SPOTLIGHTING ROY NEWMAN AND HIS BOYS “Steel Guitar Rag,” Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys “Bound to Look Like A Monkey,” Tom Morrell and the Time-Warp Tophands “I Think I’ll Just Stay Here and Drink,” Suzy Bogguss (for AP MCQUIDDY and the GLASS LIFTERS) “How… Read More »4 JANUARY 2020
SPOTLIGHTING AL CLAUSER AND HIS OKLAHOMA OUTLAWS “White Heat,” Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys (for JACK & CAROLE BENDER) “Please Don’t Leave Me,” Rod Moag & Dayna Wills (for BARBARA MARTIN) “Oklahoma Home Brew, ” Hank Thompson (for BETTYE & GARY and AP MCQUIDDY… Read More »28 DECEMBER 2019
THE HOLIDAY SPECIAL “Santa’s on His Way,” Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys “Boogie Woogie Santa Claus,” Tractors (for DALE MCHENRY) “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer,” Metro Swing “A Cowboy’s Christmas Song,” Leon McAuliffe “I’ll be Home for Christmas,” Bob Wills’ Original Texas Playboys (for… Read More »21 DECEMBER 2019
SPOTLIGHTING ALVIN CROW AND THE PLEASANT VALLEY BOYS “Fan It,” Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys (for ANGELENE RIPLEY WRIGHT) “Hitler Lives (If We Hurt Our Fellow Man), Rod Moag w/Elana James “Cozy Inn,” Leon McAuliff (for RUSTY MILLER and the GLASS LIFTERS) “Somebody’s Been… Read More »14 DECEMBER 2019
FEATURING JIMMIE REVARD AND HIS OKLAHOMA PLAYBOYS DEDICATED TO HIS GRANDNIECE CAT BURTON “Here’s That Man Again,” Bob Wills (for A. SCOTT ARIZONA) “The Day the Texas Playboys Came to Town,” Larry Mangum (for BOBBY & JUDY KOEFER) “Pearl’s Not A Girl It’s A Beer,”… Read More »7 DECEMBER 2019
I’m happy to say that I’ve got a couple of pieces in the December OKLAHOMA Magazine that both deal with very talented friends of mine. NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author and longtime Tulsan P.C. Cast tells us about some big developments with her wildly successful HOUSE OF NIGHT series of novels, while veteran Tulsa blues-rocker… Read More »TWO OKLAHOMA MAGAZINE ARTICLES
SPOTLIGHTING THE TUNE WRANGLERS “Sugar Blues,” Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys “Cherokee,” Mark Holzinger (for CAROLE & JACK BENDER) “Trouble in the Nest,” Don Moore and Bob Clear (for DALE CLARK and the GLASS LIFTERS and HAMILL TIME) “Texas Sand,” Tune Wranglers “Steel Guitar… Read More »30 NOVEMBER 2019
DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF JONY MCQUIDDY “Elmer’s Tune,” Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys (for CAROLE & JACK BENDER) “What’s the Matter with the Mill,” Hot Club of Cowtown (for LEE NAIL) “Six Pack to Go,” Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys (for… Read More »23 NOVEMBER 2019
SPOTLIGHTING LEON MCAULIFF(E) “Texas Plains,” Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys “Ten Years,” Texas Playboys w/Dierks Bentley “Honky Tonk Song,” Leon McAuliff (for ERNIE SMART JR. and the GLASS LIFTERS) “I Can’t Believe That You’re in Love with Me,” Herb Ellis (for HAMILL TIME) “Rag… Read More »16 NOVEMBER 2019
Millions of baby boomers, myself included, grew up with the rock ’n’ roll hits of Gary Lewis and the Playboys rolling out of our car speakers and transistor radios. Such enduring oldies as “This Diamond Ring,” “Save Your Heart for Me,” and “She’s Just My Style” (all arranged and sometimes co-written by Leon Russell) will… Read More »A ‘Playboy’ Prescription