Tahlequah artist Murv Jacob's
very special painting, Rabbit
and Bear Canoeing, is on the
cover of this album. The
exquisite original is available for
a project sponsor donation of
$10,000.
"
I suppose I became serious about playing guitar in 1973. I had been without a guitar for sometime when I bought a used Epiphone acoustic for $40. I had previously known a hand full of chords but after learning almost the whole Neil Young "Harvest" album. I was inspired. I moved to Tulsa in the mid 70's from a small south central Oklahoma town of Wewoka. I joined up with some local friends and eventually played here and there around town. I think our favorite place to play was the old Cedar Creek Saloon @ 11th and Lewis. In early 1978 I moved to Norman and with several transplanted Wewokans we formed Morning Thunder. We played around Norman and OKC mostly. In 1979 I returned to Tulsa and with a little help from my friends formed the band Empty Pockets. We had a pretty good run for close to 2 years before disbanding. I've continued to write and in the last few years have gotten over 300 songs copyrighted. At the present time I am looking for a publisher and recording a few myself. That brings me to the current STIR CD of which I am very pleased to be a part of. I hope people will enjoy the CD and that this will be a success for the contributors and the river. Thanks so much Rick for the chance to be on this musical milestone."
