BAM's Blog » Crooked X http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog Entertainment blogging from The Oklahoman's Brandy McDonnell Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:28:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Entertainment blogging from The Oklahoman's Brandy McDonnell BAM's Blog no Entertainment blogging from The Oklahoman's Brandy McDonnell BAM's Blog » Crooked X http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog/category/crooked-x/ What to do in Oklahoma on May 29, 2011: Hear Motley Crue, Poison and more close out Rocklahoma 2011 in Pryor http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog/2011/05/29/what-to-do-in-oklahoma-on-may-29-2011-hear-motley-crue-poison-and-more-close-out-rocklahoma-2011-in-pryor/ http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog/2011/05/29/what-to-do-in-oklahoma-on-may-29-2011-hear-motley-crue-poison-and-more-close-out-rocklahoma-2011-in-pryor/#comments Sun, 29 May 2011 11:21:33 +0000 brandy http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog/?p=34594

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Rocklahoma 2011 Pryor, OK

Today’s featured event:

PRYOR – Hear Motley Crue, Poison, Black Label Society and many other modern rock and ’80s hair bands on the final day of Rocklahoma. Music begins at noon=at the “Catch the Fever” Festival Grounds in Pryor.

Bret Michaels (AP file)

“We’re the originator,” Poison frontman Bret Michaels told The Oklahoman’s Gene Triplett in a recent phone interview from his Scottsdale, Ariz., ranch.

“The first year they did it, when everyone (in Poison) was a little reluctant to do it, I said I think we need …

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PRYOR — ” Rocklahoma” returns May 27-29 to kick off summer with one of the nation’s biggest Memorial Day weekend rock parties at “Catch the Fever” Festival Grounds in Pryor.

The fifth annual camp and music festival this year will feature a mix of classic and current rock artists, including Motley Crue, Staind, Whitesnake, Sick Puppies, Seether and Papa Roach.

Other acts in the initial lineup are Saving Abel, Skillet, Sebastian Bach, Black Label Society, Drowning Pool, My Darkest Days, Rev Theory, …

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Above: Edmond Internet sensation Greyson Chance, 12, is following the tradition of young Oklahoma rockers to find early success. (Photo by Nate Billings/The Oklahoman) Below left: Lorrie Collins and her brother Larry Collins performed in the 1950s as the Collins Kids, becoming the first youngsters to play rock ‘n’ roll. (Photo from the Larry Collins Collection on loan to Oklahoma History Center) Below right: Tulsa trio Hanson, from left, Zac, Isaac, center, and Taylor, are shown at Radio City Music Hall in New York in this Feb. 25, …

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Curator Don Reeves show the artwork on a Gibson Elvis Presley tribute guitar on The guitar is part of the new exhibit “The Guitar: Art, Artist and Artisans” opening today at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. (Photo by Chris Landsberger/The Oklahoman)

From Friday’s Weekend Look section of The Oklahoman.

Exhibit brings music to the eyes

The only instrument whose master players gain “god” status takes center stage this weekend at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum.

The special exhibition “The Guitar: Art, Artists and Artisans” …

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Here is a preview of events happening in Oklahoma this weekend (Aug. 7-9):

- NORMAN – See the movie “Night at the Museum” Friday at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, 2401 Chautauqua Ave. Doors will open at 7 p.m., and visitors will have access to museum galleries from 7 to 8:30. Galleries will close at 8:30 when the film begins in the museum’s Great Hall. Some seating will be provided, but visitors are welcome to bring pillows or blankets to make for more comfy seating on the …

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Crooked X

Here’s a list of some of the events happening around Oklahoma this weekend (July 17-19):

- TULSA – Listen to Oklahoma’s own Crooked X at the Flytrap Music Hall, 514 E Second St., at 7 p.m. Friday. Information: (918) 794-0238.

- Doors open at 8:30 p.m. Friday for Butcher Jones with Bleed The Sky at The Conservatory, 8911 N Western. Information: www.conservatoryokc.com

- Get in on the laughs at the first Improv Festival Oklahoma. Performances are at 7, 8:30 and 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday at City Arts Center, State Fair …

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Jimmy LaFave

Here is a list of events going on in Oklahoma the weekend of April 17-19. Have an entertaining weekend!

- Hear singer-songwriter Jimmy LaFave at 9 tonight at the Blue Door, 2805 N McKinley. Information: 524-0738 or www.bluedoorokc.com.

- See the terrific exhibit “Harlem Renaissance” before it closes Sunday at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch Drive. The museum will offer Last Call Friday from 5 to 8 tonight with guided tours, live jazz, coffee seminars and more. Information: 236-3100 or www.okcmoa.com.

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Ali Harter…

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Crooked X 

Today’s featured event:

Hear rockers Blackstone Cherry with Coweta hard rock band Crooked X, Texas Hippie Coalition and Blank Stare tonight at the Diamond Ballroom, 8001 S Eastern Ave. Doors open at 7 p.m.

For more information, go to www.diamondballroom.net.

For more events, go to www.wimgo.com.

-BAM…

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