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The Tractors

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MySpace reminds me of something I might have read about in a science fiction book when I was a boy, predicting a future when the world is filled with people, wars are happening all over the globe, and technology is miraculous – and miraculously out of control. The MySpace graphics are, for the most part, fairly cheesy and boring. Bad advertisements are blinking and YELLING at you. The main attraction seems to be an ever increasing group of "friends" who gather and increase exponentially like a growth on your left arm that you hope won't someday get so large that it overtakes and devours you like The Blob - or perhaps takes over your body and soul like the pods in Invasion of the Body Snatchers. But, of course, THAT IS what you hope for - that your group of "friends" will grow and grow until it's out of control and bigger than all your other friends' groups of friends. Most religions and spiritual philosophies believe that we are all connected - that we are all ONE somehow. Perhaps we will all continue to connect with computer links until we have an electronic version of ONENESS. And there you go... The last page punch-line in a cheap science fiction paperback book.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/20/2006
Band Website: thetractors.com/
Band Members:
Influences: Bob Wills and Bob Dylan – Merle, Elvis, Hank, Chuck, Buck, and The Beatles – Louie Louie and Louis Armstrong
Sounds Like: I'm from the country. We play Farm Music.
Record Label: Boy Rocking Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

BOOGIE WOOGIE DREAM

This particular video piece was a big influence in the beginning of the The Tractors. Walt and I watched it many times. Long before YouTube or the internet of course... or even before any computers st...
Posted by The Tractors on Thu, 01 May 2008 02:50:00 PST

BOB CHILDERS

Yesterday, Charlene and I ate lunch at a restaurant in Stillwater called Aggie's Big House. There was a poster hanging at the foot of the stairs for some gig featuring several acts. The only name I kn...
Posted by The Tractors on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:20:00 PST

extemporaneous speaking

Charlene and I spent the day with Leon Friday - and then watched his show Friday night at the Osage Casino. Casinos are pretty weird for me. Filled with smoke to the point it feels like your taking a ...
Posted by The Tractors on Sun, 06 Apr 2008 02:38:00 PST

April 3rd: 1976 - 2008

1976 was a fine year. America celebrated its 200th birthday. I met and went to work for Leon Russell. And on April 3rd, Charlene and I were married. We headed off to Nashville to tackle the country mu...
Posted by The Tractors on Thu, 03 Apr 2008 05:43:00 PST

Lets talk...

OK... I don’t blog much. Don’t really care for the term. But I do like to write. I do like to say stuff. I talk too much most of the time. So, let’s talk... Let’s talk about po...
Posted by The Tractors on Tue, 25 Mar 2008 08:04:00 PST

All the tired horses...

All the tired horses in the sunHow'm I supposed to get any ridin' done? Hmm
Posted by The Tractors on Wed, 12 Sep 2007 03:28:00 PST

I WOULDNT TELL YOU NO LIE

Ron and I wrote this song when we were producing a record on Freddy Fender at The Church back in about 1988. Somewhere in the back of my mind, I thought it would make a great record for Freddy. Can't ...
Posted by The Tractors on Sat, 25 Aug 2007 10:15:00 PST

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO CHARLENE! August 14, 1956

It's Charlene's birthday! We have traveled to Nashville to spend some time with Uncle Leon. We're going to have a birthday dinner with Leon and Jan tonight at their new house. August 14th is pretty sp...
Posted by The Tractors on Tue, 14 Aug 2007 01:53:00 PST

TAMMY FAYE - GONE AWAY

I almost got Tammy Faye to sing on the first Tractors record. I talked to her on the phone for about an hour back in about '93. She laughed and cried and talked about ex-husband Jim - and also Hank Sn...
Posted by The Tractors on Sun, 22 Jul 2007 10:39:00 PST

RHYTHM BONE w/J.J. Cale

[Previously posted - Jan. 31, 2007]A couple of years ago I got a chance to sit in on a J.J. Cale session for his album To Tulsa and Back. Cale played us his home demo recording of a new song called Rh...
Posted by The Tractors on Sun, 24 Jun 2007 07:09:00 PST