Poet and memoirist Richard Hoffman and author and poet Michael Henson read at The Paramount OKC 7 p.m. Thursday.
Chuck Berry
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Charlie Christian International Music Festival returns with an emphasis on the soloist’s breadth of influence
Famous Oklahoman Charlie Christian is considered a great pioneering soloist on the electric guitar.
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Touch it
Electric Touch has more than one British invasion to thank for its success. Playing Pryor’s Rocklahoma festival this weekend, the five guys grew up listening to UK rock acts like Rolling Stones and The Kinks. Front man Shane Lawlor hails from Britain as well, which is peculiar considering the rest of the band is as […]
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From Red to Randy
But his $25,000 vintage metal hollow-body instrument pales in comparison to a former guitar of the National brand that he once owned: Tampa Red’s. In the early 1900s, Tampa Red was a famous and prolific bluesman, making 300 recordings of his own tunes and 400 accompanying other people. In addition, he pretty much invented the […]