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It's as simple as that.  There are two prizes that may be earned in this, the blog n roll game of the afternoon.  If you correctly guess whether this is a mere rumor, unsubstantiated by fact, or a true statement, you win the first copy of the song, if and when it is released as an mp3 ...
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You're looking at the Derailers CD, Under the Influence of Buck, a collection of Buck Owens cover tunes by the band.    The winner gets a copy of my song, Under the Influence of Buck, on mp3, along with the bigger prize of the self-satisfaction that comes with a vast fund of knowledge...
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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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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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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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 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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 Yes, it's another birthday, thank God, for Homer Joy.  He's a terrific songwriter who penned The Streets of Bakersfield for Buck.  He's had a heart transplant, but he's always, and will always have a big heart for these streets of Bakersfield and all the people that walk...
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I borrowed this announcement from this blogger.  http://www.bakotopia.com/ho... I hope you don't mind, kookoonauts. I hope to make this event, and I'm hoping that if you're Bakersfield's Next Buck, I'll discover you there, and I do mean discover. ...
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If Jerry's Trout Pizza ever catches on, I want to be one of the delivery boys.  In my humble opinion, the Bakersfield music scene is struggling to find itself, after a post-Bakersfield-Sound-post-Korn identity crisis.   In my opinion, there exists a collosal generation...
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 Welcome to the first in a new series: Stories and Songs from the Streets of Bakersfield.   It's a series inspired by The Streets of Bakersfield, the song written by Homer Joy and recorded and taken to the top of the charts by Buck Owens and Dwight Yoakam.  The...
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 When I discovered that the old Buck Owens Studios (aka Fat Tracks, aka Pig) were closing the doors, and learned more about the rich history of the place, I began mourning what I had missed out on all of the years I've been recording.   I had spoken with Rick Davis about...
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 C'mon, you can do it!  Welcome to my blog n roll studio.  I'm your host, Dr BLT.  In the game of blog n roll, I supply the topic and the tunes, and you supply the talk.  I took this pic at the Merle Haggard street-signing ceremony a few weeks back, on The Day Merle...
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 Talk on the Streets of Bakersfield suggested it was highly anticipated.  Now it's here.  Two other publications have notified me of their plans to publish it.  I only pitched it to these two and Tollbooth, so more may be wanting to jump on the Bakersfield Sound...
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I'll meet you noonish today on the patio between Zingo's Cafe and The Boss on Buck Owens Boulevard.  Get Rich quick.  Cash in on a real HooteNOONee today.  Kick back and earn some hard-earned play as I get into a set featuring back-2-back Buck Owens/Johnny Cash tunes---not...
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The following lyrics, from a soon-2-be-released cut from the CD, From Buck Owens Blvd. to Merle Haggard Drive,  are based upon a true story about the anticipation what type of Buck-Owens-related anniversary? a) His birth b) The day Buck Owens first recorded together with Dr...
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