Silicon Investor - The Bakersfield Beat

[Tom Clarke] Billy Mize and the Bakersfield sound [youtube video]

Tom Clarke — 3/17/2026 9:59:32 AM

[Tom Clarke] Billy Mize - Planet Named Desire [youtube video]

Tom Clarke — 3/17/2026 9:57:13 AM

[Tom Clarke] Merle Haggard - Swinging Doors [youtube video]

Tom Clarke — 2/26/2026 6:32:07 PM

[Tom Clarke] Porter Wagoner - I'll Go Down Swinging [youtube video]

Tom Clarke — 2/26/2026 6:08:21 PM

[Tom Clarke] Dwight Yoakam - I'd Avoid Me Too [youtube video]

Tom Clarke — 2/26/2026 5:59:40 PM

[Tom Clarke] Dwight Yoakam - Fast As You [youtube video]

Tom Clarke — 2/26/2026 5:51:24 PM

[Tom Clarke] Dwight Yoakam on Why He Never Fit the Country Music Mold [youtube video]

Tom Clarke — 2/22/2026 5:39:58 AM

[Tom Clarke] Dwight Yoakam - Off Your Mind [youtube video]

Tom Clarke — 2/22/2026 5:23:46 AM

[Tom Clarke] Los Hermanos Mendoza - Little Ways [youtube video]

Tom Clarke — 2/22/2026 5:21:44 AM

[Tom Clarke] Dwight Yoakam - Little Ways [youtube video]

Tom Clarke — 2/22/2026 5:18:09 AM

[Tom Clarke] My favorite song about a fight. [youtube video]

Tom Clarke — 2/19/2026 7:46:22 AM

[Maple MAGA ] Merle Haggard - The Fightin' Side Of Me [youtube video] … I hear people talkin...

Maple MAGA — 2/19/2026 6:41:38 AM

Merle Haggard - The Fightin' Side Of Me

… I hear people talking bad
About the way they have to live here in this country
Harping on the wars we fight
And griping 'bout the way things ought to be
And I don't mind them switching sides
And standing up for things they believe in
But when they're running down our country
They're walking on the fighting side of me

… They're walking on the fighting side of me
Running down a way of life
Our fighting men have fought and died to keep
If you don't love it, leave it
Let this song that I'm singing be a warning
When you're running down our country
You're walking on the fighting side of me

… I read about some squirely guy
Who claims that he just don't believe in fighting
And I wonder just how long
The rest of us can count on being free
They love our milk and honey
But they preach about some other way of living
And when they're running down our country, man
They're walking on the fighting side of me

… They're walking on the fighting side of me
Running down a way of life
Our fighting men have fought and died to keep
If you don't love it, leave it
Let this song that I'm singing be a warning
When you're running down our country
You're walking on the fighting side of me

… You're walking on the fighting side of me
Running down a way of life
Our fighting men have fought and died to keep
If you don't love it, leave it
Let this song that I'm singing be a warning
When you're running down our country, hoss
You're walking on the fighting side of me

[Tom Clarke] I saw the New Riders a few years ago. They refused to do Panama Red.

Tom Clarke — 2/18/2026 4:22:38 PM

[Maple MAGA ] Dwight Yoakam - Sorry You Asked [youtube video]

Maple MAGA — 2/18/2026 4:55:13 AM

[Tom Clarke] Dwight Yoakam - Turn It On, Turn It Up, Turn Me Loose [youtube video]

Tom Clarke — 2/17/2026 4:44:25 PM

[Tom Clarke] Bear Family Records has a couple of CDs that capture the early Bakersfield sound...

Tom Clarke — 2/17/2026 4:40:37 PM

Bear Family Records has a couple of CDs that capture the early Bakersfield sound.

bear-family.com

bear-family.com

[Maple MAGA ] The Byrds - Wasn't Born To Follow [youtube video]

Maple MAGA — 2/16/2026 4:32:20 PM

[Maple MAGA ] Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson - Pancho and Lefty [youtube video] Living on the ...

