Oklahoma Blues Bands
- Abandon
Style - A Band of Songwriters [GIGS]
Pat Glenn, Oklahoma City, OK (405)722-0259, email: glep@ionet.net,
www: http://www.okclive.com/AbandonStyle/,
(fmr. Changing Winds) - also on MP3.com
- Brad Absher -
[GIGS]
Tulsa, OK email: bradabsher@earthlink.com,
www: http://www.bradabsher.com/
- Act Casual
with Miss Blues - Red
Hot Blues [GIGS]
Kenneth E. Ford, 1616 Rolling Stone Dr., Norman, OK 73071,
(405)360-7710, (405)447-9073, email: ldaggs@chickasaw.com,
www: http://www.okclive.com/ActCasual/
- Aranda -
Official website arandamusic.com
Booking# 405-327-0133 , guitar driven rock, funk, R&B.
- Windy
Austin & the Hothouse Tomato Boys -
Tawanna Kelley, OK (918)696-6814, email: annawatt@intellex.com,
www: Windy
Austin & the Hothouse Tomato Boys, based in
Fayetteville, AR; CD: Romeo's Last Go Around
- Big G -
[GIGS]
Big G Productions, Carry Jacobson, Edmond, OK (405)715-1978, email: BigGBlues@aol.com,
www: http://www.okclive.com/BigG/,
the Guitar Giant - Garrett Jacobson - first CD "Rhythm
Attack" released in December 1998! - now also on http://www.garrettbiggjacobson.com/
and MP3.com
- The Bluehemians -
http://www.bluehemians.com
Bob Wallace 918-252-9761 email: info@bluehemians.com
- Mike Black
& the Stingrays - Classic Rock
P.O. Box 1441, Choctaw, OK 73020, www: http://www.telepath.com/griff
- Black Cat
Bone - Party like ya got nine lives!
RosCo, 1224 Ute Avenue, Hartshorne, OK 74547, (918)297-3066, fax:
(918)297-3438, www: http://www.icok.net/~fibsh/bcb.htm,
(based in McAlester, OK)
- Blackhawk
Blues Band - Electric Blues
Batiste Jones, 732 S.E. 27th, Oklahoma City, OK 73129,
(405)634-5553, (405)360-9557, www: http://www.okclive.com/Blackhawk/,
Now available: 8-song music cassette "Gypsy
Blue" ($10)
- Blinddog
Smokin' - [GIGS]
P.O. Box 181, Laramie, WY 82070, (307)742-7501, www: http://www.blinddogsmokin.com/,
(alternative web address: http://www.hapiskratch.com/blinddog/)
- Brent Blount - [GIGS]
Oklahoma City, OK (405)528-5620 (Brent Blount), jazz (and blues)
- The Blue
Cats - Blues and R & B Band
David Ridgway, (405)429-8353, email: DADN2BLUES@aol.com,
www: http://www.okclive.com/BlueCats/,
with Calvin White
- Blue
Combo - [GIGS]
Rusty Miller, OK (918)599-9180, email: steve-elmore@mail.am.com,
www: http://homepages.go.com/~bluecombo/
- Blue Flame -
[GIGS]
Steve Schaben, 908 Jupiter Road, Edmond, OK (405)330-0617,
(405)340-8977, email: TeleGuy000@aol.com,
www: http://okclive.com/BlueFlame/
- Blues Nation -
Anadarko, OK (405)247-9494, with Tom Ware
- Blues Tornado -
Tim, OK (918)835-5966
- Blues Train -
Tamra, OK (918)396-3601
- Blumonia -
(405)831-3368 (Brian Bos; leave message), (members of frm. Clean
Slate)
- Philip
"Yogie" Bread -
OK , www: Kiowa
Tribe of Oklahoma - Philip "Yogie" Bread
- C.
