2007 People's List
In the pluralistic and populist traditions of Oklahoma, the Oklahoma Music Guide seeks to keep a list of all entities who consider themselves, or who are considered by others, to be noteworthy for contributions to music.
The following list of musicians, groups, tribes, music industry professionals, and music educators is was published in the 2003 Oklahoma Music Guide. The author will draw on this list for the 2007 edition of the guide, as well as submissions received since 2003. Once the new Oklahoma Music Guide is published in 2007, this online list will be updated.
Please send any suggestions, corrections, or additions for the next "People's List" to the author. Oklahoma Music Guide is especially interested in photos (hard copy or 300 dpi scans), bios, music, and website addresses for the next "People's List" in the 2007 edition.
Materials may be sent to the following address care of the Oklahoma Music Guide: P.O. Box 876, Stillwater, OK 74074 or via e-mail to hugh@oklahomamusicguide.com.
If your name appears on the list, New Forums Press will gives you a 40% discount on the book when it comes out in 2007, but you must call them and order it at (405) 372-6158, and indicate your name is in the back of the book on the "People's List."
Key to Entries:
Format: Individual or Group/Oklahoma Connection/Notability
Code: b=born, r=resided, f=formed, I.T.=Indian Territory, *=unknown at press
time, bold refers to full entries in the Oklahoma Music Guide II.
2007 People’s List of Oklahoma Music
Format: Individual or Group/Oklahoma Connection/Notability
Code: b=born, r=resided, f=formed, I.T.=Indian Territory, *=unknown at press
time, bold refers to entries in this guide
A
Abandon Style/f. Oklahoma City/rock group
Absentee Shawnee Tribe/based in Shawnee, moved to I.T. in 1868/Veterans Day
dances & powwows
Absher, Brad/r. Tulsa/blues/rock guitarist and singer
Ackmann, Rod/Tulsa University music faculty, 2003/bassoonist
Acoustic Ross/f. Tulsa/singer, songwriter, guitarist
Act Casual/f. Oklahoma City, 1991/blues band
Ellis, Dorothy “Miss Blues”/b. Texas, r. Oklahoma City/singer
Ford, Kenneth/b. Tom/vocalist, songwriter, bassist
Adams, Brant/Oklahoma State University music faculty, 2003/music theory
Adams, Frank/r. Tulsa/jazz saxophonist
Adams, Joe/r. Tulsa/opera singer
Adams, Jody/r. Oklahoma/bluegrass fiddler, mandolinist, songwriter
Adams, Ron/r. Tulsa/jazz bassist
Admiral Twin
Adson, Robert (Pawnee/Diné/Comanche)/r. Pawnee/intertribal powwow head
singer, sings with Southern Thunder
Agent, Dan/r. Tahlequah/co-managed Randy Crouch and the Flying Horse Opera
A Girl Thang/f. Oklahoma City/rock group
Agony Scene/f. Oklahoma/Christian heavy metal
Ahhaitty, Bill/r. Oklahoma/intertribal powwow head singer
AJ and Why Not/f. Oklahoma/blues group
Aldrich, “Walkin’ Talkin’” Charlie/b. Ogawana, 1913/classical
guitarist, country singer, songwriter
Alexander, Dave/ r. Broken Arrow/Western swing bandleader
Alig, Kelley/East Central Oklahoma University music faculty, 2003/music education,
applied voice
All-American Rejects
ALLBLAK/f. Tulsa/rap, hip-hop
Allen, Bill/b. OK, 1925, r. Wewoka/Western swing rhythm guitarist, fiddler
Allen, Steve/r. Tulsa/guitarist, vocalist with pop rock group 20/20
Al-Jibouri, Sean/r. Tulsa/blues rock guitarist
Alred, Casi/b. OK, 1988/country singer
Allsup, Tommy
Altamont Speedway/f. Norman
Alter Ego/f. Oklahoma City, 1995/blues rock group
Alvaro’s Brazilian Jazz/r. Edmond, 2002/Latin jazz group
Amazing Rhythm Chickens/f. Norman, 1973/classic rock and roll group
Ambassador Bill/f. Oklahoma City, 1995/punk rock group
Ambient Music Cartel/f. Oklahoma City, 1998/rock group
Ambrosini, Armand/Oklahoma University music faculty, 2003/music appreciation
American Boyfriends/f. Oklahoma City, 1992/pop rock group
Goad, Matt/r. Oklahoma City/guitarist, vocalist
Harmon, Eric/r. Oklahoma City/drummer
Johnson, Matt/r. Oklahoma City/bassist
York, Richard/r. Oklahoma City/guitarist
American Girlz/f. Broken Arrow/retro pop music singing and dancing group
American Horse/f. Tulsa/rock group
AMF/f. Tulsa/punk metal rock group
Anderson, Buddy
Anderson, Jonathan/b. 1990 – d. 2001, r. Enid/rapper and leader of Midwest
Hustlaz
Anderson, Keith
Andrews, Jack /b. Oklahoma City, 1930/country music talent scout
Anderson, Kenny/Oklahoma Opry house band guitarist
Andress, Tuck
And There Stands Empires/f. Tulsa/loud rock group
Animation/f. Oklahoma City/rock group
Anita’s Anger/f. Weatherford/neo-punk pop rock group
Another Roadside Attraction/f. Stillwater/acoustic folk
Anquoe, Jack, Sr. (Kiowa)/b. Mountain View, 1933/head singer with Grayhorse,
Anquoe, Jack, Jr.(Kiowa/Cherokee)/b. Claremore/singer with Grayhorse, intertribal
powwow head singer
Anquoe, Jim (Kiowa)/b. Mountain View/Kiowa and intertribal powwow back up singer
Anquoe, Kelly (Kiowa/Cherokee)/r. Tahlequah/intertribal powwow head singer
Anquoe, Mary Ann (Kiowa)/b. Mountain View/singer (War Mothers’ songs)
Anquoe, Quentin/r. Oklahoma/intertribal powwow head singer
Anquoe, Rick/r. Oklahoma/intertribal powwow head singer
Anquoe, Ron/r. Oklahoma/intertribal powwow head singer
Antenna Lodge/f. Tulsa/hardcore punk rock group
Forbis, Jeremy/drummer
Kendrick, Kelly/singer, guitarist
Sutliff, Danel/bassist
Apache Tribe of Oklahoma/in state for centuries, based in Anadarko/Blackfeet
Society Ceremonials
Apparitions in Blue/r. Norman/techno dance music
Aqueduct/f. Tulsa, 1992/pop rock group
Aranda/f. Oklahoma City/rock group
The Arbuckles/f. Shawnee/bluegrass group
Talley, Tony/r. Shawnee/dobro player, lead vocalist
Thomas, Don/b. Cushing/banjo, lead/tenor vocalist
Thomas, Russell/r. Shawnee/bassist, lead/baritone vocalist
Thomas, Steve/b. Cushing/guitarist, lead/tenor vocalist
Arkeketa, John (Otoe/Cherokee)/r. Tahlequah/intertribal powwow head singer
Arnold, John/Oklahoma City University music faculty, 2003/violin
The Arnolds/f. Tulsa/Southern gospel group
ARRAKIS/f. Oklahoma City/rock group
Attebery, Melissa/Oklahoma City University music faculty, 2003/music education
Austin, Larry
Austin, William, W./b. Lawton, 1920/musicologist
Autry, Gene
Awake/f. Oklahoma City, 1998/contemporary Christian group
Axolotls/f. Seminole 1999/rock group
Axton, Hoyt
Axton, Mae Boren
Aycock, Scott and Empty Pockets/f. Tulsa, 1999/Americana music group
Aycolk, Scott/singer, songwriter, guitarist, and KWGS Folk Salad radio program
host
Grant, Russell/drummer
Leonard, Tom/bassist
Murphy, J. Pat/guitarist
Parker, Charlie/saxophone
Schad, Carolyn/harmony vocals
B
Baby M/f. Tulsa/modern rock group
Bageyes/f. Tulsa/loud rock group
Baggech, Melody/East Central Oklahoma University music faculty, 2003/applied
voice, choir, opera
Baggot, Edward/r. Oklahoma/traditional fiddler
Bagsby, David/r. Tulsa/keyboardist, electronic music
Bagsby, Steve/r. Tulsa/banjo player
Bahr, Jason/Oklahoma University music faculty, 2003/composition
Bailey, Fred/b. northwest Oklahoma/singer songwriter
Bailey, Robert/Northeastern Oklahoma State University music faculty, 2003/trumpeter,
music education
Baker, Adam/b. Oklahoma City, 1964/graphic artist for album covers
Baker, Andrea/b. Muskogee/jazz singer
Baker, Bobby/r. Clarerore/Western swing steel guitarist, fiddler with Cowjazz
Baker, Chet
Baker, Danny/b. Tulsa, 1964/blues-rock band leader
Baker, Jimmie/b. Tulsa/big band leader
Baker, Mark
Baker, Sandra/Northeastern Oklahoma State University adjunct music faculty,
2003/voice
Bakerville/f. Tulsa/country group
Balageur, Jean-Michel/r. Tulsa/guitarist
Ballard, John R.(Ottawa/Cherokee)/r. Oklahoma/stomp dance leader on Stomp Dance
Blues (Indian House, 1999)
Ballard, Joyce (Shawnee/Peoria)/r. Oklahoma/shell shaker on Stomp Dance Blues
(Indian House, 1999)
Ballard, Louis
Ballenger, William/Oklahoma State University music faculty, 2003/department
head, trumpet, conductor
Balletto, Luigi/r. Tulsa/lounge singer, entertainer
Ballista/f. Oklahoma City/rock group
Almanza, Cesar/b. Harlingen, TX, 1975/guitarist/back-up vocalist
DuVall, Rick/b. Muskogee, 1974/ bassist, lead vocalist
Martinek, Billy/ b. Oklahoma City, 1973/drummer
Ballistic/f. Tulsa/rock group
Banana Seat/f. Tulsa/rock group
Banish Misfortune/r. Oklahoma City/Celtic music group
Morrow, Dana/pianist
Reid, Phil/fiddler
Vanlandingham, Steve/banjo player, mandolinist
Banks, Damen/b. Tulsa/rapper
Banks, Hobart/r. Muskogee/jazz pianist
Barber, Glenn
Barker, Brandy Michelle/r. Moore/country singer
Barker, Rolland/r. Cushing/intertribal powwow head singer
Barnard, Rachel/Oklahoma City University music faculty, 2003/voice
Barnes, Ben/r. Oklahoma/stomp dance leader on Stomp Dance Blues (Indian House,
1999)
Barnett, Bobby
Barrett, Celeste/Tulsa University music faculty, 2003/voice, vocal pedagogy,
and literature
Barrett, Roland/Oklahoma University music faculty, 2003/music theory
Barnett, Jeremy/Kelleyville Ceremonial Grounds/stomp dance leader
Barry, Nancy/Oklahoma University music faculty, 2003/music education
Barton, George/r. Tahlequah/singer, songwriter, guitarist for Barton and Sweeney
Bass, Sam D./b. Oklahoma/played cello with Tommy Duncan, Tex Ritter, and Moon
Mullican
The Bastions/f. Oklahoma/Southern gospel
Batcheller, Joe/r. Oklahoma/singer, songwriter
Bates, Jim/Tulsa University music faculty/bassist
Baylor, Helen/r. Tulsa/contemporary gospel
Beams of Light Family Church/Tulsa/contemporary Christian music
Applegate, Jarod/drummer
Billie, Nora/vocalist
Clark, Michael/vocalist
Cupps, Laura/vocalist
Dinsmore, Katie/vocalist
Dinsmore, Margaret/vocalist
Dinsmore, Mike/electric, acoustic, bass guitarist, keyboardist
Hooker, Regina/vocalist
Johnson, Amy/electric bass guitarist, contrabass violinist
Lovins, Tim/electric bass guitarist
Peck, Tamra/vocalist
Ray, Jimmy/pastor, vocalist, electric and acoustic guitarist, Tulsa Sound, (Tweed,
Cripple Creek)
Reed, Lindsey/vocalist
Rhoads, Cindy/vocalist
Stegner, Diana/vocalist
Stegner, Leslie/vocalist
Surrat, Daniel/keyboardist
Tarpenning, Brian/drummer
Bearpaw, Josh/Kelleyville Ceremonial Grounds/stomp dance leader
Bebb, Martin/Northeastern Oklahoma State University adjunct music faculty, 2003/oboist,
bassoonist
Beckham, Bob/b. Stratford, 1927/country music publisher
Bee, Molly
Beef & Lemons/f. Tulsa/independent rock group
Beefeater Project/ f. Oklahoma City/psychedelic rock band
Been, Michael/b. Oklahoma, 1957/pop rock group The Call
Belanger, Paul/r. Gene Autry/cowboy singer,yodeler
Belew, Carl
Belken, Jim/b. Dallas, TX, 1931, r. Oklahoma/Western swing fiddler
Belknap, Bill/r. Oklahoma/pop rock group 20/20
Bell, Aaron/b. Muskogee, 1922/jazz bassist
Bell, Ann/r. Oklahoma/rock vocals
Bell, Larry/r. Tulsa/keyboardist, played with Jerry Lee Lewis, recorded with
Paul Anka
Bell, Trent/b. Norman/Bell Labs studio engineer, producer, Chainsaw Kittens
Bellvue/f. Norman, 1995/rock group
Belter, Babette/Oklahoma State University music faculty, 2003/clarinetist
Berline, Byron/
Berline, Lue/r. Oklahoma/old time fiddler (Byron Berline’s father)
Ben.Ben/f. Tulsa/jazz fusion group
Bennett, Mike/r. Tulsa/trumpeter with Johnnie Lee Wills, Ray Charles, Cab Calloway,
Flash Terry
Bennett, Reid/Tulsa University music faculty, 2003/saxophonist
Bennett, Wayne/b. Sulphur/blues guitarist
Bentley, Rick/r. Oklahoma/banjo player
Bentonelli, Giuseppe Joseph Benton/b. Sayre, 1898/opera singer
Bernard, Gene/b. Leonard/Western swing
Bernard, Lester “Junior”/b. Leonard/Western swing guitar
Bernston, David/r. Tulsa/blues harmonica player
Berryman, Ric/r. Broken Arrow/rock multi-instrumentalist and vocalist
Bibb, Teri/b. Altus/Broadway musical performer
Big Big Brains/f. Broken Arrow/classic rock group
Big Daddy & the Blueskickers/f. Beggs/blues group
Big Daddy/guitarist, vocalist
Gallie, John/pianist, organist
McCallister, Donn/drummer, percussionist
McDuffie, Doug/bassist, vocalist
Bigelow, Tracy/r. Tiawah/rhythm guitarist, lead guitarist for retro-jazz group
Early Swing Now
Bighley, Mark/Northeastern Oklahoma State University music faculty, 2003/organ,
piano, music history
BigHorse, Vann/r. Pawhuska/intertribal powwow head singer
Big Ric/r. Tulsa/neo-soul, R & B, owner of Made Records featuring Chozen
Figgaz, Canis, Double Excel
Bihari, Jules, Joe, Saul and Lester/r. Oklahoma/Modern Records founders
Bill & Bink/recorded for Hobart-based Hu-Se-Co label in the 1950s/country
music duo
Billy & Baby Gap (Billy Young and Anthony Walker)/r. Tulsa/R & B vocal
duo
Billy Joe Winghead/f. Oklahoma/psychobilly, country, punk rock group
Binge/Purge Society/f. Oklahoma/heavy metal group
Bingham, Ray/r. Tulsa/music promoter, booking agent
Bio Mass/f. Norman/rock group
Bird, Margery/r. Tulsa/music philanthropist benefiting Tulsa University
Birdwell, Florence/Oklahoma City University music faculty, 2003/voice
Bishop, Elvin
Bishops Alley/f. Oklahoma City, 2000/rock group
Bita, Gabriel/Southeastern Oklahoma State University adjunct faculty, 2003/pianist
Blackbear Creek/f. Pawnee/intertribal powwow singing group
Blackbird/f. Shawnee and Norman, 1990/intertribal northern style powwow group
(Arbor Records)
Primeaux, Graham/r. Shawnee/head singer
Blackhawk Blues Band/f. Oklahoma City, 1990/blues group (American Indian)
Garcia, Al/r. Oklahoma City/drummer
Gray, Cecil/r. Oklahoma City/guitar/vocalist
Jones, Batiste/r. Oklahoma City/guitarist, harmonica, vocalist
Scott, Melvin/r. Oklahoma City/bass/vocalist
Black Out/f. Locust Grove/skater pop group
Blackstone, Tsianina/b. I. T., 1882/opera (Florence Evans)
Blackwell, Chuck /b. Tulsa/drummer with Eric Clapton, Taj Majal, and others
Blair, Greg/b. Claremore/contemporary Christian singer
Blake, Al/r. Oklahoma City/blues guitarist
Blak Kat Bone/f. Hartshorne/blues rock group
Blalock, Jay (Shawnee/Ojibwe)/r. Oklahoma/intertribal powwow head singer
Blane, Ralph/b. Broken Arrow, 1914/wrote “Have Yourself a Merry Little
Christmas”
Blazer, Jim/r. Tulsa/pianist
The Blue Cats/f. Oklahoma City/blues/R & B group
The Blue Collars/f. Tulsa/pop rock group
Abbot, Nick/trombonist
Dalby, Mike/baritone saxophonist
Halka, Charles/keyboardist
Halka, Dan/bassist
Hull, Jojo/drummer
Plumlee, James/drummer
Swain, Todd/tenor saxophonist
VanValkenburgh, Parker/vocalist, guitarist, alto saxophonist
Blue Combo/f. Tulsa/blues group
Armstrong, Robby/b. Tulsa/drums, vocalist
Davis, Shannon/b. Tulsa/vocalist
Elmore, Steve/b. Tulsa/keyboardist
Miller, Rusty/b. Chattanooga, TN/guitar, vocalist
Waggoner, “Tex”/b. Wichita Falls, TX/bass
Blued/f. Tulsa/heavy metal group
Blue Diamond/f. Muskogee/classic rock group
The Blue Flame/f. Oklahoma City/blues group
Blues Nation/f. Anadarko, 1980s/American Indian blues band
Klinekole, Sonny/b. Lawton/bass
Mauchahty-Ware, Tom/b. Lawton/guitar, vocals, Kiowa/Comanche flutist
Miller, Dusty/b. Lawton/ guitar
Sullivan, Obie/b. Okmulgee/keyboards
Tsotigh, Terry/b. Carnegie/drums/harmonica
BMP (Bill Murray’s Prostate)/f. Pryor, 1998/rock group
Bocanegra, Cheryl/Tulsa University music faculty, 2003/music theory and recording
techniques
Boe, Dennis/East Central Oklahoma University music faculty, 2003/applied piano,
music theory
Boggs, Noel
Bogle, Bob
Bohannon, Ken/Oklahoma University of Science and Arts music faculty, 2003/voice
instruction
Bointy, Joe/r. Oklahoma/powwow singer (Kiowa/Comanche)
Boland, Jason and the Stragglers
Bolar, Abe/b. Oklahoma City, 1909/jazz bassist for Oklahoma City Blue Devils
Bolen, Chuck/r. Oklahoma/pop, rock vocalist, recorded for Sheridan Records in
Tulsa
Bond, Johnny
Bonham, Virgil/b. Talihina/Bill Grant’s Kiamichi Mountain Boys, Bonham
Review (bluegrass)
Bonham, Glen/b. Coalgate/Bill Grant’s Kiamichi Mountain Boys, Bonham Review
(bluegrass)
Boondogs/f. Tulsa/rootsy, Americana group
Boone, Michale/Oklahoma University music faculty, 2003/assistant band director
Bop Cats/f. Tulsa/rock and roll revival group
Bordeaux, Tonya/r. Tulsa/contemporary Christian, world music guitarist, singer,
songwriter
Bostic, Earl/b. Tulsa, 1913/jazz saxophonist/arranger/composer
Bovenschen, Wayne/Oklahoma State University music faculty, 2003/percussionist
Browa, Frank/Duck Creek Ceremonial Grounds/stomp dance leader
Boyd, Clarence/b. Vinita, r. Kellyville/co-wrote “Release Me”
Boyles, Kay/Oklahoma City University music faculty, 2003/accompanist
Brackeen, Charles
Brackeen, William/Langston University music faculty, 2003/piano, music theory
Brady, Felicia/r. Oklahoma/folk pop singer, songwriter
Brant, Nathan/r. Tulsa/pop rock singer, songwriter
Bravo Brass Quintet/r. Oklahoma City/chamber music group
Brazille, Emmitt/r. Oklahoma City/jazz pianist with multi-genre and multi-instrumental
abilities
Bread, Phillip “Yogie”/r. Oklahoma/ American Indian flutist, Kiowa
Breashears, David/Tulsa University music faculty, 2003/percussionist
Breaux, Zelia Page/b. MO, r. Langston and Oklahoma City/educator
Breeden, Harold/b. Guthrie, 1921/jazz reeds and educator
Brewer, Mike
Bryan, Mark/r. Stillwater/pianist
Brick Face Lovely/f. Tulsa/rock group
Bridges, Henry (Hank)/b. Oklahoma City, circa 1908/ jazz saxophone
Bright, Jeff/Northeastern Oklahoma State University music faculty, 2003/instructor
of music, band director
British Invasion/f. Oklahoma City/1960s British pop tribute band
Britt, Brian/Oklahoma University music faculty, 2003/associate band director
Brooks, Colleen/b. in Kansas City, MO, r. in Oklahoma/country singer, Garth
Brooks’s mother
Brooks, Garth
Brooks, Joan/r. Edmond/classical music
Brooks, Mary/ Oklahoma University of Science and Arts part-time music faculty,
2003/flute, oboe, clarinet
Brooks, William/b. Ardmore, 1959/ singer, songwriter
Broughton, J.C./r. Sapulpa/champion old time fiddler
Brown, Buddy/r. Oklahoma/blues guitarist, led Buddy Brown and the Hound Dogs
Brown, Darrell/r. Oklahoma/gospel producer
Brown, Felix, Jr./Duck Creek Ceremonial Grounds/stomp dance leader
Brown, Joseph/b. Wagoner/JOB Records founder
Brown, Junior/taught at Hank Thompson School of Music, Claremore/guit-steel
country guitarist
Brown, Tanya Rae/r. Oklahoma/country singer (Mrs. Junior Brown)
Brown, W. Lawson/r. Bethany/gospel singer
Bruce, Buddy/r. Tulsa/recording guitarist with Champs on “Tequila”,
still active as of 2003
Brumley, Albert, Sr.
