Rising up from deep musical roots in America's heartland, The Cherokee Maidens, along with their star-studded band, Sycamore Swing, pay homage to the past.
Think Bob Wills meets the Andrews Sisters.
The melodic braid of these three maidens is time-tested. Robin Macy has sung up and down the I-35 corridor for decades. Together with red-dirt girl Monica Taylor and bluegrass virtuoso, Lauren White, you've got signature three-part harmonies that weave their way into your heart.
One was a Dixie Chick. Two have appeared on Garrison Keillor's A Prairie Home Companion. Two have sung on the Grand Ole Opry. And all three shares Native American heritage - hence their name, inspired by Cindy Walker's 1941 country hit.
Backed by a troupe of crackerjack musicians, led by Kentucky White, their guitar-slinger and producer, Sycamore Swing keeps the classic genre authentic - featuring the best of the fabled Tulsa Playboys.
Their latest recording, My Dixie Darling, is all about bloodlines - the prodigious Eicher and White families come together with a shared passion for the past. This third time around, country swing legend Ray Benson of Asleep at the Wheel also croons a tune.
Okie Dokie Lyrics
Where the scissortail flies in the red dirt skies
And the coyotes sing while the Playboys swing
Sooner or later you’ll be an Okie too
'Cross the Red River where you say adieu
To the Panhandle dust and the Lone Star blues
Okie Dokie you can be an Okie too
Where the Farmer and Cowman and the
Redman all shake hands
We go barrel racing and oil chasing
Right here in the promise land
Place where the Cherokee and Seminole Tribes
Choctaw, Chickasaw and Creek abide
Oh, wampum stomp ‘em - you can
Be an Okie too.
Take a little ride along the Chisholm Trail
Put the ragtop down & pass the ginger ale
Come on daddy you can be an Okie too
Feel the breezes blowing on the windy plain
Hear the fiddles playing while you dance at the Cains
Don’t be pokey you can be an Okie too.
Where the Farmer and Cowman and the
Redman all shake hands
We go barrel racing and oil chasing
Right here in the promise land
Home to Woody and Wanda and Will
Tahlequah, Sallisaw and Bartlesville
Sooner or later you’ll be an Okie too.
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