Top 100 Oklahoma Artists of all Time

[kmf563]

First of all...am I the only person that was excited about Defenestration? Do you guys even know what and/ or who that is?

35. Sammi Smith
34. Anita Bryant
33. Mel McDaniel
32. Hank Thompson
31. Jerry Cantrell

[Oh GAWD the Smell!]

Something about throwing out of a window.

[kmf563]

LOL. How can you not love Tyson?

30. N.O.T.A
29. BJ Thomas
28. Sandi Patty
27. Lee Hazlewood
26. Roy Clark

...I love seeing NOTA with this group. I kind of wonder what all of them would sound like together. haha.

[ad47aw]

Hinder at #62? They are the worst!

[billinvegas]

[QUOTE=kmf563;118768]First of all...am I the only person that was excited about Defenestration? Do you guys even know what and/ or who that is? /QUOTE]

I remember Tyson working at Rainbow Records / Shadowplay Records in Norman.

[kmf563]

25. Mason Williams
24. Carrie Underwood
23. Neal Schon
22. Toby Keith
21. David Gates of Bread

[kmf563]

20. Chainsaw Kittens
19. Ronnie Dunn
18. Steve and Cassie Gaines
17. Hoyt Axton
16. JJ Cale

YAY for the Chainsaw Kittens. =)

[Midtowner]

Where is Chris Gaines on this list?

[kmf563]

Maybe he's in next year's fruit loop bowl list.

[soonerborn]

Amazing list of talented people! I'd forgotten that so many of them have Oklahoma ties.

[kmf563]

15. Michael Hedges
14. Wanda Jackson
13. Patti Page
12. Chet Baker
11. Roger Miller

[Misty]

Love, love Roger. My daddy was a pistol I'm a son of a gun...oh dang me....dang me....

[kmf563]

10. The Gap Band
09. Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys
08. Leon Russell
07. Vince Gill
06. Charlie Christian

[kmf563]

any guesses what the top 5 are??

Also - if you have any suggestions or people you feel he left out, he is taking those and putting together an after thought list.

[kmf563]

The top 5 are...............

5. The Flaming Lips
4. Reba McEntire
3. Gene Autry
2. Garth Brooks
1. Woody Guthrie

[CCOKC]

Woody Guthrie is very fitting and quite an honor to call him our own. A true legend.

[CuatrodeMayo]

YAY....the Lips are in the top 5! Too bad they didn't make the top 5 for the Centennial Craptacular.

[FritterGirl]

I thought Defenestration was the name of a Kittens album? I think I still have that on casette somewhere. Did Tyson's post-Kittens solo project call itself Defenestration, too?

I agree, Cuatro! Thrilled the Lips made the Top 5.

They got a great ovation at the "Craptacular," so apparently even the fogies enjoyed them. They played "Do You Realize?" and had the usual array of aliens, Santas, bouncing balls and confetti. Audio seemed really off, though, especially for the OETA broadcast. It was like that with some other artists, too.

[kmf563]

Defenestration was Tyson's band way before the Kittens were born.

I hear the Lips did a spectacular performance last night for the centennial...Wayne didn't even use the f word! what?

[kmf563]

Who was missed. Every weekday this week, we’ll unveil five Oklahoma musicians or bands that coulda, woulda, shoulda made the list.

Monday

-Starlight Mints
-Kristin Chenoweth
-Barney Kessel
-Harlow Wilcox and the Okies
-Tuck Andress

[kmf563]

Tuesday (late)

-Leo Kottke
-The Oklahoma City Blue Devils
-Point of Grace
-Dallas Frazier
-Jesse Ed Davis

[kmf563]

Wednesday

-Forte
-Speedy West
-Wakeland
-Ralph Blane
-Kings Of Leon

[kmf563]

Part 4 or what would have been Thursday...

- Kevin Welch
- Gary Chapman
- Roy Harris
- Traindodge
- Eddie Miller


and Part 5 or what would have been Friday...

- Conway Twitty
- Carmen
- Teegarden & Van Winkle
- Tommy Crook
- Ester Drang

[Joe Kimball]

I was going to moan about The Gap Band being omitted from their list just as they were snubbed from the country top-heavy Oklahoma Rising CD, only to see that they made the #10 spot. Good show.

I second the inclusion of Barney Kessel, whose playing we probably hear every day on hits from the 1960s as part of the clique of studio musicians labeled by drummer Hal Blaine as "The Wrecking Crew".