Album, Record & Cover - Black Oak Arkansas

 
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Album, Record & Cover - Black Oak Arkansas
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Album, Record & Cover - Black Oak Arkansas

Object number2002.229.01
Date1974
Mediumpaper, ink, vinyl
Dimensions12 1/2 x 12 1/2 in. (31.8 x 31.8 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
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    Description"Early Times." album with animated scene with members of the band playing their instruments inside a wooden shack. There is a wood stove glowing and a rabbit and skunk watching as well as the deer head hanging on the wall with his eyes open. The back of the cover contains two members in another part of the home, one sitting in a wooden wagon and the other writing the names of the songs on the wall. A blue bird is flying outside an open window with a truck in disrepair in the background.

    The band members are originally from Black Oak, Arkansas.

    Black Oak Arkansas is an American Southern rock band named after the band’s hometown of Black Oak, Arkansas. The original band members included Ronnie “Chicky Hawk” Smith, Rickie Lee “Ricochet” Reynolds, Stanley “Goober Grin” Knight, Harvey “Burley” Jett, Pat “Dirty” Daughtery, and Wayne “Squeezebox” Evans, with James “Jim Dandy” Mangrum being added later. The band reached the height of its fame in the 1970s with ten chart topping albums released in that decade. Their albums include Black Oak Arkansas, Keep the Faith, If an Angel Came to See You, Would You Make Her Feel at Home, and High on the Hog.
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