Top 100 Oklahoma Musicians

[Rhino]

In light of Oklahoma's Centennial, I'm putting together a list of the Top 100 Oklahoma Musicians for the Oklahoma Rock NewsBlog (http://www.oklahomarock.com/blog/). It will cross as many musical genres as possible and as many eras as possible. There really isn't a set criteria but among the things I will look at are: albums sold, bands influenced, shows played, longevity, national prominence, etc. It isn't an exact science and I'm sure I'll leave out some deserving musicians, but I think it's worthwhile anyway.

Here's what I need from you. I want to know who YOU think should be in the Top 100 of all time and where they should be placed in that Top 100. I also want to know why. How were they influential? How did they change Oklahoma music?

How do the Flaming Lips measure up with Gene Autry? How does Charlie Christian compare to Garth Brooks? Hanson to Chet Baker? Defenestration to Debris? The GAP Band to The Nixons? Patti Page to Vince Gill? JJ Cale to For Love Not Lisa? All-American Rejects to Wanda Jackson? Chainsaw Kittens to Leon Russell? N.O.T.A. to Merle Haggard?

Give me your Top 10 or 15 or 20 or simply one that you think should be considered.

[Frozen Sooner]

Woody Guthrie

[OUAndy1807]

Color Me Badd

[silverwheels]

Hanson

[PrideTrombone]

Some off-the wall suggestions:

Gene Thrailkill (former director of the Pride)
Irv Wagner (trombone prof at OU... ask GHP for some particulars about him)

[Rogue]

Well if you're counting Merle as Oklahoma music he would be at the top for sure. You listed most of the ones I'd include off the top of my head except for Reba, Carrie Underwood, and Curt Hill. Great idea, give me some time and I'm bettin' this is a 5-star thread soon.

[proud gonzo]

Some off-the wall suggestions:

Gene Thrailkill (former director of the Pride)
Irv Wagner (trombone prof at OU... ask GHP for some particulars about him)
I second these suggestions.

[Rogue]

Guthries for sure. If you count Roy Clark for living in Tulsa, that d00d is one hell of a musician too.

[silverwheels]

From recent times, I think The Rounders deserve mention. Great, great blues-rock band. Blues first, though.

[Rogue]

Tommy Allsup. Seriously.

And Hoyt Axton.

[OzarkSooner]

Gotta give some props to Hoyt Axton...His mother co-wrote Heartbreak Hotel which as we know came to be one of Elvis' biggest hits. His biggest hit as a songwriter may have been "Joy To The World" which in and of itself was a HUGE pop favorite and still gets LOTS of radio play.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoyt_Axton

[critical_phil]

Mongo <3's Hinder.

[Rogue]

Leon Russell

[Rogue]

Random degree of separation. Mrs. Rogue's granddaddy toured with Gene Autry for a year. Still tells stories about NYC and Chicago like they were trips to Mars.

[Rogue]

OH! OH!
Rogerrrrrr freakin' Millerrrrrr, man!

And Cross Canadian Ragweed.

[apusooner]

Mike Hosty- every sunday at the deli until the end of time.

[OUinFLA]

All of the 5 Americans were from Oklahoma (Hugo & Durant)

Right now there is a petition you can sign to induct Mike Rabon & The 5 Americans into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

If you are so inclined to sign the petition, the link is:

http://www.petitiononline.com/m5r65/petition.html

I knew them personally, and would sure like to see them receive this honor.

Perhaps you would consider including them in your 100 Top Okie Musicians?

[stoops the eternal pimp]

DC Minner

[proud gonzo]

OH! OH!
Rogerrrrrr freakin' Millerrrrrr, man!

And Cross Canadian Ragweed.just the name makes me itch :O

[Rogue]

just the name makes me itch :O

Ribbbibbibbbibbbibibbb...babilllbowwwwwww....

Oh, did you mean Cross Canadian Ragweed?

[apusooner]

Do cover bands count? If so I also nominate Banana Seat strictly based on the fact that they use horns, which is a lost art in Oklahoma. I think they wrote some originals, but weren't as popular with those.

[proud gonzo]

what, no nominations of David B. Hooten?



*ducks*

[critical_phil]

Do cover bands count? If so I also nominate Banana Seat strictly based on the fact that they use horns, which is a lost art in Oklahoma. I think they wrote some originals, but weren't as popular with those.


the Matt Stansberry Band features a horn sometimes, plus he plays a bitchin butterscotch blonde telecaster.

[apusooner]

what, no nominations of David B. Hooten?



*ducks*
HAHA
this is a nomination for musicians, not music marketing

[LoyalFan]

Don't forget Brian Britt now, y'heah me?

Signed:

Juan Felipe Sousa

[proud gonzo]

Don't forget Brian Britt now, y'heah me?

Signed:

Juan Felipe Sousanot a bad nomination as long as we're not specifically talking about having a POSITIVE influence on music.

[LoyalFan]

not a bad nomination as long as we're not specifically talking about having a POSITIVE influence on music.

You catch on fast, Madonna.

(Press) "Juan" (for) Felipe Sousa (por favor).

[Partial Qualifier]

I cringe at the sound of his name because I hate bluegrass but he oughtta be in there.. Byron Berline. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byron_Berline)

[BlondeSoonerGirl]

:les: DARK STRANGER!!!

[BlondeSoonerGirl]

:les: THE DUSTERS!!!

[Boarder]

Doc Severensen

And, there was a dude at OU who taught Jazz classes. I think he played bass in a jazz trio. Older guy. Excellent and supposedly world renowned in his field. I can't remember his name, though.

[Boarder]

:les: THE DUSTERS!!!
Did you listen to the cd?

[BlondeSoonerGirl]

Yes.

[Sooner Born Sooner Bred]

Sandi Patty has to be in there for Christian music.

I'll think more on this, I just haven't seen her name yet.

[buck]

jacob fred jazz odyssey!!

[Jeopardude]

Defenestration to Debris?

Of all the comparisons you made ("JJ Cale to For Love Not Lisa?!!?)"), this one actually intrigues me enough to discuss. Both recording bizarre innovative and excellent debuts and then couldn't recreate or better them. Both were hooked into a national movement that seemed to have no relation to the local scene. And their albums are hard to find though Debris did have the CD reissue.

I think it'd be hard to make a case for either making Top 100, but they are still amazing. I guess you could argue for Tyson Meade for his body of work with both bands and solo stuff.

