1 00:00:01,240 --> 00:00:03,520 Speaker 1: If you're listening to music through a portable speaker, you 2 00:00:03,560 --> 00:00:07,000 Speaker 1: shouldn't have to sacrifice great sound. That's why I love 3 00:00:07,080 --> 00:00:09,360 Speaker 1: my Sonos Rome. I can listen to J J Kle's 4 00:00:09,440 --> 00:00:12,840 Speaker 1: naturally or Leon Russell's Carney, and here the Tulsa sound 5 00:00:12,840 --> 00:00:15,600 Speaker 1: the way it was meant to be heard. Experience the 6 00:00:15,640 --> 00:00:19,840 Speaker 1: best sound anywhere, everywhere. Was Sonos Rome, the Ultra Portable 7 00:00:19,880 --> 00:00:23,760 Speaker 1: Smart Speaker for all your listening adventures. VISIT SONOS DOT 8 00:00:23,840 --> 00:00:26,639 Speaker 1: COM to learn more and shop Rome in three new 9 00:00:26,800 --> 00:00:45,160 Speaker 1: exclusive colors. Double Elvis in the Greenwood Archer Pine Band. 10 00:00:45,200 --> 00:00:47,360 Speaker 1: It's one of a handful of all black groups packing 11 00:00:47,400 --> 00:00:50,919 Speaker 1: crowds into the sweatbox clubs that lined Admiral Street, downtown 12 00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:54,120 Speaker 1: Telsa's unofficial dividing line between the north and south side, 13 00:00:54,480 --> 00:00:57,360 Speaker 1: between black and white. The line was usually rigid, but 14 00:00:57,400 --> 00:00:59,760 Speaker 1: it could blur a bit on admiral on the weekends, 15 00:01:00,120 --> 00:01:02,800 Speaker 1: especially when the band with the comically long name started 16 00:01:02,840 --> 00:01:06,520 Speaker 1: pumping out in an undeniable, irresistible groove. The long band 17 00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:08,679 Speaker 1: name on the Marquis would not have meant much to 18 00:01:08,760 --> 00:01:12,080 Speaker 1: the white couple's waiting in line. They may have recognized 19 00:01:12,120 --> 00:01:15,080 Speaker 1: the three words as three streets not far from here. 20 00:01:15,600 --> 00:01:18,520 Speaker 1: But to everyone else in line, the meaning could not 21 00:01:18,560 --> 00:01:23,440 Speaker 1: have been more clear. Greenwood, Archer and Pine, a k 22 00:01:23,640 --> 00:01:26,400 Speaker 1: a the Greenwood district, a k a Black Wall Street, 23 00:01:26,520 --> 00:01:31,840 Speaker 1: the richest black community in America until white supremacists burned 24 00:01:31,880 --> 00:01:34,160 Speaker 1: it down to the ground in a sixteen hour violent 25 00:01:34,280 --> 00:01:38,400 Speaker 1: terrorist attack urged on by city leaders. Fifty years later, 26 00:01:38,440 --> 00:01:42,000 Speaker 1: on the south side the massacre was completely forgotten. It's 27 00:01:42,040 --> 00:01:45,280 Speaker 1: not that there weren't signs, they just didn't see them, 28 00:01:45,319 --> 00:01:48,520 Speaker 1: even when they were in big black letters on the marquis. 29 00:01:49,960 --> 00:01:52,640 Speaker 1: Would I like to go to Tulsa? You Bet your 30 00:01:52,680 --> 00:01:56,360 Speaker 1: boots I would. Let me offer archer and I'll walk 31 00:01:56,440 --> 00:02:00,920 Speaker 1: down a greenwood. Take me back to Tulsa. Bob Wills 32 00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:08,919 Speaker 1: and the Texas playboys in and enterprising Tulsa oil magnate 33 00:02:09,040 --> 00:02:12,959 Speaker 1: named Cyrus Avery, along with two associates, proposed an audacious 34 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:15,760 Speaker 1: plan for a new interstate running from Chicago through Tulsa 35 00:02:15,840 --> 00:02:20,359 Speaker 1: to Los Angeles. The iconic brute sixty six. Tulsa, long 36 00:02:20,400 --> 00:02:23,840 Speaker 1: separated by unflinching lines of segregation, was suddenly connected to 37 00:02:23,880 --> 00:02:26,400 Speaker 1: a surge of new travelers from all walks of life. 38 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:29,239 Speaker 1: The city welcomed the new spending these travelers brought but 39 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:32,399 Speaker 1: smuggled into the back seat, where the same cross cultural 40 00:02:32,440 --> 00:02:35,359 Speaker 1: connections city leaders had tried to stamp out with the 41 00:02:35,400 --> 00:02:39,800 Speaker 1: destruction of Greenwood, people carrying music, customs and the desire 42 00:02:39,880 --> 00:02:43,799 Speaker 1: for a connected life flowed through the city. Meanwhile, in Texas, 43 00:02:43,800 --> 00:02:46,560 Speaker 1: the fourth generation fiddler and band leader named Bob Wills 44 00:02:46,680 --> 00:02:50,079 Speaker 1: was imagining a new sound. Wills grew up poor, one 45 00:02:50,120 --> 00:02:52,840 Speaker 1: of the few white families working the cotton camps of Texas. 46 00:02:52,919 --> 00:02:56,040 Speaker 1: is so called black belt. Music was cheap entertainment and 47 00:02:56,040 --> 00:02:58,480 Speaker 1: the wills family passed the time with their neighbors trading 48 00:02:58,520 --> 00:03:02,680 Speaker 1: frontier fiddler songs for Old Texas Blues Numbers. Now will's 49 00:03:02,720 --> 00:03:05,400 Speaker 1: imagine amplifying that blend of music he'd grown up with 50 00:03:05,520 --> 00:03:08,960 Speaker 1: using horns, drums and a brand new instrument, the electric 51 00:03:09,040 --> 00:03:11,760 Speaker 1: slide guitar. He knew he was onto something, but his 52 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:15,000 Speaker 1: first attempt nearly ruined him financially. It wasn't until nine 53 00:03:15,560 --> 00:03:18,960 Speaker 1: four that he finally procured a second chance. Poetically, it 54 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:22,560 Speaker 1: was a midnight test broadcast for Tulsas K vo on 55 00:03:22,639 --> 00:03:25,160 Speaker 1: February nine when will stepped to the mic with his 56 00:03:25,240 --> 00:03:28,799 Speaker 1: new twelve piece band the Texas playboys. The band hit 57 00:03:28,840 --> 00:03:31,840 Speaker 1: their first downbeat, launched the Big Bang of Tulsa Music, 58 00:03:32,200 --> 00:03:35,560 Speaker 1: and that universe is still expanding to this day, with 59 00:03:35,680 --> 00:03:38,880 Speaker 1: stars like Leon Ross, J J K the gap, the 60 00:03:38,960 --> 00:03:42,440 Speaker 1: garth grows, the tractor Jackie Ed Davis, John Morland, J 61 00:03:42,560 --> 00:03:47,200 Speaker 1: D McPherson, John Fulton, St Vince Ronnie D Rangers, Jim Keltner, 62 00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:53,240 Speaker 1: Waymon Tisdale and Bell, Carl Radel, set Lee Jones Erin o'da, Jacobtober, 63 00:03:53,360 --> 00:03:57,400 Speaker 1: Steph Simon, Steve Prior, Paul, Benjamin Bank, Cut Dwight twill 64 00:03:57,520 --> 00:04:00,680 Speaker 1: and Nixon and Bob, because no way did we forget 65 00:04:00,720 --> 00:04:05,840 Speaker 1: handsome the sound Bob will's heard in his head in 66 00:04:05,960 --> 00:04:10,280 Speaker 1: nineteen thirty four. That not quite blues, not quite country rhythm. 