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[color="red"][/color] This is a band of old friends that have played together for 30 years or so. ..Thru many different bands and single artist configurations. The album was as much fun to make as it would be to set around the campfie and play live... as it would be to do in any concert venue. Each artist adds his own twist to the basic tunes of fun and fantastic musicianship. It doesn't take a lot of work to do this type of album because of the amount of fun that is generated by these guys individually !!! Hope you enjoy!!!!!! Who are The Boys From Oklahoma? Randy Crouch, Laile Stagner, Stevie Lee Fields , Jim Suter, Bill Erickson, Travis Downs, Hank Chitty. Grant Tracy, Jeff and Tim Bays, Dan Hoffstatter..the role goes on and on...... Laile came up with the idea for this compilation and co-produced it with long-time..Sound Man and Friend.. Hank Chitty. They put it together at The Bays Brothers Studio in OKC !!!!! Hope you enjoy it as much as we did making it!! Get your line wet and get ya some of this. Wish I was as High As The Price of Gas.... BFO---2007 CD's are available at: http://cdbaby.com/cd/boysfromok -posted on currentland.com: Feb, 2007 http://www.currentland.com/Default.aspx?tabid=164 Quote: Early this month (Feb, 2007), the Boys From Oklahoma will release a new album. You may be wondering who exactly are the Boys From Oklahoma? Well, the answer is easy and yet slightly complicated; they are a group of Oklahoma musicians who have been playing music together off and on for about 30 years. They include local legends such as Randy Crouch, The Bay Brothers, The Zen Okies and Bill Ericson. The guys even let some "youngins’" like Grant Tracy (The Stragglers) and Travis Downs join in on a few tracks. Laile Stagner came up with the idea of this compilation album and co-produced it with Randy’s long time sound man Hank Chitty. The Boys got together at the Bay Brothers Studio in Oklahoma City to record some of their greatest hits. Bill Ericson told me that the album has a theme about dogs and fish and the guys do a good job sticking to that theme with the exception of a couple of songs. Oddly enough, they both have to do with Randy Crouch. Randy recorded his song "I Wish I Was as High as the Price of Gas" and said it is very much relative, because you can’t load up your dogs and go fishing if you can’t afford gas to get to the fishing hole. The other is a song by Donnie Duree called "The Ballad of Randy Crouch," a hilarious track about stealing a U-haul trailer and ultimately getting caught. How else are you supposed to transport all those dogs and fishing poles? Any way you slice it these godfathers of the Red Dirt sound have put together an album that is sure to tickle the soul. Look to future issues of The Current for information about upcoming CD release parties, but if you can’t wait, albums will be available for purchase this month from the following Web sites: webbsworldoffun.com and cdbaby.com. Thanks for keeping the Red Dirt vibe alive and enjoy this great Centennial CD for years to come. - Rhonda Gunter Sample Song Info: - CD: Outlaw Trails, 2003 - Boys From Oklahoma and Grandma Carol - CD: Fishin and Dog Songs, 2007 - Dog and His Bone, Dont Shoot My Dog, Goin Gets Tough, and I Wish I Was a Fish