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It is a mix of blues, blues rock, country, rock and roll and swamp pop sounds of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Artists considered to have pioneered the Tulsa sound include J. J. Cale, [2] Leon Russell, [3] Roger Tillison [4] and Elvin Bishop. [5] After 1980, Gus Hardin (country), [6] and Jeff Carson (country) released roots music albums. [7]
In the two-part oral history that follows, Leon Russell speaks to the early, heady days of Tulsa’s music scene, as do Rocky Frisco, David Teegarden, Jamie Oldaker, and Jimmy Markham. All were involved in shaping this distinctive sound of modern-day blues and rock-and-roll. Their recollections evoke a specific place and era—1956 to 1976 ...
- Preston Jones
Tulsa’s music history runs deep. Its worldwide influence ranges from the legendary Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys broadcasting live from Cain's Ballroom in the 1920s, to evolving the Tulsa Sound in the 1950s and 1960s. The Jim Halsey Company moved to Tulsa in the 1970s and established the largest country music agency in the world, representing 42 of the biggest stars include Roy Clark, Oak ...
It is a mix of blues, blues rock, country, rock and roll and swamp pop sounds of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Artists considered to have pioneered the Tulsa sound include J. J. Cale,Leon Russell, Roger Tillison and Elvin Bishop. After 1980, Gus Hardin (country), and Jeff Carson (country) released roots music albums. Although Dwight Twilley ...
“Tulsa Time” by Eric Clapton, featured on his 1978 album Backless, is a laid-back, country-tinged tune that brings the article’s list to a close with a relaxed yet resonant nod to Tulsa’s influence on rock and country music. Written by Danny Flowers, the song was originally recorded by Don Williams, but Clapton’s version brought it to a wider audience in the rock world.
- Brian Kachejian
This is the second part of a two-part story on The Tulsa Sound. Read the first part here. In the mid-1970s, Billboard magazine, long the music industry bible, seemed a bit besotted with Oklahoma musicians. “John D. Loudermilk, the famed songwriter … once expressed a theory about vibrations and songs,” went one such piece published in ...
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A grassroots, scene-led music festival in the Tulsa Arts District, World Culture Music Festival is Tulsa’s annual showcase of hardworking local hip-hop and R&B talent. It’s held across multiple days each year in late May and early June, and usually features more than 100 local and regional artists performing at various Arts District venues.
