Props to Cain's in recent interview

[Kenosha]

http://bangkokrecorder.com/?p=redakt.artikel_detail&ID=&ArtikelID=162

From an interview with the band "Snow Patrol".

Guess they got a good reception here.  Below is the excerpt:

quote: Was there any place in America that stands out in your mind where the audience was very receptive to you, and you didn't even think you had any fans there?

NC: Tulsa

GL: Yeah we showed up in Tulsa--

Really? That's my hometown.

GL: Oh is it?

Yeah, you were at the Cain's ballroom, right?

GL: Yeah, we turned up there and the place was jammed, and the place was jumping.

PW: And everybody just went for it.

GL: Everybody was singing the words. And we were going, 'we've never even played here before.' They were awesome.

TS: We were all real surprised about it.  

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[cannon_fodder]

Good deal. This is actually the third time I have heard a similar comment from a band.  Tulsa is starting to get a great reputation for small venue performances (which are more fun anyway).

http://pollstar.com/tour/searchall.pl?By=City&Content=Tulsa&go_green.x=0&go_green.y=0

[Kiah]

I just received my copy of Paste Magazine in the mail, and it has a feature on the top 40 live music venues in the U.S.  Right there -- among the Fillmore, Red Rocks, First Ave., and the 40 Watt -- is our own Cain's Ballroom.  It's not posted online yet, but I'm sure it will be soon.

Also, if you're a Rufus Wainwright fan . . . .

quote: Hearing it from an acclaimed singer/songwriter who's currently working on an opera, you'd hardly expect the fawning anthem "Tulsa" ("Your suit was the whitest thing since you know who / I feel that that savior I have mentioned may be you / And who would have thought that I'd owe it all to Tulsa?") to be about, of all people, Brandon Flowers of The Killers. "I spent one night with him at a bar, swooning over him along with everybody else," jokes Rufus Wainwright.  

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[Chicken Little]

Oh, that adds up.  On Aug 14, 2005, the Killers played at Cains and Rufus played at the Brady.

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quote:Originally posted by Chicken Little

Oh, that adds up.  On Aug 14, 2005, the Killers played at Cains and Rufus played at the Brady.

Listen to Track #9....he owes it all to Tulsa...

[Kenosha]

Rufus Wainwright and Brandon Flowers at Caz's...

[dsjeffries]

quote:Originally posted by Kenosha

Rufus Wainwright and Brandon Flowers at Caz's...

I was at Rufus's concert where they met.  It was supposed to be at Zink Lake but was rained out so they moved it to the Brady...

It was pretty cool to hear a song written about a concert I'd been to.  It made me smile :-).

[Double A]

This year's DFest might be the spark that makes the powder keg that is Tulsa's music scene explode. I hope Tulsa can become a place where artists and musicians flock to so they can test their metal, earn that big break, refine their skills, reinvent themselves or explore new frontiers in their medium.

[bugo]

quote:Originally posted by Kiah

I just received my copy of Paste Magazine in the mail, and it has a feature on the top 40 live music venues in the U.S.  Right there -- among the Fillmore, Red Rocks, First Ave., and the 40 Watt -- is our own Cain's Ballroom.  It's not posted online yet, but I'm sure it will be soon.

Here's the UR and L:
http://www.pastemagazine.com/action/article/4222/americas_40_best_music_venues

I've never been to any of these places.

[AVERAGE JOE]

quote:Originally posted by Double A

This year's DFest might be the spark that makes the powder keg that is Tulsa's music scene explode. I hope Tulsa can become a place where artists and musicians flock to so they can test their metal, earn that big break, refine their skills, reinvent themselves or explore new frontiers in their medium.

There's going to be a new live music club open up on 1st Street (where the old dueling piano bar used to be) just in time for DFest. I think it's going to be called Exit 6C or something like that. They want to bring in national and regional touring acts nearly every night of the week. The layout of the place looks very promising -- huge stage. Could end up being a good deal for the Tulsa music scene and the Blue Dome district.