Article, Magazine - Black Oak Arkansas

 
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Article, Magazine - Black Oak Arkansas

Object number2003.006.04
Dateca 1980-1990
Mediumpaper, ink
DimensionsOverall: 9 7/8 x 11 7/8 in. (25.1 x 30.2 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
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    DescriptionRolling Stones issue #482. Article about Black Oak Arkansas on page 51 & 54, featured with the Righteous Brothers. The article has a black and white photo of the band in 1973 and a more recent color photograph of "Jim Dandy," in black jeans and black tank top with his arms raised above his head with his index fingers pointing up to the sky. He is standing next to a green street sign which states "Black Oak, Pop. 272." The article talks about their # 1 hit in 1973 "Jim Dandy" and at the bands peak was earning $60,000 a night and now is "happy to make $2000 a night (mid-80's). Dandy discuss that in 1979 when the band was defunct, he sat in his home and "did cocain and marijuana and watched HBO."

    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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