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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 Republican primary: For Blake Ewing

This is the only election I get to vote in tomorrow, and I'm voting for entrepreneur Blake Ewing for the Republican nomination for Tulsa City Council District 4. In the 2009 primary, I endorsed legendary Tulsa musician Rocky Frisco in his race to unseat incumbent Eric Gomez, who had beclowned...

Posted by Michael Bates on September 12, 2011 8:35 PM

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

Primary post-mortem: Some initial thoughts

A few thoughts before turning in: Thanks to news director Dan Potter and the KRMG news team for the chance to contribute to tonight's coverage of the primary election. It was a pleasure, and I look forward to the next opportunity. Many thanks to Chris and Cheryl Medlock for their...

Posted by Michael Bates on September 9, 2009 1:17 AM

Rocky Frisco on downtown development; Chamber to run downtown marketing?

From Rocky Frisco's Tulsa Metro Chamber questionnaire. Nail, meet hammerhead. The more the city government has tried to "develop" the downtown, the worse it has become. I firmly believe that if had been allowed to develop naturally, without all the wild ideas for "development," it would still be an exciting,...

Posted by Michael Bates on September 7, 2009 6:00 PM

A conversation with Rocky Frisco, part 1

A couple of years ago, on April 11, 2007, I sat down at the Village Inn with Tulsa rock and roll pioneer Rocky Frisco and recorded a leisurely conversation with him. I am a lousy interviewer, but Rocky is a great interview subject. It didn't take much prompting to get...

Posted by Michael Bates on September 7, 2009 12:01 PM

District 4 candidate forum audio

It took me too long to upload this file successfully, but here it is, coughs, sneezes, rumbles, and all. Audio from the League of Women Voters candidate forum, held on September 1, 2009, at Fellowship Congregational Church. All four candidates -- Democrats Maria Barnes and Elizabeth Wright, Republicans Rocky Frisco...

Posted by Michael Bates on September 7, 2009 11:37 AM

District 4: For Rocky Frisco

A commenter on this blog recently dismissed Rocky Frisco, Republican candidate for Tulsa District 4 City Councilor, as a "perennial candidate," insinuating that voters shouldn't take him seriously. I take him seriously, and on Tuesday I'll be voting for Rocky Frisco in the Republican primary. It is true that...

Posted by Michael Bates on September 3, 2009 11:58 PM

Republican Assembly endorses Medlock

The Tulsa Area Republican Assembly, a conservative Republican organization affiliated with the National Federation of Republican Assemblies, has endorsed Chris Medlock for the Republican nomination for Tulsa mayor at their nominating convention this morning. The group's rules require a positive vote from two-thirds of its members, so in several races...

Posted by Michael Bates on August 29, 2009 2:23 PM

Tulsa blog roundup 2009/08/24

Links of interest from around Tulsa and nearby: Jim Hartz went exploring around the old KOME studios at 8th and Main and took some photos. KOME 1300 was one of Tulsa's five AM stations back in the '50s, and in 1958 it was the station that sent Rocky Frisco, then...

Posted by Michael Bates on August 24, 2009 10:36 PM

Rocky Frisco musical fundraiser this Saturday

There's a fundraiser and voter registration drive this Saturday afternoon for Rocky Frisco, Republican candidate for Tulsa District 4 City Councilor. Here are the details: Rocky Frisco fundraiser and voter registration drive Saturday, August 8, 2009 1 p.m. Ed's Hurricane Lounge 3216 E. 11th St. As befits a candidate who...

Posted by Michael Bates on August 7, 2009 8:12 AM