67 00:04:10,440 --> 00:04:14,000 Speaker 1: Those lush jazzy arrangements and the raw energy of Dueling 68 00:04:14,040 --> 00:04:18,120 Speaker 1: fiddles in later guitars contain the building blocks of nearly 69 00:04:18,160 --> 00:04:20,720 Speaker 1: all the music to come out of Tulsa since fast 70 00:04:20,760 --> 00:04:23,200 Speaker 1: forward a few decades to the nineteen sixties and it 71 00:04:23,360 --> 00:04:27,240 Speaker 1: was called the Tulsa Sound, popularized by Leon Russell and 72 00:04:27,320 --> 00:04:31,000 Speaker 1: laid back Guitar Maestro J J Klee. By the early nineties, 73 00:04:31,040 --> 00:04:33,560 Speaker 1: red dirt music with groups like the tractors and the 74 00:04:33,600 --> 00:04:36,960 Speaker 1: red dirt Rangers. Today, these building blocks are evident in 75 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:40,280 Speaker 1: the roots rock of songwriters like John Fulbright and guitar 76 00:04:40,360 --> 00:04:43,920 Speaker 1: slingers like John Benjamin, or the jazz hip hop hybrids 77 00:04:43,920 --> 00:04:46,440 Speaker 1: featured on the stunning two thousand and one fire in 78 00:04:46,520 --> 00:04:50,480 Speaker 1: Little Africa compilation, with more than thirty Tulsa artists participating 79 00:04:50,880 --> 00:04:55,280 Speaker 1: and produced by local hip hop impresario Steph Simon. Once 80 00:04:55,320 --> 00:04:57,680 Speaker 1: again we find ourselves in a city that needs to 81 00:04:57,720 --> 00:05:01,640 Speaker 1: surface and process trauma, and they to give voice, Guide 82 00:05:01,680 --> 00:05:05,440 Speaker 1: and energize the healing as a vibrant and diverse music scene. 83 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:08,119 Speaker 1: And you can sure still honky talk and two step 84 00:05:08,160 --> 00:05:12,560 Speaker 1: around town, but like all of us and everywhere, Tell 85 00:05:12,640 --> 00:05:24,839 Speaker 1: USA contains multitudes. This is sound of our town. It 86 00:05:24,960 --> 00:05:27,119 Speaker 1: is a podcast about the music that shape the city 87 00:05:27,160 --> 00:05:30,080 Speaker 1: you are touching down in. It's also about finding, hearing 88 00:05:30,120 --> 00:05:33,440 Speaker 1: and experiencing its best live music happening right now. What 89 00:05:33,640 --> 00:05:36,280 Speaker 1: sounds and places of shape this city's culture and what 90 00:05:36,400 --> 00:05:39,520 Speaker 1: new sounds continue to define it. It's about getting together 91 00:05:39,560 --> 00:05:41,800 Speaker 1: in a room to listen and why that matters so 92 00:05:41,920 --> 00:05:45,359 Speaker 1: much right now. In each episode I'll introduce you to 93 00:05:45,400 --> 00:05:47,880 Speaker 1: the real places and sonic stories at going in a 94 00:05:47,920 --> 00:05:51,360 Speaker 1: particular town, so that your travel is enriched with music. 95 00:05:51,880 --> 00:05:54,479 Speaker 1: I'm your host, will daily. I'm an independent D I 96 00:05:54,640 --> 00:05:57,960 Speaker 1: y songwriter and touring artist. I've been doing this for 97 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:00,760 Speaker 1: a while and, frankly, this show is all a reminder 98 00:06:00,800 --> 00:06:04,720 Speaker 1: to myself about how important live music is in our existence. 99 00:06:05,440 --> 00:06:07,680 Speaker 1: The business, the road, the country of it all. I 100 00:06:07,720 --> 00:06:10,719 Speaker 1: can kick you around, but the crowd never lets you 101 00:06:10,839 --> 00:06:13,640 Speaker 1: down when you come with some truth. And this is 102 00:06:13,720 --> 00:06:20,840 Speaker 1: episode eleven of Season One and we are visiting Tulsa, Oklahoma. 103 00:06:22,720 --> 00:06:25,200 Speaker 1: Rolling into a new city can be a lot. Returning 104 00:06:25,240 --> 00:06:27,240 Speaker 1: to a town where you have memories that have faded 105 00:06:27,279 --> 00:06:30,839 Speaker 1: can be even stranger. This show, and specifically this part 106 00:06:30,839 --> 00:06:34,240 Speaker 1: of the show, exists to alleviate those stresses, to welcome 107 00:06:34,279 --> 00:06:36,240 Speaker 1: you to a part of town that doesn't overwhelm or 108 00:06:36,279 --> 00:06:38,920 Speaker 1: a room or space that is the ideal jumping off 109 00:06:38,960 --> 00:06:42,120 Speaker 1: point for the city, spaces that might contain the very 110 00:06:42,200 --> 00:06:45,800 Speaker 1: reason for your arrival, and a little of the familiar 111 00:06:46,040 --> 00:06:48,400 Speaker 1: in a place brand new to you can go a 112 00:06:48,400 --> 00:06:51,200 Speaker 1: long way. So for your first stop, we'll bring in 113 00:06:51,240 --> 00:06:53,960 Speaker 1: two artists who never spent a lot of time in Tulsa, 114 00:06:54,200 --> 00:06:56,760 Speaker 1: but who are so amished, and not only the city's 115 00:06:56,800 --> 00:07:01,160 Speaker 1: current artists and culture boom, but the nation's and songwriting 116 00:07:01,279 --> 00:07:05,280 Speaker 1: as a whole. Incredibly, Tulsa is home to not one, 117 00:07:05,400 --> 00:07:08,800 Speaker 1: but two of the most iconic and important archives of 118 00:07:08,920 --> 00:07:14,400 Speaker 1: musicians in popular culture. Only a few years younger than 119 00:07:14,400 --> 00:07:17,360 Speaker 1: Bob Wills, Woody Guthrie was born in an hour south 120 00:07:17,400 --> 00:07:22,640 Speaker 1: of Tulsa in Okima, Oklahoma, in nineteen twelve. His work 121 00:07:22,680 --> 00:07:25,840 Speaker 1: as a poet, reporter and songwriter during the horrific dust 122 00:07:25,880 --> 00:07:28,560 Speaker 1: bowl of the nineteen thirties forever linked him with his 123 00:07:28,640 --> 00:07:31,440 Speaker 1: native Oklahoma, even though he spent most of his adult 124 00:07:31,520 --> 00:07:35,240 Speaker 1: life traveling or living on either coast. In the Woody 125 00:07:35,240 --> 00:07:38,200 Speaker 1: Guthrie Center was open and Tulsa's art district, and today 126 00:07:38,280 --> 00:07:41,320 Speaker 1: it hosts a public museum with permanent exhibits on the 127 00:07:41,400 --> 00:07:44,600 Speaker 1: life of Guthrie, as well as rotating exhibits on songwriters 128 00:07:44,600 --> 00:07:49,960 Speaker 1: who share his mission of diversity, justice inequality. It also 129 00:07:50,040 --> 00:07:53,400 Speaker 1: hosts regular lectures, special events and concerts with the likes 130 00:07:53,400 --> 00:07:57,000 Speaker 1: of Lucinda Williams, Alison Russell and John Doe. There are 131 00:07:57,040 --> 00:07:59,680 Speaker 1: even exhibits to the many artists who are indebted to 132 00:07:59,720 --> 00:08:03,360 Speaker 1: gut three, including a springsteen section whose town we visited 133 00:08:03,480 --> 00:08:07,040 Speaker 1: earlier this season. Yeah, it's all connected, and be sure 134 00:08:07,120 --> 00:08:09,720 Speaker 1: to grab a headset for the dust bowl exhibit. It 135 00:08:09,800 --> 00:08:14,480 Speaker 1: elevates the whole immersive experience. But our first stop isn't 136 00:08:14,520 --> 00:08:18,320 Speaker 1: complete without including the center celebrating a bard who was 137 00:08:18,360 --> 00:08:22,480 Speaker 1: an absolute woody Guthrie obsessive. Bob Dylan moved to New 138 00:08:22,520 --> 00:08:25,880 Speaker 1: York at Nineteen to track down Guthrie and Legend has 139 00:08:25,920 --> 00:08:28,760 Speaker 1: it he even befriended the singer songwriter who is near 140 00:08:28,840 --> 00:08:32,120 Speaker 1: death from Huntington's disease. So it is quite lyrical that 141 00:08:32,200 --> 00:08:36,480 Speaker 1: in May of the Bob Dylan Center opened next door 142 00:08:36,520 --> 00:08:40,360 Speaker 1: to the Guthrie Center. The spirit is in the neighborhood 143 00:08:40,840 --> 00:08:42,719 Speaker 1: when you land and tells so. They let you know 144 00:08:42,880 --> 00:08:46,320 Speaker 1: you are in the vicinity of the Shakespeare songwriting with 145 00:08:46,440 --> 00:08:49,240 Speaker 1: signage in the airport and on the highway. But it's 146 00:08:49,280 --> 00:08:52,920 Speaker 1: the momentum connection of going from Guthrie to Dylan that 147 00:08:53,040 --> 00:08:56,240 Speaker 1: makes the giant sixteen foot iron sculpture that greets you 148 00:08:56,400 --> 00:08:59,880 Speaker 1: upon entering even heavier. It's not a song or a 149 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:02,440 Speaker 1: photo of Bob or a lyric or a Hologram that 150 00:09:02,480 --> 00:09:06,120 Speaker 1: greets you, but a completely different art medium entirely that 151 00:09:06,200 --> 00:09:09,280 Speaker 1: he created, that you can touch and push and pull on. 152 00:09:10,200 --> 00:09:13,720 Speaker 1: It is a gateway into Dylan right away, telling us 153 00:09:13,760 --> 00:09:16,920 Speaker 1: that the artist is not just one thing, a slave 154 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:21,960 Speaker 1: to their own brand, feeding an algorithm, and maybe Tulsa 155 00:09:22,120 --> 00:09:25,600 Speaker 1: isn't either. The Bob Dylan Center is an immersive experience. 156 00:09:25,640 --> 00:09:27,920 Speaker 1: Your first moment after checking in is a twenty two 157 00:09:27,920 --> 00:09:31,560 Speaker 1: minute film by Jennifer Lebou with three giant screens wrapped 158 00:09:31,600 --> 00:09:34,120 Speaker 1: around you, getting you hyped up and choked up for 159 00:09:34,120 --> 00:09:37,079 Speaker 1: the rest of your journey through, like diving into all 160 00:09:37,120 --> 00:09:40,160 Speaker 1: of his versions of joker man, because yes, sometimes you 161 00:09:40,200 --> 00:09:43,199 Speaker 1: do pull songs down from the heavens, like towns Van's aunt, 162 00:09:43,559 --> 00:09:46,080 Speaker 1: and sometimes it's a lot of work bending sounds and 163 00:09:46,200 --> 00:09:49,439 Speaker 1: words to your will. This exhibit allows you to see 164 00:09:49,520 --> 00:09:52,920 Speaker 1: all of Dylan's work and versions of joker man, and 165 00:09:52,920 --> 00:09:55,240 Speaker 1: there's a recording studio with an actual board where you 166 00:09:55,280 --> 00:09:57,800 Speaker 1: can play producer and you can fade and Pan and 167 00:09:57,920 --> 00:10:00,440 Speaker 1: mute through all the tracks of a song in Solo, 168 00:10:00,520 --> 00:10:03,559 Speaker 1: out all the musicians and their unique performances that make 169 00:10:03,600 --> 00:10:06,400 Speaker 1: a single song come to life. There was a jukebox 170 00:10:06,559 --> 00:10:10,440 Speaker 1: curated by Elvis Costello. Yeah, it's strange that a living 171 00:10:10,520 --> 00:10:12,760 Speaker 1: deity who walks among us, who is still on tour, 172 00:10:13,200 --> 00:10:15,440 Speaker 1: a guy who didn't even show up for his Pulitzer, 173 00:10:15,520 --> 00:10:18,199 Speaker 1: has his own museum. But like all of the art 174 00:10:18,240 --> 00:10:21,960 Speaker 1: we absorb, once it's amplified, it is bigger than the artist. 175 00:10:22,400 --> 00:10:25,600 Speaker 1: This special First Stop Combo sends you off into Tulsa 176 00:10:25,920 --> 00:10:29,640 Speaker 1: with that perspective, a space that will forever pull dylan 177 00:10:29,720 --> 00:10:32,880 Speaker 1: heads and the Dylan curious into this mighty city, where 178 00:10:32,880 --> 00:10:35,640 Speaker 1: they will also feel the weight of our nation's struggles, 179 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:39,320 Speaker 1: struggles that these two artists put into song, gifting us 180 00:10:39,320 --> 00:10:43,120 Speaker 1: with a connection to navigate it and move forward. Everything 181 00:10:43,200 --> 00:10:46,720 Speaker 1: is a continuation. All of US connected and all of 182 00:10:46,760 --> 00:10:50,480 Speaker 1: us carry responsibility for that connection when we go out 183 00:10:50,600 --> 00:10:59,280 Speaker 1: into town. So up next we'll take you to a 184 00:10:59,280 --> 00:11:02,080 Speaker 1: little juke joint with a lot of history and music 185 00:11:02,240 --> 00:11:05,320 Speaker 1: every night of the week. Why has more than one 186 00:11:05,400 --> 00:11:07,600 Speaker 1: beatle made their way to an English pub in the 187 00:11:07,640 --> 00:11:12,160 Speaker 1: middle of Tulsa, Oklahoma? Well, we'll find out when we return, 188 00:11:24,880 --> 00:11:26,559 Speaker 1: because I get to make the rules. We're going to 189 00:11:26,640 --> 00:11:29,280 Speaker 1: bend them a little for our coveted no cover spotlight. 