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Did You Know
- • Evan Felker and RC Edwards bonded over shared love for Woody Guthrie, forming the band.
- • Their self-titled 2015 album reached #3 on Billboard's US Folk chart, a major breakthrough.
- • Felker's 2018 marriage to Staci Nelson and subsequent relationship with Miranda Lambert fueled public interest.
- • The band unexpectedly covered Nirvana's "Heart-Shaped Box" during live shows early in their career.
- • Turnpike Troubadours' music helped revitalize the Red Dirt music scene in Oklahoma.
- • Before Turnpike, Felker worked as a ranch hand, influencing his songwriting.
- • They hold the record for most consecutive sold-out shows at Cain's Ballroom in Tulsa.
- • John Fullbright, another Oklahoma musician, often collaborated early on guitar and keys.
- • Felker disappeared before several shows in 2019, leading to the band's hiatus.
- • Their 2022 reunion tour sold out arenas, demonstrating their enduring fanbase.
Locations in Lyrics
96 location references across 39 songs
Songs & Places
On The Red River
Red River, TX
Detroit, MI
Frankfort, KY
"Back on the red river"
Good Lord Lorrie
Sevier County, AR
Southwest Arkansas
De Queen, AR
Broken Bow, OK
"And if I ever set foot in Sevier county"
Sunday Morning Paper
Bakersfield, CA
Tulsa, OK
"Bakersfield, Tulsa-town"
Easton & Main
Tulsa, OK
"Well I left my heart in Tulsa"
Diamonds & Gasoline
Tulsa, OK
Oklahoma
"But I'm stuck here in Tulsa"
The Rut
Rocky Mountains
"Early fall descended on the dry back country Aspens / I've come back to the mountains and they're all still standin' there"
Long Hot Summer Day
Illinois River, IL
Pekin, IL
Beardstown, IL
Alton, IL
"For every day I'm workin' on the Illinois River"
The Devil Plies His Trade (Sn 6 Ep 3)
Gulf Coast
California
"While the Gulf Coast drowns in the wind and rain"
The Winding Stair Mountain Blues
Bryan County, OK
Winding Stair Mountains, OK
"Raising hell from here to Bryan County"
A Cat in the Rain
Bayou Country, LA
Southeast Texas
Trinity River, TX
Anahuac, TX
Texas
Louisiana
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf Coast
Seabrook, TX
"There were bayou dives and oyster knives and liquor for to drown"
The Funeral
Mississippi Delta
Oklahoma City, OK
"With a pocket full of delta blues and cheap amphetamines"
A Tornado Warning
I-35 Corridor
"Along the 35 Corridor"
Southeastern Son
Pine Belt
The South
Piney Woods
"We'd walk the big clearcuts in the pine timberland"
Brought Me
Tulsa, OK
"At an old barroom in Tulsa, I looked up and you were there"
Gin, Smoke, Lies
Oklahoma City, OK
"In Oklahoma City"
Oklahoma Stars
Oklahoma
"The stars in Oklahoma"
The Bird Hunters
Cherokee County, OK
Tulsa, OK
Ozark Plateau, OK
"Go on back to Cherokee County"
Wrecked
New Orleans, LA
Detroit, MI
"Like a Tennessee Williams play"
Unrung
Detroit, MI
Texas
"You got a Chevrolet as old as her"
Mean Old Sun
Gulf Coast
"Goin' where the gulf breeze blows"
1968
Memphis, TN
Detroit, MI
"In Memphis, Tennessee"
Pipe Bomb Dream
Oklahoma City, OK
"Oklahoma City by the morning sun"
Every Girl
San Antonio, TX
"Well she was born in the mornin', late October, San Antone"
Kansas City Southern
Kansas City, MO
Colorado
Kiamichi Country, OK
"Well I was working on the KCS Rail Line"
Tulsa
Tulsa, OK
"Song about Tulsa"
7 & 7
supermarket aisle
interstate
Whole Damn Town
downtown
honky tonk
the devil plies his trade
Apalachicola, FL
Baton Rouge, LA
Bay St. Louis, MS
Beaumont, TX
Biloxi, MS
Brownsville, TX
Clearwater, FL
Corpus Christi, TX
Destin, FL
Fort Walton Beach, FL
Galveston, TX
Gulf Shores, AL
Gulfport, MS
Lafayette, LA
Lake Charles, LA
Mobile, AL
Naples, FL
New Orleans, LA
Ocean Springs, MS
Orange Beach, AL
Panama City, FL
Panama City Beach, FL
Pascagoula, MS
Pensacola, FL
Port Aransas, TX
Port Arthur, TX
Rockport, TX
Sarasota, FL
St. Petersburg, FL
Tampa, FL
California
Ringing in the Year
Kansas
"The fool I loved in Kansas was the fool I loved the best"
Ringing In the Year
Midwest
"We were two tornadoes touching down out in the old Midwest"
Shreveport
Shreveport, LA
Fayetteville, AR
Fort Smith, AR
"Song about Shreveport, LA"
Down on Washington
Stillwater, OK
"Down on Washington, dancing like the devil"
Down On Washington
Washington D.C., DC
Washington, OK
Houston, TX
Washington
"And you were down on Washington dancing like the devil"
Leaving Town (Woody Guthrie Festival)
Okemah, OK
"Woody Guthrie Festival"
Morgan Street
Tahlequah, OK
Stillwater, OK
Chicago, IL
"Morgan Street"
7 Oaks
Cherokee Nation, OK
Seven Oaks, OK
"Grandaddy's farm on Cherokee allotted land"
East Side Love Song (Bottoms Up)
Kingston, OK
Oklahoma River Bottoms, OK
bodark trees, OK
"Gone to Kingston, bettin' on a rooster fight"
Bossier City
Bossier City, LA
The Hard Way
Interstate 10
Honolulu, HI
"On the road again, off of Highway 10"
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Region: Northeast Oklahoma / Green Country
Conference: Plains
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Connected Places
Tahlequah, OK
Alton, IL
Bakersfield, CA
Beardstown, IL
Broken Bow, OK
Cain’s Ballroom, OK
Corpus Christi, TX
De Queen, AR
Easton and Main, OK
Galveston, TX
Kansas City, KS
Memphis, TN
Okie City, OK
Oklahoma City, OK
Pekin, IL
Ponca City, OK
Port Aransas, TX
Rockport, TX
San Antone, TX
San Antonio, TX
Tulsa, OK
balcony, TN
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