![]() ![]() Joe's brother, Jimmy Liggins, born in Newby, Okla., led an R&B group in the late 1940s and early 1950s that also presaged rock and roll with hits like "Cadillac Boogie." Liggins also wrote the now-classic blues song "I Ain't Drunk." Liggins had huge hits with "The Honeydripper" in 1945 and "Pink Champagne" in 1950. Joe "The Honeydripper" Liggins, born in Guthrie, Okla., charted a number of singles during the late 1940s and early 1950s with his streamlined rhythm and blues. Jefferson may be the earliest recorded player to use the guitar for single-string solos in blues, and he ultimately inspired other guitarists, including jazz innovator Charlie Christian, whose primary musical experiences came in Oklahoma City. Blind Lemon Jefferson brought his “Hot Box” guitar style to the state from Texas. Robert Johnson used to play in all black Taft OK. Numerous blues artists have roots in Oklahoma. Suffice to say, Tulsa’s Cain’s Ballroom was home to Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys, numerous local and national country artists, as well as the above mentioned local artists. ![]() Soft Rock artist David Gates is also from Tulsa.Ĭountry music is a story for another day. The music played by these artists, beginning in the late 1950s, became known as “The Tulsa Sound.” Other influential Tulsa area musicians of the era include Jamie Oldaker, Jim Keltner, Roger Tillison, Eric Clapton, Clyde Stacy, Flash Terry, Roy Clark, David Teegarden. Steve had an amazing career and ended up as Glen Campbell's Music Director. Also active during that time was Gus Hardin (Married to the son of a local Bartlesville, Oklahoma dentist, Steve Hardin. Some of the musical luminaries from that era include Rocky Frisco, Elvin Bishop, and J.J. While still in school at Tulsa’s Rogers High School, he became an integral player around Tulsa. More on that later.īorn on April 2, 1942, in Lawton Oklahoma, Leon Russell was raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Jim Hess is a real student of Oklahoma Music history and is currently working on a project to get Steve Harden, inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame. He was stopped crossing the railroad tracks on West Frank Phillips Blvd in that small town in Oklahoma. Lewis was driving a baby blue 1958 Mercury Convertible. ![]() Lewis from playing the gig at the local Civic Center. At one time, the head of security for the Hess family business was the Bartlesville cop who arrested the inebriated Jerry Lee Lewis, and threw him in jail, preventing Mr. Third, Jim’s family has owned a business in our mutual hometown of Bartlesville Oklahoma for years. Second, his college roommate was Leon (Russell Bridges) Russell’s best friend in high school. Why would Jim have better knowledge of these things? First, he’s a little bit older than I am and closer to the actual event. The gentleman who called these things to our attention is Bartlesville resident, Jim Hess. It was called to our attention that we had some errors in the previous post. May, Grace Potter and Erin Harpe are firing up younger audiences, and Erin Harpe makes it as fun and exciting as ever, and that’s a good thing for the blues.”Ī cash bar is available featuring products from Newburyport Brewing Company and other local brewers,Īnd snacks are served.This is a rewrite of a post from August 2019. “Erin Harpe is one of the most dynamic, talented and exciting roots rocking blues women on the scene and it’s time she gets noticed, as she has it all - a golden voice and the guitar chops that dazzle.the emerging new generation, like Imelda Ukulele bass, Matt “Charles” Prozialeck on harmonica, and Kendall Divoll on drums and percussion. Her band members include Jim Countryman on bass guitar and With the highly-acclaimed Erin Harpe and the Delta Swingers on Saturday July 14th.Įrin Harpe & the Delta Swingers is an award-winning, Boston-based band whose diverse influences range from acoustic Piedmont and Delta blues roots to hard rocking electric slide guitar, boogie blues, funk and soul. The Newburyport BluesCruise kicks off the summer season ![]()
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