[SwitzerFan]

Garth Brooks/Toby Kieth

[Rhino]

Of all the comparisons you made ("JJ Cale to For Love Not Lisa?!!?)"), this one actually intrigues me enough to discuss. Really, the ____ to _____ thing was just to throw some names out there.

[SicEmBaylor]

1. Hanson
2. Hinder

[King Crimson]

Jay Mcshann, big band leader. born in Muskogee.

he's a legend.

also, from Muskogee is west coast "bop" guitarist from the 60's Barney Kessel. he was highly regarded.

Chet Baker from Yale, OK.

[royalfan5]

Carl Radle

[12]

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0424371/bio

The Okie linked above wrote a little jingle you might remember...

I'd like to buy the world a Coke...

[sooneron]

Wanda Jackson

Charlie Christian

MIchael Been

[soonerx]

Gotta give some props to Hoyt Axton...His mother co-wrote Heartbreak Hotel which as we know came to be one of Elvis' biggest hits. His biggest hit as a songwriter may have been "Joy To The World" which in and of itself was a HUGE pop favorite and still gets LOTS of radio play.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoyt_Axton

Gotta go with Hoyt!

Wikipedia doesn't mention this, but he did part of his growing up in my hometown of Broken Bow, OK. His dad John was the High School football coach there for a while and his mom Mae Boren Axton taught english. Their house was on the same street as a friend of mine growing up and Mae still lived there during that time (late 80s). Hoyt was also cousin to OU's president, David Boren.

[Animal Mother]

Wayne Coyne
Lee Hazelwood
Charlie Christian
Michael Hedges
Barney Kessel
Barry McGuire
Jimmy Webb
Dwight Twilley

Hoyt Axton also wrote "The Pusher" made famous by Steppenwolf. For all you yungins, they were the "Born To Be Wild" band.

[def_lazer_fc]

its gotta be woody guthrie, hands down.

[SoonerAW]

Jimmy Webb - Started touring but wound up being a songwriter. His credits are Wichita Lineman, Up, Up and Away, By The Time I Get To Phoenix and McArthur Park. Popular songs for us old timers

[Zbird]

Woody Guthrie, Leon McCauliffe,David Gates,JJ Cale, LEON, Mike Settle, Hoyt Axton, Roger Miller, Reba, Charlie McDaniel, Patti Page, to name a few. More to follow.

[SanJoaquinSooner]

Vince Gill (OKC) and Jon Glazer (Tulsa)

[Suerreal]

Second for Vince Gill. Would also suggest Joe Diffie.

[critical_phil]

Otis Watkins.

[Sooner Born Sooner Bred]

Patrick Fletcher
James Allen

[critical_phil]

Patrick Fletcher
James Allen


why do you hate Waymon Tisdale?

[apusooner]

don cherry--jazz trumpet

recorded with ornette coleman, john coltrane and sonny rollins to name a few

[Dio]

Jerry Cantrell

[DrRube]

Steve Gaines gets a nod.

[goingoneight]

Malcom Kelly...

... oh, wait... you said "MUSIC."

My bad. :O

[def_lazer_fc]

Jerry Cantrell
ok, one...he wasn't born in oklahoma.
and two...if thats the "best" musician you can think of, then......nevermind.

[Seamus]

Didn't know Flaming Lips were from the OKC.

Those guys succ caque.

[Rhino]

I posted the first five today.

We'll be counting down the Top 100 Oklahoma Musicians over the next four weeks, leading up to Oklahoma’s Statehood Day on November 16. Every weekday, we’ll unveil another five Oklahoma musicians or bands that helped shape the way Oklahoma music is viewed from the outside world.

100-96 (http://www.oklahomarock.com/blog/?p=619)

[Rhino]

95-91 (http://www.oklahomarock.com/blog/?p=622)

[usmc-sooner]

how is pow wow music considered rock

edit never mind I just saw you had musicians, for some reason I thought it was rock.

[Tear Down This Wall]

Please, dear God, make Cross Canadian Ragweed disappear. Thankfully, the cult hasn't caught on in Texas yet. But, a couple of years ago when I was living in Tulsa...insufferable. Spare, redundant fratboy "music".

[critical_phil]

whew.


i thought for sure Rhino would put the Dirt Poets at the bottom of the list.

i'm guessing top 50.

[Mixer!]

Bob Childers

[Rhino]

90-86 (http://www.oklahomarock.com/blog/?p=625)

#88 is a Sooner, #90 is the best basketball player in Sooner history.

[Civicus_Sooner]

OH! OH!
Rogerrrrrr freakin' Millerrrrrr, man!

And Cross Canadian Ragweed.
Aren't they an aggy band?

[SicEmBaylor]

Please, dear God, make Cross Canadian Ragweed disappear. Thankfully, the cult hasn't caught on in Texas yet. But, a couple of years ago when I was living in Tulsa...insufferable. Spare, redundant fratboy "music".

I like Cross-Canadian and you're crazy if you think it hasn't caught on in Texas. I know TONS of fans of the band down here. You may not hear them on your local radio station, but that's not all that surprising.

Hell, there are posters promoting their tour all over campus. My UT friends are especially into them.

[OklaPony]

whew.

i thought for sure Rhino would put the Dirt Poets at the bottom of the list.

i'm guessing top 50.
I'm not sure if I should laugh at this or not. Mixed emotions setting in.

Edit - Oh yeah, if Eddie Cochran doesn't make this Top 100 list I'm going to be very critical of Rhino. :)

[Jeopardude]

Rhino,

This is top notch listmaking. What a task you got. And pulling up acts I've never heard of. Tremendous. :D

[KRYPTON]

jacob fred jazz odyssey!!

When I was a senior at BTW, Reed Mathis was a freshman, and he played bass in the band we put together for the big yearly talent show. I was on guitar. We played "Tommy the Cat" by Primus, which basically meant I stood there and made noise while Reed utterly floored the universe with his playing. The dude was what, 14 at that point? Maybe 15?

Funny thing was how he was always grinning slightly, there was never any effort involved.

[Rhino]

Edit - Oh yeah, if Eddie Cochran doesn't make this Top 100 list I'm going to be very critical of Rhino. :) Eddie Cochran was a tough one for me to exclude.

After doing some digging, it turns out Eddie never was from Oklahoma. This guy from Choctaw (http://members.cox.net/gpugh1/index.htm) did a bunch of research on Eddie and his family and determined that Eddie only lived here for a few months in 1953 between a move from Minnesota to California. One of Eddie's cousins said Eddie told everyone he was from Oklahoma just to lend legitimacy to his country and western duo with Hank Cochran.

