Wanda Jackson keeps rocking, to play Tulsa benefit pre-show for Woody Fest

Posted by brandy

on June 28, 2009M at 8:29 pm

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Oklahoman Wanda Jackson performs at her Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction in April in Cleveland. (Associated Press photo)

Oklahoma entertainer Wanda Jackson, 71, isn’t slowing down after her induction this spring into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Jackson, the Queen of Rockabilly and First Lady of Rock ‘n’ Roll, played a concert this weekend in Switzerland, rounding off a two-week tour of Europe.

She will headline a benefit show for the Woody Guthrie Coalition July 7 at Cain’s Ballroom in Tulsa. The show will be precede the annual Woody Guthrie Folk Festival in Okemah and allow Jackson to pay tribute to a fellow Oklahoman in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the late Woody Guthrie.

I’ll have a story about Jackson’s pre-festival show and a preview of Woody Fest 2009 in Friday’s Weekend Look section of The Oklahoman, at NewsOK and here at BAM’s Blog.

The Oklahoman’s Robert Medley, a huge rockabilly fan, recently talked to Jackson about her still-active career, her influence, and more in a story featured on the front page of today’s Sunday Oklahoman. Click here to read Robert’s engaging interview with the Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll.

The feature is part of NewsOK’s “nDepth Stories of the Ages” series. The package also includes a revealing Q&A in which Jackson shares her favorite album, her favorite food, who should play here in a movie version of her life and more. Click here to read the Q&A.

In addition, the nDepth package includes this great NewsOK video interview with Jackson:

During Jackson’s 55-year career, she has been nominated twice for a Grammy Award and has been listed as CMT’s 40 Greatest Women of Country Music. Along with the rock hall, the pioneer of rock ‘n’ roll music has been inducted into both the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame and the Oklahoma Country Music Hall of Fame. She was the first woman to sing rock music.

Memphis’ Princess of Twang, Nancy Apple, and Tampa’s Ronny Elliott, will open for Jackson at the Woody Fest pre-show. General admission seats are $20 and a limited number of Gold Circle seats are available for $35. For more information or tickets, go to www.woodyfest.com or www.protixonline.com.

-BAM

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