This is Part 5 of our series about Rocklahoma. The first part of the episode is with special guests: Brad White & Eddie Trunk, from the Blue Bus outside of the Diamond Ballroom where Eddie was the guest MC for Cinderella & LA Guns. Eddie, Brad, & Max discuss his initial thoughts about the festival to how its helped many of these 80's bands revive their careers. in the second half of the episode we discuss Rocklahoma with Chip Z'Nuff from Enuff Z'Nuff outside of Legend's in Chickasha, Oklahoma. 

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Part 4 - We continue our series, all about Rocklahoma. We are joined by Brad White, Rob Miller, Deana Baker, Jeff Brownen, Jay Ramone, & Max Baker Jr. where we are discussing Rocklahoma 2007 & 2008. HeresTheDealok.com 

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Episode 97 is Part 3 in the Rocklahoma Series... We began this series with Episode 95 & Special Guest: Vernon L. Gowdy III to talk about his experiences at the original "Roklahoma", September of 1980.. Part 2 of this series is Episode 96 where we begin our conversation with Deana Baker, Rob Miller, Brad White, Jeff Brownen, Jay Ramone, & Max Baker Jr., all about Rocklahoma 2007 in Pryor, Oklahoma. We talk about the initial idea & pre-planning of the legendary event. In this episode, Part 3 of this series we will pick up the conversation with Max Baker Jr. calling Chip Z'Nuff with the idea, & emailing Eddie Trunk about potentially being the host & MC of Rocklahoma. Full Episodes of The Here's The Deal Podcast Available Now -  https://heresthedealok.com/

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Here's The Deal Podcast Rocklahoma Series - Part 2... 

Part 1 (episode 95) we were joined by legendary concert photographer Vernon L. Gowdy III to discuss the original "Roklahoma" in Norman, 1980. This is Part 2 in the Here's The Deal Podcast, Rocklahoma Series. In this episode we are joined by very special guests: Deana Baker, Rob Miller, & Brad White. Max, Deana, Rob & Brad were all there during the initial planning of Rocklahoma 2007, part of booking the lineup, promoting & marketing the event, as well as pulling it off... Max, Jeff, Jay, Deana, Rob & Brad will discuss the initial planning & everything leading up to the event! 

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Before "Rocklahoma" in Pryor, Oklahoma existed, there was "Roklahoma" that happened in Norman, Oklahoma on September 6th, 1980 that featured: The Doobie Brothers, Van Halen, Pat Benatar, & Sammy Hagar. Ultimately, this show was responsible for the University of Oklahoma getting the surface on the football field changed to a new synthetic turf that was made famous during the Wishbone, Option offense days the Sooners played w/ Barry Switzer as Head Coach. We are joined by special guest concert photographer Vernon L. Gowdy III. Vernon was in attendance at the original "Roklahoma" & also shot the show. This is Oklahoma concert history, where the idea began! 

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http://www.rocklahomabook.com/

http://diamondballroombook.com/

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Recently a retirement party was held for Jerry Bockman at The Tulsa Theater. Jerry has worked for Little Wing Productions & countless others for many years. Jerry was responsible for making many shows happen in Oklahoma. He is a living legend & someone we all looked up to in this business. There is a reason so many people were influenced by & only wanted to work with Jerry, because they knew the day was going to go smoothly & no problem would go unsolved. Max & Jeff spent many years working with Jerry, working production, While we were at Jerry's retirement party, Max & Jeff got to talk to Steve Ray from Pitbulls on Crack, Gary Thomas from GT Security, & the man himself, Jerry Bockman. We will also hear what Larry Schaeffer from Little Wing Productions had to say from the podium, as well as Gary Thomas & of course we had to record what Max Baker Jr. had to say. You can hear our thoughts on the evening & the interviews from that night. Also, a big thanks to Video Mike for capturing the interviews. 

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Bustin' Loose.... Max Baker Jr. gets busted out of the Hospital... Just in case you haven't been following along with the latest adventures in Max's life, he had a total knee replacement surgery... We recorded this episode roughly 3 hours after Max was released from the Hospital. Keep in Mind, this is only a couple of days post surgery & Max continued to work in the Hospital up until a couple of hours before surgery time! We are joined once again with Max's sister, Deana Baker, along with Jeff Brownen & Jay Ramone... 

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Episode 92.... Max talks about a custom painting of Keith Richards that hangs in Max's house. Its been a waiting game for Max & getting a new knee... Max's surgery got put on hold momentarily so he decided to record another episode instead of impatiently waiting. We pick up the story discussing Max & Jeff's road songs. When you're a concert promoter, sometimes shows do well, sometimes they don't... We discuss a Hot Hot Heat show at the Diamond that wasn't attended that well, followed by a Shiny Toy Guns show the next night that was packed. We also discuss a Hank III show at the Cains Ballroom as well as our love for Hank III & his music! 

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Max has a visitor from Texas who wants a medical card! 

On the last episode we ended discussing the make up Red Hot Chili Peppers make up show that had Mickey Avalon, rather than Gnarls Barkley. This is going to be hard to believe but we discuss a Mastodon & Priestess show at the Diamond Ballroom in 2007, roughly 300 people were in attendance.... Completely blows my mind!!!!!! We also discuss a show w/ The Who at the Ford Center! 

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Cancer Sucks - www.cancersucks.com

Toby Keith Foundation - https://www.tobykeithfoundation.org/

OK Kids Korral - https://www.tobykeithfoundation.org/ok-kids-korral

Ally's House - https://allyshouse.org/

In this episode, we discuss the career of Toby Keith. The numerous Tornado relief events that Toby was a part of & ones where The Fabulous Baker Boys provided the labor. There isn't one person alive who hasn't been affected by Cancer. All the positivity to Toby's friends & family. He was a proud Oklahoman, who will be missed. 

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