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His success began when he was noticed by a record producer due to his long blond hair and tight pants. Here's a brief bio of Jim Dandy Mangrum, born in Benton Harbor, Michigan...

This is the story of Jim "Dandy" Mangrum, and his band Black Oak Arkansas. Mangrum grew up in a town of 270 people, formed a band with a bunch of his friends, dropped out of high school, and stole the high school P.A. When a judge sentenced Mangrum, the local trouble-maker, and long-haired hippie-freak to a lengthy prison sentence, they hid out in a cave in the Ozark Mountains, before heading to Memphis to record their first album. Around the time his sentence was suspended, they chang...

Events celebrating the life of Arkansas rocker Rickie Lee Reynolds will start at noon in Memphis and proceed to Black Oak later today.