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Al Stricklin remembers Bob Wills at Glenoak

On Friday, September 6, 1935, Al Stricklin arrived in Tulsa with his wife to take a job as piano player for Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys. After joining Bob and the band for the noon broadcast at the Barrel Food Palace and then rehearsing that afternoon at the home...

Posted by Michael Bates on March 12, 2016 12:25 AM

Swingin' New Year's Eve 2012

The Round-Up Boys will be playing a western swing dance tonight at the Broken Arrow Senior Center, 1800 S. Main St. in Broken Arrow (just north of 91st St / New Orleans). Dinner catered by Knotty Pine Barbecue at 6:30 and dancing from 8:00-Midnight. Admission is only $15.00. The Oklahoma...

Posted by Michael Bates on December 31, 2012 12:35 PM

Dance halls way down Texas way

During a recent business trip to San Antonio I had to stay over the weekend. Making the best of it, I looked around for some good live music. Texas, particularly the part settled by central European immigrants (Germans, Czechs, Poles, Alsatians, etc.), has an impressive number of dance halls, some...

Posted by Michael Bates on December 2, 2010 6:44 AM