Maple MAGA — 2/15/2026 10:18:06 AM

Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson - Pancho and Lefty

Living on the road my friend
Was gonna keep you free and clean
And now you wear your skin like iron
And your breath as hard as kerosene

Weren't your mama's only boy
But her favorite one it seems
She began to cry when you said goodbye
And sank into your dreams

Pancho was a bandit boy
His horse was fast as polished steel
He wore his gun outside his pants
For all the honest world to feel

Pancho met his match you know
On the deserts down in Mexico
Nobody heard his dying words
Ah but that's the way it goes

All the Federales say
They could have had him any day
They only let him slip away
Out of kindness, I suppose

Lefty, he can't sing the blues
All night long like he used to
The dust that Pancho bit down south
Ended up in Lefty's mouth

The day they laid poor Pancho low
Lefty split for Ohio
Where he got the bread to go
There ain't nobody knows

All the Federales say
They could have had him any day
We only let him slip away
Out of kindness, I suppose

The poets tell how Pancho fell
And Lefty's living in cheap hotels
The desert's quiet, Cleveland's cold
And so the story ends we're told

Pancho needs your prayers it's true
But save a few for Lefty too
He only did what he had to do
And now he's growing old

All the Federales say
We could have had him any day
We only let him go so long
Out of kindness, I suppose

A few gray Federales say
We could have had him any day
We only let him go so long
Out of kindness, I suppose

[Maple MAGA ] SIETE HORAS Bebe [youtube video]

Maple MAGA — 2/9/2026 11:31:54 PM

[Maple MAGA ] Calle 13 - Atrevete te te [youtube video]

Maple MAGA — 2/9/2026 11:31:29 PM

[Maple MAGA ] Los Lobos - Will the Wolf Survive [youtube video] Through the chill of winte...

Maple MAGA — 2/9/2026 11:20:42 PM

Los Lobos - Will the Wolf Survive

Through the chill of winter
Running across a frozen lake
Hunters hard on his trail
All odds are against him
With a family to provide for
But one thing he must keep alive
Will the wolf survive?

Drifting by the roadside
Climbs a strong and aging face
Wants to make some honest pay
Losing to the rainstorm
He's got two strong legs to guide him
Two strong arms keep him alive
Will the wolf survive?

Standing in the pouring rain
All alone in a world that's changed
Running scared now forced to hide
In a land where he once stood with pride
But he'll find his way by the morning light

Sounds across the nation
Coming from your hearts and minds
Battered drums and old guitars
Singing songs of passion
It's the truth that they all look for
Something they must keep alive
Will the wolf survive?
Will the wolf survive?

[Maple MAGA ] Julión Álvarez Y Su Norteño Banda - Las Mulas De Moreno [youtube video]

Maple MAGA — 2/9/2026 11:19:55 PM

[Maple MAGA ] Commander Cody - Seeds And Stems Again [youtube video]

Maple MAGA — 2/9/2026 11:03:59 PM

[Maple MAGA ] Dwight Yoakam - Sorry You Asked [youtube video]

Maple MAGA — 2/9/2026 11:02:57 PM

[Maple MAGA ] New Riders of the Purple Sage - Panama Red [youtube video]

Maple MAGA — 2/9/2026 10:59:26 PM

[Maple MAGA ] Buck Owens - Love's Gonna Live Here [youtube video]

Maple MAGA — 2/9/2026 10:06:14 AM

[Maple MAGA ] Emymylou Harris - Pancho and Lefty [youtube video]

Maple MAGA — 2/8/2026 11:18:50 PM

[Maple MAGA ] Linda Ronstadt - The Waiting [youtube video]

Maple MAGA — 2/8/2026 11:17:01 PM

[Maple MAGA ] Jann Browne - Louisville [youtube video]

Maple MAGA — 2/8/2026 11:15:53 PM

[Maple MAGA ] Dwight Yoakam with Buck Owens - Streets Of Bakersfield [youtube video]

Maple MAGA — 2/8/2026 11:05:45 PM

[Maple MAGA ] Merle Haggard - Mama Tried [youtube video]

Maple MAGA — 2/8/2026 11:04:25 PM

[Maple MAGA ] Buck Owens - Act Naturally [youtube video]

Maple MAGA — 2/8/2026 11:02:20 PM