190 00:11:29,840 --> 00:11:32,560 Speaker 1: The colony is free most nights, but occasionally they will 191 00:11:32,559 --> 00:11:35,079 Speaker 1: throw a cover at you, but usually it's less than 192 00:11:35,120 --> 00:11:37,959 Speaker 1: five bucks and you are strongly encouraged to tip the band, 193 00:11:38,360 --> 00:11:41,959 Speaker 1: so bring some folding money. This grimy little British pub, 194 00:11:42,320 --> 00:11:45,000 Speaker 1: located in a strip mall parking lot far from the 195 00:11:45,040 --> 00:11:49,880 Speaker 1: glitz of downtown nightlife, has an incredible history. First Open 196 00:11:49,920 --> 00:11:53,079 Speaker 1: in nineteen under a different name. It gained local legend 197 00:11:53,200 --> 00:11:57,280 Speaker 1: status in ninety two when Leon Russell bought the club 198 00:11:57,400 --> 00:12:00,959 Speaker 1: after opening church studios nearby. And yes, we'll get to 199 00:12:01,040 --> 00:12:05,120 Speaker 1: church studios nowadays. Grab a tray of beer and slide 200 00:12:05,120 --> 00:12:07,400 Speaker 1: into one of the old time wooden boots. If you 201 00:12:07,440 --> 00:12:10,080 Speaker 1: hang around long enough, you'll hear the stories of jaw 202 00:12:10,200 --> 00:12:13,920 Speaker 1: dropping impromptu post recording session jams with Russell and Eric Clapton, 203 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:17,839 Speaker 1: Taj Mahal and George Harrison. It's hard to separate fact 204 00:12:17,840 --> 00:12:21,080 Speaker 1: from fiction, but what's indisputable is that the club continues 205 00:12:21,120 --> 00:12:23,680 Speaker 1: to stand as a monument to the same Tulsa sound 206 00:12:23,720 --> 00:12:27,640 Speaker 1: pioneered by Bob Wills, Russell and so many others. The 207 00:12:27,720 --> 00:12:31,360 Speaker 1: colony captures the local music field of this town on 208 00:12:31,360 --> 00:12:33,600 Speaker 1: Friday and Saturday nights, an up and coming local band 209 00:12:33,679 --> 00:12:35,760 Speaker 1: tests are metal on the tiny corner stage, and the 210 00:12:35,800 --> 00:12:38,680 Speaker 1: rest of the week is anchored by residencies, including local 211 00:12:38,720 --> 00:12:43,640 Speaker 1: guitarist Paul Benjamin's Sunday night thing. Benjamin is among the 212 00:12:43,640 --> 00:12:46,559 Speaker 1: best the latest crop of Tulsa guitarists to follow the 213 00:12:46,679 --> 00:12:50,160 Speaker 1: legacy the likes of J J cale, Jesse Ed Davis 214 00:12:50,200 --> 00:12:53,520 Speaker 1: and Steve Pryor. In his long running Sunday night show 215 00:12:53,559 --> 00:12:57,880 Speaker 1: features special guests every week and enough instrumental firepower to 216 00:12:57,880 --> 00:13:00,240 Speaker 1: blow the roof off the tiny club with the huge 217 00:13:00,280 --> 00:13:04,160 Speaker 1: history tucked away in Tulsa's midtown, a spot that is 218 00:13:04,200 --> 00:13:14,760 Speaker 1: reasonab enough alone to travel to Tulsa two rooms to 219 00:13:14,800 --> 00:13:18,280 Speaker 1: get your face melted in Tulsa. The Mercury Lounge will 220 00:13:18,280 --> 00:13:20,920 Speaker 1: no doubt feel familiar to anyone who has spent time 221 00:13:20,920 --> 00:13:23,920 Speaker 1: in Austin Open in two thousand and nine. It is 222 00:13:23,960 --> 00:13:27,280 Speaker 1: a consistent venue among an ever changing lineup of bars 223 00:13:27,280 --> 00:13:31,160 Speaker 1: and restaurants in the eighteenth in Boston district. With open 224 00:13:31,160 --> 00:13:33,880 Speaker 1: garage doors that spill out onto a front patio. The 225 00:13:33,960 --> 00:13:37,400 Speaker 1: small squat building retains the feel of the mechanics shop 226 00:13:37,440 --> 00:13:40,600 Speaker 1: it was originally band stickers are plastered on just about 227 00:13:40,600 --> 00:13:43,240 Speaker 1: every surface inside the building, which is dominated in the 228 00:13:43,280 --> 00:13:46,760 Speaker 1: center by a large square bar from which bartenders dispensed 229 00:13:47,040 --> 00:13:50,640 Speaker 1: an endless array of fireball shots and PBRS. To the 230 00:13:50,760 --> 00:13:54,160 Speaker 1: right is a small stage with a huge face smelting output. 231 00:13:54,600 --> 00:13:57,439 Speaker 1: Over the years, Tellson's have been able to see songwriters 232 00:13:57,480 --> 00:14:00,240 Speaker 1: like John Morland hone their craft before a track acting 233 00:14:00,320 --> 00:14:04,000 Speaker 1: national attention, or artists like Seth Lee Jones and Jacob 234 00:14:04,040 --> 00:14:08,280 Speaker 1: Tovar bringing the tulsas sound lineage to a new generation. Plus, 235 00:14:08,320 --> 00:14:13,440 Speaker 1: there are frequently nationally touring acts. And Look, heaviness is 236 00:14:13,480 --> 00:14:17,000 Speaker 1: the precursor to having one's face melted and, like all things, 237 00:14:17,080 --> 00:14:20,400 Speaker 1: over time the origin mutates to include someone with a 238 00:14:20,440 --> 00:14:24,160 Speaker 1: Solo Guitar or DJ booth doing the melting. But we 239 00:14:24,240 --> 00:14:27,600 Speaker 1: need to always be aware of the beginning, the history, 240 00:14:27,920 --> 00:14:31,600 Speaker 1: the true source of the heaviness. That's why, in the 241 00:14:31,680 --> 00:14:35,600 Speaker 1: Kendall Whittier neighborhood, it's important to fit the wittier into 242 00:14:35,680 --> 00:14:39,360 Speaker 1: your live music plans. Nick Flores has turned this room 243 00:14:39,400 --> 00:14:42,280 Speaker 1: into a hard rock haven for fellow Tellson's who want 244 00:14:42,440 --> 00:14:46,520 Speaker 1: to thrash. In addition to local metal, rock and punk bands, 245 00:14:46,560 --> 00:14:50,280 Speaker 1: the club has hosted hardcore legends death before dishonor in 246 00:14:50,480 --> 00:14:54,000 Speaker 1: up and coming punk acts, like Mannequin Pussy, all beneath 247 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:57,240 Speaker 1: the shine of a stamped tin ceiling and against the 248 00:14:57,280 --> 00:15:01,280 Speaker 1: wall those vintage of Vira and Alice Cooper theme pinball 249 00:15:01,320 --> 00:15:04,400 Speaker 1: machines that oddly make me feel right at home. I 250 00:15:04,440 --> 00:15:06,280 Speaker 1: don't know what that says about me, but with so 251 00:15:06,360 --> 00:15:09,280 Speaker 1: many corporate venues and high ticket prices around the country, 252 00:15:09,520 --> 00:15:12,560 Speaker 1: slapping the bumpers for Alvira with a cheap beer, heavy 253 00:15:12,640 --> 00:15:16,360 Speaker 1: riffs and a guttural scream starts to feel like a 254 00:15:16,480 --> 00:15:27,840 Speaker 1: rare luxury. By starting your time in the reverence of 255 00:15:27,880 --> 00:15:31,120 Speaker 1: our first stops, it tunes you into the listening muscles 256 00:15:31,120 --> 00:15:34,280 Speaker 1: that are so atro feed in our tyranny of content, 257 00:15:34,960 --> 00:15:37,880 Speaker 1: and after some time with some Guthrie and Dylan, maybe 258 00:15:37,880 --> 00:15:40,680 Speaker 1: some headbanging at the whittier, you're ready to sit down 259 00:15:40,720 --> 00:15:46,360 Speaker 1: and really listen. Exists in the silences in between the notes? 