[King Crimson]

Don Cherry is way too low.

[OklaPony]

Eddie Cochran was a tough one for me to exclude.

After doing some digging, it turns out Eddie never was from Oklahoma. This guy from Choctaw (http://members.cox.net/gpugh1/index.htm) did a bunch of research on Eddie and his family and determined that Eddie only lived here for a few months in 1953 between a move from Minnesota to California. One of Eddie's cousins said Eddie told everyone he was from Oklahoma just to lend legitimacy to his country and western duo with Hank Cochran.
Yeah, I know... but that's just a technicality, he was an Okie at heart! :) I think that other than one sister, he was the only one of his immediate family that wasn't actually born here. Surely he will at least get an honorable mention, right? Y'know, something like... "Most Infuencial Musician To Claim Oklahoma As Home" or something?

[scotplum]

95-91 (http://www.oklahomarock.com/blog/?p=622)


Good call on Jimmy Lafave. I'm a big fan of his music. Throw in Kevin Welch too while you're at it. :)


Unfortunately, I think you'll have to leave Merle off the list. I wish he was actually an Okie from Muskogie. I guess his family did have Oklahoma roots.


Edgar Cruz and Gary P. Nunn, I don't think I saw them mentioned but I could have missed it.

[Rhino]

85-81 (http://www.oklahomarock.com/blog/?p=626)

[OklaPony]

85-81 (http://www.oklahomarock.com/blog/?p=626)
Oh yeah, I nearly forgot...

This is truly an awesome task, kudos for putting some serious thought into it.

[Mixer!]

All-American Rejects.

[Okieflyer]

I have to mention my buddy Ty England (http://www.tyengland.com/).

[Rhino]

I have to mention my buddy Ty England (http://www.tyengland.com/). Check it out tomorrow then.

[achiro]

You said "musicians" and I was thinking "musicians" but if you are gonna put Carrie Underwood(does she even play an instrument?) and Toby Keith in there I am gonna nominate my cousin Keith Anderson. He only has one album but hit 2 or three top 10s with it. His second is to be released in a month or two. He also co-wrote Beer run that George Jones and Garth sang a few years back. He also co-wrote the recent Big and Rich top 10 hit(thier first top 10). Born and raised in Miami, OK. ;)

Based on some of the other choices I think he belongs, at least the honorable mention or up and comers section. :D

[Rhino]

The voice is an instrument.

In retrospect, I should have just named this 100 Years of Oklahoma Music.

[1stTimeCaller]

He also co-wrote Beer run that George Jones and Garth sang a few years back.

Is your cousin the guy that stole it from Todd Snider, tried to sue Todd Snider over it then finally admitted to borrowing a few lines, namely the "b double e doublr r u n" line?

[mfosterftw]

I'm expecting we'll see the Oklahoma City Blue Devils up the list somewhere...

[Rhino]

80-76 (http://www.oklahomarock.com/blog/?p=630)

[achiro]

Is your cousin the guy that stole it from Todd Snider, tried to sue Todd Snider over it then finally admitted to borrowing a few lines, namely the "b double e doublr r u n" line?
:rolleyes:

[Rhino]

75-71 (http://www.oklahomarock.com/blog/?p=636)

[jccouger]

All American rejects

[Boarder]

95-91 (http://www.oklahomarock.com/blog/?p=622)
I didn't know Barry McGuire was from Oklahoma.

[Rhino]

I am gonna nominate my cousin Keith Anderson. He only has one album but hit 2 or three top 10s with it. His second is to be released in a month or two. He also co-wrote Beer run that George Jones and Garth sang a few years back. He also co-wrote the recent Big and Rich top 10 hit(thier first top 10). Born and raised in Miami, OK. 70-66 (http://www.oklahomarock.com/blog/?p=637)

[SanJoaquinSooner]

71. Henson Cargill (born in Oklahoma City)

Country singer Henson Cargill’s career got started with a bang, placing the song “Skip a Rope” at No. 1 on the country chart for six straight weeks (it also crossed over to the Top 25 of the Pop charts). He scored three more top 20 hits in the late 1960s (”Row Row Row”, “None Of My Business” & “The Most Uncomplicated Goodbye I Ever Heard”) and three Top 30 hits (”Some Old California Memory”, “Stop And Smell The Roses” & “Silence On The Line”).

In the 1980s, Cargill was a fixture in Las Vegas casinos. He also owned and operated a country music venue in west Oklahoma City called Henson’s. Among those who performed there were Ray Charles, Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Roy Orbison, Glenn Campbell and Waylon Jennings. Cargill passed away from complications following surgery in March 2007.

Growing up, I lived next door to Henson Cargill in Northwest OKC. He had a beautiful French wife that all the boys in the neighborhood drooled over. In fact, on warm summer nights, we would climb up on our roof and try to peak in the bathroom window - hoping to get a glimpse of her showering. We never did.

One windy spring day, I was playing with matches on the side of my house, and the wind blew the paper I was burning into the Cargills' yard - starting a grass fire!! The fire department had to come out a put it out. Several people kidded me about how green I made the Cargills yard that summer.

He had two boys Cash Cargill and Clay Cargill - I occasionally wonder what happened to them. They moved out of our neighborhood as he became more successful.

I recall WKY and KOMA playing his biggest hit, Skip a Rope, over and over.

[Mixer!]

acute lymphoblastic leukemia
That sounds like a painful way to go. :eek:

[Rhino]

I hated posting this entry: 65-61 (http://www.oklahomarock.com/blog/?p=640)

[Boarder]

Yeah, but Mr Country Bumpkin should help to make up for it. Wow, Bryant Reeves and Cal Smith. You go Gans.

[LilSooner]

God I hate hinder, but I LOVE Rhino so I guess I will have to let this huge ginormous infraction slide.

[Rhino]

60-56 (http://www.oklahomarock.com/blog/?p=646)

[Jeopardude]

I forgot about Michael Been. Good call.

[Partial Qualifier]

Growing up, I lived next door to Henson Cargill in Northwest OKC. He had a beautiful French wife that all the boys in the neighborhood drooled over. In fact, on warm summer nights, we would climb up on our roof and try to peak in the bathroom window - hoping to get a glimpse of her showering. We never did.

One windy spring day, I was playing with matches on the side of my house, and the wind blew the paper I was burning into the Cargills' yard - starting a grass fire!! The fire department had to come out a put it out. Several people kidded me about how green I made the Cargills yard that summer.

