So, what music are you listening to now?

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by d-ray657

I'm an Okie and I don't listen to Merle Haggard very often. But I do listen to Willie Nelson and Leon Russell. Bob Wills was not an Okie, but he spent a lot of time in Cain's Ballroom in Tulsa, so we'll claim him. And JJ Cale. Shoot, we'll even claim Roy Clark. But we'll trade Garth Brooks for Willie.

Regards,

D-Ray

Wills lived a big part of his life in OK. As I recall, Wills had a serious feud with some Texas politician and basically got run out of the state. He was a serious, and I think, mean drunk so his troubles in Texas may have been partly self-induced.

Still, gotta love that guy! His synthesis of country music, blues and jazz produced some amazing music and inspired a lot of great players.

John