Brooks and Company - [GIGS]
Oklahoma City, OK (405)810-9243, email: cbrooks_co@yahoo.com,
www: http://www.geocities.com/cbrooks_co/
- Cat Daddy -
Bill, Muskogee, OK (918)478-4106
- Cat Daddys -
Danny Banda, 402 Sunneyside St., Dallas, TX 75211,
(214)467-0586, (817)382-1732 (Mickey Carson, Denton, TX), email: catdaddy@gte.net,
www: http://home1.gte.net/catdaddy/
- Charley
and Just Around - Power Blues and Other
Subtleties
Charlie Haag, 621 S. Rock Island, El Reno, OK 73036,
(405)422-3081, www: http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/2514/,
formerly known as Charley Mercedez & the Beemers
- Clean
Slate -
(405)321-6701 (DJ Tompkins), (405)831-3368 (Brian Bos; leave
message), www: clsl_bio.htm
- Cold Shot -
How about a little BLUESION baby? [GIGS]
Terry Dutton, Chickasha, OK (405)224-0836, (405)222-3401, email: TCOLDSHOT@aol.com,
www: http://www.coldshot.net/
- Crosstown
Blues Band - Highway to the Blues
Dave Higgins, 5708 S. Briarwood Dr., Oklahoma City, OK 73135,
(405)670-1243 (Dave)
, email: crosstown1@juno.com,
www: http://www.okclive.com/Crosstown/,
CD "Waited So Long To Love You" - see also: http://www.angelfire.com/ok/CTB/
- Cryout -
[GIGS]
Paul Zarkovich, Fayetteville, AR (501)236-5544, www: http://www.okclive.com/Cryout/,
CD "Live" - based around Oklahoma City, OK
- Curly
Jackwire -
Pat Glenn, Oklahoma City, OK email: glep@email.msn.com,
www: http://www.mp3.com/CurlyJackWire
- The Daily Blues Band -
Jim Renfrow, Anadarko, OK
- Ray Davis
& Pocketful of Blues - [GIGS]
Rhonda Ragsdale, Dallas, TX (469)384-0170, email: raydavisblues@aol.com,
www: http://www.okclive.com/RayDavis/,
or: MzRagsdale@aol.com
- The
Deviants -
Scott Keeton, 5232 S. Penn, pmb 122, Oklahoma City, OK 73119,
(405)636-1697, email: scottkeeton@ionet.net,
www: http://www.okclive.com/Deviants/,
(see also Scott Keeton & The Deviants);
CD 'Shake
Well Serve Cold' released May 1997, CD 'Scott
Keeton & the Deviants' released October 1998,
CD '100
Mile Blues" released on the JSP label April 1999
- Doc Blue's Review Band - Nuthin but the
blues [GIGS]
Dr. French E. 'Doc Blue' Hickman, 6606 N.W. Grand Blvd.,
Oklahoma City, OK 73116, (405)732-2279, (405)843-7070
- Kelvin
Drake Trio - Mr. Guitar [GIGS]
P.O. Box 94493, Oklahoma City, OK 73143, (405)556-6563 (pager
& voice mail), (405)677-3843, www: http://www.angelfire.com/ok/kdrakes/,
Gospel, Blues, R&B - Mr. Guitar T-shirts available &
cassette "Straight Ahead Blues" to be released soon,
available at gigs and Roy's Records & Music, 1513 N.E. 23rd,
OKC
- Ray Drew
Blues Review Band - [GIGS]
(405)650-7682 (mobile), www: http://www.okclive.com/RayDrew/,
CD "Too Much Lovin'" released in June '96 at Shade
Tree Music (Midnight Creeper), new CD expected soon
- Electric Rag
Band - Where the 20s and 30s meet the 90s
Pat Cook, P.O. Box 3192, Tulsa, OK 74101-3192, email: ragband@tulsa.com,
www: http://www.busprod.com/ragband/,
x, Review
of Electric Rag Band selftitled CD, second CD 'Too Tight'
released on April 10, 1998
- Scott Ellison Band -
913 S. New Haven Ave., Tulsa, OK 74112, (918)835-9423, CDs
"Live at Joey's" (1995, Red Hot Records) and "Steamin'"
(Oct.'97, Fishhead Records, P.O. Box 91486, Cleveland, OH 44101,
(216)881-4321, toll free 1-888-666-FISH)
- Fanny Grace -
[GIGS]
Oklahoma City, OK , www: http://www.fannygrace.com/
- Flash
Terry & the Uptown Blues Band - [GIGS]
P.O. Box 3612, Tulsa, OK 74101, (918)672-4535, email: flash@ionet.net,
www: http://www.okclive.com/FlashTerry/,
Albums "Backdoor
Man" (CD $15, MC $10) and "Mr. Bluesman" (CD
$15).
