it forward movement, involving cross-generational mentoring.  It was the day local living legend Lloyd Reading arrived on the campus of College of the Canyons as a guest speaker/singer at my Chapman University Developmental...
Comments [0] - Views [3]
 

As long as we're talkin' Buckshot, the seed is good.  In fact, it's superb.  One of the seeds even comes from "the big tree"---Buck Owens himself.  All of us who want to see the younger generations benefit from the rich musical legacy that was left behind with...
Comments [2] - Views [8]
 

The first two questions are contained in the subject line. Now, you'll need a hint to answer the first one: Where was this photo taken? (hint: it's owned by the father of the band member whose dad is Buck Owens and it contains horses and dinosaurs). but to win your copy of my...
Comments [2] - Views [10]
 

This morning, after crashing a couple of nights at my place, my brother from Slovakia left, with his family, and they will be leaving the country in a few days, heading back to Slovakia, where he operates a language school and plays in a bluegrass band.  The...
Comments [0] - Views [7]
 

Hank Ray was over in the BuckarooM last night for a single-question interview that doubled as the song you are hearing right now.  I was a bit circumlocutory in asking the question, but he didn't beat around the bush at all.  You'll have to wait until the end of the song to hear his...
Comments [0] - Views [8]
 

It looks like, so far, the news on the review front is good for the last solo project to emerge from the closing doors of the old Buck Owens recording studios.  For those following such reviews, here's the latest, this one by a music critic I have great respect for---Michael Dalton. Here is...
Comments [2] - Views [12]
 

If you haven't gone underground lately, you're missing out on some exciting action, like my recent interview with Hot Rod of FattKatt and the VonZippers.  Along with Dusk Devils, this local act is on the cutting edge of the burgeoning Bakersfield-sound-grounded bakobilly movement. ...
Comments [0] - Views [7]
 

What do you get when you take a beatnik, (or a post-beatnik), put a cowboy hat on him, and get him in touch with the Bakersfield sound history, and genre?  Give up? You get a Bucknick!  Buck's Bunkhouse is a new virtual retro Kern County country rock coffee house blog series at: ...
Comments [0] - Views [5]
 

Were you an adolescent that went astray, like Merle Haggard did?  Are you the parent of a child that took the wrong road? If you have a story to tell about how you turned it all around, tell it here, at the site of this brand new song.  Here are the lyrics, the recording is in the...
Comments [2] - Views [22]
 

Here's your clue, and it doubles as a free Dr BLT download: Ticket to Ride words and music by J. L. and P.M.  Dr BLT feat. Roxie http://www.drblt.net/music/... The winner (the first one to get the correct answer and post it in the comments section) receive a copies of...
Comments [4] - Views [18]
 

  There's Lloyd Reading, there's Homer Joy, there's Red Simpson, there's Billy Mize, there's Sonny Langley, just to name a few of the local living legends of the Bakersfield sound genre.  My question to those who are familiar with these cats and their Kern County country music, is...
Comments [1] - Views [3]
 

IT'S FINALLY HAPPENING---two generations, united by one sound, the Bakersfield sound.  Tonight, beginning at 7 pm, the man Hank Ray and I have named "Playbody Lloyd" in this co-written song of ours, will be joining us in an historic video-taped interview/recording session in my own...
Comments [0] - Views [4]
 

If you're a local artist, duo or band that has been consistently rejected, you may qualify to be interviewed as a bona fide underdog for a new series of Underground Underdog interviews to be featured at Bakersfield Sound Underground: http://www.bakersfieldsound...   If...
Comments [0] - Views [6]
 

1 2 3 4

Bakotopia helps people in Bakersfield, California find cool events, meet up, buy and sell stuff, find jobs and more. Learn more about us.

Forgot password?

NO ACCOUNT YET? REGISTER NOW!


Peeps to Meet



Meet More People



Who Knows Who?

Dizzyfingers - 1365 friends
captainmorgan - 947 friends
firebrats - 921 friends
thenovelist - 885 friends
matt - 832 friends

Meet People Who Like ...

View Them All | Add Yours!