Music, Maestro

Oklahoma City has a deep and rich music history, and that fact is exemplified by the acts immortalized by being named after Oklahoma City streets (or is it the other way around?). You just have to look at notables like Oklahoma City Blue Devils, Color Me Badd, Mason Williams, Hinder, Garth Brooks, Neal Schon and others to see that Oklahoma City has birthed and raised a number of music legends. Check out these bios for a little reminder of why Wanda Jackson Way, Charlie Christian Boulevard, Vince Gill Avenue and Flaming Lips Alley are named as such.

Oklahoma City’s own Charlie Christian, the “Father of the Electric Guitar,” was one of the notable musicians who jammed in the 20s and 30s along N.E. 2nd Street in Deep Deuce.