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Ronnie Tutt, drummer for Elvis Presley’s TCB Band, the Jerry Garcia Band, Billy Joel and more, has died at the age of 83.

Days after Gram Parsons' mystifying death in 1973, his best friend snatched his body and gave him an unconventional desert cremation.

FILE- In a Feb. 25, 2019 file, Byron Berline kisses his prized 1923 Lloyd Loar Gibson mandolin after his store was destroyed by a fire in Guthrie, Okla. Berline, a renowned fiddler and owner of a popular Oklahoma instrument shop, has died. Berline was 77. Bette Berline, Byrons wife, confirmed his death to The Associated Press on Monday, July 1, 2021. She says he was hospitalized after suffering a stroke and that over the weekend his "lungs gave up and so did his heart." He died ...

2021/07/13 08:16 OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Byron Berline, a renowned fiddler who played with superstars like Elton John, the Rolling Stones and owned a popular Oklahoma instrument shop, has died. He was 77. Bette Berline, Byron’s wife, confirmed his death to The Associated Press. She said he was hospitalized after suffering a stroke and that on Saturday his “lungs gave up and so did his heart.” Bette recalled her husband as a fun and loving father and husb...

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In May of 2020, local alt-country band Boxcar released its debut album, Cheap Hotel. They followed that up that collection of originals several months later with an album of covers spanning from Gram Parsons "Well Sweep out the Ashes in the Morning" to Dead Man Winters "Destroyer." Blake Shippee of the band  joined us for a session on June 22nd to play some tunes and talk about those releases. The band will be fresh off of performing for Grandmas Marathon weekend festivities at Bayfront Park....

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David Gilmour released video of Gram Parsons' "Hickory Wind" from the 2020 'Von Trapped Family' livestream series.

Remembering Rusty Young A number of WRTC hosts will be paying tribute to Poco guitarist Rusty Young who passed away on April 14 at the age of 75. Saturday’s edition of Greasy Tracks will be doing a segment of live performances by Poco, the band that Young helped found in 1968. The program airs 2:30-5:30 p.m. The April 19 version of The Devo Rock Show and the April 21 Boris Rock Show will include music featuring Young as well as an interview Devo and Boris did with him in 2009 where he disc...

Betty France and Oscar France are doing a gig. Betty thinks Oscar has just about done enough practice. Oscar has just about reached an age where he isn’t embarrassed to be seen with his mum. They’ll play some luscious songs from the repertoire’s of Nina Simone, Tom Waits, Etta James, Gram Parson and quite a few more. Venue details