- Fried Okra
Jones - [GIGS]
Brody Schmidt, Stillwater, OK (405)747-5553, (405)360-2263 (Box
Talent, Norman), email: management@friedokrajones.com,
www: http://www.friedokrajones.com/,
frontman Watermelon Slim (Bill Homans - watermelonslim@hotmail.com)
- Funky
Muthers -
Paul Zarkovich, Fayetteville, AR (405)210-1130, (918)473-5356 (Bronko),
www: http://www.okclive.com/FunkyMuthers/,
(based in Checotah, OK)
- GG & the Magic
Band -
Steep Creek Productions, Stan
Amos, P.O. Box 371, Garden Valley, CA 95633, (530)333-2534
(bookings), (916)920-4337 (studio), fax:
(916)452-0109, email: TWOGEES@juno.com,
www: http://www.twogees.com/,
"Guitar GG" from Sacramento, CA
- Eric Green -
- Big Mike
Griffin - Chrome Link Entertainment
PO BOX 1655 - LaVergne TN 37086-1655 -
(615) 202-6863 Booking - (615) 793-9434 Fax
- Willa & The Guezz Band -
Johann M. Kimbro, (405)478-4268, email: JMKimbro@aol.com,
x
- Reno Head -
(405)392-2164 (John Ford, OKC), (512)440-1956 (Jim Yanaway,
Austin, TX), www: http://okclive.com/RenoHead/,
CD I'll
Be Your Monkey released, September 1996
- Hell Hounds -
(405)262-8331, (405)262-9183
- Debbie Henning - Classic Rock
"Unplugged"
P.O. Box 1083, Bethany, OK 73008, (405)789-PLAY (7529), Vocalist
& Guitarist
- Shane
Henry Band - [GIGS]
Shane Henry, Rt.4, Box 42a, Anadarko, OK 73005, (405)453-7469, email: gottheblues@hotmail.com,
www: http://www.geocities.com/Bourbonstreet/canal/8066/
- Burt
Herrin & the Stingers - Hi Energy Electric
Blues
308 S. Bryant, Edmond, OK 73034, (800)880-6288 (Office TX),
(405)330-4239 (Res. OK), email: SBHerrin@aol.com,
www: http://www.okclive.com/BurtHerrin/,
CD "Hi Strung" - live at Studio 7 - released January
'99
- Mike Hosty Trio -
P.O. Box 843, Norman, OK 73070, email: HossTone@aol.com,
www: http://www.hosty.com/,
- Kalazh - The Ultimate Band For All
Ocassions
Jerry Wallace, Oklahoma City, OK (405)427-2670, (405)798-3163
(pager), "R&B, Jazz, Funk and more",
"Party's, Wedding Receptions, Special Events, etc."
- Scott
Keeton & The Deviants - [GIGS]
5232 S. Penn, pmb 122, Oklahoma City, OK 73119, (405)636-1697, email: scottkeeton@ionet.net,
www: http://www.okclive.com/ScottKeeton/,
(see also The Deviants); CD 'Shake
Well Serve Cold' released May 1997, CD 'Scott
Keeton & the Deviants' released October 1998,
CD '100
Mile Blues" released on the JSP label April 1999 - also
on MP3.com
- Kettle of Fish -
Tulsa, OK email: bradabsher@earthlink.com,
www: http://www.bradabsher.com/,
Brad Absher's latest project
- Killer & the Tone Dogs -
Bobby Haynie, Oklahoma City, OK (405)793-8592
- Ike Lamb -
(405)360-3554
- Dave Lewis Band
- Dancin' Swingin' Groovin' Blues
Tulsa, OK (918)742-3089, email: dlewis@cbu.edu,
www: http://www.okclive.com/dlb/,
also: http://www.cbu.edu/~dlewis/band
- Li'l
Brother -
Oliver White, Kingston, OK email: lewhite@brightok.net,
www: http://www.angelfire.com/ok/bluesstuff/,
(based in the Lake Texoma area)
- Lightnin' Jack -
1908 Turner Drive, Midwest City, OK 7????, (405)733-3625
- Mad Cap -
Josh Thomason, OK (405)340-0321
- Magic Mike
& his band The Wild Blues Yonder - this is
the future of the blues [GIGS]
8821 N.W. 84th, Oklahoma City, OK (405)706-5588,
, email: magicmic@swbell.net,
www: http://www.okclive.com/MagicMike/
- Mary Ann
& the Blue Dogs -
Mary Ann Tate,
,
, OK
, (405)733-3310, email: MATATE@worldnet.att.net,
www: http://www.okclive.com/bluedog/,
