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Musical work
guitarist; singer-songwriter; producer; recording engineer; archivist. Instruments recorded in the collection: guitar; voice. Genres: rock; Red Dirt; country-rock; roots.
Evidence and identity
Voices of Oklahoma and OKPOP/OHS sources support Oklahoma upbringing, early band activity, Red Dirt naming context, Tulsa career, The Tractors, Dylan/Leon Russell work, and 2019 death; exact first gig remains unresolved
Steve Ripley: Rock 'n' Roll Musician, Songwriter, Inventor
Voices of Oklahoma documents Ripley's Oklahoma upbringing, Glencoe High School and OSU, recording/production/guitar roles, Bob Dylan and Leon Russell work, The Tractors, The Church Studio, Red Dirt context, and 2019 death.
Steve Ripley's Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame induction will be 'celebration'
OKPOP documents Ripley's Glencoe upbringing, Oklahoma State education, Tractors, Bob Dylan work, Church Studio, Red Dirt context, and posthumous Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame induction.
Hidden Collections
OHS identifies Ripley among the Oklahoma rock oral-history subjects and describes his Tractors and Bob Dylan connections.
Sources
Related source accounts
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