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Rocky Frisco: Now and then

A bit busy tonight, so here's Tulsa music legend Rocky Frisco performing an original song, "The Blues for You," at the Church Studio. It's an excerpt from the movie Red Dirt on 66. And here's Rocky under his original stage name, Rocky Curtiss, from 1955, with his band the Harmony...

Posted by Michael Bates on April 25, 2012 12:35 AM

Tulsa District 4: Get Rocky Frisco some wheels!

Legendary Tulsa musician Rocky Frisco, member of the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame, who also happens to be a candidate for the Republican nomination in Tulsa City Council District 4, has been an involuntary pedestrian for the last several weeks, following the theft of his old, beat-up, but reliable Toyota...

Posted by Michael Bates on September 8, 2011 5:23 PM

Texas Playboys' 1930s studio doomed?

As with Tulsa's struggle over applying new fire codes to older buildings, Dallas is experiencing a battle between historic preservation and downtown revitalization on the one hand and strict enforcement of building codes on the other. The building in question is at 508 Park Avenue, a three-story Art Deco building...

Posted by Michael Bates on November 19, 2009 1:02 AM