260 00:15:47,280 --> 00:15:49,560 Speaker 1: A new entry to the scene is low down, a 261 00:15:49,640 --> 00:15:53,440 Speaker 1: classic New York Style Jazz Club opened earlier this year. 262 00:15:53,480 --> 00:15:56,000 Speaker 1: It boasts one of the more upscale vibes in town, 263 00:15:56,040 --> 00:16:00,880 Speaker 1: with cocktail table seating alongside more traditional jazz. Checkout series 264 00:16:00,880 --> 00:16:04,520 Speaker 1: like Jazz and Little Africa, which features local guitarists Chris 265 00:16:04,520 --> 00:16:08,520 Speaker 1: Combs collaborating with Tulsa's leading MCS like Steph Simon and 266 00:16:08,640 --> 00:16:11,680 Speaker 1: king cut on nights that pushed the ever evolving Tulsa 267 00:16:11,800 --> 00:16:18,440 Speaker 1: sound into new sonic terrain. And most of the music 268 00:16:18,480 --> 00:16:21,480 Speaker 1: and Tulsa has been made in tiny juke joints where 269 00:16:21,480 --> 00:16:23,800 Speaker 1: the band doesn't ask the crowd to quiet down so 270 00:16:23,880 --> 00:16:26,680 Speaker 1: much as they turn up until the music is all 271 00:16:26,760 --> 00:16:30,480 Speaker 1: you can hear. But even the most die hard music 272 00:16:30,520 --> 00:16:33,360 Speaker 1: fans gotta take the ear plugs out and take in 273 00:16:33,440 --> 00:16:36,160 Speaker 1: something beautiful in front of a hushed and reverend crowd. 274 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:40,600 Speaker 1: Longtime local songwriter and folk DJ Scott Acott has been 275 00:16:40,680 --> 00:16:43,320 Speaker 1: running just these type of events for years under his 276 00:16:43,400 --> 00:16:47,280 Speaker 1: house concert unlimited banner. If you're lucky enough to pass 277 00:16:47,320 --> 00:16:50,160 Speaker 1: through town when a show is on the calendar, snap 278 00:16:50,240 --> 00:16:53,040 Speaker 1: up a ticket and see folk veterans like Ray Bonneville 279 00:16:53,280 --> 00:16:56,240 Speaker 1: or Tim Easton, and make sure you bring food, beer 280 00:16:56,320 --> 00:16:59,520 Speaker 1: or wine for the pot luck and feel that evolutionary 281 00:16:59,560 --> 00:17:02,880 Speaker 1: sonic line from your first steps in the spiritual cerebellum 282 00:17:02,920 --> 00:17:06,160 Speaker 1: of Guthrie and Dylan to the songwriter right in front 283 00:17:06,160 --> 00:17:18,920 Speaker 1: of you as they weave stories familiar and forgotten. We've 284 00:17:19,040 --> 00:17:22,840 Speaker 1: arrived at the Vatican of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and it can 285 00:17:22,880 --> 00:17:27,280 Speaker 1: be no other than kine's ballroom. For nearly ninety years, 286 00:17:27,320 --> 00:17:30,080 Speaker 1: the House that Bob Wills and the Texas playboys built 287 00:17:30,520 --> 00:17:35,200 Speaker 1: has stood nearly unchanged. It's still boasts the spring loaded 288 00:17:35,240 --> 00:17:39,400 Speaker 1: maple dance floor, iconic neon signage in an unmatched mojo 289 00:17:39,720 --> 00:17:43,080 Speaker 1: apparent to any music fan who enters these hallowed halls. 290 00:17:44,040 --> 00:17:47,000 Speaker 1: And MOJO has a frequency all its own. So let's 291 00:17:47,000 --> 00:17:49,880 Speaker 1: tune our cosmic radios to it for a moment here 292 00:17:49,920 --> 00:17:53,159 Speaker 1: at kines and let the years roll from left to 293 00:17:53,320 --> 00:17:59,120 Speaker 1: right across the dial. A now, friends here's will take 294 00:17:59,160 --> 00:18:03,240 Speaker 1: it away, boys, take it away, happy New Year's Eve. 295 00:18:03,640 --> 00:18:06,680 Speaker 1: Cos McCain's radio coming to you live from Kane's ballroom 296 00:18:06,680 --> 00:18:09,280 Speaker 1: at four hundred and twenty three North Main Street in Tulsa. 297 00:18:10,040 --> 00:18:12,639 Speaker 1: Good riddance to nineteen thirty five. We say. It's been 298 00:18:12,680 --> 00:18:15,840 Speaker 1: another tough year, but from Bakersfield to Baton Rouge, one 299 00:18:15,880 --> 00:18:18,120 Speaker 1: bright spot has been the good times brought to us 300 00:18:18,119 --> 00:18:20,600 Speaker 1: by Bob Wills and the Texas play boys. Ever since 301 00:18:20,640 --> 00:18:23,560 Speaker 1: their first broadcast last year, they've ruled the airways with 302 00:18:23,640 --> 00:18:26,639 Speaker 1: that new Western swing that only they can bring. And 303 00:18:26,680 --> 00:18:28,399 Speaker 1: for the very first time tonight they'll come to you 304 00:18:28,440 --> 00:18:31,159 Speaker 1: live from Kane's ballroom. Crank Foun dial just a bit 305 00:18:31,200 --> 00:18:33,119 Speaker 1: to the right. In the nineteen thirty six. They'll be 306 00:18:33,160 --> 00:18:35,760 Speaker 1: coming to you live from Kane's five times a week 307 00:18:35,800 --> 00:18:39,159 Speaker 1: at noon and on Thursday and Friday nights, all pumping 308 00:18:39,200 --> 00:18:42,840 Speaker 1: out five thousand wats. Across the American southwest. Bob Wills 309 00:18:42,840 --> 00:18:44,840 Speaker 1: and the Texas playboys are the hottest band in the 310 00:18:44,960 --> 00:18:47,359 Speaker 1: land and tonight at Keynes there will be fifteen hundred 311 00:18:47,359 --> 00:18:49,320 Speaker 1: pairs of boot heels on the dance floor to kick 312 00:18:49,359 --> 00:18:51,560 Speaker 1: off this party. It's a party that Bob and his 313 00:18:51,640 --> 00:18:54,280 Speaker 1: brother Johnny Lee will keep taking back to Tulsa until 314 00:18:54,280 --> 00:18:57,760 Speaker 1: the nineteen fifties, when the signal finally starts to fade 315 00:18:57,800 --> 00:19:04,680 Speaker 1: and it's time to change the champ. Summer's over, Daddy O. 316 00:19:04,760 --> 00:19:06,879 Speaker 1: IT's time to go back to school in nineteen fifty 317 00:19:06,960 --> 00:19:09,119 Speaker 1: nine here on Cos McCain's radio. So we got some 318 00:19:09,240 --> 00:19:11,800 Speaker 1: education of the rhythmic variety going down tonight. For you 319 00:19:11,800 --> 00:19:15,240 Speaker 1: have cats. The killer, Jerry Lee Lewis is in town 320 00:19:15,280 --> 00:19:17,440 Speaker 1: and he's got that old swing from mom and dad's, 321 00:19:17,480 --> 00:19:19,960 Speaker 1: Bob will's records souped up with a whole lot of 322 00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:23,000 Speaker 1: shaking going on kicking off the night, or some Tulsa 323 00:19:23,080 --> 00:19:26,480 Speaker 1: boys playing a song for you, including newcomers Claude Leon 324 00:19:26,600 --> 00:19:29,520 Speaker 1: Russell on piano and Johnny J J Klee on Guitar. 