Bruner, Mark/r. Tulsa/guitarist
Bryant, Anita
Bryant, Freddie/r. Norman/guitarist
Bryant, Jim/b. Midwest City, r. Del City, Inola/music educator
Bucchianeri, Diane/Tulsa University music faculty, 2003/cellist, chamber musician
Buchanan, Roy/r. Tulsa in 1955/blues guitarist
Buckner, Acee/Tallahassee Wvkokye Ceremonial Grounds/stomp dance leader
Bueker, Glen/Tulsa University music faculty, 2003/saxophonist
Buffalomeat, Lavern/r. Oklahoma/intertribal powwow head singer
Bunds, Monica/Tulsa University student, 2003/sings on TU jazz CD, Sophisticated
Ladies
Burford, Annette/b. Oklahoma City/opera singer
Burgstahler, Patrice/Northeastern Oklahoma State University music faculty, 2003/soprano,
applied voice
Burkhart, Sara Maybelle/b. Tulsa, 1910/classical composer
Burleigh, Glenn Edward/b. Guthrie/gospel composer, conductor
Burns, William O./b. Calvin, 1921/Texas State Champion old time fiddler
Burris, Chip/r. Tulsa/jazz saxophonist, educator at Oral Roberts University
and Tulsa University
Burris, Eddy/r. Tulsa/co-wrote “Okie from Muskogee”
Burrow, Chad/Oklahoma City University music faculty, 2003/clarinetist
Burtschi Brothers/f. Norman/Okie rock, dirt jazz, Americana, roots music group
Foreman, Chris/drums
Linville, Travis/guitar
Phenix, Mike/bass
Webb, Kevin/guitars
Busey, Gary/b. Goose Creek, TX, 1944, r. Tulsa and Stillwater/starred in the
Buddy Holly Story
Butcher, Marlin/b. Oklahoma City, 1951/rock and country bassist
Butler, John (Kaw/Otoe)/r. Oolagah/intertribal powwow head singer
Butler, Kate/Oklahoma State University music faculty, 2003/mezzo-soprano, voice
Butler, Wesley/Peach Ceremonial Grounds/stomp dance leader
Butler, Zachary/r. Oklahoma/stomp dance leader on Stomp Dance Blues (Indian
House, 1999)
Byas, Don
Byfield, Jim/b. Tulsa, 1949/vocalist, guitarist, Tulsa Sound
Byington, Presley/r. Idabel/Choctaw flute maker
C
Cable, Kelly/r. Oklahoma/intertribal powwow head singer
Caddo Nation of Oklahoma
Cagle, Clarence/b. Oklahoma City, 1920/Western swing pianist for Bob Wills
Cain, Cindy/b. April 5, 1959, Carlsbad, N.M., r. Pryor/jazz and blues singer
Cain, Donna/Oklahoma City University music faculty, 2003/violist
Cale, J.J.
Caliman, Hadley/ b. Idabel, 1932/jazz saxophonist
Call of the West/r. Strang/cowboy singers
Campbell, Debbie/b. Ft. Worth, r. Tulsa/rock, pop, jazz vocalist
Campbell, Royce/r. Oklahoma/finger picking guitarist
Campbell, Will/Northeastern Oklahoma State University music faculty, 2003/saxophonist,
jazz education
The Candles/f. Norman, 2003/pop rock group, formerly The Pistol Arrows (1999-2003)
Flato, Chance/b. July 21, 1975, Houston, TX/bassist (w/ The Green Owls 1996-97)
Sarmiento, Adam/b. April 4, 1976, Rochester, NY/drummer, songwriter (The New
Tribe 1993-96)
Sarmiento, Eric/b. March 20, 1974, Rochester, NY/singer, guitarist, songwriter
(The New Tribe 1993-96)
Williams, Brent/May 25, 1976, Riverdale, GA/violinist, also plays with the Oklahoma
City Philharmonic
Candy, Stewart/r. Hammond/Cheyenne church song singer
The Canis/f. Tulsa/rap group, recorded for Made Records
Canning, Jessi/r. Tulsa, based in Washington D. C. circa 2002/sparkle pop
The Cannons/r. Oklahoma/country group
Cantrell, Jerry/r. near Boggy Depot/rock guitarist (Alice in Chains)
Cantwell, Wayne/r. Del City/old time musician (fiddle/dulcimer/mandolin/banjo/guitar)
Card, Hank
Cargill, Henson
Cardin, Fred/b. Quapaw Reservation, I.T., 1895/classical composer
Carlton, Larry/parents were old time musicians (fiddle/guitar) in southeastern
Oklahoma/guitarist
Carman/b. Trenton, NJ, r. Tulsa/gospel singer
Carnival Groove/f. Okahoma City/rock group
Carroll, Claudia/Oklahoma City University music faculty, 2003/pianist
Carothers, Dale/r. Cushing/old time fiddler
Carrington, Rodney/b. Texas, r. Tulsa/country singer
Carson, Jeff
Caroline’s Spine
Carson, Ken/b. Coalgate-Centrahoma vicinity/Sons of the Pioneers
Carter, Dave/b. Oxnard, CA, r. Oklahoma/folk singer
Carter, Karen/University of Central Oklahoma music faculty, 2003/elementary
music education
Carter, Rose/b. Snyder, 1931/Chuck Wagon Gang
Carter, Roy/b. Calumet/Chuck Wagon Gang
Cassity, Marca/r. Oklahoma City/acoustic guitarist, singer, songwriter
Castle, Jeremy/b. Oklahoma City, 1974, r. Blanchard/country singer
Caswell, Bill/r. Oklahoma City/Bartlesville/country, bluegrass guitarist
Cate, Merry Kay/r. Tulsa/contemporary Christian singer
Catfish String Band/p. KFRU in the 1920s, later on KVOO/old time country group
Cats of the Thin Earth/f. Norman, OK/rock group
Cawley, Jack/r. Stillwater/led Oklahoma Ridge Runners
Cedar Ridge/f. Shawnee/bluegrass group
Certified Fools/f. Stillwater, 1993/blues, funk rock group
Andrew, Brett/reared in Perkins, r. Stillwater/vocalist
Hardy, Brad/b. Stillwater/bassist
Headrick, Adam/b. Stillwater/guitarist
Labow, Benji/b. Toronto, r. Stillwater/drummer who recorded on CD
Presley, Jason/b. Stillwater/guitarist
Suratt, Toby/b. Fremont, CA, r. Stillwater/drummer
Turner, Travis/r. Stillwater/drummer
Chainsaw Kittens /f. Norman, circa 1989-2001/glam pop rock group
Bell, Trent/guitarist after Mark Metzger until group’s demise
Bones Edward, Eric/drummer (1996)
Harmon, Eric/drummer (1993)
Johnson, Matt/bass guitarist (1993-1996)
Leader, Ted/drummer (1990)
McElhaney, Kevin/bassist (1990)
Meade, Tyson/guitarist and vocalist from the beginning to the end of the group’s
existence
Metzger, Mark/lead guitarist (1990)
Chalapa, Sean/Gar Creek Ceremonial Grounds/stomp dance leader
Chalepah, Alonzo (Apache Tribe of OK – Na-I-Sha)/r. Anadarko/intertribal
powwow head singer
Champagne, Salvatore/Oklahoma University music faculty, 2003/voice
Chanate, Jake (Kiowa)/r. Tahlequah/intertribal powwow head singer
Chapman, Gary/b. Waurika, 1957/gospel singer
Charles, Bobby/r. Oklahoma City/soul singer
Charm Pops/f. Oklahoma City, 1997/pop rock group (Beggar’s Banquet)
Charmichael-Everitt, Jane/Tulsa University music faculty, 2003/voice, vocal
pedagogy, vocal literature
Cheng, Amy I-lin/Oklahoma State University music faculty, 2003/pianist
Chenoweth, Kristin
Chenoweth, Vida/r. Enid/classical marimbist
Cherokee
Cherry Blossom Clinic/f. Altus/rock group
Cherry, Don
The Cherry Playground/f. Oklahoma City/modern rock band
Cheyenne-Arapaho/based in Concho/Sun Dance, Native American Church songs, powwow
Chickasaw Nation/based in Ada, relocated to state in 1838/Chickasaw Christian
hymns
Childer, Lemuel Jennings/b. Tulsa/composed “Pictures from Hiawatha”
Childers, Bob/b. West Virginia, r. Stillwater/singer/songwriter/Red Dirt Music
Childers, Lemuel/b. Tulsa or Pawhuska/classical composer
Charoenwongse-Shaw, Chindarat/University of Central Oklahoma music faculty,
2003/pianist
Chioldi, Ronald/Northeastern Oklahoma State University music faculty, 2003/pianist,
class piano, theory
Choctaw Nation/based in Durant, moved to I.T. in 1831/Choctaw Christian hymns,
Southern gospel
Chosen/f. Hugo/Southern Gospel group
Compton, Carol/r. Broken Bow/lead vocalist, harmonies
Grissam, Gary “Butter/r. Duncan/drummer
Harvey, Del/r. Duncan/lead vocalist, harmonies
Leach, B.J./b. Bartlesville/bassist
Tims, Jerry/r. Hugo/keyboardist, vocalist
Tims, Stacy/r. Broken Bow/harmony vocalist
Chozen/f. Tulsa/rock group
Chozen Figgaz/r. Tulsa/rap group
Christie, Chooch/Chewey Ceremonial Grounds/stomp dance leader
Christian, Charlie
Christy, David/Southeastern Oklahoma State University music faculty, 2003/concert
band director
Chuck and Sandy/f. Tulsa/jazz duo
Chunk/f. Oklahoma City, 1995/rock group
Chute 5/f. Oklahoma City/country group
Cinematic Blue/f. Tulsa, 2001/pop rock trio
Bartee, Brandon/bassist
Finton, Zane/drums
Moore, Chris/vocals, guitar
Cinocca, Joe/r. Tulsa/owner, Yawn Records
Cissel, Charles/b. Tulsa, 1948/R & B singer, Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame
executive director
Citizen Potawatomi/based in Shawnee/powwow
City Moon/f. 1988, Oklahoma City/ country group
Blair, Jim P./b. Odessa, TX, r. Clayton,Muskogee/multi-instrumentalist, vocalist
(also plays with Neverly Brothers)
Blair, John/b. Odessa, TX, r. Oklahoma City/fiddler
Bonham, Virgil/b. Talihina/vocalist, guitarist, band leader
Parret, Clifford/ b. Nowata/bassist, banjo player
Wyatt, Cory/b. Norman/drummer
Claroscuro/f. Oklahoma City/Latino rock, world music group
Clark, Bobby/b. Oklahoma City/bluegrass, Grand Ole Opry
Clark, Earl/b. Tulsa/jazz saxophonist
Clark, Jim/r. Owasso/steel guitar maker, steel guitarist
Clark, John/Drumright High School graduate, 1978/country singer, songwriter,
played backup for Hank Thompson
Clark, Lucky/r. Tulsa/Tulsa Sound vocalist and bandleader from 1958 to 1960
Clark, Millard/r. Moore/intertribal powwow singer, owner of Indian Sounds Records
Clark, Roy
Clark, Sanford/b. Tulsa, 1935/rockabilly singer
Clauser, Al
Clear Creek Band/f. Guymon/traditional country group
Cletro, Eddie/b. Coalgate, 1920s/rockabilly singer, bandleader
Cleveland, Ingram/b. Vinita, 1908/classical composer
Clewell, Jeannie/Oklahoma City University music faculty, 2003/theory, composition,
piano
Click, Joey/b. Altus/bassist for Trace Adkins
Clifford, K.C./b. Oklahoma City/folk singer, songwriter
Clour, Deral/recorded for Hobart-based Hu-Se-Co label in the 1950s/country boogie
singer
Clupper, Dave/r. Jenks/spiritual alternative folk
C-Note/r. Tulsa/hip hop artist
Cobb, Bob/r. Wagoner/Western swing bassist
Coburn, Sarah/r. Oklahoma, OCU graduate/opera singer
Cochran, Eddie/b. Albert Lea, MN, various family members from OKC /rockabilly
singer
Codynah, Van/r. Oklahoma/Gourd Dance singer, intertribal powwow head singer
Coe, David/r. Oklahoma/traditional fiddler
Coe, Richard/r. Oklahoma/mountain dulcimer
Coffey, Kellie
Cogan, Mary and The Sundowners/r. Tulsa/singer, songwriter
Bruner, Mark/guitarist
Cogan, Mary/singer
DeWalt, Chuck/drummer
Eicher, Shelby/fiddler-mandolinist
Morgan, Ron/bassist
Sutton, Spencer/keyboardist
Cole, Darrel and the New Country Revolution/f.Tulsa/country group
Coleman, Keith/b. Chickasha/fiddler for Bob Wills
Coleman, William/University of Central Oklahoma music faculty, 2003/accompanist
Collins, Emogene/Oklahoma City University music faculty, 2003/voice
Collins, Henry/r. Oklahoma/intertribal powwow head singer
Collins Larry
Collins, Lorrie
Collins, Tommy
Collum, Bob/b. Tulsa/folk rock singer, songwriter
Color Me Badd
Coloton, Diane/Oklahoma University music faculty, 2003/voice
Comanche/based in Lawton/flutists, Native American Church songs, hymns, powwow
Comer, Marilyn/Southeastern Oklahoma State University adjunct music faculty,
2003/sacred music
Come Together/f. Oklahoma City/Beatles tribute band
Common Tyme/f. Blanchard/bluegrass group
Commonwealthy/f. Tulsa, Bixby/rock group
Composition B/f. Pryor, 2001/rock group
Compston, Don/r. Tulsa/steel guitarist, Oklahoma Steel Guitar Association presdident
Conaway, Shane/b. Tahlequah, r. Muskogee, Edmond, Yukon/guitarist with Ty England
Conklin, Roscoe/r. Oklahoma/intertribal powwow head singer
Conlon, Paula/Oklahoma University music faculty, 2003/ethnomusicologist
Connor Raus/f. Tulsa/rock group
Conoscenti, Don/r. Oklahoma City, originally from Atlanta/folk singer
Convertino, John/b. Long Island, r. Stillwater, Tulsa/drummer (Giant Sand/Calexico)
Cooley, Spade
Copas, Cowboy/b. Ohio/singer who claimed to be from Muskogee to enhance his
country credibility
Copenhaver, Dave/staff engineer of Studio Seven in Oklahoma City since 1990/producer,
Lunacy Records
Council Oak Trio/r. Tulsa/chamber music group
Cowen, Jeffery/Tulsa University music faculty, 2003/principal violinist Tulsa
Philharmonic, 1990-present
Cowen, Michele/Tulsa University music faculty, 2003/pianist
Cox, Donna/r. Yukon, Oklahoma University music faculty, 2003/jazz vocalist,
voice
Cox, Johanna/Oklahoma State University music faculty, 2003/oboist
Cox, Richard/r. Tulsa/cool jazz saxophonist
Cox, Ted/Oklahoma University music faculty, 2003/tuba
Cozad, Daniel (Kiowa)/r. Oklahoma/intertribal powwow head singer
Cozad, Kenneth (Kiowa)/r. Carnegie/intertribal powwow head singer
Cozad, Larry (Kiowa)/r. Hominy/intertribal head powwow singer, Gourd Dance singer
Cozad, Leonard, Sr. (Kiowa)/b. Hog Creek/Cozad Family Singers, elder statesman
of Kiowa singers
Cozad, Leonard, Jr. (Kiowa)/r. Oklahoma City/intertribal powwow head singer
Cozad, Lewis (Kiowa)/r. Oklahoma/Gourd Dance singer, intertribal powwow head
singer
Cozad, Vernon (Kiowa)/r. Norman/intertribal powwow head singer
Cozad, Rusty (Kiowa)/r. Oklahoma/intertribal powwow head singer
CPH (Corporate Puppet Halitosis)/f. Tulsa/Christian rock, pop group
Cradle/f. Mustang, 1998/rock group
Craig, Forrest, H./b. MO, r. OK/four time grand champion fiddler
Craige, Mary Ann/Southeastern Oklahoma State University music faculty, 2003/piano
Crank, M.A. “Mac”/b. Arkansas City, KS, 1948, r. Stillwater/started
Stillwater Blues Festival
Creed, Kay/University of Central Oklahoma music faculty, 2003/opera
Criss, Marie/r. Oklahoma/intertribal powwow singer
Crist, Richard/Oklahoma University music faculty, 2003/voice
Critchlow, Slim/r. Oklahoma as a child/cowboy singer
Crittenden, Melodie/b. Moore, 1969/country singer
Croney, Merle/r. Oklahoma/band leader, multi-instrumentalist/Merle Croney Family
bluegrass group
Croney, Danny/fiddle, guitar, mandolin player
Croney, Frank/banjo, bass, guitar player
Croney, Karen/bass, mandolin, fiddle, guitar player
Croney, Mark/mandolin, guitar, fiddle player
Crook, Tommy/b. Oklahoma, 1944/jazz, country guitarist, Tulsa Sound
Crosby, Bill/r. Tulsa/jazz bassist
Crose, Gene/r. Tulsa/1950s rock and roll singer, guitarist, band leader, Tulsa
Sound
Cross Canadian Ragweed
Crosset, Steve/b. Oklahoma City/guitarist for Glen Campbell
Crouch, Randy/r. Tahlequah/folk singer
Crownover, Gene/b. Cromwell, buried near Seminole/steel guitarist for Bob Wills
Crow, Alvin
Crumbley, Elmer/b. Kingisher, 1908/jazz of the territory band era
Crush Molly Sunshine/r. Moore, 1996/rock group
Crutcher, Joe/*/Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame inductee, gospel category
Cruz, Edgar, Manuel, and Mark/r. Oklahoma City/classical guitarists
Cryout Reggae Band/f. Tulsa/”reggae with a funky twist”
Criner, Jerry/vocals, guitar
Ewing, Beau/drums
Heidon, Eric/bass
Cubie, Greta/b. near Stroud, 1933, OU graduate/multi-instrumentalist, teacher
@ Tulsa Edison 1960-90
Cummings, Boss/Rocky Ford Ceremonial Grounds/stomp dance leader
Cummins, Jon/r. Tulsa/jazz bassist
Cunningham, Agnes “Sis”
Cunningham, Amanda/b. Elgin, 1978, r. Oklahoma City/Red Dirt singer, songwriter
Curtis Lowe Band/f. Tulsa/rock group
Curtis Moore Band/f. Tulsa/blues-rock group
Curtis, Steven/Oklahoma University music faculty, 2003/chorus, music education
Cynderplay/f. Blackwell/contemporary Christian rock group
D
Daniel, Robert/Northeastern Oklahoma State University music faculty, 2003/opera
singer, vocal pedagogy
