Carrie Underwood to be inducted into Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame today
Carrie Underwood (Associated Press photo)
Oklahoma performers Carrie Underwood, Rocky Frisco and Ramona Reed will perform and be inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame tonight in Muskogee.
The three will perform at the 13th Annual Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony & Concert at 7 p.m. today. The event will be at the Muskogee Civic Center, 405 Boston Street.
To date, the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame & Museum has honored more than 50 individuals or groups for their talents and contributions to the music industry, including inductees into the prestigious Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame.
In addition to the class of 2009 inductees, the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame will present C.H. Parker with the coveted Governor’s Award, an honor given only three times in the past. Gov. Brad Henry will attend the event to present the award.
For tickets or information, call (918) 687-0800 or go to www.omhof.com or www.oklahomamusichalloffame.com. Ticket prices range from $39.95 to $79.95, plus handling charges. Additional tickets were released earlier this week.
About the 2009 Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame Inductees:
Carrie Underwood, the reigning Academy of Country Music Entertainer of The Year, three-time reigning ACM and Country Music Association Female Vocalist of The Year and four-time Grammy winner, will release her new album, “Play On,” Nov. 3 on 19 Recordings/Arista Nashville. Producer Mark Bright, who helmed her hit-filled 2007 album “Carnival Ride,” as well as seven tracks including four No. 1 hits from Underwood’s blockbuster 2005 debut, “Some Hearts.”
Earlier this year, Underwood became the first country artist in history to achieve 10 No. 1 singles from their first two albums when “I Told You So” became the fifth consecutive chart-topper from “Carnival Ride,” which also included the smash, “Just a Dream,” and three hits Underwood co-wrote: “So Small,” “All-American Girl,” and “Last Name.” To date, Underwood is the best-selling “American Idol” winner with album sales of more than 10 million.
Rocky Frisco is a 1955 graduate of Central High School in Tulsa, where he met singer-songwriter J.J. Cale. Frisco has played piano for some of rock’s most lauded visionaries, including the great and hugely influential Cale. He played in Cale’s band throughout his life. He also has played with Flash Terry, the Gene Cross Band, Clyde Stacy, Danny McBride, Tom Skinner’s Science Project and many others. He had a limited movie career, which included appearing in the 2003 remake of Where the Red Fern Grows. He once rode a Schwinn bike from Tulsa to Killeen, Texas, as a publicity stunt for KOME Radio to do an interview with Elvis Presley. He also jammed privately with Elvis Presley while there.
Ramona Reed was raised on a ranch near Talihina and was yodeling by the time she was talking. From an early age, Reed knew she wanted to have a career in music. In 1947, Reed participated in the Ted Mac Amateur Hour television program, perhaps the American Idol of its day. She earned a spot in the semi-finals and eventually earned 5th place.
Using the stage name Martha White, Reed began her career on the Grand Ole Opry where she worked with such greats as Hank Williams Sr, Roy Acuff, Red Foley and Minnie Pearl.
She started working for Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys in 1951, and performed at the Bob Wills Ranch House and toured with Bob Wills on a regular basis. Reed is the only female singer to record a duet with Bob Wills, MCA’s “Little Girl, Little Girl.” Reed continues to perform with the Texas Playboys and has been invited to share the stage with Asleep At the Wheel on numerous occasions.
Reed has been honored by the Western Swing Hall of Fame the and was designated as a Colorado Country Music Hall of Fame Pioneer.
About the 2009 Governor’s Award Recipient:
C.H. Parker is a longtime music instructor and director at Northeastern State University (NSU) in Tahlequah. For years, he coordinated its summer country music program Downtown Country, a regular live-music event featuring student performers that included Carrie Underwood. It was during that time that she and Parker came to know each other. Parker has produced the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame Concert & Induction ceremony since its inception in 1997.
-BAM
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im so excited for her i know she’s a proud oklahoman and it means a lot to her…their will be tears, way to go carrie !!
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