The final chapter of WPA folklore collector Robert A. Brown’s adventure in the fear-fraught hills of 1939 Arkansas has arrived. Be a part of the journey! Sign up for the John Wooley Newsletter and be entered to win The Cleansing Trilogy! Winner will be announced… Read More »Enter to win The Cleansing Trilogy!
1. “Worried Mind,” Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys (for SE EGAN) 2. “Main Street USA,” Red Dirt Rangers (for BRAD NEWMAN) 3. “Talk About A Party,” Roy Clark and Gatemouth Brown (for WES & JEANNIE BENGE, JIM HALSEY, and the GLASS LIFTERS) 4. “Texas… Read More »20 JUNE 2020
Fifty-four years ago, I rode a Greyhound bus to the end of the Turner Turnpike from Tulsa, where I had a summer job on the truck-loading docks at Skelly Oil Company. A couple of years earlier, I’d started writing for a comic-book fanzine — cranked… Read More »Sinister Serpent available now!
1. “Faded Love,” Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys(for RAY BINGHAM02. “Cool Water,” Cow Bop3. “Weekend Willie,” Willis Brothers(for BETTYE and GARY and the GLASS LIFTERS)4. “How High the Moon,” the Quebe Sisters(for BRETT BINGHAM)5. “When the Cactus Is in Bloom,” Jack Guthrie6. “Sweet Moments,”… Read More »13 JUNE 2020
1. “Moonlight and Roses,” Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys(for GARY PELUSO)2. “Gone Away,” Steve Ripley(for RICK REILEY and SUE ANN CHAPMAN)3. “I Got Loaded,” Casey Van Beek and the Tulsa Groove(for DALE CLARK and the GLASS LIFTERS)4. “Hesitation Blues,” Hank Penny5. “Shine,” Johnny Gimble… Read More »6 JUNE 2020
“Got A Letter from My Kid Today,” Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys “Diddy Wah Diddy,” Michael H. Price and His Western Swingmasters (for JODY BARR) “I Gotta Get Drunk,” Willie Nelson (for KEVAN JAMES and the GLASS LIFTERS) “You Can’t Break My Heart,” Solitaire… Read More »30 MAY 2020
James Bond may be the Man with the Golden Gun, but Ralph Terry is the Man with the Golden Pitches. Ralph, in fact, can lay claim to having more Golden Pitches than anyone else — five more than his closest competitors, Christy Mathewson and Jose Mesa. When I collaborated with Ralph on RIGHT DOWN THE… Read More »Ralph Terry the Man with the Golden Pitches
GLAD TO BE BACK! “William Tell,” Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys “In the Mood,” Caravan Swing Band (for JACK & CAROLE BENDER) “No Way to Drown A Memory,” Stoney Edwards (for HAMILL TIME, BETTYE & GARY, and the GLASS LIFTERS) “Route 66,” Michael H.… Read More »23 MAY 2020
This month in OKLAHOMA Magazine, you can, if you’re so inclined, catch a John Wooley twofer. My regular column tells about my experiences as an over-70 softball player, and the cover story pairs me with writer Henry Dolive (whom I haven’t had the pleasure of… Read More »A John Wooley Twofer
For many years now, musicians Walt Richmond and Casey Van Beek have represented the best of what the classic Tulsa Sound was, and is. Now, Richmond has produced and engineered a new Van Beek disc — his first solo effort — that brings that sound to listeners everywhere. If you’d like to know more, please… Read More »THE TULSA SOUND’S ETERNAL INSPIRATION