Last year, the winner of the very first annual NBO Talent Competition was Lloyd McGarity.  He's winning entry was aired on KWMR.  This year, you can be the next NEXT BUCK OWENS.

NEXT BUCK OWENS Talent competition Rules

Here are the steps involved in how to become THE NEXT BUCK OWENS.

1.  Learn the audition song right off of this post by listening to it on the podcast (posted with the lyrics below).

2.  Start your own recording of the song to put your own personality and style into the arrangement and send it to drblt@drblt.net in the form of an mp3 attachment with your name, a brief bio and contact information.
 
3.  You can be a boy, girl, woman, man or band.  The whole idea behind the song is "be yourself, don't try to be anybody else."

4.  Deadline for the contest is October 25, 2011. 

If you are the winner....

Your cover of the original DR BLT song, IF YOU WANT TO BE THE NEXT BUCK OWENS will be aired live on KWMR's
Bakersfield and Beyond
And they will announce you, on the air, as the official NEXT BUCK OWENS, 2011.

I will promote you, your rendition of the song, and your bio on my blog, Bakersfield Sound Underground.

Let's get the party started...


If you Wanna Be the Next Buck Owens
Dr BLT
words and music by Dr Bruce L Thiessen, featuring Hank Ray on lead guitar
aka Dr BLT © 2010
Next Buck Owens by Dr BLT

if you wanna be the next Buck Owens
if you wanna grab the tiger by the tail
just give 'em all you've got
dare to be different
sing out from your heart
let your guitar's wail

chorus:
be yourself
be yourself
you don't have to be anybody else
if you wanna be the next Buck Owens
break some hearts
and make some spirits melt

if you wanna be the next Merle Haggard
you don't have to sing the fightin' side of me
just give 'em all you've got
dare to be different
sing out from your heart
let your guitar scream
(chorus; instrumental solo, repeat chorus)