Daniel, Sean/Oklahoma University music faculty, 2003/voice
Daniels, Jack/b. Choctaw, 1949/guitars, vocals Highway 101
Daddy D/r. Oklahoma City/rapper
Daisy Strange/f. Tulsa/pop rock group
Damascus Road/f. Sapulpa/Christian rock group
Dane, Matthew/Oklahoma University music faculty, 2003/violinist
Dansby, Brad/r. Valliant/contemporary Christian
Dark, Danny (Danny Croskery)/b. Tulsa/1950s jazz and pop trumpeter, bandleader,
voiceover talent
The Darlings/f. Tulsa/independent, Emo rock group
David R/r. Oklahoma/singer-songwriter
Davidson, Michael M./Northwestern Oklahoma State University music faculty, 2003/trombonist,
music education
Davies, Gail
Davis, Bill/r. Tulsa/blues harmonica player, vocalist
Davis, Dale/born Dale Siegenthaler, Morris, 1928/1950s rock and roll singer,
guitarist, Stardale Recordes
Davis, Elmer, Sr./*/Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame Inductee, gospel category
Davis, Harvey “Preacher”/r. Cushing/fiddler, vocalist
Davis, Jesse Ed
Davis, LaVonne “Sister Boogie” Faris/r. Noble/pianist, played and
sang with Bob Wills in the 1960s
Davis, Joe/r. Tahlequah (NEOSU professor)/ saxophonist
Davis, Kevin/b. Walters/country singer
Davis, Mark/Langston University music faculty, 2003/department chair
Davis, Michael Rees/b. Tulsa/opera tenor
Davis, Ray/r. Lawton and Ada/blues singer
Dawes, Kevin (Ottawa)/r. Baxter Springs, KS/intertribal powwow head singer
Day by Day/f. Tulsa/hard rock group
Dayton, Ronny/b. Tulsa/Ronny and the Daytonas
DDS/f. Tulsa/hard rock group
Deck Sachse/f. Tulsa/independent rock group
Deer, Richard (Iowa/Sac & Fox/Cheyenne)/r. Tulsa/intertribal powwow head
singer
Deerinwater, Joe (Cherokee/Muscogee)/r. Tahlequah/intertribal powwow head singer
DeGeer, Jay/r. Oilton/multi-instrumentalist, instrument repair
DeGeer, Rae/r. Oilton/saxophonist for Charlie Barnett and Johnnie Lee Wills
Dehnert, Lon/University of Central Oklahoma music faculty, 2003/choral studies
director, choral conducting
Delavan, Mark/b. Tulsa (ORU Graduate)/opera singer
Delaware, Marcella/r. Oklahoma/intertribal powwow singer
Delaware Nation (Western)/based near Anadarko, moved to I.T. in 1859/powwow
singers
Delaware Tribe of Indians (Eastern)/based in Bartlesville, moved to I.T. in
1867/powwow, stomp dance
The Delicious Militia/f. Stillwater, 1997/country rock group, Red Dirt Music
Foley, Nokose/b. Claremore, 1994/singer, 49 drum
Greteman, Blaine/b. Oklahoma City, 1975/singer, songwriter, guitarist
Martin, Doug/b. Clinton, IN, r. Stillwater and Claremore/singer, songwriter,
guitarist
McCubbin, Derek/b. Stillwater, 1978/drummer (trap set)
Phillips, Mark/r. Stillwater/bassist
Dell, Charlene/Oklahoma University music faculty, 2003/music education
Delladova, John/r. Tulsa/jazz drummer
DeNada/f. Tulsa/reggae, jazz, R & B, soul group
Edwards, Matthew/drummer, percussionist
Fite, Travis/vocalist, guitarist
Hebert, Al Ray/bassist
Deng, Lu/University of Central Oklahoma music faculty, 2003/violinist
Denim/recorded in Broken Bow/country group
Denison, Cal/b. Fairfax, 1956/gospel acoustic guitarist
Denizens/f. Oologah, 2002/rock group
Dennie, “Al” George/b. Arcadia, 1903/jazz bandleader
Dennis, James, T./OU graduate, 1951/invented phonograph and CD changers from
1940s through 2000
Dennis, Jody/r. Oklahoma/ banjo player
Dennis, Levi/b. Sapulpa/country fiddler
Denver, John/r. Bessie during summers with his grandparents/country rock singer,
songwriter
DeVaney, Yvonne/b. Retrop, 1925/country singer
Dewitt, Scotty/r. Yukon/steel guitar
Dillard, Ernestine/b. Nesbitt, MS, 1941, r. Tulsa 1990/gospel singer
DeRamus, Judy/r. Broken Bow/gospel singer
Diffie, Joe
Dinning Mark
Dinning Sisters
Dixon, Clarence/*/Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame inductee
Dixon, Gabe/b. Guymon/singer with country group Copperhead
Dizmal Failure/f. Hartshorne, 1999/ rock group
DJ Dvyne/r. Emond/dance music disc-jockey, mixer
Dobrin, Duilio/Oklahoma University music faculty, 2003/orchestra
DOG & LOC/r. Oklahoma City, 2002/rap (The Okla-Homiez)
Donnelly, Ted/b. Oklahoma City, 1912/trombonist, trumpeter, alto saxophonist
for Erskine Hawkins and Count Basie
Dosher, Kennon/r. Tipton/country singer, songwriter
Double Excel/r. Tulsa/R & B vocal group, recorded for Made records
Double Not Spyz/f. Oklahoma/disbanded folk music group now the Hapless Romantics
Dowd, Johnny/b. Fort Worth, TX, r. Pauls Valley/singer, songwriter
Down for Five/f. Tulsa/heavy metal rock group
Downing, Big Al
Downing, Don/b. Lenapah, 1940/dance band singer/pianist, and brother of Big
Al Downing
Downing, Ken/*/Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame inductee
Dozier, Billy/r. Oklahoma/ Western swing guitarist
Drake, Charly/recorded for Hobart-based Hu-Se-Co label in the 1950s/country
boogie singer
Dramacyde/f. Tulsa/shock rock group
Dreadfulwater, J.B./b. Oklahoma/Cherokee gospel singer, bandleader
Drege, Lance/Oklahoma University music faculty, 2003/percussionist
Drew, Ray/r. Oklahoma City/blues singer
Driscoll, Phil/b. Seattle, r. Tulsa, 1961/gospel singer, trumpeter
Drive by Romeo/f. Tulsa/techno group
Driven/f. Tulsa/rock group
Autry, Brandon/guitarist
Campbell, Gary/drummer
Montgomery, Matt/lead singer
Nipps, Colt/bassist
Dru, Daniel/b. near Thomas, 1924/Cheyenne drum maker
The Drum Busters/f. Tahlequah/intertribal powwow singing group
DuBois, Tim/b. Grove, 1948/music industry executive, songwriter
Due North/f. Oklahoma City/contemporary Christian duo
Duhon, Olivia/2003 Tulsa University music student/sings on TU jazz CD, Sophisticated
Ladies
Duke, Johnny and Shootout/f. Tulsa/country music group
Dulcinea/f. Tulsa/acoustic duo
Fort, Andrea/double bassist, harpist, percussionist
Loman, Kasey/guitarist, vocalist
Dunham, Jack
Dunlap, Chuck/r. Stillwater/Red Dirt Music
Dunn, Bob
Dunn, Donald/b. Sallisaw/blues guitarist
Ronnie Dunn of Brooks and Dunn
Dupoint, Phil “The Fish”/r. Carnegie/intertribal powwow head singer
Duvall, Brad/b. Tulsa/touring lead guitarist for Gus Hardin and Pake McEntire
D.W. Sides/f. Atoka/Christian rock band
E
Eagle, Wilke D., Sr. (Ponca)/r. Marland/intertribal powwow head singer
Earlene, Gayla/r. Tulsa/country-gospel singer
East, Lyndel/b. Oklahoma City/country singer
Eastern Shawnee Tribe/based in Seneca, MO, just across state line, since 1832/powwow
Eaves, Jimmy/b. Eaves City/rockabilly singer
Edgar, Jim/r. Perry/1950s and 60s rock and roll vocalist, bandleader
Edwards, Nokie
Edwards, Stoney
Eicher, Shelby/r. Tulsa/fiddler, mandolinist
Eighth Day/f Oklahoma City/contemporary Christian rock group
Eisenhauer, Kathy Jean/b. Chelsea, 1979/country singer
Elam, Katrina/b. Bray/country singer, yodeler, songwriter, signed with Universal
South Records, 2003
Electric Rag Band/f. 1994, Tulsa/blues band
Element/f. Oklahoma City, 1998/loud rock
Elija’s Ride/f. Tulsa/Christian hard rock group
Brown, Matt/vocalist
Ballinger, Aaron/drummer
Cross, Shannon/bassist
Williamson, Kenny/guitarist
Elling, Hank/b. Lawton, 1948/cowboy singer
Ellis, E.P. “Vep”/ r. Tulsa/gospel singer
Ellis Family/f. Tulsa/Southern gospel group
Ellis, Jimmy/reared in Oklahoma/blues singer
Ellison, Scott/b. Tulsa/blues guitarist, singer
Elms, Enoch/Oklahoma City University music faculty, 2003/accompanist
Emge, Steven/Southeastern Oklahoma State University music faculty, 2003/opera
singer, applied voice
Enevoldsen, Adam/b. Charlottesville, VA/vocals, guitars w/Plastic Jack, bassist
for Fried Okra Jones
Enevoldsen, Kyle/b. Ponca City/percussionist, drummer with Fried Okra Jones
and Plastic Jack
The Engine Hearts/f. Tulsa/rock group
Disney, Andy/drummer
Foster, Jo/bassist
Scott, Justin/guitarist, vocalist
Simmons, Alex/guitarist, vocalist
England, Tyler
Enlow/f. Tulsa/Christian hardcore rock group
Enrico, Eugene/Oklahoma University music faculty, 2003/musicologist
Enriquez, Mikaila/b. Edmond, 1987/pop singer
Entry 5/f. Oklahoma City/acoustic singer, songwriter duo
Erotic Suicide/f. Oklahoma City/hard rock band
Estell, Oscar/*/Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame inductee
Ester Drang/f. Broken Arrow, 1996/space rock on Jade Tree Records
Chambers, Bryce/vocalist, keyboardist, guitarist
McAlister, James/drummer, pianist, samples
Shoop, Jeff/guitarist, keyboardist
Winner, Kyle/bass guitarist, bass synth
Estes, Billy/r. Tulsa/drummer, father of Toni Estes
Estes, Toni
Eternal Decision/f. Oklahoma City, 1997/punk rock group
Etheridge, David/Oklahoma University music faculty, 2003/clarinetist
Euchee Tribe/based in Sapulpa, moved to I.T., 1829/Green Corn ceremonial cycle,
Euchee Christian hymns
Exit 125/f. Oklahoma City/rock group
Eye/f. Norman/rock group
Ezell, Ellis/b. Tahlequah, 1913, r. Muskogee /jazz saxophonist, bandleader,
Barney Kessel
F
Facci, Mark/Tulsa University music faculty, 2003/bassist
Factor 9/f. Norman/rock group
Failsafe/f. Tulsa/hard rock group
Faison, George/*/Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame inductee
Falcon Five-0/rock group
Falcon, J./vocalist, guitarist
King, Wally/guitarist
Simon, “Sugar Stick”/drummer
Falderal String Band/f. Oklahoma City/folk group
Falkner, Jay, & the South 40 Band/f. Panama/classic rock, country and western
group
Fallen Hero/f. Sapulpa/Christian pop group
Fanny Grace/r. Oklahoma City/gypsy soul
Fanzine/f. Tulsa/rock group
Far from Sanity/f. Tulsa/Christian hard rock
Edens, Christian/b. St. Louis, r. Tulsa/drummer
Goodnight, Mark/b. Kansas, r. Tulsa area/vocalist, samples
Laywell, Eddie/ b. Maryland, r. Tulsa/bassist, vocalist
Melton, Jimmy/ b. Tulsa/guitarist
Sanchez, Willie /b. Fredericksburg, TX, r. Tulsa/guitarist, vocalist
The Farm Couple/f. outside Stillwater, 1996/ folk singers, Red Dirt Music
Taylor, Monica/r. Stillwater/singer, songwriter, guitarist
Williams, Patrick/r. Grove/singer, songwriter, guitarist
Farmer, Kelly/b. Tulsa, 1977/opera singer (Tulsa Opera)
Farrell, Gail/b. Salinas, CA (10/6/1947), r. Durant, Oklahoma/vocalist with
The Lawrence Welk Show
Farrier, Marshall/r. Tulsa/leads pop rock group
Fasol, Rober/Oklahoma City University music faculty, 2003/concert choir
Fast, Barbara/Oklahoma University music faculty, 2003/piano pedagogy
Faulconer, James/Oklahoma University music faculty, 2003/music theory, composition,
technology
Faulconer, Sally/Oklahoma University music faculty, 2003/oboe
Feathers, Leo/b. Stilwell/country, rock guitarist
Fenton, Paul “Happy”/b. Rantoul, IL, 1900, r. Wagoner/organist,
accordionist, bandleader
Ferguson, Charles, E./r. Newkirk, circa 1902/sheet music publisher, composer
Ferguson, Roy/r. Tulsa/country, Western swing singer, guitarist (Roy and Candy’s
Music, Tulsa)
Ferrara, William/Oklahoma University music faculty, 2003/opera
Ferris, James/r. Oklahoma City/rock singer, songwriter
Fields, Ernie,b. Texas, r. Tulsa/big band, jazz bandleader
Final Step/f. Lawton
Fireside Bluegrass/f. Oklahoma City/bluegrass group
Fisher, Jerry/b. Oklahoma, 1943/lead singer with Blood, Sweat, and Tears
Fisher, Shug
Fisher, Starr/r. Oklahoma/pop, jazz singer, Miss Black Oklahoma
Fisher, Steve/b. Tulsa, 1954/folk singer
Fixture/f. Yukon
Five Americans
Flaming Lips
Flash Terry
Flesher, Sandra/University of Central Oklahoma music faculty, 2003/oboist
Flip-Kid Posse/f. Norman
Flowers, Danny/b. North Carolina/wrote “Tulsa Time,” made famous
by Don Williams and Eric Clapton
Flowers, Darren/r. Oklahoma City/singer-songwriter, guitarist, keyboardist
Floy, John/r. Oklahoma City/pop rock guitarist
Floyd, Heather/r. Oklahoma/contemporary Christian singer
Flying L Ranch Quartet/r. Oklahoma/barbershop music group
Flynn, Mike/r. Tulsa/folk music historian
Force 4D/f. Oklahoma/metal group
Ford Brothers Band/f. Oklahoma City/rock and roll group
Ford, Brownie/b. Oklahoma/singing cowboy
Forgiven/f. Ponca City/Southern gospel quartet
Brooke, Mark/b. Ponca City/tenor vocals
Green, Mark/b. Ponca City/lead vocals
Johnson, Stan/b. Enid/bass vocals
For Love Not Lisa/f. Oklahoma City, 1990/hard rock group
Lewis, Mike/r. Oklahoma City/guitarist, vocalist
McBay, Clint/r. Oklahoma City/bassist
Miles/r. Oklahoma City/bassist, background vocalist
Preston, Aaron/r. Oklahoma City/drummer
Formerly/f. Gore and Tulsa/rock group
Forsyth, Kris/r. Oklahoma/country singer
Fortner, Rick/r. Tulsa/jazz pianist, music director of All Souls Unitarian Church
Fort Oakland Ramblers/f. Tonkawa/southern style powwow group
Begs-His-Own, Joe/singer
Flores, J.R./singer
Patterson, Don/b. near Tonkawa/lead singer
Patterson, Henry/singer
Robedeaux, Alde/singer
Robedeaux, Kyle/singer
Roy, Chief/singer
Street, Anthony/singer
Fort Sill-Chiricahau-Warm Springs Apache/based in Apache, arrived in I.T., 1894
Mountain Spirit or Fire Dance, hymns
Fountainhead/f. Norman
Foust, Steve/r. near Ripley/contemporary Christian singer, songwriter
Fox, Jerry/b. Hobart/member of 1980s country group Bandana
Fowler, Michael/Tulsa University music faculty/guitarist
Francis, Riley/r. Tulsa/1050s rock and roll singer, Tulsa Sound
Francisco, Andre/University of Central Oklahoma music faculty, 2003/double bassist
Frank, Gerald/Oklahoma State University music faculty, 2003/organist, harpsichordist
Franklin, Bonita/Langston University music faculty, 2003/vocal music director
Franklin, Sam/b. Clearview, 1932/R & B saxophonist
Frazier-Adams, Carleen/r. Tulsa/recorded an album of Scottish fiddle tunes
Frazier, Dallas
Freakshow/f. Tulsa/psycho rock
Frejo, Brian/r. Oklahoma City/hip hop producer
Fried Okra Jones/f. Stillwater, 1999/blues rock group
Enevoldsen, Adam/bassist
Enevoldsen, Kyle/drummer
Isom, “Texas” Ray/b. Ennis, TX/lead guitarist
Watermelon Slim/b. Boston, MA/vocalist, harp player, slide guitarist
Friends of the Apocalypse/f. Tulsa, disbanded 2002/loud rock group
Friesen, Gordon/b. Weatherford/folk singer, composer, husband of Agnes Cunningham
Fresonke, Michael/Oklahoma City University music faculty, 2003/guitarist
Frisco, Rocky/b. Tulsa, 1937/pianist, songwriter, Tulsa Sound
From Tomorrow/f. Tulsa/goth rock group
Frost, Cody/r. Afton/flat pick guitarist
Fuchs, Kenneth/Oklahoma University music faculty, 2003/music theory and composition
Full Flava Kings/f. Tulsa/R&B, rock group
Fary, Stanley/drummer
Fite, Travis/guitarist
Marrow, Rick/keyboardist
Redd, Charlie/lead singer, bassist, also tours as background singer for Jimmie
Vaughan
Full Swing/f. Tulsa/R & B group, recorded for Made Records
Fulmer, Fred/Oklahoma City University music faculty, 2003/trombonist
Fulson, Lowell
Funkhouser, Joe/b. Hobart/singer, songwriter of songs about rural Oklahoma
Furr, Ronnie/r. Oklahoma/country singer, songwriter, guitarist
Fuzz/f. Tulsa/rock group
G
Gaea Spore/f. Norman
Gaines, Steve and Cassie of Lynyrd Skynyrd
Ganem, I.J./r. Sand Springs/singer in Branson, MO shows
Gant, Dave/b. Ada/Garth Brooks’s bandleader, keyboardist, fiddler
GAP Band
Garcia, Benny, Sr.