325 00:19:30,240 --> 00:19:32,320 Speaker 1: Slide your dial a decade or so to the right 326 00:19:32,359 --> 00:19:35,159 Speaker 1: and that Tulsa sound is drawing everyone from George Harris 327 00:19:35,160 --> 00:19:37,880 Speaker 1: and to Tom Petty and Eric Clapton to record and Tulsa. 328 00:19:38,400 --> 00:19:42,800 Speaker 1: All that electricity, that energy, that amazing music starts right here. 329 00:19:43,480 --> 00:19:45,880 Speaker 1: Something about the way these telsa boys are laying down 330 00:19:45,880 --> 00:19:49,160 Speaker 1: that beat, not quite country, not quite blues, gets Jerry 331 00:19:49,240 --> 00:19:52,080 Speaker 1: Lee feeling all right. He hires the band on the 332 00:19:52,119 --> 00:19:53,879 Speaker 1: spot for the rest of the tour. They hit L 333 00:19:53,920 --> 00:19:56,400 Speaker 1: A and make history with the wrecking crew and come 334 00:19:56,440 --> 00:19:59,560 Speaker 1: back home to put Tulsa on the map. Wild Times 335 00:19:59,600 --> 00:20:02,520 Speaker 1: to come. But if we're counting down the wildest night 336 00:20:02,560 --> 00:20:07,240 Speaker 1: in Kane's history, then it's January. Eleven, seventy eight. You're 337 00:20:07,320 --> 00:20:11,560 Speaker 1: number one with a pistol, you've got a tune to 338 00:20:11,600 --> 00:20:15,919 Speaker 1: cos mccaine's radio and it's a snowy night here in January. Eight. 339 00:20:16,040 --> 00:20:18,960 Speaker 1: So beat carefully, you rotten little rockers, when you're hauling 340 00:20:18,960 --> 00:20:23,120 Speaker 1: those econoline vans downtown, because the band your preacher loves 341 00:20:23,200 --> 00:20:25,919 Speaker 1: to hate, the sex pistols, is about to hit the 342 00:20:25,960 --> 00:20:29,040 Speaker 1: stage like a wrecking ball. So bring three dollars cash, 343 00:20:29,280 --> 00:20:32,080 Speaker 1: walk past those Jesus Saves Banners and hit the spring 344 00:20:32,119 --> 00:20:35,680 Speaker 1: loaded Florida Pogo your brains out, along with Sid Johnny 345 00:20:35,760 --> 00:20:38,639 Speaker 1: and the gang. Sid Vicious is looking pretty vacant. But 346 00:20:38,680 --> 00:20:41,560 Speaker 1: don't worry. The band rips into a brawling riot. Is 347 00:20:41,680 --> 00:20:45,120 Speaker 1: set leaving their marked in Kane's history. And Sid, well, 348 00:20:45,160 --> 00:20:47,840 Speaker 1: he leaves his mark in a more literal way, punching 349 00:20:47,880 --> 00:20:50,000 Speaker 1: a hole in the backstage wall on the way out. 350 00:20:50,600 --> 00:20:52,640 Speaker 1: In the end, less than a thousand of you teenage 351 00:20:52,680 --> 00:20:55,359 Speaker 1: anarchists are gonna brave the weather and the protesters to 352 00:20:55,400 --> 00:20:57,879 Speaker 1: buy a ticket, but after the band breaks up three 353 00:20:57,960 --> 00:21:00,840 Speaker 1: days later, at least a hundred cosin will say they 354 00:21:00,840 --> 00:21:03,720 Speaker 1: were there. Lucky you got that ticket stubbed to prove it. 355 00:21:04,040 --> 00:21:07,480 Speaker 1: You didn't lose that ticket. Stuff right. Well, thanks for 356 00:21:07,560 --> 00:21:11,040 Speaker 1: listening to Cos McCain's radio. Join US later this week 357 00:21:11,040 --> 00:21:15,200 Speaker 1: for ladies professional wrestling on Thursdays and pig races. On 358 00:21:15,320 --> 00:21:25,359 Speaker 1: Sunday it's Cos McCain's ballroom, all the way on the 359 00:21:25,480 --> 00:21:28,800 Speaker 1: right side of your dial. October two thousand and nineteen. 360 00:21:28,920 --> 00:21:32,320 Speaker 1: You heard it here first, Jack White Jest declaring Kine's 361 00:21:32,320 --> 00:21:34,879 Speaker 1: ballroom is his favorite place in the world to play. 362 00:21:35,160 --> 00:21:36,879 Speaker 1: His band, the rack and tours that kick came off 363 00:21:36,920 --> 00:21:39,159 Speaker 1: their latest leg of their reunion tour with the sold 364 00:21:39,200 --> 00:21:42,199 Speaker 1: out three nights stand. Rumors are buzzing. The shows are 365 00:21:42,240 --> 00:21:45,000 Speaker 1: being recorded for a live album on White's third man records, 366 00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:48,000 Speaker 1: and the crowd has already started to pour in. They 367 00:21:48,040 --> 00:21:50,400 Speaker 1: walk in under the same red and white neon sign 368 00:21:50,480 --> 00:21:53,480 Speaker 1: that has seen a thousand shows. They passed the front 369 00:21:53,480 --> 00:21:56,639 Speaker 1: bobby and the whole punch by Sid vicious. Their shoes 370 00:21:56,720 --> 00:21:59,200 Speaker 1: scuffed the wooden dance floor that's been scuffed by so 371 00:21:59,240 --> 00:22:02,359 Speaker 1: many other boots over the last ninety years. The lights 372 00:22:02,400 --> 00:22:05,480 Speaker 1: dim before a split second before the band kicks into 373 00:22:05,520 --> 00:22:08,760 Speaker 1: a roaring night at rock and roll. All we here 374 00:22:09,040 --> 00:22:13,320 Speaker 1: is Mojo, a frequency you can tune into a canes 375 00:22:13,359 --> 00:22:37,280 Speaker 1: ballroom forever. There are some great spots worth visiting in 376 00:22:37,400 --> 00:22:39,879 Speaker 1: Tulsa that might not pop up on your venue search, 377 00:22:40,720 --> 00:22:44,840 Speaker 1: like Guitar House of Tulsa a must for vintage guitar freaks. 