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Ray Price, B. J. Thomas, Ray Stevens performing free in the Osage
In case you missed it: In the coming weeks, Osage Casinos are bringing in three legendary singers for free, all-ages concerts. This Friday, May 4, 2012, Ray Price will be performing at the Osage Casino west of Bartlesville. Ray Price was a pioneer of the honky-tonk sound in the 1950s;...
The Thingamajig
I recently came across a funny little novelty song recorded by Johnnie Lee Wills and His Boys called "The Thingamajig." It seemed just the song for a rainy day of fix-it projects. It's much in the spirit of "Rag Mop," an novelty number from 1949 that was a hit for...
A complete Bob Wills transcription
There's a complete 11 minute Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys transcribed broadcast from c. 1945-1946 available for your listening pleasure as part of a World War II audio web exhibit from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. The show includes the opening and closing theme and vocals by Tommy Duncan...
Bing Thom iddle-eye-po?*
Anyone else think it's curious that Bing Thom, the architect/urban design consultant consulted by Tulsa Stakeholders, Inc., in the development of "The Channels" plan, hasn't been heard from in connection with last week's unveiling or since? For something like this, it's typical to parade the designer around town and make...
And now the weather... in <strike>plainsong</strike> Anglican chant
A bit of Internet serendipity: The news reached me that longtime BBC weatherman Michael Fish was being put out to pasture for the sin of being almost 60 and not at all telegenic. I remember watching his nightly forecasts during business trips to the UK. The article was an op-ed...
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