Garcia, Lynda/b. Washington, D.C., r. Muskogee/organist at Tuskegee Institute
Garcia, Opalee Randolph/b. Enid, July 7, 1907/Latin musician
Garcia, Skye//East Central Oklahoma University adjunct music faculty, 2003/applied
piano, music theory
Garder, Barbara/University of Central Oklahoma music faculty, 2003/pianist
The Gardes/f. Ponca City, 1993/funky folk rock group
Grover, Lance/guitars
Horton, Brett/b. Delaware, r. Ponca City/singer, songwriter, guitarist
Lenhart, Ricky/drummer
Gardner, Chuck/r. Tulsa/jazz pianist
Gardner, Max P./b. Oklahoma City, 1932/country music publisher, broadcaster
Gardner, Sandy/b. Tulsa/jazz singer
Garner, Dirk/Oklahoma State University music faculty, 2003/choral studies director
Garrison, Leonard/Tulsa University music faculty, 2003/flutist
Gates, Edward/Oklahoma University music faculty, 2003/pianist
Gates, David
Gawhega, Michael/r. Oklahoma/intertribal powwow head singer
Gaylord, Dave/r. Vinita/traditional fiddler
Gaylord, Monte/b. Oolagah/traditional fiddler
Gears of Redemption/f. Oklahoma City/Christian rock group
Geary, Barbara/r. Tulsa/classical pianist
Genevro, Bradley/Oklahoma State University music faculty, 2003/associate director
of bands, music education
Gentzel, Todd/Southeastern Oklahoma State University adjunct music faculty,
2003/saxophone
George, Scott (Osage)/r. Oklahoma City/intertribal powwow head singer
Getman, Ron/b. Fairfax, 1948/multi-instrumentalist (strings) with Leonard Cohen,
Steve Ripley, Tractors
Geyer, Joyce/b. Okmulgee/opera singer
Gibbs, Vince/r. Tulsa/Prince impersonator, appears in Missy Elliot’s “Work
It” video
Gibson, John, A. (Shawnee)/r. Claremore/stomp dance leader on Stomp Dance Blues
(Indian House, 1999)
Gibson, Johnna/r. (Shawnee/Sac & Fox/Seneca-Cayuga) Claremore/shell shaker
on Stomp Dance Blues (Indian House, 1999)
Gibson, Terri (Sac & Fox/Seneca-Cayuga)/r. Claremore/shell shaker on Stomp
Dance Blues (Indian House, 1999)
Gibson, Tony/r. Claremore/stomp dance leader on Stomp Dance Blues (Indian House,
1999)
Gill, Vince
Gillette, Betty Barber/r. Tulsa/radio singer on KTUL and KVOO-AM, Tulsa in the
1940s
Gillian, Steve/r. Oklahoma/traditional fiddler
Gilliam, Les/b. Gene Autry, 1934/cowboy singer
Gilliland, Danny/b. Bartlesville, 1958/champion banjo player
Gilliland, Henry, C./ b. MO, r. Altus, OK/ made some of the first fiddle recordings
Gilmore, Gary/r. Tulsa/bassist for Taj Majal, J.J. Cale, and others
Gilyard, James/b. Stillwater, 1945/jazz bassist
Gimble, Dick/b. Oklahoma/country bassist
Glare/f. Tulsa, disbanded 2002/rock group
Glaser, Lisa/Tulsa University music faculty/oboist
Glasgow, Robert/b. Shawnee, 1925/classical organist
Glaude, Joesf/b. Virginia, 1966, r. Tulsa/new age guitarist
Glazer, Jon/r. Tulsa/jazz and country keyboardist, performed with The Judds
Glenn, Eddie/r. Tahlequah/”hick hop” singer, songwriter
Glytch/f. Oklahoma City, 1997/rock group
Godding, Antone/Oklahoma City University music faculty, 2003/theory, composition,
piano
Godsey, Glen/r. Tulsa/old time country singer
God’s Unwanted Children/f. Tulsa/heavy metal rock group
Goff, Carl, Jr./b. Lexington/country songwriter
Go For Baroque/r. Oklahoma City/Baroque music group
Go With Girls/f. Tahlequah/independent rock
Goldman-Moore, Susan/Tulsa University music faculty/voice and vocal music education
Goldston, Darin/b. Ada, 1967/blues guitarist with Memphis P. Tails
Golliver, April/Oklahoma State University music faculty, 2003/mezzo-soprano,
voice
Good, Al/b. Morgantown, WV, r. Oklahoma City 1945-2003, d. 2003/big band leader
Goodfox, Arlen (Pawnee)/r. Shawnee/intertribal powwow head singer
Gordon, Dick, Jr./r. Tulsa/guitar teacher (Tony Romanello)
Gorrell, Brian/University of Central Oklahoma music faculty, 2003/saxophonist
Gossell, Karen/2003 Tulsa University music student/sings on TU jazz CD, Sophisticated
Ladies, saxophonist
Gouge, Felix/New Tulsa Ceremonial Grounds/stomp dance leader
Gouge, Thompson/Hullabee Ceremonial Grounds/stomp dance leader
Govich, Marilyn/University of Central Oklahoma music faculty, 2003/voice
Grace, Fanny/r. Oklahoma City/country singer
Graham, Bret/r. Stroud/country singer
Graham, Jeff/b. Joplin, MO, r. Tulsa/singer, songwriter, guitarist
Graham, Phillip/b. Ada/concert pianist
Grant, Bill and Delia
Grant, Earl/b. Oklahoma City, 1933/pianist
Grant, Russell/r. Tulsa/jazz drummer
Grantham, Donald/b. Duncan, 1947/classical composer
Grantham, George
Grass, Kenneth/Tulsa University music faculty, 2003/Director of bands, music
education
Gravity Propulsion System/f. Norman/rock group
Gray, Otto
Gray, Sonny/r. Tulsa/jazz pianist, band leader, Rubiot Club owner, Tulsa University
faculty, 2003
Greenberg, Clay/b. Texas, reared in Oklahoma/folk singer, songwriter
Gray, Wardell
Great Divide
Green, Pamela/University of Central Oklahoma music faculty, 2003/voice
The Green Police/f. Claremore and Verdigris, 2001/punk rock group
Greenawalt, Ross/r. Tulsa circa 2002/anti-folk singer, songwriter
Greenview Circle/f. Sand Springs/pop, rock group
Deleon, Carlos/bassist
Deleon, Tony/drummer
Storm, Dustin/vocalist, guitarist
Weaver, Cartwright/guitarist
Greg, David/Southeastern Oklahoma State University music faculty, 2003/trombone
Grey/r. Enid/rock and pop singer
Griffin, “Big” Mike/b. Lawton/blues guitarist and singer
Griffith, Lance/r. Oklahoma City/country singer, also with the Long Riders
Grogran, Phil/b. Oklahoma City/classical composer
Groner, Duke/b. Ardmore, 1907/jazz bassist and vocalist
Groove Pilots/f. Tulsa/rock group
Growing Mylow/f. Norman/pop rock group
Gustafson, Karen/Oklahoma City University music staff, 2003/trumpeter
Guthrie, Jack
Guthrie, Woody
Gut Wrench/f. Broken Arrow/heavy metal rock group
Guyer, Joyce/b. Okmulgee /opera soprano
Guzik, Bernie/Tulsa University, University of Central Oklahoma music faculty,
2003/tuba, euphonium
Gyles, Jimmy/r. Tahlequah/flatpick guitarist, mandolinist
H
Habit/f. Ardmore, 2001/rock group
Hadley, John/r. Norman/country songwriter (Dixie Chicks)
Hager, Ty/r. Tulsa/country singer-songwriter
Haggard, Jerry/r. Stillwater/Red Dirt Sound, singer-songwriter
Haggard, Merle
Hahn, Chris/Oklahoma City University music faculty, 2003/piano
Half These Girls/f. Norman/rock group
Hall, Charley/r. Oklahoma City/contemporary Christian singer, guitarist
Hall, Gail/Oklahoma University music faculty, 2003/saxophonist
Halley, David
Halsey, Jim/b. Independence, KS, r. Tulsa/artist management
Ham, Jeongwon/Oklahoma University music faculty, 2003/pianist
Ham, Steve/r. Tulsa/trombonist with Johnnie Lee Wills, Ray Charles, Cab Calloway,
Flash Terry
Hamilton, John (Kiowa)/r. Anadarko/intertribal powwow head singer
Hammet, Larry/Oklahoma University music faculty, 2003/guitarist
Hammons, Thomas/b. Shawnee/opera baritone
Hampton, Rhonda/b. Altus/country singer
Haney, Woodrow, Sr./b. Red Mound/American Indian flutist
Hanna, Jack/r. Tulsa/jazz bassist
Hanson
Hanson, Andrea/r. Tahlequah and Oklahoma City/Miss Oklahoma
Hanson, Dan/Oklahoma University of Science and Arts music faculty, 2003/instrumental
studies director, theory
Hanson, Eric/b. Shawnee/drummer for Jimmy LaFave and Mike McClure
Hanson, Jan/Oklahoma University of Science and Arts music faculty, 2003/choral
studies, music history, conducting
Hapless Romantics/f. Tulsa/folk music group leaning toward Red Dirt Music
Cooper, David/drummer, vocalist
Frisco, Rocky/keyboardist, Tulsa Sound
Gasaway, Wes/fiddler, mandolinist, vocalist
Skinner, Tom/bassist, vocalist
Spears, Larry/guitarist, singer, songwriter
Williams, Gene/electric guitarist
Harbingers/f. Tulsa/gospel group
Hardcastle, Jody/b. Tahlequah, 1950/music educator, piano and keyboard
Hardin, Bud/r. Calumet/country singer
Hardin, Glen/b. in Hollis, OK, (4/18/1939)/pianist for Buddy Holly, Elvis Presley,
Frank Sinatra
Hardin, Gus
Hardin, Steve/r. Oklahoma/guitarist for 38 Special and Glen Campbell
Hardy, Brad/b. Stillwater/funk, blues, jazz bassist
Hargis, David/University of Central Oklahoma music faculty, 2003/accompanist
Harjo, Joy/b. Tulsa, 1951/Muscogee shell shaker, saxophonist, spoken-word artist,
poet, singer
Harjo, Scotty/Tallahassee Wvkokye Ceremonial Grounds/stomp dance leader
Harlow, Dan/r. Oklahoma/bluegrass mandolin player
Harold, Robert/b. Tulsa, 1951/rock guitarist
Harper, Monty/b. Stillwater/children’s music songwriter, singer, guitarist
Harper, Thomas/b. Oklahoma/opera tenor with Seattle Opera
Harrington-Hernandez Heather Marie/r. Muskogee/classical organist
Harris, Berry/b. Chockie, 1929/blues guitarist and singer
Harris, Kent/b. Oklahoma City/leader of Boogaloo & His Gallant Crew R &
B/soul group
Harris, Rodger/b. Duncan, 1945/old-time country and folk music
Harris, Roy
Harris, Sam
Harrison, Pete/b. Sallisaw/Western swing guitarist
Harry, Simon/Duck Creek Ceremonial Grounds/stomp dance leader
Harry, Virgle/Duck Creek Ceremonial Grounds/stomp dance leader
Harvest Pickers/f. Spavinaw/bluegrass group
Harvey and the Wallbangers/f. Oklahoma City/classic rock and roll group
Harvey, Lisa/Oklahoma City University music faculty, 2003/oboist, reeds
Hate Furnace/f. Pryor/heavy metal rock group
Hauck, Ross/b. Bartlesville/opera tenor with Wolf Trapp Opera Co.