He had two boys Cash Cargill and Clay Cargill - I occasionally wonder what happened to them. They moved out of our neighborhood as he became more successful.


Okay we grew up real close to each other. I remember Clay. Clay was kindof a rockstar wannabe but I didn't realize his dad's musical talents until reading Rhino's write-up. I knew he owned Henson's but didn't know he was a musician. The first time I met Clay was at a party in those Bluff Creek apartments. He was about 6-7 years older than me. I have no idea what he's up to now.

[Partial Qualifier]

I forgot about Michael Been. Good call.

****, I thought The Call was a european band :confused:

good work on this, Rhino :D

[OklaPony]

60-56 (http://www.oklahomarock.com/blog/?p=646)

The Nixons original bass player, Ricky Brooks, is also from OK. The original drummer, Tye Robison, was from Dallas (maybe?) but went to school here if memory serves... that was a lot of brain cells ago. Last I knew he was working in the recording end of the biz.

The drummer for The Call, Scott Musick, is from Tulsa. I think he moved back some years ago and started a Music school.

[Rhino]

55-51 (http://www.oklahomarock.com/blog/?p=647)

The top 50 starts on Monday!

[Boarder]

YES! Color Me Badd>Hanson


OKC RULES AGAIN!

[Rhino]

50-46 (http://www.oklahomarock.com/blog/?p=648)

[william_brasky]

AAR and CMB ranked higher than Jimmy Webb?

The BCS sucks.

Good job on this though. I ain't hatin.

[KC//CRIMSON]

Just a little side note to #48

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie_Oldaker

http://jamieoldaker.com/past/

performed with:

Eric Clapton
Bob Seger
Phil Collins
Bellamy Brothers
Stephen Stills
Asleep At The Wheel
Dick Sims
Carl Radle
George Terry
Marcy Levy
Yvonne Elliman
Tom Dowd
Glyn Johns
Leon Russell
Ace Frehley
Albhy Galuten
The Tractors
Freddie King
Chris Stainton
Henry Spinetti
John Regan
Sergio Pastora
Steve Klein
Dave Markee
Peter Frampton
The New Grass Revival

[Rhino]

45-41 (http://www.oklahomarock.com/blog/?p=649)

[sooneron]

Great stuff Rhino!!

[Rhino]

40-36 (http://www.oklahomarock.com/blog/?p=652)

[StoopTroup]

Classic...

My Wife thinks your dead - Jr. Brown (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bl0mHO26Ffc)

Highway Patrol - Jr. Brown (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQWPeCDTiUA)

Foxy Lady - Jr. Brown (no video - blank screen but you can tell it's him) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRwzeXiPy2s)

[Boarder]

Cool. You sure Joe Diffie wasn't from Velma-Alma or Duncan or something? My mom's family is from Fox and my cousin knew him.

[Rhino]

Everything I saw said he was born and raised in Tulsa.

But I guess he moved sometime before high school and graduated from Velma-Alma.

[Boarder]

Ahhhhhhh. So Velma-Alma>Tulsa, too. Interesting.

Great jorb btw

[Rhino]

35-31 (http://www.oklahomarock.com/blog/?p=653)

[StoopTroup]

I had no idea about Jerry Cantrell. Cool.

[Boarder]

Stand UP! Tell us all about it, Stand UP! Testifyyyyyyyyyy

[Jeopardude]

If there were a Top 100 Oklahoma Musician's Hair list, Sammi Smith would win hands down. Wow.

The YouTube clips are awesome. Hadn't seen a lot of the country folks before. Word.

[BlondeSoonerGirl]

This thread makes my heart happy.

[Rhino]

30-26 (http://www.oklahomarock.com/blog/?p=654)

[King Crimson]

thanks for the dl of tripping drag queens rhino.....though, i have to admit even 20 years later the production (Resltess/Enigma's Randy Burns) on Dali is still a massive disappointment. those songs they had were killer live.

[StoopTroup]

50-46 (http://www.oklahomarock.com/blog/?p=648)
The "Otto Gray and his Oklahoma Cowboys" video is classic.

Roping and pickin at the same time.

AWESOME !

[StoopTroup]

30-26 (http://www.oklahomarock.com/blog/?p=654)
N.O.T.A. - I remember them...

Wow.

[Jeopardude]

thanks for the dl of tripping drag queens rhino.....though, i have to admit even 20 years later the production (Resltess/Enigma's Randy Burns) on Dali is still a massive disappointment. those songs they had were killer live.

You're right. It's got that 80's production sound that's kind of muffled and compressed.

[sooneron]

N.O.T.A. - I remember them...

Wow.
Yeah, I think I saw them around 82. jeepers, I'm old

[Rhino]

25-21 (http://www.oklahomarock.com/blog/?p=656)

[Jeopardude]

Neal Schon can also be heard on other albums including three tracks on Michael Bolton's The Hunger.

That should automatically drop him 50 places. :D

[Rhino]

20-16 (http://www.oklahomarock.com/blog/?p=659)

[sooneron]

20-16 (http://www.oklahomarock.com/blog/?p=659)
That is a great bunch right there. I probably would have put the Kittens higher, but that could be due to being buds with some of them.
I had no idea that Axton wrote The Pusher. That song is a classic in Easy Rider.

[Lott's Bandana]

Quick note:

Wayman Tisdale is recovering nicely from the bone cancer found in his leg last March. He is back on tour now and killin' em with his bass and that smile.
Keep shooting, #23!

Oh, and according to his website, he was born in Ft Worth, although everywhere else in the www it says "June 9, 1964 - Tulsa Oklahoma. (I just emailed his manager for clarification.)

Your call, Rhino. I vote "yes".





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[OklaPony]

More great stuff, Rhino. Nearly every new release you put out is another walk down memory lane for me. I've either played shows with, mixed, loaned/rented/sold/bought gear, rented studio space to, etc., etc., most of the pop/rock contingent that was anywhere near central OK between about 84 - 99. Defenestration, Flaming Lips, Chainsaw Kittens, Nixons, Cross Canadian, and so on. I'm going to have to start digging up some old tapes, photos, and videos, lol!

Can't wait to see the rest!

[sooneron]

I am disappointed to have not seen the Silver Tongued Devils make the list. They RMFO.

[Rhino]

15-11 (http://www.oklahomarock.com/blog/?p=661)

[Boarder]

Dang Me!

