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as well, she’s best known as the “Queen of Rockabilly.” Jackson started her career and began touring after she graduated high school, with her father accompanying her as manager and chaperone. During that time, she often shared the stage with Elvis Presley, and even dated him for a short period. Presley encouraged her to sing more rockabilly. She had her first Top 40 hit in 1960 with “Let’s Have a Party,” and toured as a headliner with her band The Party Timers (which included as yet unknown guitarist Roy Clark). Jackson’s country career started taking off at the same time, and she transitioned to the country
market in the mid-‘50s as rockabilly’s popularity was waning. She returned to her rockabilly roots in her later years and has most recently released The Party Ain’t Over (recorded with Jack White of the White Stripes) in 2011 and Unfinished Business in 2012.
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Seeger and Joan Baez to pop and rock artists like Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, and even Tom Morello and Rage Against the Machine. Guthrie was one of the first artists to not only use his music and art in service of his country, but also as a vehicle for political and social change. Many of his songs are about his experiences in the Dust Bowl era during the Great Depression when Guthrie traveled with migrant workers from Oklahoma to California and learned their traditional folk and blues songs, earning him the nickname the “Dust Bowl Troubadour.” If you’re looking for the quintessential Oklahoma artist, look no further than Okemah native, Woody Guthrie.
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