Hayes, Don/b. Early Mart, CA, 1948/1970s and early 1980s country singer, father
of Wade Hayes
Hayes, Chandler/b. Tulsa/singer, songwriter
Hayes, Wade
Hazlewood, Lee
Headrick, Amos/b. Van Buren, AR, r. Oklahoma/fiddler for Bob Wills
Headroom/f. Oklahoma City/rock group
Heap-a-bird, Alfrich/b. Thomas/Cheyenne singer
Heartland Express/f. Oklahoma/bluegrass group
Hedges, Michael
Hefley, Earl/University of Central Oklahoma music faculty, 2003/saxophonist
Heitzke, Brett/r. Oklahoma City/folksinger
Helms, Mark/r. Hochatown/songwriter
Hembree, Gene/r. Tulsa/polka multi-instrumentalist
Henderson, Mary Kay/b. Muskogee/gospel singer
Henderson, Bruce/b. Stillwater/country-rock singer, songwriter
Henderson, Marsha/Oklahoma University music faculty, 1954-2002/voice and musical
theater
Henderson, Mike/b. Independence, MO, 1951, r. OK City/country singer, songwriter
with Kevin Welch
Hendricks, Scott/b. Clinton, 1956/country music record producer
Hendricks, Ray/b. Jim Caldwell, r. Stillwater/Louisiana Hayride performer
Hendrickson, Britni/b. Tulsa, 1987/country singer, songwriter
Henley, Jimmy/b. Sayre/banjo player for Roy Clark
Henry, John/r. Tulsa/blues disc jockey (KMOD-FM, Tulsa), emcee for 50s rock
revival group, Bop Cats
Henry, Shane/r. Oklahoma/blues guitarist, singer
Herbst, Jim/b. Oklahoma City, 1950/country singer
Herendeen, David/Oklahoma City University music faculty, 2003/opera
Herndon, Susan/r. Tulsa/singer, songwriter
Herren, John/b. Elk City/keyboardist for The Electric Prunes
Herrin Burt & The Stringers/f. Edmond/blues group
Hetradox/f. Tulsa/rock group
Hibler, Starla/East Central Oklahoma University music faculty, 2003/music history,
piano
Hicks, Benson/Tallahassee Wvkokye Ceremonial Grounds/stomp dance leader
Hicks, Gary/Oklahoma City University music faculty, 2003/voice
Hi-Def Howlers/f. Oklahoma City/pop, rock group
High Eagle, J.C./b. Oklahoma/Cherokee-Osage flutist
Highfill, George/b. Ft. Smith, AR, r. Stigler, OK/country singer, songwriter,
harmonica player
High Ground/f. Oklahoma City/bluegrass group
Higley, Brewster/r. Shawnee, d. 1911/wrote “Home on the Range”
Hill, Buffalo/Peach Ceremonial Grounds/stomp dance leader
Hill, Jack/Peach Ceremonial Grounds/stomp dance leader
Hill, Sonny/r. Tulsa, 1950s/blues harmonica
Hill, Steve/b. Tulsa/keyboardist and bassist for Bloodrock
Hill-Chief, Roman/Peach Ceremonial Grounds/stomp dance leader
Hills of Home/f. Oklahoma/bluegrass group
Hinder
Hinton, Sam
HNNC/f. Oklahoma City/rap group
Hobbs, Becky
Hoepfner, Gregory/Cameron University music faculty, 2003/music education
Hoffman, Billy/r. Poteau/country singer, songwriter
Hoffman Brothers/f. Muskogee/rock group
Hoke, Jim/b. Oklahoma City/woodwinds for Kenny Loggins
Holder, Kaia/Northeastern Oklahoma State University adjunct music faculty, 2003/cellist,
bassist
Holder, Terrence “T”/b. Texas, r. Muskogee/territory jazz band leader
Holladay, Marvin “Doc”/studied at Phillips University, Enid/baritone
saxophonist
Holleman, Brenda/Oklahoma City University music faculty, 2003/voice
Hollingsworth, Mark/East Central Oklahoma University music faculty, 2003/woodwinds,
music theory
Hollis/f. Tulsa/independent rock group
Holly, Doyle
Holmberg, Frederich/first director of Oklahoma City Symphony
Holt, Culley/b. McAlester, 1925/singer with the Jordonaires
Holt, John/Southeastern Oklahoma State University adjunct music faculty, 2003/trumpet
The Homesteaders/gospel group/
Brandt, James/r. Okemah/singer
Chesser, Lisa/r. Konawa/singer
Richardson, Wayne/r. Henryetta/singer
Williamson, Donnie/r. Weleetka/singer
Honea, Sion/University of Central Oklahoma music faculty, 2003/horn, music history
Honeywagon/f. Edmond/rock group
Hooten, David/r. Oklahoma City/trumpeter
Hopkins, Bubba/b. Spavinaw/traditional fiddler
Hopkins, David “Hoppy”/r. Tulsa/guitarist with the Swamptones, also
played w/ Larry Bell, Jim Dowing, and Bill Davis
Hosty Duo/f. Norman/rock, soul, rockabilly, “Hic Hop”
Hosty, Mike/r. Norman/guitarist
Tac, Tic/drummer
HotrodboB/f. Claremore, 2002/rockabilly, punk, pop-rock group
Layton, Bo/drummer
Layton, Clay/guitarist, vocalist
Pitts, Jay/bassist, vocalist
Howard, Eddie/Oklahoma Opry house band drummer
Howard, Vernon/Tulsa University music faculty, 2003/trombonist and jazz studies
Howell, Ron/University of Central Oklahoma music faculty, 2003/clarinetist,
music history
Howlin’ 88/f. Norman
Hubbard, Ray Wylie
Huckaby, Ed/NEOSU-Broken Arrow music professor/trumpeter, contemporary classical
composer
Hudson, Richard/b. Seminole, reared Konawa/gospel finger style guitarist
Hudspeth, Charles/Oklahoma City University graduate/City College of San Francisco
music faculty, 2003
Huffer, Jerry/r. Muskogee/music educator
Hughes, Frank Clayton/b. Ada, 1915/classical composer
Hughes, Billy
Hunt, Billy/*/Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame inductee
Hunt, William/b. SE Oklahoma/folk music preserver and performer
Hurricane, Jane/f. Oklahoma City/pop rock group
Hurricane Mason/f. Tulsa/blues-rock group
Flint, Kevin/bassist
Mason, Matt/guitarist, vocalist
Montgomery, Shawn/drummer
Hurte, Leroy/b. Muskogee/1940s R & B record company entrepreneur, notably
with Bronze Records in Los Angeles
Hutchison, “Uncle” Dick/b. Disney/old time country fiddler
I
The Ills/f. Norman/progressive jazz group
Ahmadi, Kasra George/saxophonist
Jones, Ryan/keyboardist
Littell, Boyd/drummer
Nelson, Blaine/guitarist
Infamus/f. Tulsa/rock group
Ingersoll, Clint/r. Pryor/Locust Grove/singer, songwriter (songs recorded by
Chris Ledoux & John Michael Montgomery)
Ink, Lawrence/Oklahoma State University music faculty, 2003/flutist
Insect Lounge/f. Norman/rock group
Insult to Injury/f. Oklahoma/hardcore punk rock group
Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma/based south of Perkins, moved to I.T., 1880/Native American
Church songs, powwow
Ira/f. Tulsa/pop rock group
Isco-say/r. Muskogee, Tulsa/rapper
Ivy Mike/f. Norman/rock group
Ivy, Thomas/r. Altus/bluegrass banjoist
J
Jack, Karen & Lucy/f. Skiatook/Americana, roots music group
Jackson, Albert/Langston University music faculty, 2003/instrumental music director
Jackson, Wanda
Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey
Jacobs, Greg/b. Choctaw/singer, songwriter, Red Dirt Music
Jacobson, Garrett “Big G”/b. Oklahoma City, 1983/blues guitarist
and singer
Jae, Jana/currently resides in Grove/country fiddler
Jahruba/r. Norman/African percussionist
Jambalaya Jass Band/f. Sapulpa/traditional Dixieland jazz group
Bennett, Mike/trumpeter
Chitton, Mike/banjoist
Crosby, Bill/bassist
Ham, Steve/trombonist
Yohe, Tony/drummer
James, Brett/r. Oklahoma City/country songwriter
James, George/b. Beggs, 1906/jazz woodwinds, bandleader
James, Jana/r. Enid/contemporary Christian and Celtic singer
James, Jenny/r. Oklahoma/intertribal powwow singer
James, Patricia/r. Oklahoma/intertribal powwow singer
The James Ray/f. Stillwater, 1995/rock group
Anderson, Steve/bassist
Bello, John/guitarist
Lichtenberger, James/guitarist
Unruh, Tod/drummer
Young, Bill/vocalist
James, Tom/b. Oklahoma/country singer, songwriter for Flatt and Scruggs, Rex
Allen, started Klix Records in 1957
Jazzcow/f. Tulsa, 2001/jazz jam band
Andrews, Airrion/bassist
Combs, Chris/guitarist
Loomis, Mike/drummer
Staub, Michael/saxophonist
Jeffrey, Robert/b. Tulsa, 1915/blues pianist, guitarist, vocalist
Jenkins, Brandon/b. Tulsa, 1969/singer, songwriter, Red Dirt Music, OSU graduate
Jenkins, Deborah/Oklahoma City University music faculty, 2003/accompanist
Jennings, Christina/r. Oklahoma/classical flutist/Julliard graduate
Jergensons Shrader, Aija/Northwestern Oklahoma State University music faculty,
2003/opera singer, vocal pedagogy
Jernigan, Dennis/b. Sapulpa, 1959/contemporary Christian singer
Jesse D/f. Tulsa/classic rock, hard rock, pop rock group
De La O, Jesse/vocalist, guitarist, bassist, keyboardist
Jewett, Bryan/r. Tulsa/techno folk musician
Jify Trip/f. Tulsa, 1995/rock group
Jimijank/f. Norman/rock group
Jobe, Richard/University of Central Oklahoma music faculty, 2003/accompanist
Joe and Ellen Felzke/f. Tulsa/brother and sister jazz, folk duo
Johnny Reliable/f. Tulsa/1950s-style, contemporary rock group
Johns, Val/b. Shattuck/pianist
Johns, William
Johnson, Brenda/University of Central Oklahoma music faculty, 2003/voice
Johnson, Cecil/b. Shawnee/old time fiddler
Johnson, Christopher/b. Tulsa/classical pipe organist for New York City’s
Riverside Church as of 2003
Johnson, Deborah/ Oklahoma University of Science and Arts music part-time faculty,
2003/choral accompanist
Johnson, Herman/b. Shawnee/old time fiddler
Johnson, Jeff/r. Oklahoma City/jazz bassist
Johnson, Larry/b. Oklahoma City/R & B vocalist, guitarist
Johnson, Lemuel/ b. Oklahoma City, 1909/jazz woodwinds, bandleader, vocals,
Blue Devils
Johnson, Lewis/enrolled member of the Seminole Nation of OK/American Indian
flutist
Johnson, Michael/r. Jones/ acoustic guitar champion
Johnson, Scott/University of Central Oklahoma music faculty, 2003/guitarist
Johnson, Seminem/Nuyaka Ceremonial Grounds/stomp dance leader
Jones, Anthony Armstrong/b. Ada, 1949, d. 1996/Top 40 cover singer “Proud
Mary,” “Take a Letter From Maria”
Jones, Charles and the Stardusters/f. Oklahoma/1950s rock and roll, recorded
for Sully Records
Jones, Claude/b. Boley, 1901/jazz trombonist
Jones, Denise/b. Norman/gospel singer with Point of Grace
Jones, Dustin/Oklahoma Opry house band guitarist, sound engineer
Jones, Shawn/b. Lawton, OCU graduate/singer, songwriter
Jones, Stacey/b. Tulsa, but moved away at an early age/singer for rock group
American Hi-Fi
Joose/f. Oklahoma/urban-dance group
Farmer, Jay
Lewis, Trell
McKaufman, Rocky
Pettis, Leonardo
Joplin, Scott/performed his opera A Guest of Honor in Oklahoma City in 1903/ragtime
pianist, composer
Josephson, Kim/b. Ohio, r. Tulsa/opera singer
Just for U/f. Tulsa/contemporary Christian group
K
Karma Syndicate/f. Tulsa/jazz with spoken word
Karstein, Jimmy/b. Tulsa, 1943/drummer for Joe Cocker, Eric Clapton, and J.J.
Cale, Tulsa Sound
Katz, Robert, S./r. Tulsa/educator, classical double bassist
Kaw (Kanza) Nation of Oklahoma/based in Kaw City since 1902/powwow/straight
dance songs
Kay, Billy/r. Oklahoma/flatpick guitar player
Kayka Momma/r. Tulsa/rapper
Kearney, Jason/r. Tulsa/folk music singer, guitarist
Keeble, Jonathan/Oklahoma State University music faculty, 2003/flutist
Keeton, Scott/r. Del City/blues guitarist, singer
Keith, Jeff/b. Texarkana, r. Idabel/singer for pop metal group Tesla
Keith, Toby
Keller, Larry/Oklahoma City University music faculty, 2003/voice
Kelley, Pat/r. Tulsa/jazz guitarist, Tulsa Will Rogers High School and Tulsa
University graduate
Kelly, Clark/Oklahoma University music faculty, 2003/organist
Kelly, David/Northeastern Oklahoma State University adjunct music faculty, 2003/jazz
guitarist
Kelly, Jamie/b. Ada/bassist, guitarist, vocalist for Linville Band
Kelly, Lori Lee/b. Clinton/ singer, Miss Oklahoma
Kelly, Sean/b. Cushing/singer, songwriter
Kelly, Vicky/Oklahoma City University music faculty, 2003/voice, music education
Kelly, Walter/b. Stillwater/Berklee School of Music graduate, guitarist
Keltner, Jim/b. Tulsa, 1942/jazz, rock, blues, pop drummer – THE session
drummer from 1970s to now
Kemble, John (Ponca) (often spelled Kimble)/r. Oklahoma City/intertribal powwow
head singer
Kemble, Kirby/r. Oklahoma/intertribal powwow head singer
Kemp, Julia/r. Oklahoma/opera soprano
Kemp, Wayne
Kenner, Clarence/b. Oklahoma/jazz trumpeter
Kentucky Blue/f. Tulsa/bluegrass group
Kern, Michael/r. Lawton/guitarist
Kersting, Kathleen/b. Enid /opera singer
Kessel, Barney
Ketchum, Benny/r. Tulsa/country bandleader, singer
Kettle of Fish/f. Tulsa, 1999/pop rock group
The Kevorkians/f. Tulsa/rock group
KGB/f. Oklahoma City/rock group
Khannanov, Ildar/Oklahoma City University music faculty, 2003/theory, composition
Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma/based in McLoud area since 1839/traditional music,
social powwows
Kidd, Travis/r. Tulsa/folk singer
Kidwell, Kent/University of Central Oklahoma music faculty, 2003/jazz trombonist
Kihega, Michael/r. Oklahoma/intertribal powwow head singer
Kilgore, Ben/r. Tulsa/acoustic guitarist, singer, songwriter
Kilgore, Kenneth/*/Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame inductee
Kilgore, Merle
Kilpatrick, Jack F./b. Stilwell/classical composer
Kimera/f. Tulsa/rock group
King, Bug/r. Oklahoma City, OC Douglas graduate/R & B vocalist
King James Verzion/f. Stillwater/rock group
King, Kathy Weinstock/r. Tulsa/educator, classical cellist
Kinky Slinky/f. Oklahoma City/dread rock
Kiowa
Kirkpatrick, Albert J./b. Oklahoma City/classical composer
Kiser, Bob/r. Tulsa/guitarist for John T. Wills
Kishketon, Rowe (Kickapoo/Sac & Fox)/r. Shawnee/intertribal powwow head
singer
Kizer, Glen/r. Okemah/Broadway musicals
Klages, James/University of Central Oklahoma music faculty, 2003/trumpeter,
music theory
Kleefeld, Daniel/r. Tulsa/contemporary Christian, jazz, classical multi-instrumentalist
Klipspringer/f. Norman/rock group
Knape, Skip/r. Turley/organist for Bob Seger
Knedler, Mike/Northwestern Oklahoma State University director of bands, 2003/clarinetist,
music education
Knie, Roberta/b. Cordell/opera singer
Knight, Edward/Oklahoma City University music faculty, 2003/theory, composition
Knight, Justin/b. Tulsa/New Age, contemporary Christian pianist, composer, recording
artist
Knifechief, John (Pawnee)/r. Pawnee/intertribal powwow head singer
Knifechief, Steve (Pawnee)/r. Pawnee/intertribal powwow head singer
Knifechief, Tom (Pawnee)/r. Pawnee/intertribal powwow head singer
Koenig, Willie/r. Oklahoma City/Latin percussionist
Koomsa, Bill, Jr. (Kiowa)/intertribal powwow head singer, gourd dance singer
Kotay, Ralph/r. Oklahoma/intertribal powwow head singer
Kotowich, Bruce/Northeastern Oklahoma State University music faculty, 2003/conducting,
voice
Kottke, Leo/b. Athens, GA, r. Muskogee/solo guitarist
Kubiak, Benny/r. Oklahoma/old time fiddler
Kubik, Gail
Kuehn, Bill/r. Oklahoma/percussionist
Kuleshov, Valery/University of Central Oklahoma music faculty, 2003/pianist,
artist-in-residence
Kyle, Gari/University of Central Oklahoma music faculty, 2003/pianist
L
Labé, Thomas/Cameron University music faculty, 2003/classical pianist
Labow, Jenny/b. Canada, Stillwater High School graduate, 1991/pop, rock singer,
songwriter, and guitarist
Lacy, Robin H./b. McAlester/country singer, songwriter, drummer for Johnny Paycheck
and Merle Haggard
Lacy, Rudy/b. McAlester, r. Stillwater/country singer, songwriter
LaFave, Jimmy
Lafort 3/f. Bartlesville/heavy metal group
Lakes, Gary/b. Woodward, 1914/opera tenor
Lamb, Brian/University of Central Oklahoma music faculty, 2003/director of bands,
wind ensemble, conducting
Lamb, Marvin/Oklahoma University music faculty, 2003/music theory, composition
Lambert, James/Cameron University music faculty, 2003/percussionist
Lamond, Don
Lancaster, Sound/f. Oklahoma City/modern rock group
Alsip, Marshall/drummer
Gulley, Chad/guitarist, keyboardist, vocalist
Mills, Jennifer/cellist, keyboardist, vocalist
Rosenhamer, Steve/bassist
Stanley, Adam/guitarist, keyboardist, vocalist
Lane, Chris/r. Oklahoma/country music broadcaster
Lang, Kelly/b. Oklahoma City, 1967/country singer
Lang, Terry/r. Oklahoma/gospel singer with Point of Grace
Lanners, Heather/Oklahoma State University music faculty, 2003/pianist
Lanners, Thomas/Oklahoma State University music faculty, 2003/pianist
Laramore, Doug/East Central Oklahoma University music faculty, 2003/assistant
director of bands
Larkin/f. Tulsa/Irish music group
Lawrence, David/whistle
Malone, Chad/lead singer
Modglin, Aaron/guitarist
Naifeh, Karen/violinist
Tuttle, Kelly/bassist
Walker, Johnnie/drummer
LaRue, Stoney and the Organic Boogie Band/f. Stillwater/Red Dirt Music group
Lasso/f. Norman/rock group
Last Exit/f. T ulsa/rock group
Laughlin, Robert/Oklahoma City University music faculty, 2003/pianist
Laurence, Dave/r. Oklahoma City/folk singer and songwriter
Lay, Rodney/b. Coffeyville, KS, r. Nowata/country singer
Leadingfox, Randal/r. Oklahoma/intertribal powwow head singer
LeBlanc, Gaye/Oklahoma City University and Oklahoma University music faculty,
2003/harpist
Lee, Brian/r. Tulsa/pianist
Lee, Mel/University of Central Oklahoma music faculty, 2003/music education
Lee, Michael/Oklahoma University music faculty, 2003/musicologist
Leeper, Jane and Jean/known as “Oklahoma Sweethearts”/recorded for
Capitol records
Leffingwell, Dolores/Oklahoma University music faculty, 2003/voice
Leftwich, Brad/b. Stillwater/old time and bluegrass fiddler, Oklahoma Opry manager
Lehman, Lavern/b. Tahlequah, 1944/bass guitarist with Pat Benatar, Joe Cocker,
Eric Burdon, Mitch Mitchell
Lehman, Tom/r. Tahlequah/ jazz educator (NEOSU), trombonist
Leonard, Eric/University of Central Oklahoma music faculty, 2003/trombonist
Leseney, Amber/Oklahoma City University music faculty, 2003/voice
The Leveling/f. Tulsa/modern rock group