Really, I'm all giddy waiting for the next installment. this must have taken you forever to put together.

[Howzit]

I've been waiting for Michael Hedges, glad he made your top 20, Rhino. I had the pleasure of seeing him live before his untimely death, and he was absolutely phenomenal. The thing that set Michael apart from so many musicians was his stylistic innovations in playing guitar. He illicited notes and sounds that sounded like two and three players.

I believe David Crosby and Graham Nash wrote and recorded a song in truibute to Mr. Hedges.

RIP Michael.

[william_brasky]

20-16 (http://www.oklahomarock.com/blog/?p=659)

How cool is JJ Cale? So groovy. (http://youtube.com/watch?v=kPUIvQUsWRY)

[King Crimson]

there's also another film about Chet Baker called Let's Get Lost. FWIW. a lot of the footage was shot while Chet was still alive (if i recall), though released after his death.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095515/

[Jeopardude]

Michael Hedges' cover of Prince's (Sheila E's) A Love Bizarre is one of my favorite covers ever. And everybody should check out that Wanda Jackson performance. Beautimous.

[sooneron]

Wanda RMFFO. She had it all.

Chrissy Hynde has given props to her on a few occasions.

[BigRedJed]

Rhino, this thing is unbelievable. Way to go. You should be really, really proud of this effort.

[sooneron]

Rhino, this thing is unbelievable. Way to go. You should be really, really proud of this effort.
YOu're in the wrong thread.

[BigRedJed]

I'll bite.

[sooneron]

I'll bite.
:D

http://www.soonerfans.com/forums/showthread.php?t=103470

[BudSooner]

Fantastic Job Rhino, my wife is really happy that Patti Page is up towards the top of the list.
She really gets into the older music and is damn near a library of the old singers and stuff.

[OklaPony]

And who could forget Roger Miller's classic "You Can't Rollerskate In A Buffalo Herd"?

I love that guy's work, an awesome talent.

[Rhino]

10-6 (http://www.oklahomarock.com/blog/?p=662)

[Mixer!]

Vince Gill at #7 makes me sad.

[KRYPTON]

Charlie Freezing Christian. Good show, old chap. I'd forgotten he was from Oklahoma.

Stories abounded at BTW of Leon Russell showing up just before lunch, loading up most of the band, and going back to his basement studio to jam. A friend of mine was baby-sat by Marcy Levy back in the late 70's... she lived two doors down from his family with some guitar player dude. Clapton? I think that was the name.

[colleyvillesooner]

Told my wife about this list. She said she's gonna be ****ed if a certain person isn't #1.

I'll wait and see...

[BigRedJed]

I am totally down with the placement of most of these, although I might debate that Charlie Christian needs to be top two or three. He is the ONLY Oklahoman to be in the Rock and Roll HOF, and Jimi Hendrix, among others, called him the greatest guitarist of all time. Thelonious Monk based his piano style on Christian's guitar style. Les Paul cited him as an influence and was a friend of CC's. In fact, CC was the first great featured amplified guitar soloist, playing an electric guitar four years before Paul and Leo Fender introduced their first solid-body electrics.

Listen to that story in Rhino's link for CC. That story about how he came to play with Benny Goodman is a classic. Goodman really didn't like Charlie at first, was ****ED that Hammond snuck him on stage, and intentionally tried to bury Charlie with Rose Room, which Charlie hadn't rehearsed with them, and which is also not easy to play. Charlie not only rose to the occasion, he threw down one of the all-time great jazz performances, ever. According to the people who were there, he took the chorus 20 times, and never played it the same way once. :eek:

[lexsooner]

I am totally down with the placement of most of these, although I might debate that Charlie Christian needs to be top two or three. He is the ONLY Oklahoman to be in the Rock and Roll HOF, and Jimi Hendrix, among others, called him the greatest guitarist of all time. Thelonious Monk based his piano style on Christian's guitar style. Les Paul cited him as an influence and was a friend of CC's. In fact, CC was the first great featured amplified guitar soloist, playing an electric guitar four years before Paul and Leo Fender introduced their first solid-body electrics.

Listen to that story in Rhino's link for CC. That story about how he came to play with Benny Goodman is a classic. Goodman really didn't like Charlie at first, was ****ED that Hammond snuck him on stage, and intentionally tried to bury Charlie with Rose Room, which Charlie hadn't rehearsed with them, and which is also not easy to play. Charlie not only rose to the occasion, he threw down one of the all-time great jazz performances, ever. According to the people who were there, he took the chorus 20 times, and never played it the same way once. :eek:

I concur totally. CC influenced an entire style of music and his creations can be heard in the tunes of modern rock and jazz. How many of the other Top 100 can say the same?

I'm d--- proud to be from the city which produced Charlie Christian and Ralph Ellison, who both grew up not too far from where I did.

[sooneron]

I also agree with Jed. CC was teh win. Not that I'm really complaining, this list is awesome.

[BigRedJed]

Not complaining either. The list is seriously kickass.

[BigRedJed]

Although I will fire a warning shot: if the Blue Devils aren't in the top five and the best they do is warrant a side mention in Jimmy Rushing's listing at 43, I will come unglued up in here.

Most of the members of that band eventually became what is now known as Count Basie and his Orchestra (Basie himself joined the band in Oklahoma in the late '20s). Basie's band (and its predecessor, Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra, made up primarily of former Blue Devils) basically created the Kansas City Sound (hmmm... ...maybe it could be called the Oklahoma City sound?), a quantum leap forward that fundamentally changed music forever.

Please tell me they're in there, Rhino.

[sooneron]

I predict they will be #2

[BigRedJed]

Behind... ...W... ...G...

[BigRedJed]

I see Hinder already found a place, so apparently they're not in the top spot.

[Rhino]

Come unglued, I guess.

I'll have a "shoulda woulda coulda" list next week.

[BigRedJed]

:eek:

[BigRedJed]

Well, that makes one of the top slots in the top five a hard one for me, then. I guarantee that I have four of them. Who could the other one be...?

[BigRedJed]

How's that for unglued?

[BigRedJed]

Heh. Someone posted on the blog page and said "awesome! this means Wakeland made the top 5!"

[BigRedJed]

Gene Autry? Merle Haggard (not really an Oklahoman...)?

[BigRedJed]

And BTW, I must admit I cruised the OK MHOF site for ideas on the fifth, and found out that Hinder was inducted this year. I wanted to give them a second shot at legitimacy after they got caught up in the Color Me Badd hysteria, but the MHOF is now officially dead to me.