CD "Unleashed"
($15, tape $10; orderable at contact address)
- Big Daddy McCann -
OK (405)752-7900, (see also: Sauce
Monkeys)
- Nina Medley & the Burners - Rockin'
Rhythm & Blues [GIGS]
Oklahoma City, OK
- DC
Minner and Selby & Blues On The Move - [GIGS]
Selby Minner, Rt. 1, Box 311, Checotah, OK 74426, (918)473-2411,
fax: (918)473-0033, email: dcminner@lakewebs.net,
www: http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/2861/dcms_bio.htm,
Down
Home Blues Club & Dusk
til Dawn Blues Festival, Rentiesville, OK and Blues Master
Classes, CD Love
Lost & Found released September 1996
- Miss Blues -
Blues with an Attitude [GIGS]
Dorothy Ellis, 2232 N.E. 20th St., Oklahoma City, OK 73111,
(405)424-4709, email: traditionalblues@aol.com,
www: http://okclive.com/MissBlues/,
(see also: Act Casual)
- The
Missing Link -
Jim Heriford, Claremore, OK email: herifordjl@netzero.net,
www: http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Vine/4106/
- Mississippi Pete -
(405)427-7385
- The
Mudslingers - Young Rockin' Funk-n-Blues [GIGS]
Justin Moore, Edmond, OK
(405)359-0359 (Derek Olson), (405)844-3283 (Justin Moore), email: TheMudslingers@mmcable.com,
www: http://okclive.com/Mudslingers/,
(see also: http://www.digitalcity.com/oklahomacity/bars/event.dci?eid=198694)
- Netsurfers
-
Tim Terrific or Jammin'
Jeff Johnson, (405)210-4700, www: http://www.angelfire.com/ok/netsurfers/,
Rockin' party dance band, playing blues as well
- Night Flight - [GIGS]
(405)842-7847, with Charlie Whatley
- Notorius - [GIGS]
- The Oscillators -
Mary Fowler, 130 W. Lincoln, Sapulpa, OK 74066, (918)224-8979,
blues, rock, soul and even some gospel; CD "Alsuma"
(orderable at contact address)
- Out Of The Blue -
Oklahoma City, OK (405)275-3790 (Dan), (405)769-6354 (Roy)
- Billy Paul Review -
- Shelly
Phelps & the Rhythm Junkies - [GIGS]
Unzipped Music, 8900 N. Olie, #11, Oklahoma City, OK 73114,
(405)897-0693, email: rhythmjunkie@hotmail.com,
www: http://geocities.com/shellyphelps/,
r&b based rock and more
- Shawn
Pittman -
TX (405)360-1921 (MOB Talent Agency), fax:
(405)360-9565, email: mobtalent@usa.net,
www: http://209.46.49.34/Bands/band_label.cfm?BandID=103&BandName=Shawn%20Pittman&Genre=76,
Cannonball recording artist
- Dustin Pittsley Band -
[GIGS]
Scott Springfield, Norman, OK (405)321-8085, (405)258-0388
(Dustin Pittsley, Chandler, OK), email: scott@inetinc.net,
www: http://www.dpband.com/
- Steve Pryor
& the Mighty Kingsnakes -
Tim O'Brien, 317 W. Main, Norman, OK 73069, (405)360-1921 (Tim),
1-888-327-6639, fax: (405)360-9565, email: mobtalent@usa.net,
www: http://stevepryor.iuma.com/,
(based in Tulsa, OK)
- Regular
Joes -
Bill Thomas, (405)732-0779 or (405)440-9312, (405)794-4000 (KOMA/KRXO
radio), email: bill@krxo.com,
www: http://members.xoom.com/regularjoes,
classic rock, etc.
- Rhythm Factor - High Energy Music For All
Occasions
Tim "T.R." Ray, (405)632-6046
- Sauce
Monkeys - [GIGS]
Terry "Big Daddy" McCann, Oklahoma City, OK
(405)752-7900 (Big Daddy), (405)722-9577 (Ken) / (405)715-1262
(Freddie), www: http://www.okclive.com/SauceMonkeys/,
with "Big Daddy" McCann
- Security
Force - [GIGS]
www: http://www.okclive.com/SecurityForce/,
featuring Haji Ahkba (master flugelhorn player), with Mel
Bolton, Whitney Braxton (keyboard), Mike McKinney (bass)
- Shame Shame - Don't be ashamed to have
the Blues!
