The Sideman
After more than four decades of performing before audiences in venues large and small, even as he deals with a disease that’s robbed him...
Russell’s Legacy Lives On
If you’re reading this anytime after Feb. 9, then you know – or can easily find out – whether Sir Elton John paid a...
More Than the Wills Boys
Forty years ago, Tulsa’s Caravan Ballroom, not Cain’s, was home to one of the best western swing bands in the country.
Ever since early 1934, when...
The Breeze Blows In White’s Direction
Exactly one year ago, this space was devoted to a report on veteran Tulsa-based singer-songwriter Don White, who, after decades of performing, touring, recording...
Regaining His Groove
If he and his longtime musical partner Joey Harlan had just gotten a good break or two, had been at the right place at...
Nostalgia For Yourself
When I was 15 years old, my friend Paul McSpadden came to my house for a visit, bringing with him something rare and beautiful:...
Mutilations Ruminations
In the course of her job as an accounting analyst at a Tulsa-area oil and gas company, it’s very unlikely that Shelly Reynolds comes...
In the Wake of Blood Cult
The Oklahoma direct-to-video horror release launched a short-lived cottage industry.
Trucking in Memorabilia
Out of the plethora of show-biz memorabilia displayed inside Jim Halsey’s seven-room office suite, the Tulsa-based country-music impresario has plucked, on this day, a...
Dracula’s Ghost
I’ve written in this space before about monster kids, those baby-boomer boys (mostly) who grew up immersed in the golden era of escapist horror...