[colleyvillesooner]

Reba? Has she already been in there?

[King Crimson]

if we are giving jazz serious consideration, Don Cherry should be ranked higher than Chet Baker plain and simple. I like Chet a lot, but Don Cherry was a pioneer on his instrument in the "free"/avant-garde jazz movement of the 60's.

and people don't really associate Chet with Oklahoma, his impact was in the so-called West Coast sound which in many ways (though somewhat unfairly) was a somewhat race safe way to say "white" jazz....which is not to diminish the accomplishment of many white players....for instance, Bill Evans or Ken Vandermark....but it was a "safer" music for white kids on college campuses than the racially charged, multi instrumental "this ain't no minstral show" of Rashaan Roland Kirk or Art Ensemble of Chicago. West Coast jazz was still "swinging" or bebopping while that style was pretty over after Ornette or Miles went electric in NYC or Chicago.

not a criticism of the list which i've really enjoyed and learned a lot....just my opinion.

[BigRedJed]

Reba? Has she already been in there?
She hasn't. Based simply on sales, numbers of hits and awards, she beloings in the top 5.

[sooneron]

if we are giving jazz serious consideration, Don Cherry should be ranked higher than Chet Baker plain and simple. I like Chet a lot, but Don Cherry was a pioneer on his instrument in the "free"/avant-garde jazz movement of the 60's.

and people don't really associate Chet with Oklahoma, his impact was in the so-called West Coast sound which in many ways (though somewhat unfairly) was a somewhat race safe way to say "white" jazz....which is not to diminish the accomplishment of many white players....for instance, Bill Evans or Ken Vandermark....but it was a "safer" music for white kids on college campuses than the racially charged, multi instrumental "this ain't no minstral show" of Rashaan Roland Kirk or Art Ensemble of Chicago. West Coast jazz was still "swinging" or bebopping while that style was pretty over after Ornette or Miles went electric in NYC or Chicago.

not a criticism of the list which i've really enjoyed and learned a lot....just my opinion.
You just made my brain meat hurt.

[sooneron]

I think the top spot could still go to Stiff Richard or A2Z (100 suns).

[BigRedJed]

d00d. A2Z RMFFO.

[BigRedJed]

C'mon Rhino! Top 5 beyonce!

[sooneron]

d00d. A2Z RMFFO.
Matt the keyboardist was my Lil Bro.

I hung out with them too much back innaday.

[sooneron]

No Dirt Poets as well.

[sooneron]

I don't remember Hosty being on there or Curt Hill.

[BigRedJed]

I never understood why they changed the name to 100 Suns.

[sooneron]

I never understood why they changed the name to 100 Suns.
They thought A2Z was too pop sounding, they wanted an edge and Andy wanted to channel Bono.:D

They were a tight band. Nice guys, all of them. I remember watching Oprah or Sally Jessy when they were talking to people about the Murrah bombing and lo and behold, Bill Hinkle, the Bassist is one of the guests on the show!

Acrtually, I think it was Jenny Jones. I used to watch her all the time back then when I was in between shoots.

[BigRedJed]

That's funny about Andy channeling Bono. I can see it, but I saw a lot of Jim Morrison and Michael Hutchence influences in his performances, too. It didn't seem like he was straight ripping off anyone in particular.

This was in direct contrast to his contemporary Zac Malloy, who also channeled Bono in a much more obvious way. Well, at least when U2 was hot. He channeled Michael Stipe when REM was bigger, and switched to Eddie Vedder when Pearl Jam was huge, before ending up with his Chris Cornell impersonation. Zac mimicked whoever was selling records that week, and I never got that vibe from Andy. I actually almost got in a fight with Zac one night at Sipango circa '90 when he was standing next to me at the bar between sets and I said "dude, you've got those Bonoisms down!" He wasn't happy, but he was too much of a ***** to start anything.

[sooneron]

That's funny about Andy channeling Bono. I can see it, but I saw a lot of Jim Morrison and Michael Hutchence influences in his performances, too. It didn't seem like he was straight ripping off anyone in particular.

This was in direct contrast to his contemporary Zac Malloy, who also channeled Bono in a much more obvious way. Well, at least when U2 was hot. He channeled Michael Stipe when REM was bigger, and switched to Eddie Vedder when Pearl Jam was huge, before ending up with his Chris Cornell impersonation. Zac mimicked whoever was selling records that week, and I never got that vibe from Andy. I actually almost got in a fight with Zac one night at Sipango circa '90 when he was standing next to me at the bar between sets and I said "dude, you've got those Bonoisms down!" He wasn't happy, but he was too much of a ***** to start anything.
Heh, you must have missed the couple of months when Andy sported the leather vest with no shirt look. I believe he also donned the wide brimmed black hat. I told him it looked kind of faggy. They did a great cover of King Contrary Man. Matt would occasionally let me fart around on his Korg M1 when they were on break and I would play the first few notes of Don't Change. That got them running for the dancefloor only to realized the rest of the band wasn't on stage.
Zac was a p****. He couldn't do Eddie good enough, it seemed. I heckled him a few times. You forgot to mention his brief Jesus Jones look. Turned up Raiders cap and all. I gave him **** for it at the deli one night. I was good friends with one of his chikita followers that couldn't understand why he wouldn't settle down with her. She was cute, too.
One of my exes ended up being a Nixons groupie. Sad.

[BigRedJed]

Pssst. The top five (http://www.oklahomarock.com/blog/?p=663#more-663) are now up. Great job, Rhino!

[BigRedJed]

...Zac was a p****. He couldn't do Eddie good enough, it seemed. I heckled him a few times. You forgot to mention his brief Jesus Jones look. Turned up Raiders cap and all. I gave him **** for it at the deli one night...
I (perhaps intentionally) left out the Is That An Animal? days. What a ******. To think the Nixons made the top 100, and the Blue Devils did not. Sorry Rhino, I came unglued again for a minute. :D

[BigRedJed]

Feminine hygiene products are now censored? I need to go protest this on the super secret moddy board.

[sooneron]

Jed, you almost nailed it.

NO BLUE DEVILS?

[sooneron]

Tampon!!

[OklaPony]

Matt the keyboardist was my Lil Bro.
I hung out with them too much back innaday.

Wow, I know we've met at some point. I ran sound for them a ton back in those years. The first time I worked with them they were still in high school.


No Dirt Poets as well.
Bless your heart, now you've really made my day. Not that we belonged in the Top 100 or anything but that's now 2 mentions in the 100 thread!

