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In a Bluegrass Mood

I just got home from a visit to Morelock Music in beautiful downtown Knoxville to hear the banjo stylings of David Ball followed by a duet performance by my niece, Gillian Oaks and Matt Morelock (owner of Morelock Music) and a fantastic band called Red June. It put me in such a great mood that I'm posting a selection of the tracks from our first bluegrass project, BLUE YORK, right here on the homepage for your listening and/or downloading enjoyment! I hope it puts you in the mood to hear our sophomore effort, VEGAS BLUE, which we'll be mixing in the next few days.

Listen all you want to these tracks, and if you'd like to download them for your personal iTunes library, be my guest! If you'd like to donate a few shillings to help with production costs, or if you just like me and want to throw a nickel or two my way, click the DONATE button to the right and PayPal to your heart's content. You might even help pay for someone who can't afford it!

However you decide to obtain them, I really hope you enjoy the music and that you tell your friends so that my collaborators and I can become international songwriting superstars!

Be sure and check out David Ball and Red June on the World Wide Web, and be on the lookout for my 10 year old superstar niece, Gillian!

Vegas Blue Almost Finished!

Check out the BLOG page for an update!

If you haven't had a chance to hear our Citygrass take on the classic bluegrass sound, please check out BLUE YORK, our first foray into this novel musical idea. There are many ways to pick up a copy, including dropping me an email and sending me your address. I can put one in the mail today!

Buy the BLUE YORK album on iTunes. . .

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John thomas Oaks and Grand Central - Blue York

Or from the Amazon.com MP3 store

I recently discovered the amazing Amazon.com MP3 Store. Their catalog is even bigger and generally cheaper than iTunes (except for the Beatles). So, save some money, run over to Amazon.com and check it out!

Or if you want a real CD, directly from Jt Oaks. . .

Blue York (Full CD with extra bonus track!)
Bonus track not available on iTunes or Amazon.com. Also, if you buy it directly from me, you can pay whatever you like. $8.99 is just the asking price. If that's too rich for your blood, just email me and I'll send you a copy the old fashioned way.
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Blue York Music Videos

Go to the VIDEOS page for more.

Fan video on YouTube from the Blue York project

This year, Sutton Foster has won the Astaire Award for Best Actress in a Musical, the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical and the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical. She has been nominated for a Distinguished Performance Drama League Award and just won a Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical for ANYTHING GOES. If you're in New York, beg, steal or borrow to catch her in a show!

STAR QUEEN is probably coming to a city near you soon!

We do our Queen Esther musical STAR QUEEN more than any of our other shows. Check our CALENDAR page to see if we're doing it near you any time soon. If not, we'd love to come to your town and present this fun two-man version of one of our favorite Bible stories. More info on the MUSICALS page.

Journey to the Center of Your Heart (MP3)
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Goin' Up to Harlem (MP3)
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Worth It All (MP3)
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Blue (MP3)
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Clickety-Clack (MP3)
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The Song of Sutton Foster (MP3)
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The Good Thing We Had (MP3)
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Roseangela (MP3)
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Liberation (MP3)
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Carry Me Away (MP3)
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Shadows (MP3)
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On the Other Side (MP3)
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The Day the Market Fell (MP3)
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Never Get In (MP3)
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All the Way Back Home to NYC (MP3)
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