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John Wooley
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The Story of Cowboy Jones
It started when Leatha Pierce, a volunteer for LIFE Senior Services in Tulsa, asked Bob Wiles to put together a band for a big fundraising...
Defying Expectations
In January of this year, Smithsonian Magazine named Tulsa composer and pianist Barron Ryan one of its “Ten Innovators to Watch in 2021.” In the...
Three Chords and the Truth
On a morning not long ago, as James Robert Webb sat gazing out his hotel room window at the Nashville skyline, he found himself recalling...
Saying Goodbye
to an Icon
Christopher Lewis was a true child of Hollywood. His father, Tom, made his mark as a radio-entertainment pioneer and film producer; his mother, Loretta Young,...
Striking Gold
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,...
Swingin’ Our way
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...
Another Hilarious Chapter
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...
Chronicling Red Dirt
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...
The Legacy of Gene
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....
A Trip to Paradise
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...