[sooneron]

Wow, I know we've met at some point. I ran sound for them a ton back in those years. The first time I worked with them they were still in high school.


Bless your heart, now you've really made my day. Not that we belonged in the Top 100 or anything but that's now 2 mentions in the 100 thread!
You guys were solid. I used to work at The Edge/Rome.

[BigRedJed]

Jed, you almost nailed it.

NO BLUE DEVILS?
Well, I guess when I PMd you that guess, I was thinking of Gene Autry as more of a top 10-15 and didn't notice that he had been left out. Upon further review, he is definitely a legendary performer and deserves to be at least in the top 10.

IMO, the only egregious omission from the list is the Blue Devils, and it might be easy to do, as I think about it. They're just not very well known. They never saw commercial success of any kind, and in fact only formally recorded two songs, which they did just after moving to KC, and shortly before dissolving, as Bennie Moten picked them off one-by-one to join the Kansas City Orchestra. The individual members of the Blue Devils saw far more success than the band did. But they are still known in some circles as the greatest "territory band (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territory_band)" in history.

But any band that had members like Count Basie, Lester Young, Walter Page, "Hot Lips" Page and Jimmy Rushing (the greatest Blues Shouter of all time and Basie's chief vocalist for years), prolly deserves a place here.

That said, this list RMFFO, and I'm proud to know the guy who put it together. What a great accomplishment.

[BigRedJed]

By the way, that Wiki link doesn't really tell the most entertaining part of the territory band story, IMO. Territory bands were highly competitive, and when another band came sniffing around the area one band laid claim to, they often were challenged to a battle of the bands, basically a cutting contest.

Each bands would load up on, for instance, respective flatbed trucks, and drive around town, playing on the back of the truck, promoting a Saturday show at, for instance, Ruby's Dance Hall, which still stands in Deep Deuce. Once the big night came around, and the place was PACKED with people, they would alternate sets and let the crowd pick the winner. The loser had to pack up and get the **** out of Dodge.

[Boarder]

Excellent, Rhino. But one thing...

What porno is that second youtube on Garth Brooks from? Take a look at the still screen.

[Boarder]

Not that I really want to know, you know.

[colleyvillesooner]

:eek:

[critical_phil]

Bless your heart, now you've really made my day. Not that we belonged in the Top 100 or anything but that's now 2 mentions in the 100 thread!


i didn't say you belonged in the top 100, i said the top 50.


and i'm not gonna read the whole list. where did otis watkins rank?

[OklaPony]

i didn't say you belonged in the top 100, i said the top 50.
Uhhh... wow. Color me speechless.


and i'm not gonna read the whole list. where did otis watkins rank?
Apparently about the same place as Steve Pryor, I don't think either were on the list.

[Getem]

Thanks for doing that, I bet that took a lot of work. I got a few candidates for your coulda shoulda list, though: Tommy Crook, Tuck Andress and Grady Nichols

[sooneron]

Excellent Job Rhino!! You are making me seriously consider taking on my project that I peem'd you about months back.

[Mixer!]

Glad to see WG was #1.





Good Jorb, Rhino.

[King Crimson]

You forgot to mention his brief Jesus Jones look.

that's horrible. revolting. Jesus Jones makes me want to set myself on fire.

anyway, i guess that means Whale and the Flea are in the top 5 along with Jimmy Swat?

[william_brasky]

If Ian Anderson were from Oklahoma, where would he rank?

http://www.jimnewsom.com/jethro-1970.jpg

[King Crimson]

http://s.yottamusic.com/i/bewG.2umN/375x375

somewhere my sister has the original white vinyl 86 or 87 release, with the super fold out awesome lyric sheet.....and the original EP.....i hope.

has denied it for years, but these things don't disappear on their own when you go away "to college".

i'm over it (she's my sister), but it kinda sucks....that's the real shizz.

the original Priest vinyl was pretty effing hillbilly cool too. that's gone. i stole Telegraphic Surgery from a record store in Venice Beach on cassette (how about that?).....i don't know why. i'm not a thief. it just happened. my college buddy Rob used to drive back forth from Milwaukee to Boulder to San Francisco and back to Boulder and Milwaukee in a 1977 Saab 99 without a muffler inhaling that tape and listening to the gas fumes. no lie. the loudest car ever: Led Zeppelin Hillbilly stomp wagon.

Rob has a PhD from the U of North Carolina these days. heh.

i'm also a big fan of O My Gawd...

[King Crimson]

also, one time i wrote Wayne Coyne a letter in about 1988--they had a post box at LSD records (Lovely Sorts of Death, with Michelle Vlaminsky--before they went to San Francisco, i think). the Lips were supposed to play a show opening for the Soup Dragons but bailed out at the last minute. i was kinda ****ed and wrote him a heartfelt number about how i was disappointed, a fan, and owned the records, from Norman etc.

he sent me back a 3 page hand written letter and some weird Vietnam photos ("we put heads....in jars") and some other stuff about Diane Arbus...and sorry you got screwed...but the Soups were nice guys but poseurs. i don't have it anymore, if that's what you are thinking.

that's the only time i've ever done that, and it was pretty cool.

i had a bunch of friends at the time in San Francisco in the import bike (BMW, Moto Guzzi), proto grunge scene....and all of them were tripped out by the Lips during the Lips time in SF. they were the weirdest band anyone had really EVER seen. this 1987, 88.

but that's what makes them one of us. they kinda make sense to Okies.

heh.

[OklaPony]

... are in the top 5 along with Jimmy Swat?
Wow, now that's REALLY going back! I'm truly flattered, sir... you can have my Bud Light.

*edit*

Personally, I think Fingers was the best of the '82 - '85 (ish) pop/rock/wave bands. Those guys were super tight. As for musicianship I'd have to give the nod to whatever band the Walker brothers had going at the time (Osage, Nickels, etc.) Excalibur probably had the most polished show put together.

[tulsaoilerfan]

I did not know Neal Schon was born in Midwest City

[Rhino]

Who Did We Miss? (http://www.oklahomarock.com/blog/?p=664)


We're going to do one more week with the Top 100 theme featuring those that just missed the cut and those that we may have overlooked. Please go to the blog and contribute some suggestions.

Also I'll be on 94.7 The Buzz's Buzz Born & Bred show tomorrow at 10pm playing some of the rock acts (Wanda Jackson, N.O.T.A., Chainsaw Kittens, etc.) from the Top 100 list. Hope you can tune in.