Leverette, Ken/r. Tulsa/jazz drummer
Levine, Joel/r. Oklahoma City for 27 years/director, OKC Philharmonic
Levy, Marcy/r. Oklahoma/vocalist for Bob Seger and Eric Clapton
Lewis, Curly/b. Stigler/fiddler for Johnnie Lee Wills and Hank Thompson
Lewis, Ed
Lewis, Landon/Oklahoma University of Science and Arts part-time music faculty,
2003/brass
Lewis, Sheila/b. Broken Bow/gospel singer
Lewis, William/b. Tulsa, 1935/opera tenor
Liddell/f. Tulsa/soft rock group
The Lids/f. Norman/rock group
Lieb, Kensil or Kinsel/r. Ponca City/intertribal powwow head singer
Liggins, Jimmy and Joe
Lightfoot, Jason/r. Oklahoma/intertribal powwow headsinger
Lincoln, Robert/b. Lawton/intertribal group Thunderhorse
Lindsay, Merl/b. Oklahoma City/country and rockabilly singer, bandleader, recorded
for Hu-Se-Co
Linville, Travis/b. Chickasha/lead singer for Travis Linville and the Burtschi
Brothers
Lipinski, Rudy//East Central Oklahoma University adjunct music faculty, 2003/pianist
Litefoot/r. Tulsa, attended Tulsa University/actor, rapper on Red Vinyl Records
Lithium/f. Owasso/rock group
Littleaxe, Dennis (Shawnee)/r. Oklahoma/intertribal powwow singer
Littleaxe, Troy, Sr. (Shawnee)/r. Bartlesville/intertribal powwow head singer,
stomp dance leader
Littlebear, Newman/Kelleyville Ceremonial Grounds/stomp dance leader
Littlecreek, Wiley (Shawnee)/r. Oklahoma/intertribal powwow head singer
Little League Hero/f. Oklahoma, 1999/pop rock group
Little Man, Creg/r. Thomas/intertribal powwow head singer
Little Thunder/r. Tahlequah/intertribal powwow singing group
Lobb, Betty Lou/ b. Bennington/Big D Jamboree vocalist
Local Hero/f. Tulsa/reggae group
Bee/drummer
Cheryl/saxophonist
Campbell, Kelly/guitarist
James, Doc/bassist
Perry, Deborah/keyboardist
Santanna/percussionist
U.E./saxophonist
Logan, Charles/r. Oklahoma/intertribal powwow head singer
Logan, Earl/Cameron University music faculty, 2003/voice, concert choir
Logan, Gene/r. Oklahoma/intertribal powwow head singer
Logan, Jan/Cameron University music faculty, 2003/voice, opera
Logan, Stacey/Oklahoma City University graduate/Broadway performer and singer
Logsdon, Guy/b. Ada/Woody Guthrie scholar, Western swing expert, music historian,
cowboy singer
Loman, Michael (Choctaw)/r. Tulsa/American Indian flutist
Lon, Dave/r. Oklahoma/singer, songwriter, Red Dirt Music
Long, Fiddlin’ Sam/r. Oklahoma/old time fiddler
Longhorn, Colleen (Shawnee/Sac & Fox/Seneca-Cayuga)/r. Oklahoma/shell shaker
on Stomp Dance Blues (Indian House, 1999)
Loose Shoes/r. Oklahoma City/roots music group
Love, Clarence/b. Muskogee, 1908/ territory jazz band leader
Love, Rusti/r. Glenpool/jazz and country rock singer
Low Water Crossing/f. Bowlegs/bluegrass band
Loyal Opposition/f. Stillwater, 1985/pop rock group
Lubin, Howard/Oklahoma University music faculty, 2003/pianist
Luchsinger, Susie
Luker, Jack/resides in Oklahoma City/old time fiddler and fiddle judge
Lunsford, Mike/b. Guymon, 1950/country singer and songwriter
Lure/f. Oklahoma City, 1999/rock group
Lushanya, Tessie Mobley/b. near Ardmore/Chickasaw opera singer
Lyons, Robert/r. Lawton/steel beach picnic entertainer (guitars and vocals)
aboard USS Kitty Hawk, 2003
M
Mabrey, “Shy” Willie/b. Webbers Falls, 1942/blues singer
Madden, Doyle/recorded for Hobart-based Hu-Se-Co label in the 1950s/country
singer
Mad Verb/f. Tulsa, 1999, disbanded/melodic hard rock
Maggi, Tanya/r. Tulsa/educator, classical viola player
Magrath, Jane/Oklahoma University music faculty, 2003/pianist
Magrill, Samuel/University of Central Oklahoma music faculty, 2003/music theory,
composer-in-residence
Magruder Everett, Kyle/b. St. Joseph, MO, r. Oklahoma City/country singer, songwriter,
recorded with Jason Boland
Maguire, Beth/b. Texas, reared in Tulsa/country singer
Mailman, Matthew/Oklahoma City University music faculty, 2003/bands
Majnun/f. Tulsa/rock group
Malave, Alvaro “Ted”/b. Stillwater, 1960/classical and Spanish guitar
Maindrayn/f. Tulsa/rock group
Manifest Destiny/f. Stillwater, 1989/heavy metal rock group
Allensworth, Trey/b. Stillwater/drummer, vocalist
Big John/b. Enid/bassist and vocalist
Filonow, John/b. Lansing, MI, r. Stillwater/lead guitarist
Hock, Matt/b. Temple, TX, r. Stillwater/lead vocalist
Moffat, Jake/b. Stillwater/rhythm guitarist and vocalist
Mannafest/f. Tulsa/Christian rock group
Manning, Ron/University of Central Oklahoma music faculty, 2003/opera singer,
school of music assistant director
Marcotte, Joseph B./b. near Purcell, 1913/cowboy singer and instrumentalist
on KFXR, Oklahoma City, in 1933
Mariachi Orgullo/f. Norman/mariachi music
Mariachi Tulsa/f. Tulsa/mariachi music
Markham, Jimmy “Jr.”/b. Tulsa, 1941/singer, songwriter, harmonica
player with .38 Special, A.C. Reed, The Tractors
Markley, Bob/b. Oklahoma/vocalist and songwriter for The West Coast Pop Art
Experimental Band
Marks, Marty/University of Central Oklahoma music faculty, 2003/marching band,
pep band
Marquis, Aldee/b. Tulsa/classical violinist
Marsh, Sharon/b. Broken Bow/gospel singer
Marshallcity/f. Tulsa, 2000 – disbanded 2003/rock group
Cayton, Jeff/b. California/drummer
Cook, Colby/b. Joplin, MO, 1973, r. Broken Arrow, 1975/bassist
Parsons, Jody/b. Mustang, 1976/vocalist, guitarist, mandolinist
Zoellner, Philip/b. Tulsa/vocalist, guitarist (moved to New York City in 2003)
Martin, Dusty/b. Sallisaw, 1938/country singer for Texas Rose Records
Martini Kings/f. Norman/rock and swing combo
Martin, Rudi/r. Enid/Western swing clarinetist
Martinez, Thomas and Wild Frontier/f. Tulsa/country group
Marvin, Franky and Johnny/R & B duo
Marvin, Rex/b. California, 1947, reared in Oklahoma UCO vocal student/country
singer
Mashunkashey, Russell/r. Oklahoma/intertribal powwow head singer
Mason/f. Tulsa, 1970s/hard rock group
Mason, Ashley/2003 Tulsa University music student/sings on TU jazz CD, Sophisticated
Ladies
The Masopust Polka Band/f. Oklahoma/just like the name says, a polka group
Massey, George/Oklahoma City University music faculty, 2003/voice
Mass Reality/f. Tulsa, 1992/contemporary Christian group
Masters, Denise/b. Norman/gospel singer with Point of Grace
Masters, Sammy/b. Sasakawa, 1930/rockabilly guitarist and singer
Mathews, Lea/b. McAlester, 1925/jazz singer
Matthews, Gilbert/r. Oklahoma/Pawnee Nation drum keeper
Matthews, Tony
Mattingly, Paul/b. Sand Springs, 1921/steel guitarist
Matlick, Eldon/Oklahoma University music faculty, 2003/horn
Matlock, Jarrid/r. Oklahoma City, b. 1974/country singer
Matlock, W.N./r. Cleveland/gospel singer
Mauser, Corey/b. Phoenix, AZ, 1968, moved to Tulsa, 1971/pianist and organist
Mayday Malone/f. Oklahoma City/punk rock group
Mayo, O.W./b. Texas, r. Oklahoma/Bob Wills’ manager
McAlister, Barbara/b. Muskogee/opera singer
McAuliffe, Leon/b. Houston, TX, r. Tulsa/steel guitarist for Bob Wills
McCann, Terry/r. Oklahoma City/blues flutist
McBee, Cecil
McBride, Laura Lee
McClarty, Matthew/r. Ada/gospel group leader
McClellan, Billy E., Sr./b. Arkansas City, KS, 1954, r. Agra/Native American
Church singer
McClure, Mike/r. Stillwater/singer, songwriter, guitarist, producer, bandleader,
Red Dirt Music, The Great Divide
Clanton, Les Paul/Texan/bassist
Hanson, Eric/drummer
Pyeatt, Rodney/Texan/guitarist
McClurg, Mark/b. Claremore/fiddler for Alan Jackson, formed duet with Wade Hayes,
McHayes, in 2002
McCollum, Jeffrey/r. Oklahoma/baritone with Indianapolis Opera
McCombs, Cody/r. Tulsa/blues singer, guitarist
McConnell, William/Tulsa University music faculty, 2003/TU Chorale
McDaniel, Mel
McReynolds, Samuel/b. Oklahoma City/composer, cellist w/ Oklahoma City Symphony
McDaniel, Jan/Oklahoma City University music faculty, 2003/voice
McDonald, “Rusty”/b. Myrl Edwards, Norge/Western swing, rockabilly,
and country boogie singer
McDonald, Tomy/r. Tulsa/rock guitarist
McEntire, Pake/b. Chockie, 1953/country and gospel singer, Reba McEntire/Susie
Luchsinger’s brother
McEntire, Reba
McFadden, Robert/Southeastern Oklahoma State University music faculty, 2003/piano,
music history
McFarland, T.J./r. Tulsa/cosmic country singer, songwriter
McGhee, Howard
McGhee, Michelle/University of Central Oklahoma music faculty, 2003/music theory
McGhee, Paul/b. Tulsa/drummer with Texas Playboys
McGinty, Billy/b. MO, parents made land run of 1889/cowboy band leader, Otto
Gray
McGraw, Clarence/r. Oklahoma/old time fiddler
Mcgrew, Shane/b. Enid/singer, songwriter, fiddler, rhythm guitarist (solo, and
w/ Fishin’ Naked, Hippie the Cowboy)
McGuire, Barry
McIntosh, John/r. Oklahoma/intertribal powwow head singer
McKee, William/Tulsa University music faculty, 2003/French horn
McKerley, David/Oklahoma City University music faculty, 2003/sound engineering
for music and voice
McKinney, Elizabeth/r. Oklahoma/soprano with Santa Fe Chorale
McLinn, Steve/r. Oklahoma City/electro-acoustic world fusion multi-instrumentalist
McNulty, Larry/r. Tulsa/bassist
McQuarters, R.W./b. Tulsa/rapper and founder of Franchise Records, pro football
player
McReynolds, Samuel/b. Oklahoma City/classical composer and cellist
McShann, Jay
Meade, Tyson Todd/b. Bartlesville/singer, /songwriter Chainsaw Kittens
Meazell, Tiger/r. Oklahoma City/jazz alto saxophonist, Selmer artist/clinician
Mecom, Billy/r. Tulsa/1950s country singer, Billy Mecom and the Country Cousins
Mediocre Music Makers/f. Erick, 1999/country, bluegrass duo
Russell, Annabelle/guitar, vocals
Russell, Harley/guitar, vocals
MEDU-NETR/comprised of 3 Tulsa rap groups/Somatic Souls, HORSEMAN, Black Cosmic
Posse
Meehan, Dennis, a.k.a. Clovis Roblaine/b. Oklahoma/bassist with Ray Wylie Hubbard,
Melatonin/f. Tulsa/loud rock group
Mendia, Francis/r. Oaks/intertribal powwow head singer
Men of Made/f. Bixby/R & B and hip hop artists
Mercury 1/f. Weatherford/ rock group
Mericle, Don/r. Wagoner/music educator
Meridian/f. Tulsa/pop rock group
Brown, Gary/drummer
Gaylor, Dennis/acoustic guitarist, vocalist, keyboardist
Hoy, Bill/vocalist, percussionist
Jarret, Tim/electric guitar
Mayeux, Ed/bassist
Merrick, Joe/b. Oklahoma City/country songwriter
Merritt, Chris/b. Oklahoma City, 1952/opera tenor
Meyer, Carolyn/b. Nowata, 1952, r. Stillwater/children’s music composer,
singer (Giant Blueberry Music)
Meyer, Edgar/b. Tulsa, 1960, moved away at an early age/classical and country
bassist
Mezclave Latin Jazz Ensemble/f. Tulsa/the name says it all
Michaels, Gus/r. Stillwater/singer, songwriter
Miami Nation/based in Miami, moved to I.T. in 1873/stomp dances and powwow
Microlight/f. Oklahoma City, 1996/rock group
Midwest Kings/f. Tulsa/rock group, released first CD in 2003
Briggs, Justin/bassist
Skibb, Andy/vocalist
Tiemann, Neal/guitarist, lyricist
Miles, Michael/Southeastern Oklahoma State University music faculty, 2003/trumpeter,
dept. chair
Miles, Stacey/Southeastern Oklahoma State University adjunct music faculty,
2003/horn
Milke/f. Tulsa/singer, songwriter
Miller, Eddie
Miller, Jody/b. AZ, 1941, r. Blanchard/country singer known for “Queen
of the House”
Miller, Roger
Miller, Lula Mae/b. Rentiesville/gospel singer
Milner, Chuck/b. Cheyenne/country songwriter
Milton, Roy
The Mimsies/f. Norman/glam rock band
Minner, DC
Minutes Too Far/f. Oklahoma City/rock group
Missal, Joseph/Oklahoma State University music faculty, 2003/director of bands,
trumpeter
Missing Link Band/f. Claremore/blues band
Mr. Nitro/r. Oklahoma City/rapper
Mistress X/f. Tulsa/rock band
Mitchell, Glen/recorded in Tulsa/organist with Steve Ripley and The Tractors
Mitchell, Leona
Mizelle, Dary John/b. Stillwater, 1940/classical composer
Mockingbird Lane/f. Shawnee/rock group
Blizzard/drummer, background vocalist
Christophe/lead vocalist, guitarist
Elecktra/bassist, background vocalist
Model 2551/f. Oklahoma City/rock group
Modoc Tribe/based in Miami, moved to I.T. in 1873/stomp dance, powwow
Moeller, Lucky
Moffat, Jake/r. Stillwater/singer, songwriter
Moguin, Sharon/r. Tulsa/jazz, blues, standards vocalist
Molly’s Yes/f. Tulsa, 1998/rock group on Republic/Universal Records
Goggin, Ed/r. Tulsa/vocalist, keyboardist
Mitcho, Brad/bassist, vocalist, programming
Ross, Mac/guitarist, vocalist
Taylor, Scott/drummer
Monossey, Elrod/r. Oklahoma/intertribal powwow head singer
Monossey, Spencer Ray/r. Oklahoma/intertribal powwow head singer
Montgomery, Melissa/r. Choctaw/country singer
Montgomery, Merle/b. Davidson, 1904/classical composer
Moon, Gene/University of Central Oklahoma music faculty, 2003/pianist
Mooney, Ralph
Moore, David, A./r. Tulsa/educator, music composition
Moore, Gary Lee/ b. Oklahoma, 1950, r. Seattle/Pacific Northwest old time fiddler
Moore, Marilyn
Moore, Melvin/b. Oklahoma City, 1917/jazz singer
Moore, Pat/b. Tulsa, 1948/ gospel singer and pianist
Moots, John/Cameron University music faculty, 2003/trumpeter
Moran, David/r. Oklahoma/hammer dulcimer
Moran, Pat/b. Enid, 1934/jazz pianist, bandleader
Moreland, James “Ace”/b. Miami, d. Feb. 8, 2003/Cherokee blues guitarist
for King Snake Records
Morton, Ann/b. Muldrow, 1942/rock singer
Morris, Bobby/b. Tulsa/rhythm guitar for The Champs
Morris, Ralph/University of Central Oklahoma music faculty, 2003/music school
director, violinist, conductor
Morris, Steve/New Tulsa Ceremonial Grounds/stomp dance leader
Morris, Theodora/University of Central Oklahoma music faculty, 2003/violinist
Morrow, Rick/r. Tulsa/keyboardist
Moseley, Andy/b. Durant, 1933/co-founder of Mosrite guitars used by Nokie Edwards
and The Ventures
Moseley, Semie/b. Durant, 1935/co-founder of Mosrite guitars used by Nokie Edwards
and The Ventures
Mosely, Keith/b. Edmond/bassist for String Cheese Incident
Moses, Ted/r. Tulsa/jazz pianist
Mourning September/f. Tulsa/contemporary Christian group
Mourning Star/f. Shawnee/intertribal powwow singing group
Mourning Three/f. Tulsa/rock group
Moye, Felicia/r. Norman/classical violinist, concertmaster for Oklahoma City
Philharmonic, 2003
Moyer, Laina/East Central Oklahoma University adjunct music faculty, 2003/percussionist
Muddy Chucks/f. Verdigris/Christian punk rock group
Munde, Alan/b. Norman, 1946/country music historian, banjoist, played with Byron
Berline
Munds, Ken/r. Okmulgee/gospel singer with Brush Arbor
Mundy, Emily Miller (Smith)/r. Tulsa/vocalist (Tulsa Sound)
Mundy, Jim/b. Muldrow, 1934/country singer
Mundy, Marilyn/b. Bokoshe/country singer
Murray, Sonny
Murrow, Rodney/Northwestern Oklahoma State University music faculty, 2003/pianist,
music theory
Muscogee (Creek) Nation
Myers, Helen/b. Oklahoma City/ethnomusicologist
N
Naifeh, Jerry/b. Tulsa/drummer for Twilley and Seymour
Nail, Austin/r. Oklahoma City/blues guitarist, leads Austin Nail band
Nance, Kregg/r. Ardmore/country singer
Narikawa, Masako/Southeastern Oklahoma State University adjunct music faculty,
2003/vocal, piano coach
Natural Grass/f. Oklahoma/bluegrass group
Baker, Pat/bassist, lead vocalist
Campbell, Pat/guitarist, vocalist
Campbell, Royce/lead guitarist, vocalist
Farrar, Ronnie/banjoist, vocalist
Nuneley, Dick/mandolinist, vocalist
Navel Orange/f. Norman/rock group
Navrath, Joe/b. Ada, r. Stroud/country rock singer, songwriter
Naylor Family/f. Guthrie, 1998/bluegrass group
Negative Nancy/f. Tulsa/rock group
Brown, J. “Brushdog/b. Tulsa, 1972/drummer, also w/Jump Suit Love, File
13, & Tricinella
Cates, Travis/b. Muskogee, 1975, graduated Oktaha High School/bassist, also
w/ Hurricane Mason
Endacott, Steve/b. 1969, attended OSU/singer
Morris, Steve “Doc”/b. Anaheim, CA, 1968, graduated Pryor High School/lead
guitarist
Nelson, Jerry/r. Claremore/blues guitarist, vocalist
Nelson, Joy/Oklahoma University music faculty, 2003/music education
Nelson, Willie/r. Perkins/intertribal powwow head singer
Nevaquaya, “Doc” Tate
Nevaquaya, Sonny (b. Apache, OK) American Indian flutist, son of “Doc”
Tate Nevequaya
New Plainsmen Quartet/f. Chickasha/gospel group
New Science/f. Tulsa, 2002/rock group
Gilardi, Jason/drummer
Hosterman, Ben/guitarist
Jameson, Mike/guitarist, vocalist
Jones, Scott/bassist
Nichols, Grady/b. Siloam Springs, AR, r. Tulsa/smooth jazz saxophonist
The Nixons/f. Oklahoma City, 1992/rock group
Brooks, Ricky/guitarist
Davis, Jesse/bassist
Maloy, Zac/r. Norman/vocalist/solo as of 2002
Robison, Tye/drummer/keyboardist/vocalist
Noe, Candy/r. Tulsa/multi-genre vocalist for Johnnie Lee Wills, et al. (Roy
and Candy’s Music, Tulsa)
Noeebo/f. Broken Arrow/electronic dance duo
Hopiard, Chris/keyboardist, synthesizers
Smith, Dough/keyboardist, synthesizers
No Justice/f. Stillwater/blues rock group
Grauberger, Tim/drummer
Payne, Jerry/bassist
Payne, Tony/guitarist
Rice, Steve/vocalist
Nolen, Jimmy
Norberg, Anna/Tulsa University music faculty, 2003/pianist
Norfleet, Lee/r. Muskogee/trombonist
Norful, Smoke/b. Muskogee/gospel singer on EMI Records
Norma Jean Beasler
Norton, Spencer Hilton/b. Anadarko, 1909/classical composer
No Small Change/f. Choctaw/Alva/Christian rock group
Nude Furniture/f. Tulsa, OK/pop group
Nuebauer, Sheri/Tulsa University music faculty, 2003/violinist
Null, Annette/b. Quinton, 1929/country singer
Nunn, Gary P.
