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Built in 1924 by Tulsa entrepreneur Tate Brady, The Cain’s Ballroom has gone from a garage, a dime-a-dance joint and a dancing academy until it became what is known by artists and patrons alike as one of the top performance venues in the world today.
12 lis 2024 · Cain’s Ballroom in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is famously known as the home of Bob Wills. It’s since become the epicenter of the Red Dirt music movement. Photo: Hayley Gjertsen*
6 dni temu · Wills nonetheless agreed to pay $10,000 a year to buy 30 minutes of daily air time on KVOO, Tulsa’s most popular radio station at the time. The arrangement created a grueling schedule for Wills as the he continued touring across Oklahoma and nearby states, always rushing back to Tulsa between gigs for his daily radio show at 12:30 p.m.
After a dormant era in the 1960s Cain’s reopened in 1977 as Cain’s Ballroom and became a hot concert venue in Tulsa. Over the years musical acts like the Sex Pistols, Leon Russell, JJ Cale and Jack White played the historic venue. Read the full article here.
Tulsa's Timeless Honky Tonk! Built in 1924 by Tulsa entrepreneur Tate Brady, The Cain’s Ballroom has gone from a garage, a dime-a-dance joint and a dancing academy until it became what is known by artists and patrons alike as one of the top live performance venues in the world today.
9 kwi 2024 · It was Halloween 50 years ago (Oct. 31, 1974) when young Tulsa promoters Jim Edwards and R.C. Bradley leased Cain’s Ballroom for one night, bringing in Tulsa acts The Gap Band, Tweed and Jim...
Cain's Ballroom. 423 N. Main St., Tulsa, OK 74103. Cain’s Ballroom is a historic concert venue best known as the birthplace of Western Swing and the home stage of Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys. Tate Brady originally built Cain’s Ballroom as a garage in 1924.