[Boarder]

Seriously, how could you have left off Hordecasket? shakes head

[Rhino]

Heh. The first response to him by machobeans is classic.

[Rhino]

Who We Missed, Part 1 (http://www.oklahomarock.com/blog/?p=667)

[OklaPony]

Who We Missed, Part 1 (http://www.oklahomarock.com/blog/?p=667)

I knew Barney Kessel lived in OK (ran sound for him a couple of times) but wasn't aware that he was born here. Fine player.

[Rhino]

Who We Missed, Part 2 (http://www.oklahomarock.com/blog/?p=670)

[Rhino]

Who We Missed, Part 3 (http://www.oklahomarock.com/blog/?p=672)

[KC//CRIMSON]

No Ancient Chinese Penis? This is blasphemy!

[King Crimson]

how come the Flaming Lips discography list in the "little blurb" omits Telepathic Surgery (Enigma, after OH My Gawd!!!) and In a Priest Driven Amublance? TS is weird, and kinda unlistenable at times...but some great moments (clear vinyl, i think)....and Priest has some of the greatest Lips heavy freak show moments going, IMO (pink vinyl, i think).....god walks among us now, unconsciously screaming, the heads in jars song (which is more than kind of a rip off musically of a song by experimental group Can, to be honest--but give em credit for listening to Can. Can is awesome).

i realize if you just bought Yoshimi these might not be your cup of tea, but hey.

[Rhino]

how come the Flaming Lips discography list in the "little blurb" omits Telepathic Surgery (Enigma, after OH My Gawd!!!) and In a Priest Driven Amublance? TS is weird, and kinda unlistenable at times...but some great moments (clear vinyl, i think)....and Priest has some of the greatest Lips heavy freak show moments going, IMO (pink vinyl, i think).....god walks among us now, unconsciously screaming, the heads in jars song (which is more than kind of a rip off musically of a song by experimental group Can, to be honest--but give em credit for listening to Can. Can is awesome).

i realize if you just bought Yoshimi these might not be your cup of tea, but hey. Because it was a lot of writing.

[KC//CRIMSON]

Heh. Can't believe I found this. This guy is a Tulsa legend, one of the best guitarist out there and has been for some time. He's currently a guitar teacher in Tulsa and has played in numerous local and national bands. The show "Night Shift" was a local hard rock show that was produced and filmed in rock bars around Tulsa in the early eighties. Jeanne Triplehorn was the host on most of the shows. It usually came on really late Friday nights on ABC.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XV1DEPalfKs&feature=related

[Getem]

Heh. Can't believe I found this. This guy is a Tulsa legend, one of the best guitarist out there and has been for some time. He's currently a guitar teacher in Tulsa and has played in numerous local and national bands. The show "Night Shift" was a local hard rock show that was produced and filmed in rock bars around Tulsa in the early eighties. Jeanne Triplehorn was the host on most of the shows. It usually came on really late Friday nights on ABC.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XV1DEPalfKs&feature=related

Holy crap, that takes me back. Realize that those guys are all about 20 years old. I was in the band that this band split off from (Lynx). I left Lynx to focus on my lucrative paper route, and the bass player here replaced me. Then the keyboard player split and basically took almost everybody with him to form Image. Then Banfield joined. We were all from Hale High School except Todd, the new bass player. At some later point, the lead singer who was left holding the bag at Lynx, David Souders, tried to get a band back together with me and some new guys, and we auditioned Peter for lead guitar. He was just nuts then, had Frampton hair, and was playing with his teeth and behind his back. He wasn't selected. Why? David thought his ego would clash with his own. Anyway, I know nobody cares, just reminiscin'.

[King Crimson]

this has been posted before in days of Yore, and is a little unfair to Todd Walker who wrote some great songs ("mainstream rock sensibility" thing is BS, i own both def records and it ain't Bob Seger)....but a nice read on Tyson Meade:

http://www.popmatters.com/music/features/020604-tysonmeade.shtml

[King Crimson]

Because it was a lot of writing.

Telepathic and Priest are much better records than Hit to Death, IMO. in their own ways.

it's like my friend says about REM, they were better before they started writing songs and crooning.

[KC//CRIMSON]

Holy crap, that takes me back. Realize that those guys are all about 20 years old. I was in the band that this band split off from (Lynx). I left Lynx to focus on my lucrative paper route, and the bass player here replaced me. Then the keyboard player split and basically took almost everybody with him to form Image. Then Banfield joined. We were all from Hale High School except Todd, the new bass player. At some later point, the lead singer who was left holding the bag at Lynx, David Souders, tried to get a band back together with me and some new guys, and we auditioned Peter for lead guitar. He was just nuts then, had Frampton hair, and was playing with his teeth and behind his back. He wasn't selected. Why? David thought his ego would clash with his own. Anyway, I know nobody cares, just reminiscin'.

Wow. That's crazy. My cousin played in the band "Private Eyes" with Banfield for several years along with Buck Reeves and Scott Boyette. Small world, huh?:cool:

[Getem]

Yeah, no kidding. I googled Private Eyes and Peter Banfield, and one of the links was to the myspace page of a 23 yr old glam metal fan who also lists among his favorite bands: Lynx. A band that hasn't existed since 1983 or so, before he was born. Heh.

[slickdawg]

J.J. Cale, without exception

[tbl]

Hoyt Axton and TBL have something in common. Born in Duncan, raised in Comanche. Tripout... I wouldn't have figured Hoyt to write "the Pusher".

[NYC Poke]

Was David Teegarden on there? Did I miss it?

Great list, btw.

[Rhino]

Was David Teegarden on there? Did I miss it?

Great list, btw. Didn't make the Top 100, but did make the 'Who We Missed' list (http://www.oklahomarock.com/blog/?p=675).

[NYC Poke]

Didn't make the Top 100, but did make the 'Who We Missed' list (http://www.oklahomarock.com/blog/?p=675).


Ah, thanks. I just missed it.

I played briefly in a band with his son when I was in high school.

[Sooner_Havok]

This is still a sticky???

[texas bandman]

I'm glad that Conway Twitty made the list. When I was in JH he lived in Ranchwood Manor in South OKC and his daughter, Kathy Jenkins went to Moore West JH. I remember that he won some award during those years and she was with him at the awards show and they mentioned that he was with his daughter "Kathy Twitty". We thought it was a hoot that they applied Conway's stage name to his daughter. We certainly let her know about it when she returned to school.