John Wooley

This year marks the 100th anniversary of a crimson blot on Tulsa’s, Oklahoma’s, and America’s history – the Tulsa Race Massacre of May 31-June 1,...

In our current book, Twentieth-Century Honky-Tonk, co-writer Brett Bingham and I devote a good number of pages to the role Tulsa played in the development...

Over the last several months, Brent Douglas has learned a lot about the principles of action and reaction  – although they’re not the kinds of...

Like the people and the scene it celebrates, author Josh Crutchmer’s new book about Red Dirt music was a long time in the making. “I...

Firsts are, to put it mildly, tricky things. It’s like the old saw about being the fastest gun in the West: There’s always somebody faster....

The trouble with studying something that’s still alive is that it can keep eluding you. This applies to my own particular quest to pin down...

Sam Harris may be the ultimate show-biz hyphenate.  It’s hard to believe that some 37 years have passed since the Sand Springs native brought down...

Tulsa drummer and songwriter Chuck Blackwell began etching his name into pop culture history some 60 years ago, as one of the original guys who...

Over the years, I’ve been fortunate enough to have written or co-written several books about Oklahoma’s pop culture history.  Every time I’ve done one, I’ve...

What does the engaging new autobiography of top rock music record producer Ted Templeman, famed for his work with the likes of Van Halen, the...