Singing cowboys and all that jazz

the long version

The author examines the history of popular music in Oklahoma, including genres such as blues, jazz, Western swing, country, and rock and roll, and artists such as Otto Gray, Roy Harris, Gail Kubik, Woody Guthrie, Hoyt Axton, Roger Miller, Dwight Twilley, Elvin Bishop, Leon Russell, David Gates, J.J. Cale, Kay Starr, Anita Bryant, Patti Page, Earl Bostic, Oscar Pettiford, Chet Baker, Don Byas, Jay McShann, Tommy Overstreet, Lloyd "Cowboy" Copas, Jean Shepard, Merle Haggard, Tom Paxton, Barney Kessel, Charlie Christian, Gene Autry, and Bob Wills.