Nymphomercial/f. Bartlesville/modern rock group
O
O’Bannon, Evan/r. Oklahoma/mountain dulcimer
O’Boyle, Maureen/Tulsa University music professor, 2003/violinist
Obrien, Amy/b. Oklahoma City/opera singer
O’Brien, Dwayne/b. Ada, 1963/guitarist and vocalist for Little Texas
O’Dell, Kenny
Ogden, Dave/b. Stillwater/ bassist for Fried Okra Jones
O’Hara, Kelli/r. Oklahoma, OCU Grad/Broadway singer/performer
O’Kelly’s Celtic Band/r. Jones/Celtic music
Oklahoma Bass Maniax/f. Tecumseh and Shawnee/rap duo
Oklahoma City Blue Devils
Oldaker, Jamie/b. Oakland, CA, September 5, 1951/drummer, Tulsa Sound, Steve
Ripley, The Tractors
Old School/f. Tulsa/rock group
Olive, Marcus/r. Olive Springs/porch guitarist
Olsen, Jennie/r. Oklahoma/soprano with Santa Fe Chorale
O’Mealey, Julie/r. Oklahoma/alto with Santa Fe Chorale
One Accord/f. Stillwater/contemporary Christian group
One Eyed Buffalo/f. Lawton/rock group
1 G.O.P./f. Tulsa/Higher Dimensions Family Church contemporary Christian group
Orange, Richard/r. Tulsa/multi-genre musician
Orloski, Stephanie/2003 Tulsa University music student/sings on TU jazz CD,
Sophisticated Ladies
Orphium/f. Tulsa, 1998/rock group
Osage Sweat/recorded at Grayhorse, Osage Nation, 1997/sweat lodge singers
Kaulaity, Herschel (Cheyenne-Kiowa)/singer
McAlpine Louis (Osage)/singer
Schonleber, John (Caddo)/singer
Swank, Casey (Osage)/singer
Swank, Chris (Osage)/singer
Osage Tribe/based in Pawhuska, in state for centuries/In-Lon-Shka Ceremonies/Native
American Church
Osborn, Mark/Oklahoma University music faculty, 2003/bassist
Oscillators/f. Tulsa, 1995/blues group
O’Shea, B.J./r. Oklahoma/blues guitarist, singer
Osterhaus, Carveth/University of Central Oklahoma music faculty, 2003/music
theatre, opera
The Other Side/f. Oklahoma/rock group
Otoe-Missouria Tribe/based near Red Rock since 1870s/war dance/powwow/Native
American Church
Ottawa Tribe/based in Miami, moved to I.T. in 1867/powwow, Native American Church
Ott, Doy/b. McAlester or Ada/singer with Statesmen Quartet
Oulds, Jerry/r. Bartlesville/R & B, pop singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist
Outcast Bluegrass/f. Oklahoma/bluegrass group
The Outlaws/f. Hominy/country group
Overland Bluegrass Express/f. Cushing/bluegrass group
Blackburn, Fred/guitar, vocals
Blackburn, Marcella/bass, songwriter
Hargrove, Jim/guitar, fiddle, vocals
Hargrove, Wanda/vocals
Watson, Buddy/banjo, vocals
Overstreet, Tommy
Owen, Linda/Oklahoma City University music faculty, 2003/pianist
Owens, Bonnie
Owens, Buck/recorded his 1960s syndicated TV program, Buck Owens’ Ranch,
at WKY in Oklahoma City
Owens, Parthena/Oklahoma City University music faculty, 2003/flutist
Oyebi, Pat (Kiowa)/r. Stilwell/intertribal powwow head singer
OZMA/f. Tulsa/rock group
P
Padgett, Bill/r. Tulsa/drummer with Brian Parton, Brandon McGovern
Page, Patti
Page, Walter/b. Gallatin, MS, r. Oklahoma City/leader of Oklahoma City Blue
Devils
Pagna, Sammy/r. Tulsa/pianist
Pahsetopah, Michael, P. (Osage/Euchee)/r. Oklahoma/intertribal powwow head singer
Pakanli, Princess/ b. Ardmore/opera singer
Palmer, Mallory/r. Oklahoma/country singer
Parker, Andy
Parker, Billy
Parker, Billy/b. Okemah, 1939/disc-jockey (Country Music DJ Hall of Fame), country
singer
Parker, Chris/r. Tulsa/singer, songwriter
Parker, Jeffrey Gray/r. Newkirk, Norman, Stillwater, Tahlequah/Coyote Zen, Red
Dirt Music, Cherokee
Parker, Mark E./Oklahoma City University music faculty, 2003/orchestra
Parton, Brian and the Nashville Rebels/f. Tulsa, 1993/rockabilly group
Parton, Thurman (Caddo)/r. Binger/Caddo Turkey Dance head singer
Pascal, Diane/Oklahoma University music faculty, 2003/violinist
Patterson, Donald (Tonkawa)/b. near Tonkawa/Fort Oakland Ramblers
Patterson, Henry (Tonkawa)/r. Tonkawa/intertribal powwow head singer
Patty, Sandy
Paul’s Electric Lemonade/r. Tulsa/pop group
Pawnee Nation/based in Pawnee, in state for centuries/hand game songs/Nat. Am
Church/powwow/hymns
Pawnee YellowHorse/f. Pawnee, 1996/Pawnee drum group
Echo-Hawk, Bunky/singer
Echo-Hawk, Debbie/back-up singer
Echo-Hawk, Walter/singer
Folsom-Minthorn Jennifer/back-up singer
Gorman, Colleen/back-up singer
Horsechief, Vance, Jr./lead singer, composer
Horsechief, Vance III/singer
Hodshire, Bryan/singer
Hodshire, Kay/back-up singer
Howell, Carrie/back-up singer
Leadingfox, Gary/singer
Leadingfox, Greg/singer
Lightfoot, Jason/singer
Minthorn, Phil/singer
Moore, C.D./singer
Muth, Marcie/back-up singer
Paxton, Tom
Pearson, Carlton/r. Tulsa/gospel singer (Warner Alliance Records), pastor at
Higher Dimensions Family Church in Tulsa
Pearson, Ron/Tulsa University music faculty, 2003/organist
Peck, Hayley/r. Oklahoma/country rock singer
Pederson, Sanna/Oklahoma University music faculty, 2003/musicologist
Pegues, Holly Michelle/b. Tulsa/opera soprano
Pendarvis, Paul/b. Oklahoma/violinist and bandleader
Peoria Tribe/based in Miami, moved to I.T. in 1867/powwow
Pepper, Jim/r. Oklahoma/Muscogee/Kansa (Kaw) jazz saxophonist
Peterson, Greg/b. Detroit, MI, 1963/classical, jazz, and studio bassist
Peterson, Quinn/r. Stillwater/country singer, songwriter
Peterson, Susan/Oklahoma City University music faculty, 2003/voice
Peter’s Volcano/f. Newscastle/rock group
Pettiford, Oscar
Petty, Brian/b. Clay Center, KS, r. Stillwater/singer with Dale Warland Singers
Pewewardy, Cornel
Phat Phly/f. Pryor/rock and roll cover band circa 2002
Phelps, Shelly/b. Pauls Valley, 1964/singer, songwriter
Phillips, Eva/r. Tulsa, from 1982/country/gospel songwriter
Phillips, Marvin/b. Guthrie, 1931/also worked with Jesse Belvin as Jesse &
Marvin
Pickens, Kel/b. Tulsa, 1949, r. Stillwater/children’s music producer (Giant
Blueberry Music), lyricist
Pierce, Mike/b. Muskogee, 1960, r. Braggs/band road manager, concert merchandising
Pillar/r. Tulsa/Christian hard rock band
Pilot, Jim (a.k.a. Pylant)/r. Oklahoma/country singer
Pinkie & the Snakeshakers/f. Oklahoma City, 1998/blues group
Pinson, Bobby/b. Tulsa/country singer-songwriter, wrote “Unforgiven”
for Tracy Lawrence
Pipestem, Rock/r. Oklahoma/intertribal powwow head singer
Pishney-Floyd, Monte/b. Oklahoma City, 1941/classical composer
Pitcock, Bill IV/b. Tulsa/producer, singer, songwriter, bassist for Dwight Twilley
Pitts, Alan/b. Bristow/country singer
Pittsenbarger, Kent/b. Oklahoma City, 1954/drummer w/Memphis P. Tails
Pittsley, Dustin/b. Tulsa, 1983, r. Chandler/blues guitarist/vocalist
Place, Mary Kay
Plastic Jack/R & B, rock group
Enevoldsen, Adam/vocals, guitars
Enevoldsen, Kyle/drummer
Isom, Ray/guitars, vocals
Ogden, Dave/bassist
Platt, Carol/r. Oklahoma/soprano with Santa Fe Chorale
Plumb, Dilla Jean/r. Oklahoma City/singer with Woody Herman in late 1930s and
early 1940s
The Plumbers/f. Tulsa, late 1990s/rock group
Mitcho, Brad/guitarist
Quinn, John/bassist
Taylor, Scott/drummer
Podank String Band/f. Oklahoma/alternabilly group, released first, independent
CD in 2003
Poe, Bobby & the Poe Cats/f. Vinita/rockabilly group included Big Al Downing,
backed Wanda Jackson
Point of Grace
Poison Okies/f. Oklahoma City, 1994/rockabilly group
Ponca
Poor Boys/f. Meeker/southern style intertribal powwow singing group on Arbor
Records
Anquoe, Quinton/singer
Deer, Michael/singer
Gawhega, Mike/singer
Kihega, Mike/singer
Littlecrow, Amos/singer
Locust, Knokkovtee/singer
Logan, Charles/singer
Tehaund, Rueben/singer
White, Geoff/b. Tahlequah, r. Claremore, Meeker/head singer
Potter, Kim & Southern Reign/f. Kiefer, 1998/country group
Green, Clyde/r. Cushing/ lead guitar
Green, Rick/r. Kiefer/keyboards/vocals
Harris, Jim/r. Tulsa/bassist, mandolinist
Murphy, Dean/r. Bristow/drummer
Pierce, Dale/r. Stillwater/dobro, banjo, steel, guitar player, Red Dirt Music
Potter, Doug/r. Kiefer/harmony vocals
Potter, Kim/r. Kiefer/lead singer
Powell, Doug/b. Stillwater/singer, songwriter
Powell, John, S. /Tulsa University music faculty, 2003/music history, literature
Powell, Susan/b. Elk City/1981 Miss America, classical & opera singer
Powerglide/f. Tulsa, 1999/1960s and 70s rock cover group
Blue, David/r. Bartlesville/drummer
Lyon, Wes/graduated Tulsa Will Rogers High School/guitarist
Ryan, David/graduated Tulsa Will Rogers High School/keyboardist, guitarist
Shoun, Paul/graduated Tulsa Will Rogers High School/lead singer
Sullivan, Don/graduated Tulsa Will Rogers High School/bassist, also played with
Roy Clark
Prairie Land String Band/f. Oklahoma City/folk group
The Prairie Twins/b. Oklahoma/cowgirl singers
Prana/f. Tulsa, 2003/loud rock
Predl, Ronald, E./Tulsa University music faculty, 2003/trumpeter
Preslar, Casey/r. Tulsa/singer, Miss Oklahoma 2002
The Rickey Preston Band/f. Tulsa/R & B, blues, soul group
Price, Gary/b. Oklahoma County/banjo and mandolin player, luthier
Price, John Elwood/b. Tulsa, 1935/classical musician
Price, William Roger/Tulsa University music faculty, 2003/pianist, composition
Prill, Julie Baker/r. Terlton/country singer
Prior, Richard/Oklahoma State University music faculty, 2003/composition
Pritchett, Kate/Oklahoma City University music staff, 2003/horn
Proctor, David/Mekko, Tallahassee Wvkokye Ceremonial Grounds/stomp dance leader
Proctor, Michael/Tallahassee Wvkokye Ceremonial Grounds/stomp dance leader
Proctor, Sam/Heles Haya, Tallahassee Wvkokye Ceremonial Grounds/stomp dance
leader
Pryor, Steve/b. Tulsa/blues guitarist, singer, songwriter
Pro Musica Tulsae/f. Tulsa/medieval and Renaissance era music
Pruitt, Bill/r. Oklahoma/champion yodeler
Pugh, Paul/r. Tulsa/pianist
Purple Cow Story/f. Norman
Q
Quapaw Tribe/based in Quapaw, moved to I.T. in 1833/powwow
Quarterless/f. Tulsa/classic and modern rock group
Harrington, Mel/bassist
Kay, Matt/vocalist
Kruse, Ben/lead guitarist
McCracken, Kelly/percussionist
Sears, Jeremy/rhythm guitarist
Quetone, Brian/r. Oklahoma/intertribal powwow head singer
Quetone, John (Sac & Fox/Kiowa/Otoe)/r. Oklahoma/intertribal powwow head
singer
Quinn, Kenny/r. Tulsa/jazz, blues pianist
Quinton, Wade/b. Fairfax, VA, r. Tulsa/country singer
R
R, David/b. Oklahoma/folk singer/songwriter
Rabbit, Jimmy/b. Holdenville/country singer
Radford, Ronald/b. California, moved to Tulsa at four/flamenco guitarist
Radial Angel/f. Norman/contemporary Christian group signed by Warner Brothers’
Squint Records 2003
Jones, Eddie/bassist
Dolezel, Jeremy/guitarist
Perkins, Tommy/r. Noble/drummer
Taber, Jared/lead singer
Radial Spangle/f. Oklahoma City, 1991/independent rock group
Radle, Carl/b. Oklahoma City, 1942/bassist for Eric Clapton and Leon Russell,
Tulsa Sound
Rae, Lana/b. Oklahoma/country singer
Raiber, Michael/Oklahoma University music faculty, 2003/music education
Rains, Peggy/b. Adair County, Chalk Bluff Community/country singer
Rains, Shan/r. Stillwater/country singer
Rainwater, Marvin/b. Wichita, KS, 1925, reared in Oklahoma/country, rockabilly
singer
Rambler/f. Oklahoma/21st century honky tonk
Brown, Dave/bassist, vocalist
Brown, Tim/lead singer, rhythm guitarist
Chavez, Troy/guitarist, vocalist
Emmons, Matt/drummer
RamDogg & Anloc/f. Oklahoma City/hip hop
Ramirez, Debra/b. Buffalo, r. Guymon/contemporary Christian singer
Randall, Lawrence/r. Owasso/gospel singer with The Ambassadors
Raphael/b. Tulsa, 1948/pianist
Rath, Carl/Oklahoma University music faculty, 2003/bassoon
Ratley, Rob/r. Muskogee/blues drummer with DC Minner and Shy Willie
Raus, Connor/r. Tulsa/jazz keyboardist
Rausch, Leon/r. Tulsa/Western swing singer, songwriter, bassist (Bob Wills)
Raze/f. Tulsa/contemporary Christian group
Record, Donnie/b. Enid, 1952/country singer
Redd, Charlie/r. Tulsa/jazz and blues vocalist, bassist
Red Dirt Music
Redfeather, Tsianina/r. Oklahoma/mezzo soprano
Redins, Trebor/r. Tulsa/rock singer
Redland Singers/f. Tulsa, 1968/intertribal powwow group
Anquoe, Jack, Jr. (Kiowa/Cherokee)/b. Claremore/singer, Grayhorse
Arkeketa, Anthony (Ponca/Otoe)/b. Pawnee/head singer
Arkeketa, Eddie (Ponca/Otoe)/b. Tulsa/singer
Coser, George (Muscogee)/singer
Coser, Pete, Sr. (Muscogee)/singer
Coser, Pete, Jr. (Muscogee/Choctaw)/singer
Coser, Wayne (Muscogee)/singer
Franklin, Steve (Sac & Fox)/singer
Mohler, Rod/singer
Moses, Berwyn (Pawnee/Chiricahau-Warm Springs-Ft. Sill Apache)/singer
Waters, Joe Don (Ponca/Kiowa)/singer
Welch, Dean (Cherokee)/singer
Reed, Larry/Oklahoma City University music faculty, 2003/bassoonist
Reed, Les “The Mess”/r. Owasso/folk singer, children’s entertainer
Reed, Luke, H./b. Ringling/cowboy song composer
Reed, Stan/r. Tulsa/rock, blues bassist
Reed, Teresa, L./Tulsa University music faculty, 2003/music theory, literature,
African-American music
Reeder, Jimmy (Wichita)/r. Anadarko/intertribal powwow head singer
Reiley, Rick/r. Cushing/singer, songwriter, guitarist
Reinhart, Dick
Relic/f. Norman
Remede/ f. Stillwater/folk rock group
Remy-Schumacher, Tess/University of Central Oklahoma music faculty, 2003/cellist
Renfro, Jessie Mae/r. Oklahoma City/gospel composer and singer
Renter, David/Oklahoma City University music faculty, 2003/jazz ensembles, saxophonist
Reptable Crew/f. Oklahoma City/hip-hop, rap
Restless Heart
ReTroSpecT/f. Stillwater, 2000/rock, country cover band
Brown, Larry/drummer
Hartley, Bruce/lead and rhythm guitarist
Martin, Augie/lead and rhythm guitarist
Short, Gloria/lead vocalist, keyboardist
Wright, Tony/bassist
Revard, Jimmie
The Revolve/f. Norman, Oklahoma City
Rewake/f. Tulsa/gypsy rock band
Bowlin, Daniel/guitarist until 2002
Darras, Malan/singer
Hartley, Eric/drummer as of 2003
Karleskint, Paul/guitarist as of 2003
Morrow, Matt/bassist until 2002
Pickett, Jason/drummer as of 2003
Snow, Austin/drummer until 2002
Reynolds, Jody/b. Denver, 1938, reared in Oklahoma City/rockabilly singer, guitarist
Reynolds, Mary/r. Oklahoma City/folk singer
Reynolds, Wes/r. Oklahoma City/50s rocker, songwriter, guitarist with The Champs,
Conway Twitty, Jerry Lee Lewis, et al.
