Rockin' John Henry (Tulsa's Oldest Teenager)

08/10/2024

Today, we remember my father, Rockin John Henry.
20 years seems like a blink of the eye and he is so dearly missed.

Rockin John.... 4/4/44 - 8/10/04
Gone, but never forgotten.

04/04/2024

Happy heavenly 80th Johnny!!!

Historical recordings from the Rockin John Henry Archives, including Saturday Bandstand, Smokehouse Blues, Hadacol Hillbilly Hit Parade, The Bop Cats, Live a...

04/04/2024

Remembering my father, Rockin John Henry, on his 80th birthday. Gone but never forgotten.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcgVRtKj3sT50qC3BOZptIg

04/04/2023

Remembering my father on his 79th birthday.
Gone but never forgotten.
In 1994, we managed a big Surprise 50th Birthday Bash for him. With the help of a number of people, including my mother, Jim Smith, John Wooley and many others... the surprise was unveiled live on air during his Smokehouse Blues program, which that night was a live remote from Joey's Home of the Blues. Performers on the show included Steve Pryor, Flash Terry, Bill Snow and many, many friend.
https://youtu.be/6ABaf66QGJs

I hope you enjoy.

01/21/2023

I was 12 yrs. old at the time and absolutely loved when my mom would drive me to the radio station so I could watch and listen to these guys (Bill, Gailard, Teegarden) on my Dad's show.
Priceless audio! I hope you enjoy.

Saturday Bandstand with Rockin John Henry. Special guests included David Teegarden, Bill Davis, Gailard Sartain and the Reverend, Dr. Menlo Park. Aired on ...

12/26/2022

Part 2 of Rockin John Henry's interview with Tommy Allsup.
Live in studio on Saturday Bandstand, KAKC 1300AM. Sept. 7, 1990
https://youtu.be/c9RpA44fWOw

Thank you for listening.

12/22/2022

Rockin John interviews Tommy Allsup, live in studio on Saturday Bandstand, KAKC 1300AM. Sept. 7, 1990
Part 1 of 2
https://youtu.be/iyhtlSXDRWg

12/18/2022

"Deck the Halls... Shake the Walls"
Steve Pryor and the Mighty Kingsnakes- Dec. 1991
https://youtu.be/j9JdgCjsMg4
Side A- X Mas Tears, Wait On Time, Tell Me, Little Wing
Side B- Crawlin Kingsnake, Baby I Wants To Be Loved, Waste Some Time, All Aboard, Casa Suprema

12/13/2022

Laughing Academy, Program of the Airwaves, episode from May 1976 on KAKC AM/FM Tulsa.
Sherman Oaks and Gailard Sartain !!!

Here is a cool cassette from the Rockin John Archives. Sherman Oaks, Gailard Sartain's radio show "Laughing Academy, Program of the Airwaves", which aired o...

12/12/2022

We so very much miss John Lennon who was killed on this day in 1980. In happier times, a special recording session occurred at the Record Plant Studio in 1974. L-R Jesse Ed Davis (b. Norman, OK), Eddie Mottau, Klaus Voorman, Jim Keltner (b. Tulsa, OK), John Lennon, Shelly Yakus Photo by: Bob Gruen

12/12/2022

If a picture paints a thousand words, then we'd paint you! Happy 82nd Birthday to one of our favorite Tulsans, David Gates! 🎉 🍞

12/09/2022

Tulsa blues legends, Flash Terry and Glenn R. Townsend perform on Rockin John Henry's Smokehouse Blues radio program, Live from Joey's, Home of the Blues in Tulsa OK, aired live November 6, 1994. I hope you enjoy.
https://youtu.be/cD3U0hp7xCc