Joe R. Tyler, P.O. Box 551182, Dallas, TX 75355-1182,
(817)312-2074
- Shanupa family
- Roots Rhythms & Rhythm Roots
Oklahoma City, OK , www: The
Shanupa Family, (world music)
- Shortt
Dogg - [GIGS]
Oklahoma City, OK (405)521-8132 (Marty), www: http://www.okclive.com/ShorttDogg/
- Shotgun -
Bill Holliway, (405)942-7853
- Smilin'
Vic & the Soul Monkeys -
Cleve Warren, (405)528-2395, www: http://www.okclive.com/SmilinVic/
- Smilin'
Vic Trio - [GIGS]
Vic, (405)946-6977, www: http://www.okclive.com/SmilinVic/
- Holland
K. Smith & the Million Dollar Rhythm Section - [GIGS]
Top Cat Records, Richard Chalk, email: blueman@computek.net,
www: http://texasblues.com/topcat/holland/holland.htm,
jump-blues with a touch of swing and rockabilly
- SnakeShakers -
Rhythm and Blues
(405)733-9545, (405)524-4687, email: snake_shakers@yahoo.com,
www: The
SnakeShakers,
- Southern Highway Band -
Chickasha, OK (405)247-7619 (Louie), (405)222-2562 (home) /
(405)222-0469 (work) (Gyro), email: lewis@tanet.net,
email Gyro: BTerry3483@aol.com,
blues, rock, top 40 and, on request, a little country
- Stolen Karr and the Hub Caps -
Dave Karr, Oklahoma City, OK (405)528-3515
- Stone Free - Hendrix, Brown, Kravitz with
a rock flavor
Mike Addonizio, Oklahoma City, OK (405)573-2636 (home) /
(405)573-2185 (work), email: stone_free98@yahoo.com
- Stretch 'n the Truth -
OK (918)445-7774 (Doug), (918)743-8973 (Ken)
- Mike Taylor & the Pistols - Large
Caliber Blues
Lloyd Price, Tulsa, OK (918)455-3364 (home), (918)690-8207
(pager), email: price702@juno.com,
electric blues primarily Chicago and Texas styles with a little
rock-n-roll and funk edge just to get em on the floor
- Chebon Tiger & The Sen-Say-Shuns - Blues
for Every Body!!! [GIGS]
OK (405)524-9544, email: tchibitty@email.msn.com,
From blues rock to Memphis soul and everything in between. He
has been playing steadily in and around the Kansas City Area,
fronting blues bands for the last five years, resulting in
connections in those areas as well as Wichita, Nebraska, and
Iowa.
- Glenn R.
Townsend Band -
Townsend Enterprises, Melita, P.O. Box 580155, Tulsa, OK
74158-0155, (918)835-4626, (918)664-4581, fax:
(918)664-3066, email: mrt@ionet.net,
www: http://www.okclive.com/GRT/,
CDs "Rockin' The Blues", "Can't
Live Without Your Love" & "Drivin' the
Bus"
- Kenny Traylor Blues Band, featuring Danny Hubbard
-
Fort Worth, TX (817)923-6406, CD "Born
With The Blues" ($10; orderable at contact address)
- Unlikely Blues Band -
- The Usual Suspects -
P.O. Box 52, Lawton, OK 73502, (405)536-4821, (Meigan Murphree
a.k.a. Crash Murphy passed away while in Colorado on July 13,
1998)
- Voodoo Chili Band -
Gary Clowdus, OK (405)275-7060, (405)964-3220, email: voodoochili@musician.org,
- Tom Ware & Blues Nation -
Anadarko, OK (405)247-9494
- Otis
Watkins Band -
Lunacy Records, Oklahoma City, OK (405)236-0644, (405)236-0643
(answering service), email: otisw@usa.pipeline.com,
www: http://www.clueless.norman.ok.us/otis/,
CD Otified
- Danny White - [GIGS]
Danny White, 1214 N.W. 36th St., Oklahoma City, OK 73118,
(405)840-1404 (daytime), (405)525-8633 (evening)
- Oliver
White Group - Hottest blues band in the land
Oliver White, Kingston, OK email: lewhite@brightok.net,
www: http://msnhomepages.talkcity.com/LyricLn/ollie-1/,
(based in the Lake Texoma area)
- Nelson Wilder & the 24/7 Band -
(405)330-0120
- Wes Wilkes -
Rt. 1, Box 121H, Jones, OK 73049, (405)396-8616, (405)359-7607
(work)
- Calvin Youngblood & Triple Mass - [GIGS]
Calvin, OK (918)747-5567, email: cniceley@aol.com
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