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MBJ Enterprises LLC is the umbrella brand behind our growing network of podcasts, media clips, and original content. We produce, document, and distribute stories rooted in live music history, show business, and real behind-the-scenes experiences. From archived concert memories to new digital media projects, MBJ Enterprises brings multiple creative ventures together under one banner. This is where storytelling, production, and legacy content connect and continue to grow. 

  1. ZZ Top, Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Marshall Tucker Band & Eric Burdon

    3d ago

    ZZ Top, Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Marshall Tucker Band & Eric Burdon

    Some bands aren’t just bands. They’re the reason you end up in the music business. ZZ Top is that band. Over the years, we did a lot of business with their world. You meet crew guys. You watch the touring machine evolve. You see faces change. But some things stay consistent—there aren’t many people cooler than Billy Gibbons. And it still hits different seeing him in Ardmore, Oklahoma, sitting at 2 Frogs like it’s just another day. But the roots go back farther than any of that. Age 14. Fair Ground Speedway. Tres Hombres era. On one bill: ZZ Top  Lynyrd Skynyrd  The Marshall Tucker Band  The Animals (Eric Burdon) And the ticket? $4.00. That’s the kind of lineup that doesn’t exist anymore at that price. Four-dollar admission to a night of southern rock history. The kind of show that rewires your brain and makes you chase live music for the rest of your life. That’s not nostalgia. That’s origin story.  #HeresTheDealPodcast #ZZTop #BillyGibbons #LynyrdSkynyrd #MarshallTuckerBand #EricBurdon #TheAnimals #SouthernRock #ConcertHistory #MaxBakerJr #JeffBrownen #oklahoma #oklahomacity Like, share, and follow so these stories keep getting told. Follow & Connect:  Max Baker Jr. Instagram @bmaddmaxx | Facebook @bmaddmaxx   Jeff Brownen Facebook @jeff.brownen Here’s The Deal YouTube Channel  https://www.youtube.com/@heresthedealok Here’s The Deal Podcast Website  https://heresthedealok.com Buy Here’s The Deal Vintage & Collectables  https://heresthedealvintagecollectables.com Get an Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Card  https://medcardsmadeeasy.net Concert & Event Production Services  https://bakerboyspro.com Buy Roadie CBD Balm & Oil  https://bakersremedycbd.com

    1 min

  2. 3d ago

    If You Stay in the Problem, You Never Find a Solution

    Max says it plain. If you stay in the problem, you never find the solution. That lesson came from the woman sitting to his left, his sister Deana. When they first started spending more time together again, she saw him at his worst. Leg straightened out. Pain loud. Mood even louder. And she didn’t baby him. She held it up and hit him with the truth. “What are you gonna do now, big boy?” Even joked about whacking him with a cane when he was acting up. But the point wasn’t the joke. The point was movement. Today, Max is sitting here talking to the world because he didn’t stay stuck. He wants anyone listening to hear this, no matter how deep you are, no matter how much it hurts, no matter how heavy the pressure feels, there’s always a solution. Fear might get you through a moment. Faith is what gets you to the other side. And it takes patience. This didn’t happen overnight. This has been nearly a year of fighting through it. That’s the real story.  #HeresTheDealPodcast #MaxBakerJr #DeanaBaker #Mindset #FaithOverFear #KeepMovingForward #RealLifeStories #Resilience #MaxBakerJr #JeffBrownen #oklahoma #oklahomacity Like, share, and follow so these stories keep getting told. Follow & Connect:  Max Baker Jr. Instagram @bmaddmaxx | Facebook @bmaddmaxx   Jeff Brownen Facebook @jeff.brownen Here’s The Deal YouTube Channel  https://www.youtube.com/@heresthedealok Here’s The Deal Podcast Website  https://heresthedealok.com Buy Here’s The Deal Vintage & Collectables  https://heresthedealvintagecollectables.com Get an Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Card  https://medcardsmadeeasy.net Concert & Event Production Services  https://bakerboyspro.com Buy Roadie CBD Balm & Oil  https://bakersremedycbd.com

    1 min
  3. Deftones & Glassjaw at Brady Village

    4d ago

    Deftones & Glassjaw at Brady Village

    July 30, 2000. Brady Village in Tulsa. 2,571 people. Deftones and Glassjaw on the same bill. And the crazy part? You lived in Tulsa at the time. Glassjaw is one of those bands people don’t “kinda like.” You’re either all the way in or you don’t get it. Daryl Palumbo is that dude, and seeing Glassjaw in that era, in that room, with that crowd size, is the kind of night you talk about for the rest of your life. The worst feeling is realizing you could’ve gotten in, you could’ve been on that floor, and you just missed the moment. That’s the pain of a real concert calendar. Some dates are history. Some dates are regrets.  #HeresTheDealPodcast #Deftones #Glassjaw #BradyVillage #TulsaMusic #2000Concerts #DarylPalumbo #LiveMusicHistory #ConcertStories #MaxBakerJr #JeffBrownen #oklahoma #oklahomacity Like, share, and follow so these stories keep getting told. Follow & Connect:  Max Baker Jr. Instagram @bmaddmaxx | Facebook @bmaddmaxx   Jeff Brownen Facebook @jeff.brownen Here’s The Deal YouTube Channel  https://www.youtube.com/@heresthedealok Here’s The Deal Podcast Website  https://heresthedealok.com Buy Here’s The Deal Vintage & Collectables  https://heresthedealvintagecollectables.com Get an Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Card  https://medcardsmadeeasy.net Concert & Event Production Services  https://bakerboyspro.com Buy Roadie CBD Balm & Oil  https://bakersremedycbd.com

