John Wooley

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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 movies...

The Mayor of the Midway

After talking with William Davis following the June 15 death of his father – Bill Davis, the Tulsa entertainment legend – I remembered a bit...

A Punk Music History

Those of us who’ve spilled a lot of ink and devoted blocks of airtime to what many call the classic Tulsa Sound know that there...

Ending a String of Bad Luck

With the release of his new album, Get Ya’ Head Right, singer, harmonica player and Tulsa Sound architect Jimmy “Junior” Markham breaks a recording drought...

Among Art Deco Royalty

Over my years of writing about Oklahoma music, I’ve gotten into a lot of conversations about the exceptional quality of Tulsa’s musicians. Often, they’ve led...

The Heart Sings

Sure, he’d already made plenty of it, giving us thousands of live performances, scores of original songs, and a good number of albums to enjoy...

Retro Rockets Roll

Because there are always stirrings and rumblings before something bursts into the mainstream, it’s often difficult to pinpoint the beginning of a pop-culture trend. Some...

Mining for Solid Gold

Tommy Poole readily admits he’s “not expecting to make millions” on the new CD he produced and engineered, even though it’s got a two-time Grammy...

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 of...

A Jim-Dandy Comic Con

First, thanks to a checkered literary career that includes work as a comic-book scriptwriter, I was a guest at the inaugural Pryor Creek Comic Convention,...