Bakersfield Sound Underground: Recent Comments

Comment on The Aventures of "Oil" Dale: Alien carpenters, compromised brains and foiled wedding plans

2010-02-01T05:58:31Z

I really had mixed feelings listening to the song. The refrain, "it only hurts when I cry" touched my limbic system and my frontal lobe. I had a mixture of pleasure and remorse. As a the blues the elite experts of the Bakersfield Blues Society instructed me once that rock coming from blues presents bad news in a pleasant manner. I really loved the acoustic guitar and also the heavy metal bass that was used with a wah wah peddle.
The sound reminded me of a combination of early Eric Clapton, the vocals reminded me of Bob Dylan especially with the authenticity of feeling and remorse about having grown up when he did not fully realize the oppression of the south and then the sadness of learning what really happened. the lyrics It only hurts when I cry make the learning process immortal. The rhythm makes the song pleasing so that we are able to hear the pain. For most people it is difficult to hold conflicting feelings at the same time but the beauty of music holds our frontal lobe so that the delivery can present things to our limbic system that wow us into accepting and holding the pain of the writer.

Comment on Strange sighting/odd encounter on Buck Owens Blvd.

2010-01-18T08:05:31Z

I think I saw one of those guys at Trout's on Saturday during Rockwell's Birthday Bash, at the Blues Jam when I gave the latter a copy of our new CD, Blue Mirror II.

Jerry The Saxman
Blue Mirror

Comment on Strange sighting/odd encounter on Buck Owens Blvd.

2010-01-18T08:00:50Z

Right on!

Comment on The Aventures of "Oil" Dale: Alien carpenters, compromised brains and foiled wedding plans

2010-01-18T07:58:31Z

Just focusing on the song...a great tribute to MLK. Great vocals...Tom Petty without the nasality and good neo-classical acoustic guitar. Sounds like Pat F. on drums with excellent footwork. Let's not forget to give Bakersfield's best kept secret, Reggie L., on lead guitar and bass along with his usual, outstanding recording skill. That's my take on this take.

Jerry The Saxman
Blue Mirror
(and, of course, Dr. BLT's Rolling Scones)

Comment on From country blues to "hick" hop: Preparing sounds for the Bakersfield Sound of Christmas

2010-01-14T16:38:31Z

Quite inspiring,
Great pictures,
Keep up the good work

Comment on Strange sighting/odd encounter on Buck Owens Blvd.

2010-01-14T07:31:13Z

Now that sounds like a prospect I would actually entertain!

Comment on Strange sighting/odd encounter on Buck Owens Blvd.

2010-01-14T07:23:55Z

A strange encounter indeed! A close Encounter of the Fourth Kind. Perhaps they were Buck's Angels, standing less than 100 yards from where we all sang with Buck.

Comment on Dr BLTrivia Quest: Christmas Edition

2010-01-06T06:04:04Z

You're Not the Kinda Ho (That Santa Had in Mind) . Happy New Year! Be strong, know God, and do His exploits.

Comment on Reunited with Merle? Recording with Willie? Well, he hasn't given up his "Christmas Day" job with me

2009-12-05T15:47:24Z

It looks like we have a Christmas miracle on the way. Count me in!

Comment on New Christmas album will feature multiple local artists of all ages

2009-11-25T10:41:51Z

Hey, that was interesting,

This looks like it could be a great album,

Anyway, thanks for the post