    1 min

  4. 5d ago

    Ticket Buying Challenge: The Homeless vs The Cops

    Ticket drops used to feel like the land run. People camped. Lines formed overnight. Rules said you had to be in line, but they didn’t always say it had to be you standing there every minute. So you’d see people try creative workarounds, helping others out while trying to hold a spot and stay in the game. Then the real circus started. When it came time to move the line, it turned into a sprint across Reno like a marathon kickoff. “Go!” and everyone bolts, dodging traffic, racing to get back into position. And when folks ended up too far forward? “Restart.” Then they made it even worse. Suddenly it’s an obstacle course, running around pillars like it’s a field day, not a ticket line. OCPD looked bored, and the crowd was getting cooked. By the third restart, everyone was done. The system finally settled, people landed where they landed, and the night moved on. That’s the part people forget. Before online queues, buying tickets was physical, chaotic, and sometimes ridiculous.  #HeresTheDealPodcast #TicketLineStories #ConcertChaos #OldSchoolTicketing #OKCMusicHistory #MaxBakerJr #JeffBrownen  #oklahomacity Like, share, and follow so these stories keep getting told. Follow & Connect:  Max Baker Jr. Instagram @bmaddmaxx | Facebook @bmaddmaxx   Jeff Brownen Facebook @jeff.brownen Here’s The Deal YouTube Channel  https://www.youtube.com/@heresthedealok Here’s The Deal Podcast Website  https://heresthedealok.com Buy Here’s The Deal Vintage & Collectables  https://heresthedealvintagecollectables.com Get an Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Card  https://medcardsmadeeasy.net Concert & Event Production Services  https://bakerboyspro.com Buy Roadie CBD Balm & Oil  https://bakersremedycbd.com

    2 min

  5. May 31

    I Just Got Released From The Hospital Today

    The day Max was released from the hospital with a new knee.  Rehab starting. Exercises underway. And even with the fresh pain of surgery, Max says it still doesn’t compare to what he was living with before. That’s the part people don’t understand until it’s them. Chronic pain doesn’t just hurt, it starts messing with your mind. It gets to the point where getting in a chair, getting in the truck, doing normal life feels impossible. Max said if it kept going the way it was, another week might have pushed him to a place he didn’t want to be. This is the turning point. Not “everything is fixed overnight.” Not “no struggle.” Just the first day where the path forward is real.  #HeresTheDealPodcast #MaxBakerJr #Recovery #NewKnee #RealLifeStories #LifeAfterPain #BehindTheScenesLife #Oklahoma #OKC Like, share, and follow so these stories keep getting told. Follow & Connect:  Max Baker Jr. Instagram @bmaddmaxx | Facebook @bmaddmaxx   Jeff Brownen Facebook @jeff.brownen Here’s The Deal YouTube Channel  https://www.youtube.com/@heresthedealok Here’s The Deal Podcast Website  https://heresthedealok.com Buy Here’s The Deal Vintage & Collectables  https://heresthedealvintagecollectables.com Get an Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Card  https://medcardsmadeeasy.net Concert & Event Production Services  https://bakerboyspro.com Buy Roadie CBD Balm & Oil  https://bakersremedycbd.com

    1 min
  6. David Allan Coe’s Nephew Easy Jesus & Pimpadelic

    May 31

    David Allan Coe’s Nephew Easy Jesus & Pimpadelic

    Pimpadelic was that kind of band. Even as a spectator, you could feel the room going sideways. They were shock-rock meets rap-rock chaos, and it was so wild it made other rowdy crowds look tame. Ralph was in disbelief, and that takes a lot. Then there’s Easy Jesus. Easy Jesus is David Allan Coe’s nephew, and that connection mattered when it came to getting attention for bookings. Texas roots, easy to reach, easy to route, and the name carried weight in the right circles. The story also hits on what could have been. Pimpadelic had momentum, a record on Tommy Boy Records, and the kind of unpredictability that could have exploded with the right touring package. Put them on the road with Insane Clown Posse and it might have been a perfect match. But band drama and instability can kill a run fast, no matter how good the product is. If you were at one of those shows at The Other Side, you already know. Wildest nights don’t always come from the biggest names. Sometimes they come from the bands nobody can control.  #HeresTheDealPodcast #Pimpadelic #EasyJesus #DavidAllanCoe  #DiamondBallroom #ICP #MaxBakerJr #JeffBrownen #oklahomacity Like, share, and follow so these stories keep getting told. Follow & Connect:  Max Baker Jr. Instagram @bmaddmaxx | Facebook @bmaddmaxx   Jeff Brownen Facebook @jeff.brownen Here’s The Deal YouTube Channel  https://www.youtube.com/@heresthedealok Here’s The Deal Podcast Website  https://heresthedealok.com Buy Here’s The Deal Vintage & Collectables  https://heresthedealvintagecollectables.com Get an Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Card  https://medcardsmadeeasy.net Concert & Event Production Services  https://bakerboyspro.com Buy Roadie CBD Balm & Oil  https://bakersremedycbd.com