378 00:22:45,400 --> 00:22:49,280 Speaker 1: You prouse immaculate vintage gear, including guitars formerly owned by 379 00:22:49,359 --> 00:22:52,080 Speaker 1: J J Kale, and owner drew WYNN as a wealth 380 00:22:52,119 --> 00:22:56,399 Speaker 1: of information on musical instruments in Tulsa music history. And 381 00:22:56,440 --> 00:22:59,000 Speaker 1: if you're traveling with kids, plan to make time for 382 00:22:59,040 --> 00:23:02,120 Speaker 1: the gatherer place, a one of a kind complex filled 383 00:23:02,160 --> 00:23:04,840 Speaker 1: with a variety of playgrounds and skate parks that you 384 00:23:04,880 --> 00:23:08,720 Speaker 1: may find yourself returning to more than once. For a 385 00:23:08,800 --> 00:23:11,720 Speaker 1: true hidden gem on the music scene, though, check out 386 00:23:11,840 --> 00:23:16,040 Speaker 1: Horton Records, a local nonprofit label that supports local artists 387 00:23:16,040 --> 00:23:19,359 Speaker 1: with the recording and management needs. The label hosts some 388 00:23:19,400 --> 00:23:23,119 Speaker 1: great concerts in the unlikely setting of Tulsa's local VFW 389 00:23:23,240 --> 00:23:27,480 Speaker 1: post five, seven seven. The homey, intimate space almost feels 390 00:23:27,480 --> 00:23:31,240 Speaker 1: like a miniature Kane's ballroom, the perfect setting for Horton 391 00:23:31,280 --> 00:23:34,879 Speaker 1: records monthly concert series and events like their annual tetown 392 00:23:34,960 --> 00:23:38,600 Speaker 1: glitter down and midnight Chuggle, a mix of concert, dinner 393 00:23:38,640 --> 00:23:41,440 Speaker 1: party in late night jam that features modern Tulsa sound 394 00:23:41,440 --> 00:23:46,120 Speaker 1: purveyors like Jesse Acock, Seth Lee Jones, Dustin Pittsley and more. 395 00:23:51,119 --> 00:23:53,159 Speaker 1: If all this talk is giving you the urge to 396 00:23:53,200 --> 00:23:56,120 Speaker 1: live in Tulsa time for a few days longer. Let's 397 00:23:56,119 --> 00:23:58,600 Speaker 1: give you a couple of highlights to plan your trip around. 398 00:23:59,119 --> 00:24:02,160 Speaker 1: On November five you've got a great opportunity to see 399 00:24:02,240 --> 00:24:06,000 Speaker 1: Kane's ballroom packed with Tulsa talent for the annual Horton records, 400 00:24:06,080 --> 00:24:09,080 Speaker 1: rock and folk and Chili Cook off. There's a chili 401 00:24:09,119 --> 00:24:12,760 Speaker 1: contest for the pros plus musicians division and this year 402 00:24:12,760 --> 00:24:14,960 Speaker 1: the night will end with the tribute to the legendary 403 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:20,520 Speaker 1: guitarist J J Kale. TELSA Mayfest, the Free Annual Street Festival, 404 00:24:20,560 --> 00:24:23,840 Speaker 1: will return for its fiftieth year May, sixth and eighth, 405 00:24:23,880 --> 00:24:27,080 Speaker 1: with visual art, street vendors in three stages of music 406 00:24:27,200 --> 00:24:31,520 Speaker 1: spread throughout downtown, featuring local performers and headliners like Tulsa's 407 00:24:31,560 --> 00:24:36,640 Speaker 1: own Hansen and Jason Isbell. And speaking of free, check 408 00:24:36,680 --> 00:24:40,880 Speaker 1: out free concerts may through October at Guthrie Green, directly 409 00:24:40,920 --> 00:24:44,560 Speaker 1: across from the Woody Guthrie Center, always featuring local artists 410 00:24:44,560 --> 00:24:48,359 Speaker 1: alongside touring acts like Marcus King and Sonny Landrath. In 411 00:24:48,400 --> 00:24:50,960 Speaker 1: mid July had an hour south of Tulsa to woody 412 00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:54,960 Speaker 1: Guthrie's hometown of Okema for the annual Woody Guthrie Folk Festival. 413 00:24:55,040 --> 00:24:58,520 Speaker 1: Woody fest to the locals and experience of Folk Festival 414 00:24:58,560 --> 00:25:00,639 Speaker 1: and a fitting tribute to the pay turned saint of 415 00:25:00,680 --> 00:25:04,440 Speaker 1: Oklahoma music and for the next generation of Oklahoma movers 416 00:25:04,480 --> 00:25:08,159 Speaker 1: and shakers. The Dreamland Festival, put on by Steph Simon 417 00:25:08,200 --> 00:25:11,800 Speaker 1: and the crew behind Tulsa's seminal hip hop compilation fire 418 00:25:11,840 --> 00:25:15,760 Speaker 1: in Little Africa, just kicked off the first annual Dreamland 419 00:25:15,800 --> 00:25:18,960 Speaker 1: festival this fall, which features a range of hip hop, 420 00:25:19,080 --> 00:25:22,560 Speaker 1: jazz and panels on the music business and equity. In 421 00:25:22,560 --> 00:25:30,560 Speaker 1: the edition promises to build on this expansive vision even further. Now, 422 00:25:30,600 --> 00:25:33,719 Speaker 1: in every episode, I do like to prepare you for 423 00:25:33,760 --> 00:25:35,880 Speaker 1: your trip, not because I want to give you more homework, 424 00:25:36,040 --> 00:25:38,679 Speaker 1: but because I just want to complete the experience for you. 425 00:25:39,040 --> 00:25:41,520 Speaker 1: I'm going to assume that you have an outstanding gap 426 00:25:41,560 --> 00:25:44,040 Speaker 1: band playlist for your headphones while you're walking down the 427 00:25:44,040 --> 00:25:46,680 Speaker 1: streets of Tulsa, that you spun Lee on Russell and 428 00:25:46,760 --> 00:25:49,240 Speaker 1: J J Klee. While you're packing, you could dive into 429 00:25:49,280 --> 00:25:51,840 Speaker 1: another reading of the outsiders for a profound portrait of 430 00:25:51,840 --> 00:25:54,440 Speaker 1: Tulsa in the nineteen sixties, as written by s e 431 00:25:54,680 --> 00:25:59,040 Speaker 1: Hinton at the age of sixteen. There's the autobiography I 432 00:25:59,040 --> 00:26:01,359 Speaker 1: am Charlie Wilson and where the gap band founder with 433 00:26:01,480 --> 00:26:04,240 Speaker 1: the timeless voice takes a journey through all his adventures 434 00:26:04,240 --> 00:26:07,520 Speaker 1: in Tulsa and beyond with artists like stevie wonders Snoop Dogg, 435 00:26:07,560 --> 00:26:10,240 Speaker 1: in the rolling stones and the highs and lows of 436 00:26:10,280 --> 00:26:13,040 Speaker 1: a life in a business that can be as punishing 437 00:26:13,240 --> 00:26:16,320 Speaker 1: as it can be rewarding. What I'm most excited about 438 00:26:16,440 --> 00:26:19,120 Speaker 1: is my preorder, maybe a regular order, depending on when 439 00:26:19,119 --> 00:26:23,080 Speaker 1: you're listening, for the definitive biography of the legendary Leon Russell, 440 00:26:23,240 --> 00:26:26,280 Speaker 1: written by my friend Bill Janovitz, pages that are sure 441 00:26:26,320 --> 00:26:30,640 Speaker 1: to illuminate an artist who helped bring Tulsa's sound to life, who, 442 00:26:30,760 --> 00:26:34,080 Speaker 1: rather quietly weaved and tied people in music together, from 443 00:26:34,080 --> 00:26:36,040 Speaker 1: the gap band all the way