O-K-L-A-H-O-M-A...Oklahoma, OK!

If you’ve been reading and not just stopping by to download and scram then by now you know that I’m a proud Okie. No, not from Muskogee but an Okie nonetheless. Today along with my Grandma and my dear friend Renea my state is celebrating a birthday. 100 years ago today Oklahoma became an official state and the wild wind’s been sweeping across the plains and hills of our fair land ever since.

Football Friday nights, fried food, family and faith are what I think of most when I think about home and while I’ve traveled to a lot of different places and always seem to find something to love about each one, there is no feeling in the world like crossing the Oklahoma state line and coming home. The people here are kind like nowhere else on Earth.

Contributions to the world by Oklahomans are vast and many. Astronauts, athletes, actors and authors have all called this state home but it's the musicians that really add so much to our diverse culture. So today in honor of the state that I love to call home I thought I'd post a plethora of songs that have been written about it as well as some tracks that were spawned from groups that have some Okie roots. Enjoy!


Gene Pitney – “24 Hours from Tulsa”

George Strait – “Tell Me Something Bad about Tulsa”

Jason Boland & The Stragglers – “If I Ever Get Back to Oklahoma”

The Jayhawks – “Tampa to Tulsa”

Kevin Fowler – “Lost My Heart in Oklahoma”

David Frizzell & Shelly West – “You’re the Reason God Made Oklahoma”

Merle Haggard – “Okie from Muskogee”

Reba McEntire & Vince Gill – “Oklahoma Swing”

Reba McEntire & Ronnie Dunn – “Does the Wind Still Blow in Oklahoma”

Son Volt – “Tulsa County”

Kenny Rogers – “Tulsa Turnaround”

Rufus Wainwright – “Tulsa”

Don Williams – “Tulsa Time”

Neil Young – “The Last Trip to Tulsa”

Stoney Larue – “Oklahoma Breakdown”

The Tractors – “Tulsa Shuffle”

Tom T. Hall – “Tulsa Telephone Book”

Wade Hayes – “The Day That She Left Tulsa”

Waylon Jennings – “Oklahoma Sunshine”

Asleep at the Wheel – “Take Me Back to Tulsa”

Bob Wills – “Take Me Back to Tulsa”

Billy Joe Royal – “(Don’t Let the Sun Set on You in) Tulsa”

Cross Canadian Ragweed – “Boys from Oklahoma”

Van Zant - "Oklahoma"

Bruce Springsteen – “My Oklahoma Home”

Three Dog Night - "Never Been to Spain"

Spade Cooley - "Oklahoma Stomp"

Casey Donahew Band – “Tulsa”

Charlie Pride – “Oklahoma Morning”

Deke Dickerson – “Tulsa Baby”

Eli Young Band – “Oklahoma Girl”

J.J. Cale - "My Gal"

B.J. Thomas - "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head"

Toby Keith - "I Love This Bar"

Alice in Chains - "Heaven Beside You"

Woody Guthrie - "This Land is Your Land"

Hinder - "Lips of an Angel"

Leon Russell - "Tight Rope"

The Flaming Lips - "Yeah Yeah Yeah Song"

The All-American Rejects - "Swing Swing"

Roger Miller - "King of the Road"

Restless Heart - "I'll Still Be Loving You"

Rascal Flatts - "Fast Cars & Freedom"

Blake Shelton - "Old Red"

Mel McDaniels - "Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On"

Journey - "Open Arms"

Hanson - "Penny & Me"

The Gap Band - "You Dropped the Bomb on Me"

Color Me Badd - "All For Love"

Carrie Underwood - "Jesus Take the Wheel"

Bread - "I Would Give Everything I Own"

The Nixons - "Sister"



It wouldn't be a proper post without this song from the famous Rodgers & Hammerstein musical Oklahoma!

Oklahoma!