Red Dirt: Roots Music Born in Oklahoma

[NipponPoke]

Anyone else read this book? Penned by an oSu grad and current editor at The New York Times.

Red Dirt: Roots Music Born in Oklahoma, Raised in Texas, At Home Anywhere|eBook

Red Dirt tells the story of a roots music scene that grabbed a foothold in Stillwater, Oklahoma, and spread across the country. The scene took roots in the late 1970s as an outlet for college-town hippies. The scene gave rise to Garth Brooks, who credits it with helping his early rise...

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[Deepfork]

Nice. It's time it deserves some recognition. A lot of people don't know but Gary P Nunn of Texas Music fame lived in Hannah Ok for years of his career. He's from Oklahoma and lived on the family farm there. It was a surprise to me when he shared that while we were hanging out in Monroe La one afternoon.