to Elton John and 444 00:26:36,080 --> 00:26:40,159 Speaker 1: George Harrison. And in two thousand twenty one fire in 445 00:26:40,200 --> 00:26:44,679 Speaker 1: Little Africa brought together the top rappers, singers, musicians and 446 00:26:44,760 --> 00:26:48,280 Speaker 1: visual artists in Oklahoma to commemorate the Centennial of the 447 00:26:48,359 --> 00:26:52,160 Speaker 1: ninety one massacre. Over thirty artists took over the Greenwood 448 00:26:52,160 --> 00:26:55,040 Speaker 1: Cultural Center and fittingly, the home of tape. Brady, the 449 00:26:55,119 --> 00:26:58,880 Speaker 1: mastermind behind the terrorist attack and fire in Little Africa, 450 00:26:58,920 --> 00:27:02,679 Speaker 1: created an incredibly album in a short documentary. The music 451 00:27:02,800 --> 00:27:04,880 Speaker 1: is a seminal piece of work and waiting for you 452 00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:13,040 Speaker 1: on all platforms. By seventy the greenwood archer prime band 453 00:27:13,040 --> 00:27:15,480 Speaker 1: had shortened their name, but even as the gap band 454 00:27:15,520 --> 00:27:18,360 Speaker 1: they still failed to gain traction beyond those five hours 455 00:27:18,400 --> 00:27:21,600 Speaker 1: sweat drench gigs on Admiral Street. One night a crowd 456 00:27:21,600 --> 00:27:23,760 Speaker 1: of drunk white boys stumbled into the club for the 457 00:27:23,840 --> 00:27:26,560 Speaker 1: last two sets. Drunk or not, they couldn't help but 458 00:27:26,640 --> 00:27:29,200 Speaker 1: be blown away by the same hypnotic groove that had 459 00:27:29,200 --> 00:27:32,520 Speaker 1: been mesmerizing dancers all night. As the band packed up, 460 00:27:32,800 --> 00:27:35,880 Speaker 1: the Scrawnye leader of the group, wearing mirrored shades despite 461 00:27:35,880 --> 00:27:39,280 Speaker 1: the late hour, approached the band's lead singer, Charlie Wilson. 462 00:27:40,160 --> 00:27:43,159 Speaker 1: A lifetime in Tulsa taught charlie to tense up, but 463 00:27:43,240 --> 00:27:46,480 Speaker 1: instead of malice the man held out his hand in Brotherhood. 464 00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:49,520 Speaker 1: Hell of a show, he said, and with that he 465 00:27:49,560 --> 00:27:52,480 Speaker 1: was gone. But a week later Leon Russell came back 466 00:27:52,560 --> 00:27:56,040 Speaker 1: dead sober and watched the full five hour show. He 467 00:27:56,160 --> 00:27:58,080 Speaker 1: hired the gap band to back him on the road 468 00:27:58,160 --> 00:28:00,680 Speaker 1: and in the studio. When he returned to Tulsa full 469 00:28:00,720 --> 00:28:04,320 Speaker 1: time to open church studios in nineteen seventy two, his 470 00:28:04,400 --> 00:28:08,200 Speaker 1: bombastic arrangements and skill in the studio, coupled with their rubbery, 471 00:28:08,280 --> 00:28:11,600 Speaker 1: expansive Funk, was a match made in heaven, a group 472 00:28:11,640 --> 00:28:14,760 Speaker 1: of Tulsa boys speaking the same musical language in an 473 00:28:14,800 --> 00:28:18,879 Speaker 1: inspired pairing that would eventually lead them all to worldwide stardom. 474 00:28:19,119 --> 00:28:21,840 Speaker 1: Church studio still stands today as both a monument to 475 00:28:21,880 --> 00:28:25,440 Speaker 1: the past glories of Tulsa music history and, equally important, 476 00:28:25,680 --> 00:28:28,680 Speaker 1: a working studio committed to bringing in top producers to 477 00:28:28,720 --> 00:28:31,520 Speaker 1: work with local talent and nurture in the next generation 478 00:28:31,560 --> 00:28:34,800 Speaker 1: of Tulsa it's a must visit for fans of Russell 479 00:28:35,119 --> 00:28:37,919 Speaker 1: gap band and music history as a whole. Over the 480 00:28:37,960 --> 00:28:41,200 Speaker 1: nineteen seventies, artists like Tom Petty, Willie Nelson, Taj Mahal 481 00:28:41,320 --> 00:28:44,880 Speaker 1: Eric Clapton frequented Tulsa to record at Church studios with 482 00:28:44,960 --> 00:28:48,240 Speaker 1: Russell and many more later. It was owned by Stephen Ripley, 483 00:28:48,280 --> 00:28:50,560 Speaker 1: the roots rock band the tractors, and has recently been 484 00:28:50,600 --> 00:28:54,720 Speaker 1: renovated as a working studio and museum dedicated to Leon 485 00:28:54,800 --> 00:28:57,960 Speaker 1: Russell's legacy. The music boom and Tulsa did not start 486 00:28:57,960 --> 00:29:00,200 Speaker 1: by accident. It's built on the blood and sweat of 487 00:29:00,200 --> 00:29:03,640 Speaker 1: hard working musicians, from Bob will's up to today. Institutions 488 00:29:03,680 --> 00:29:06,320 Speaker 1: like the Guthrie and Dylan centers have added momentum, and 489 00:29:06,400 --> 00:29:09,440 Speaker 1: hard working nonprofits like Horton records tell us a creative 490 00:29:09,440 --> 00:29:12,880 Speaker 1: engine and to Tulsa Film and Music Coalition have provided funding, 491 00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:17,160 Speaker 1: mentorship and focus on creating and celebrating an inclusive and 492 00:29:17,280 --> 00:29:22,680 Speaker 1: diverse music ecosystem that has always existed, if sometimes only 493 00:29:22,680 --> 00:29:33,320 Speaker 1: in the shadows. One more thing. Bob Dylan said life 494 00:29:33,360 --> 00:29:37,520 Speaker 1: is about creating things and creating oneself. Dylan is not 495 00:29:37,640 --> 00:29:41,400 Speaker 1: even involved with the Bob Dylan Center. He played three 496 00:29:41,440 --> 00:29:44,640 Speaker 1: blocks away before it opened and didn't even visit. He 497 00:29:44,760 --> 00:29:48,200 Speaker 1: did go to a minor league baseball game, though. Classic Bob. 498 00:29:48,720 --> 00:29:52,280 Speaker 1: Too busy creating the self to reflect. He is happy 499 00:29:52,320 --> 00:29:55,960 Speaker 1: with the archive and its connection to Guthrie and indeed 500 00:29:55,960 --> 00:29:58,320 Speaker 1: he's glad the center is pulling in people where we 501 00:29:58,360 --> 00:30:02,480 Speaker 1: need it most, as he puts it, in the casual 502 00:30:02,640 --> 00:30:23,600 Speaker 1: home of the heart land. Well, that's episode ten of 503 00:30:23,720 --> 00:30:27,080 Speaker 1: season one for sound of our town. We have twelve 504 00:30:27,160 --> 00:30:30,400 Speaker 1: episodes for you this season and there's only two more left. 505 00:30:30,600 --> 00:30:33,520 Speaker 1: Where are we gonna end up? 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