Song: Oklahoma Breakdown
Album: Live At Billy Bob's
I'm sorry I'm late. This no breaks from January to Spring Break is killing me. I'm not a big fan of this idea that the school board seemed to have. Thankfully, we didn't use any snow days, so I'll have some freedom next Friday. Trust me, it isn't just me that needs the break. The kids need it just as much, or more.
Okay, so let's get started. Stoney LaRue is a pillar of the Red Dirt community. I mean, this guy is one of the three most notorious Red Dirt artists. He was born in Taft, Texas and raised in Southern Oklahoma (woot!). He later moved to Stillwater, Oklahoma where he became friends with a man named Jason Boland and another by the name of Cody Canada. These three guys are like the three points on the foundation of a pyramid that helped form the Red Dirt scene into what it is today.
If you have ever seen the post titled "Red Dirt Ten Commandments" then you'll understand. Anyway, the three of them shared a house together in Stillwater, known as the "Yellow House".
They all went their own ways. Cody Canada formed a band that we all know of as Cross Canadian Ragweed, and then later with Cody Canada and the Departed. Jason Boland has his band of Stragglers, and Stoney is a solo act.
"Oklahoma Breakdown" is one of my absolute favorite songs by him, but I do love "Spitfire", "First One To Know", "Te Amo Mas Que La Vida", and "Texas Moon".
I hope you give him a listen!
Enjoy!
--kk
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