Oklahoma Musicians

Osage County

Musical history, people, ensembles, photographs, and source material from the Oklahoma Musicians Library.

The musical history of Osage County.

Osage County has unusually strong evidence for long-running school-band activity. The Shidler High School “Big Blue Band” is documented from 1935 through 1999, with named directors, membership counts, contests, parades, concerts, uniforms, honor-band participation, and community performances. (high) [Shidler Big Blue Band history](https://www.district11alumni.com/big-blue-band)

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Read the full account, chronology, named ensembles and people, source links, and research notes. These library reports reflect their original research passes; related records below may add later evidence.

Explore the county collection

11 linked records. Connections follow county names and communities documented in the sources; they do not establish a birthplace, exact historical boundary, or continuous residence.

Photographs and visual sources.

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "WALTER LONGSTREET of Pawhuska gives it all he's got in a rehearsal for a talent show to be staged by independent students of Oklahoma A&M in the college auditorium Thursday."
[Photograph 2012.201.B0375.0081]Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "WALTER LONGSTREET of Pawhuska gives it all he's got in a rehearsal for a talent show to be staged by independent students of Oklahoma A&M in the college auditorium Thursday."Oklahoma Historical Society / The Gateway to Oklahoma History · Original source
Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Gary Cressy, left, and Dan Wolfe band barn swallows near ranchland in Osage County."
[Photograph 2012.201.B1221.0739]Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Gary Cressy, left, and Dan Wolfe band barn swallows near ranchland in Osage County."Oklahoma Historical Society / The Gateway to Oklahoma History · Original source