As Okie-friendly as its cowpunk tunes are, Slim Cessna’s Auto Club never has motored into these parts before. It’s about to bust that cherry.
Music Gazette staff Slim Cessna’s Auto Club with East Dallas Shufflers and Dark Valley Harvesters 8 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 12 The Conservatory 8911 N. Western conservatoryokc.com 607-4805 $10
Even with four decades of entertaining under her belt buckle, country great Tanya Tucker is far from being finished.
Music Mark Beutler Tanya Tucker with Crystal Gayle 7 p.m. Thursday First Council Casino 12875 N. Highway 77, Newkirk firstcouncilcasinohotel.com 866-966-1777 $35-$75
7 p.m. Friday Lucky Star Casino 7777 N. Highway 81, Concho luckystarcasino.org 364-3700 $35-$150
Country king Vince Gill returns home to headline a benefit concert at Northwest Classen High School, whose stage he played as an unknown.
Music Rod Lott Vince Gill with The Mojo Men, Rick White and Bill Maxwell 2 p.m. Sunday Hudson Performance Hall at Northwest Classen High School 2801 N.W. 27th nwcfriends.org 840-2146 $50-$100
CFN Gazette staff
You guys! Miranda Lambert’s dog is missing. She tweeted the news to Chicken-Fried News
personally. And also to her 1.3 million other followers. But still, we
think she was mainly reaching out to us.
Country Joshua Boydston
Few musicians ever get the chance to forge their own path, blazing
musical territory previously unexplored. Stillwater singer-songwriter
Jimmy LaFave is one of them, helping etch out a place for the Red Dirt
genre within the scope of American music.
Pop Joshua Boydston
Oklahoma City’s own Graham Colton is one of the most formidable solo
artists the Sooner state has to offer, and he’s even more impressive as
half of the new duo Sooner the Sunset, having found his musical soul
mate in vocalist Lindsey Ray.
Rock Phil Bacharach
You can’t keep genuine royalty from flaunting their power. Wanda
Jackson, the 1950s’ Queen of Rockabilly who set the standard for rock
’n’ roll women and even managed to get Elvis Presley hot and bothered,
is back with Unfinished Business.