Rhea Tiffany/b. Oklahoma/country, pop singer, songwriter
Rhodes, Violet/b. Oklahoma City/classical viola player
Rhom, Sarah/r. Oklahoma/contemporary Christian folk, rock singer
Ricci T/r. Tulsa/R & B singer, recorded for Made Records
Rice Dance Band/f. Oklahoma City/dance music
Rice, Dave/b. Oklahoma/old time harmonica player
Rice, Frank/b. Bartlesville/barbershop quartet lead singer
Rice, Joni/University of Central Oklahoma music faculty, 2003/percussionist
Richards, Jamie/b. Shawnee/country singer
Richardson, Jeff/r. Tulsa/rapper, a.k.a. Yung Hog
Rich, Charlie/r. Enid at Vance Air Force Base where he organized a jazz band/country
singer
Richie and the Resonators/f. Tulsa/blues rock group with a country alter-ego,
Audio Rodeo
Buchman, Randy/drummer
Duncan, Billy/organist
Gray, Mitch/bassist
Starks, Mike/harmonica player
Starks, Richard/guitarist, vocalist
Richman, Pamela/University of Central Oklahoma music faculty, 2003/voice
Richmond, Walter/b. McAlester, OK April 18, 1947/keyboardist with Bonnie Raitt,
Tractors, Steve Ripley
Richter, Brad/b. Enid/classical guitarist
Ricochet
Riddick, Frank/Oklahoma City University music faculty, 2003/theory, composition
Riddick, Leah/University of Central Oklahoma music faculty, 2003/harpist
Riddlin’ Kids/f. Tulsa/punk rock group
Riggs, Debbie/b. Ada, r. Stillwater/gospel singer
Riggs, Lynn/b. Claremore/wrote play Green Grow the Lilacs, the basis for the
musical Oklahoma!
Ripley, Steve
Rippinger, Rockwell Ryan/b. Orlando, FL, reared in Tulsa/contemporary Christian
singer, songwriter
Ritter, Steve/r. Blackgum, graduated Vian High, NSU/country singer, songwriter
Rivers, Jimmy/b. Hockerville/Western swing bandleader, guitarist
Rivers, Joseph, L./Tulsa University music faculty, 2003/music theory, literature,
music composition
Roark-Strummer, Linda/b. Tulsa/opera singer, Tulsa University music faculty,
2003
Robbins, Everett “Happy”/r. Oklahoma/jazz pianist of the 1920s
Robillard, David/Oklahoma City University music faculty, 2003/accompanist
Rockumentalists/f. Norman/rock group
Rogers, Doug/r. Tulsa/drummer for The Brazos Valley Boys
Rogers, Harlan/r. Oklahoma/keyboardist and pianist with Ricky Skaggs
Rogers, Michael/Oklahoma University music faculty, 2003/music theory
Rodgers, Jesse/b. Claremore, 1913/rockabilly singer
Rohrer, Leah/r. Oklahoma, OCU graduate/Broadway performer/singer
Rollerson, Leon/r. Tulsa/bassist, organized group that became the GAP Band,
played with Al Green, et al.
Romaine, Karl/r. Walters/guitarist
Romanello, Tony
Rooney, Joe Don
Rosales, Antonio/b. Oklahoma City/country singer, president of Oklahoma Country
Music Assn.
Rose Hill/southern style powwow group/recorded an album for Indian House Records
in 1995
Barker, Roland/singer
Frejo, Brian/singer
Gwen, Lloyd/singer, leader
Hamilton, Curtis/singer (Young Bird)
Hamilton, Donnie/singer (Young Bird)
Hamilton, Juaquin/singer (Young Bird)
Harris, R.G., Jr./singer
Victors, Greg/singer
Victors, Shude/singer
Walker, Henry, Jr./singer
Whitecloud, Hootie/singer
Whitecloud, J.R./singer
Whitecloud, Michael/singer
Rose Stone Trio/r. Tulsa/flute, harp, harpsichord chamber group
Rosfeld, Marilyn/Oklahoma City University music faculty, 2003/pianist, music
education
Ross, Billy/b. Cushing/country songwriter
Ross, Jason/r. Stilwell/intertribal powwow head singer
Ross, J.R.(Cherokee/Kiowa)/r. Sapulpa/intertribal powwow head singer
Ross, John Stanley/Cameron University music faculty, 2003/music education
Roubedoux, Jade/r. Oklahoma/intertribal powwow head singer
Roubedoux, Kyle (Ponca/Otoe)/r. Enid/intertribal powwow head singer
Roulain, Cole/r. Stillwater/singer, songwriter, guitarist
Round-Up Boys/f. Tulsa/acoustic traditional country
The Roustabouts/f. Enid, 1997/punk rock group
Felton, Daniel/b. Enid, r. Waukomis/bassist, guitarist, vocalist
Smith, Jesse/b. Enid, r. Hennessey/drummer
Waggoner, Nick/b. Enid, r. Hennessey/guitarist, vocalist
Rowe, Paul/East Central Oklahoma University adjunct music faculty, 2003/applied
piano
Rowe, Ray D./r. Tulsa/early vocalist with the GAP Band, as of 2003 fronts Down
Home Blues Band
Rowland, William/b. MO, r. Broken Arrow/ragtime pianist
Royal Crush/f. Tulsa, 1997/modern pop rock group
Royal, Marshall
Roy, George/r. Salina/intertribal powwow head singer
Rubin, Mark
Rucker, Laura/b. Oklahoma/jazz and blues singer
Rucker, Lee/University of Central Oklahoma music faculty, 2003/jazz trumpeter
(w/ Woody Herman Orchestra)
Rucker, Washington/*/Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame inductee, drummer
R.U.I./f. Tulsa/rap group
Rush, Tommy/r. Tulsa/1950s rock and roll singer, Tulsa Sound
Rushing, Jimmy
Rushlow, Tim
Rushlow, Tom/r. Midwest City/guitarist, father of Tim Rushlow, lead singer for
Little Texas
Russell, David/Oklahoma City University music faculty, 2003/cellist
Russell, Lamon/Oklahoma City University music faculty, 2003/Surrey Singers director
Russell, Leon
Russell, Pee Wee/b. St. Louis, MO, r. Muskogee/Dixieland clarinetist
Russell, Tom
Ryan, Donald/r. Tulsa/jazz pianist
Ryan, Frank/r. Tulsa/educator, classical conductor
S
Sac & Fox Nation/based south of Stroud since 1869/Nat. American Church/powwow/hymns/War
Mothers
Saied, Jimmy/r. Tulsa/conductor
Salmon, Scottie/r. Red Oak/choreographer w/ Radio City Rockettes, Miss American
Pageant, and Barbara Mandrell
Same and the Stylees/f. Tulsa/reggae group
Frye, Nigel/bassist
Glendening, Thomas/drummer, guitarist, vocalist
Jones, Sam/guitarist
Lokey, Maria/percussionist, vocalist
Meddler, Brian/vocalist
Reynolds, Lance/guitarist
Santana/percussionist
Same Day Service/f. Oklahoma/riot girl punk rock group
Samsarah/f. Tulsa/rock group
Sampson, Phil/b. Chickasha/country singer, songwriter
Samsara/f. Tulsa/independent rock group
Sanctuary/f. Norman/
Sanders, Nathan/b. Oklahoma City/mandolinist, bassist, guitarist
Sanders, Sarah Nicole/b. Muskogee, 1985/gospel singer
San Dimas/f. Tulsa/rock group
Sandkuhl, Ron/r. Broken Arrow/inventor of the G-Stand, a guitar stand attached
to a guitar’s neck plate
Sandman Band/f. Norman/rock group
Sankey, O.T./r. Oklahoma/intertribal powwow head singer
Satepauhoodle, Craig (Kiowa/Osage)/b. Hominy/intertribal powwow head singer,
Gourd Dance singer
Satepauhoodle, Evans Ray (Kiowa)/b. Carnegie/intertribal powwow head singer,
Gourd Dance singer
Satepauhoodle, Silas (Kiowa/Osage)/b. Pawhuska/intertribal powwow head singer,
Gourd Dance singer
Sauer, Amanda/Oklahoma University music faculty, 2003/music theory
Sauer, Gregory/Oklahoma University music faculty, 2003/cellist
Savage, William/Oklahoma University history professor/wrote Singing Cowboys
and All That Jazz (1983)
Scaggs, Boz/b. Ohio, 1944, r. Oklahoma as a child/pop rock singer, songwriter
Schimek, John/Oklahoma City University music faculty, 2003/double bassist, music
education
Schindler, Angela/Southeastern Oklahoma State University adjunct music faculty,
2003/oboeist
Schmidt, Scott/r. Bartlesville/national mandolin champion
Schneider, Moe/b. Bessie, 1919/Dixieland trombonist
Schnorrenberg, Nathan/r. Owasso, Norman/singer, songwriter
Schon, Neal/b. Tinker Air Force Base, (2/27/1954)/lead guitarist for rock group,
Journey
Scott, Allen/Oklahoma State University music faculty, 2003/historical musicology
Scott, Ernestine/Oklahoma City University music faculty, 2003/pianist
Scott, Shannon/Tulsa University music faculty, 2003/clarinetist
Scotty (b. Concho) and Tommie/traditional country, bluegrass, and gospel duo
Scroggins, Enois/ b. Muskogee/gospel singer
Scroggins, Janice/b. Idabel/blues piano
Seaton, Lynn/b. Tulsa, 1957/jazz double bassist
Second Self/f. Catoosa, Tulsa, and Claremore, 2001/rock group
Seglem, Sara/b. Midwest City/opera soprano
Selby, Mark/b. Oklahoma/guitarist, singer, songwriter (Dixie Chicks, Trisha
Yearwood, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, and solo)
Seldom Seen/f. Weleetka/country, bluegrass, and rock group
Burden, Phillip/fiddler, rhythm guitarist, vocalist
Burden, Steve/banjoist, guitarist, fiddler, vocalist
Seminatore, Gerald/Oklahoma State University music faculty, 2003/tenor, voice,
opera
Seminole Nation/based in Wewoka, began moving to I.T. reluctantly, in 1835/stomp
dance/flute/Christian hymns
Seneca-Cayuga/based in Miami, in I.T. by 1832/cycle of Longhouse Green Corn
Ceremonial songs
Sessions, Ronnie
Settle, Mike
Settlemires, Joe/r. Blanchard, Oklahoma University of Science and Arts part-timemusic
faculty, 2003//finger style guitarist
Sever/f. Oklahoma City/heavy metal group
Sewell, Ace/b. Blanchard/old time fiddler
Seymour, Phil/b. Tulsa, 1952/Dwight Twilley Band
Shade of the Son/f. Cyril/Christian rock group
Shade Seven/f. Oklahoma City/rock group
Shadid, Margie/r. Oklahoma City/jazz singer
Shadowlake 8/f. Stillwater, circa 1957 and ‘58/rock and roll band
The Shadows Five/f. Oklahoma/1960s rock and roll band, recorded for Sully Records
Shaffer, Larry/r. Tulsa/concert promoter
Shamblin, Eldon/b. Weatherford, 1916/very influential Western swing guitarist
for Bob Wills
Shamrock/f. Tulsa/rock group
Shanghai Automatic/f. Tulsa/rock group
Shannon, Mike/b. Tulsa, 1953, raised around McAlester, r. Stillwater/songwriter,
guitarist (Red Dirt Music), Daddy O’s Music store
Shannon, Tom/r. Tulsa/jazz saxophonist
Shatswell, Danny/b. Oklahoma, 1953/country singer, songwriter
Shaw, Lee/b. Oklahoma/jazz pianist
Shawnee, Mike (Shawnee/Quapaw/Delaware/Muscogee)/r. Owasso/intertribal powwow
head singer
Shawnee Tribe/based in Miami area since 1871/White Oak Ceremonial Grounds/stomp
dance/powwow
Sheehan, Megan/r. Broken Arrow/country singer
Sheffield-Charles, Ellen/r. Oklahoma City/jazz and ballet pianist
Sheffield, Leslie/r. Oklahoma City/jazz band leader
Sheff, Spade/b. Tahlequah/country singer, songwriter
Shelton, Blake
Shepard, Brian/Oklahoma University music faculty, 2003/composition, technology
Shebard, Jean
Sherinian, Zoe/Oklahoma University music faculty, 2003/ethnomusicologist
Sherley, Glen/b. Oklahoma, 1936/country giner, songwriter
Shortt Dogg/f. Oklahoma City/blues, R & B group
Shrader, James/Northwestern Oklahoma State University Music Department Chair,
2003/conductor
Shrock, Dennis/Oklahoma University music faculty, 2003/choral conducting
Sidewinder/r. Tulsa, 2003/rock, Top 40, country cover band
Davis, Tresa/singer
Dunlap, Bruce/bassist, vocalist
Harlan, Joel/lead guitarist
Huffman/drummer
Lowther, Chris/rhythm guitarist, vocalist
Sievers, Karl/Oklahoma University music faculty, 2003/trumpeter
Significant Other/f. Tulsa/rock group
Siksigma/f. Tulsa/heavy metal rock group
Silkebakken, Dennis, L./East Central Oklahoma University music faculty, 2003/director
of bands, deptartment chair
Silver Creek Bluegrass/f. Oklahoma/bluegrass group
Bryant, Glenn/banjo player
Keith, James/fiddler
Lins, Sue/mandolinist
Miller, Ken/guitarist
Rohr, Florence/bassist
Simmons, John
Simon, Billy/b. Cleveland/gospel songwriter, vocalist with 4 Runner Quartet
Simpleton/f. Stillwater, 2001/pop rock
Beier, Matt/drummer
Hall, James/bassist
Jones, Chris/guitarist, vocalist
Simpson, John/r. Oklahoma/polka band leader
Singer, Harold “Hal”/b. Tulsa, 1918/jazz clarinetist and tenor saxophonist
Singer, Margaret Ann/r. Oklahoma/classical pianist for the Oklahoma City Symphony