Thanks, J.R.R

Happy Haggard

Bakersfield Californian August 8, 1963

 Flagface much better than Mrs. Salad Bowl

 A Pocket Full of Dreams

 So Sad

 A mic's best friend

Former Galena Mayor Dale Oglesby stated that he thought of the concept in 2011. The arch spans 100 feet for the 100th-year anniversary of Route 66. The metal frame is mostly from Joplin; its metal trusses are from the East Middle School Gym that was destroyed in the 2011 Tornado. There will be a dedication after the signs are hung and the lights are set on the structure.

  Wear It

In Bakersfield, where the sun blazes and the oil flows, a man’s worth is measured by the grit on his boots and the scent on his collar. After a day in the patch, he doesn’t just wash off the oil, he elevates it. He steps into Pyrenees Café, the aroma of pickled tongue in the air, and every head turns. At the Tam O’Shanter, he orders a drink, and the bartender knows—this man wears The Baron. Because in a town where oil is king, The Baron is the crown. The Baron. Refined, like your crude. -- Author unknown

Launched in 1961, favored by Dennis Payne, who sung about oilfield workers and even had a short fling in the profession. Some Bakersfield oil field workers though were not sold, describing it as "a bit floral," leading to being tabbed dangerously as sissy-bait at the Blackboard on a crowded Saturday night. Woe be unto you.

 Baketown 

 

Clay Quarry

 Hoedown

 Hot El Bakersfield

Felix Adamo 1979

 Brymar Records

 The Right Angle

 Buckmobile (Buck Owens)

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 Cal Newsroom 1982

Bakersfield Californian newspaper newsroom. Chris Bagdikian (RIP), Tom Mauer, Diane Hardisty. What looks like computers are actually Video Display Terminals (VDTs), essentially, word processers.

Bogus Bill

I have one. Some can have some value to collectors. Of course, if we could put together all the money our federal and state governments have wasted and/or lost track of we could all have a real such bill, or at least sums to equal the amount.

 2014

Amazon/Editorial Review

The Mosrite Rebirth album features songs originally played by The Ventures, Iron Butterfly, Joe Maphis, Ramones, Jimi Hendrix and other great artists in music history. Now, these unforgettable tunes are returning with performances by world well-known musicians. For example, Nokie Edward of The Ventures played the Mosrite 1964 Reissue Mark I on Hawaii Five-O and Slaughter on Tenth Avenue. Elliot Easton of The Cars played the Mosrite 1965 Reissue Mark I on Goldfinger. Grammy award winner Brent Mason played the Mosrite 1965 Reissue on Caravan and Walk Don't Run. CJ Ramone, of The Ramones, played his signature CJ Ramone bass on I Wanna Be Sedated and Blitzkrieg Bop. Jody Maphis, son of Joe Maphis, played the Mosrite 1963 Reissue Mark I on Ghost Riders In the Sky and Thunder Road/Bonazza Medley. German metal hero Alex Rodt of Voodoo Circle played the new model Danamite on Spanish Castle Magic. JIRO, of Kamikazi and the former Richie Ramone Band, played Mark II bass on Spanish Castle Magic as well. Son of co-founder of Mosrite Guitar Company Mark Moseley, played the 1965 Reissue Mark I on House of the Rising Sun. You will find this album exciting and fresh! The new Mosrite guitars and basses are incredible. 

 Primo Photog

 

1965 Ventures ad/Mosrite

Moseley's Studio of Guitar, 145 Chester Ave., Bakersfield 

    

 Hank

 Semper Fi

 Big, Big, Love

"Mr. Cracker Barrel, Are You taking me off your walls. I posed for Norman Rockwell; I'll have you know."

Shame On You, CB, I'll make my own meatloaf, mac, my own biscuits, and reacquaint myself with the old country charm of my own habitat from now on.

PLUS:

Steak 'n Shake slams Cracker Barrel CEO for eliminating 'old-timer' from logo: 'We take pride in our history'

    Sure as (Sharpe)shootin' -- 1983

 Merle and Leona

                                 May 1982

 Book it...

 Rose Lee Maphis, Gene Moles, Billy Mize

 SEE IT..

It's out now in special super-duper edition that will run you 70 to 99 smackers, depending, but well worth it.

Lawrence of Arabia limited edition 4K UHD steelbook (60th anniversary)

 

It's For Real -- Beef, Bacon Beer, Beans, the Great American Diet. Where are you, Bobby Kennedy?

 Flying Burrito Brothers

 (I guess all the good names were taken)

Actually a fave of mine back in the beginning, name and personnel changes all

 Pretty Boy Floyd, 1934

 Yes, this is all bird -- Blue crowned pigeon

Streets of Bakersfield -- does it matter the video was shot in Delano

Feed The Crave -- La Tapatia

I, to this day from the '70s, much crave the chili verde burrito from this place in the alley off Baker and I believe Williams streets in Bakersfield.

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 Steeping with irony, photojournalist Dorothea Lange

Lange took a few different photographs of this sadly ironic billboard with families camped behind it for some limited shelter.

Creator(s): Lange, Dorothea, photographer

Title: Billboard along U.S. 99 behind which three destitute families of migrants are camped. Kern County, California

Date Created/Published: 1938 Nov.

Medium: 1 negative : nitrate ; 4 x 5 inches or smaller.

Reproduction Number: LC-USF34-018619-C (b&w film nitrate neg.) LC-DIG-fsa-8b32706 (digital file from original neg.)

Rights Advisory: No known restrictions. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs.

 Oiltown

 I have this in B&W framed -- North Carolina 1939 Old Country Store

Another, Oklahoma 1940

     Sad, Sad, Note, But Time Marches On, if you'll pardon a cliche...

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