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>> Merle was one.
@AuthorMan:
Actually, although his parents and two older siblings were all Okie's, they moved to California in 1934 and Merle was born there in 1937. Â He and Buck Owens started the Bakersfield sound. Â Gary Allan and Dwight Yoakam are the standard bearers for that sound now.FWIW, Don Williams didn't write Tulsa Time, either. Â It was written by a guy from North Carolina. Â Eric Clapton covered it...I think we all know he's not from OK, either. Â ;-)
@shodan66:
But his band was
"For ten years, Clapton's band consisted of Tulsans Carl Radle (bass), Dick Sims (organ), and Jamie Oldaker (drums)" 4951