    2 min
  7. Madd Maxx’s Metal Bash #15

    May 31

    Madd Maxx’s Metal Bash #15

    Volume 15. By that point, Metal Bash wasn’t an experiment. It was a machine. This one was special because it was the first time bringing Metal Bash to Cain's Ballroom. Bigger room. Bigger stakes. And somehow, we crammed the whole lineup into a 60-second commercial. No music from every local band either, just names, because the national package took priority. But the local scene still mattered. 80 Proof. Skullplate. Self Inflicted. Transfixed. NOS out of Bartlesville. Sounds of War. Separation From All. Bands new enough to be hungry, proud enough to show up early, and loud enough to justify two stages. That’s what Metal Bash was built on, giving local heavy bands a real platform in a real venue. And the ripple effect is still there. Kyle Williams from 80 Proof later connects into Medicine Horse, a Cherokee heavy project. Names and scenes keep evolving, but the roots were those nights. Those flyers. Those two-stage lineups where everybody wanted to prove something. Metal Bash 15 was part of a longer run. You did a lot of them. The numbers blur. But the intent never changed. Put the right bands together.  Give them a real stage.  Let the scene speak for itself.  #HeresTheDealPodcast #MetalBash #CainsBallroom #TulsaMusic #OKCMetal #LocalMetalScene #TwoStageShow #ConcertHistory #MaxBakerJr #JeffBrownen #oklahomacity Like, share, and follow so these stories keep getting told. Follow & Connect:  Max Baker Jr. Instagram @bmaddmaxx | Facebook @bmaddmaxx   Jeff Brownen Facebook @jeff.brownen Here’s The Deal YouTube Channel  https://www.youtube.com/@heresthedealok Here’s The Deal Podcast Website  https://heresthedealok.com Buy Here’s The Deal Vintage & Collectables  https://heresthedealvintagecollectables.com Get an Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Card  https://medcardsmadeeasy.net Concert & Event Production Services  https://bakerboyspro.com Buy Roadie CBD Balm & Oil  https://bakersremedycbd.com

    1 min
  8. Two Paul Rodgers / Bad Company Shows Before Edgefest

    May 30

    Two Paul Rodgers / Bad Company Shows Before Edgefest

    Before Edgefest chaos, Tulsa and OKC were already stacked that week. August 15th and 16th — Brady Village and the Zoo Amphitheatre. Paul Rodgers and Kansas on the bill. That classic-rock lane where the crowd knows every chorus, and the shows run like clockwork. Kansas doing one of those late-era victory laps, still pulling real fans. Then the conversation clears something up. The downtown outdoor Evanescence show we talked about earlier wasn’t Edgefest. This one was. Edgefest lineup: Evanescence  Mudvayne  Cold  Blue October  Revis  Smile Empty Soul  Fanzeen (Tulsa band with a British lead singer)  Finger Eleven One week you’re in classic rock mode with Paul Rodgers and Kansas. The next minute you’re counting merch money at Edgefest while a band manager is cussing you out and you’re trying to eat a corn dog. That’s how those summers worked. Different genres. Same calendar. No breath.  #HeresTheDealPodcast #PaulRodgers #BadCompany #KansasBand #Edgefest #Evanescence #Mudvayne #BlueOctober #ZooAmphitheatre #BradyVillage #TulsaMusic #OKCMusic #MaxBakerJr #JeffBrownen Like, share, and follow so these stories keep getting told. Follow & Connect:  Max Baker Jr. Instagram @bmaddmaxx | Facebook @bmaddmaxx   Jeff Brownen Facebook @jeff.brownen Here’s The Deal YouTube Channel  https://www.youtube.com/@heresthedealok Here’s The Deal Podcast Website  https://heresthedealok.com Buy Here’s The Deal Vintage & Collectables  https://heresthedealvintagecollectables.com Get an Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Card  https://medcardsmadeeasy.net Concert & Event Production Services  https://bakerboyspro.com Buy Roadie CBD Balm & Oil  https://bakersremedycbd.com

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MBJ Enterprises LLC is the umbrella brand behind our growing network of podcasts, media clips, and original content. We produce, document, and distribute stories rooted in live music history, show business, and real behind-the-scenes experiences. From archived concert memories to new digital media projects, MBJ Enterprises brings multiple creative ventures together under one banner. This is where storytelling, production, and legacy content connect and continue to grow. 

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    Max Baker Jr.
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