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John Wooley
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Red Dirt Developments
More than 30 years after it first began rising out of the Oklahoma clay, in and around a funky, old two-story farmhouse outside of Stillwater,...
Women of Song
Those of you who regularly visit this space know that I’ve written a great deal about that elusive musical genre known as the classic Tulsa...
An Auditory Snapshot
We’ve all seen them, in books or museums or maybe in someone’s collection: snapshots from bygone times, capturing forever via an amateur’s lens something of...
Going to (the) Church
It took more than half a decade to restore and renovate Tulsa’s Church Studio. And while that may sound like a long time, five years...
Rooted in the Past
For years now, I’ve been hearing that the CD is an obsolete way of delivering music, that its time has come and gone, that new...
Selling Memories
Ask the veteran Tulsa broadcaster Mel Myers what he’s doing in his recently acquired gig as the morning man for radio station KBEZ (92.9 FM),...
No Talk Back
Before you dive into Jenks resident Joe Glyda’s new oversized hardcover publication, WWII Aviation Artwork and the Stories Behind These Beautiful Birds, take a look...
The Curious Case of CJ Garton
In the last generation or so, the recording part of the country-music business changed dramatically. Back in the ’90s, when Oklahoma stars like Garth Brooks,...
A Swinging Success
Shelby Eicher makes music. The Sand Springs resident has been at it ever since he was a kid in Ohio, playing in his family’s square-dance...
Oklahoma’s Horror Superstar
For Halloween this year, how about the story of a native Oklahoman who went on to become the only actor ever to play all four...
