1 hr 6 min
Tulsa music maker – Brian Horton, Horton Records TulsaPeople Magazine
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Welcome to Tulsa Talks presented by Tulsa Regional Chamber. I’m your host Tim Landes.
If you’ve gone out to listen to live music at The Colony, Fassler Hall or elsewhere and then bought a Tulsa musician’s album in the last 15 years, there’s a good chance it’s a Horton Records release. Brian Horton, founder of Horton Records is my guest on this episode.
Horton discusses the history of his nonprofit record label and how he’d maybe done things differently after all he’s learned since he started the label around 2005. He also talks about the good and bad of coining the term “New Tulsa Sound,” which has stuck since he released a compilation of Tulsa musicians in 2010.
In this conversation recorded over Zoom on February 8th, Horton discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted bands and live music, plus he talks about the current trends in music, including the comeback of cassette tapes.
Despite the pandemic slowing down shows, Horton Records continues to release new music, including Back to Paradise a Tulsa tribute to Okie music, which dropped in August. On the album 20 Tulsa musicians pay tribute to Oklahoma artists from the past. Recorded at Leon Russell’s former Paradise Studio. They knocked out 17 songs in 4 days. We close this episode with Jesse Aycock’s cover of Gypsy Trips’ Rock n Roll Gypsies. More on that later.
It should be noted this isn’t Horton’s full time job. Just his passion project/side hustle to help keep Tulsa’s music scene alive and thriving.
I had a great time chatting about Tulsa music with Brian Horton. His hard work has helped provide many nights of entertainment for me over the years. There are few things better than enjoying a Sunday night jam session with Paul Benjaman and his friends at the Colony.
I feel like this was just the beginning of our chats about music.
OK, let’s get this going.
This is Tulsa Talks with Brian Horton.
We’re closing this episode with Jesse Aycock’s cover of Rock N Roll Gypsies, which is a part of the Horton Records compilation Back to Paradise: A Tulsa Tribute to Okie Music. Here is what fellow musician Cody Clinton had to say about Jesse Aycock:
Jesse Aycock is one of the people that made this place a music town again. Not city developers. Not music museums. Not restaurant owners. This dude.
I couldn’t say it better myself. Here is Jesse Aycock and friends with Rock N Roll Gypsies.
Welcome to Tulsa Talks presented by Tulsa Regional Chamber. I’m your host Tim Landes.
If you’ve gone out to listen to live music at The Colony, Fassler Hall or elsewhere and then bought a Tulsa musician’s album in the last 15 years, there’s a good chance it’s a Horton Records release. Brian Horton, founder of Horton Records is my guest on this episode.
Horton discusses the history of his nonprofit record label and how he’d maybe done things differently after all he’s learned since he started the label around 2005. He also talks about the good and bad of coining the term “New Tulsa Sound,” which has stuck since he released a compilation of Tulsa musicians in 2010.
In this conversation recorded over Zoom on February 8th, Horton discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted bands and live music, plus he talks about the current trends in music, including the comeback of cassette tapes.
Despite the pandemic slowing down shows, Horton Records continues to release new music, including Back to Paradise a Tulsa tribute to Okie music, which dropped in August. On the album 20 Tulsa musicians pay tribute to Oklahoma artists from the past. Recorded at Leon Russell’s former Paradise Studio. They knocked out 17 songs in 4 days. We close this episode with Jesse Aycock’s cover of Gypsy Trips’ Rock n Roll Gypsies. More on that later.
It should be noted this isn’t Horton’s full time job. Just his passion project/side hustle to help keep Tulsa’s music scene alive and thriving.
I had a great time chatting about Tulsa music with Brian Horton. His hard work has helped provide many nights of entertainment for me over the years. There are few things better than enjoying a Sunday night jam session with Paul Benjaman and his friends at the Colony.
I feel like this was just the beginning of our chats about music.
OK, let’s get this going.
This is Tulsa Talks with Brian Horton.
We’re closing this episode with Jesse Aycock’s cover of Rock N Roll Gypsies, which is a part of the Horton Records compilation Back to Paradise: A Tulsa Tribute to Okie Music. Here is what fellow musician Cody Clinton had to say about Jesse Aycock:
Jesse Aycock is one of the people that made this place a music town again. Not city developers. Not music museums. Not restaurant owners. This dude.
I couldn’t say it better myself. Here is Jesse Aycock and friends with Rock N Roll Gypsies.
1 hr 6 min