Steve Ripley

Steve Ripley (born Paul Steven Ripley, January 1, 1950, Boise, Idaho, United States)[1] is an American recording artist, record producer, songwriter, studio engineer, guitarist, and inventor. He has been active in the music industry since 1977. He is also the leader/producer of country rock band The Tractors.

Biography

Steve Ripley

Ripley grew up in Oklahoma and attended Glencoe High School in Glencoe, Oklahoma and graduated from Oklahoma State University.[2] The first usage of Red Dirt was by Ripley’s band Moses when the group chose the label name Red Dirt Records for their 1972 self-published live album.[3] Ripley was inducted into the Oklahoma Music Awards Red Dirt Hall of Fame along with Bob Childers and Tom Skinner at the ceremony for the First Annual Red Dirt Music Awards held on Sunday, November 9, 2003 at Cain's Ballroom in Tulsa.[4] As a producer, recording engineer, and studio musician, he has worked with Bob Dylan, playing guitar (on Shot of Love) and on the "Shot of Love" tour,[5] with J. J. Cale (on Shades, 8 and Roll On), and he produced Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown and Roy Clark (on Makin' Music) and Johnnie Lee Wills (on Reunion).[6] Bob Dylan listed Ripley as one of his favorite guitarists.[7]

Ripley started Ripley Guitars in 1982 in Burbank, Ca. He created guitars for Steve Lukather, JJ Cale, John Hiatt, Ry Cooder, Jimmy Buffett and Eddie Van Halen, before moving to Tulsa in 1987 to buy Leon Russell's former recording studio called The Church Studio.[8] In 1994 he formed the country band, The Tractors. He is the co-writer of the country hit "Baby Likes to Rock It".[9] In 2002, he created his own record label (Boy Rocking Records) to produce artists including The Tractors, Leon Russell and The Red Dirt Rangers.[10] In 2009, he produced and hosted a 20 part radio series on the history of Oklahoma rock and roll, that aired on Oklahoma public radio stations. It was entitled "Oklahoma Rock and Roll with Steve Ripley."[11] In 2013 Ripley produced the album Lone Chimney by the Red Dirt Rangers.[12] In 2016 Ripley produced and curated a concert at Cain’s Ballroom to celebrate the music and legacy of Bob Dylan.[13]

Discography

The Tractors

  • 1994 : The Tractors (Arista)
  • 1995 : Have Yourself a Tractors Christmas (Arista)
  • 1998 : Farmers in a Changing World (Arista)
  • 2001 : Fast Girl (Boy Rocking)
  • 2002 : The Big Night (Boy Rocking)
  • 2005 : The Kids Record (Boy Rocking)
  • 2009 : Trade Union (Boy Rocking)

Solo discography

Incidental music

  • 1976: "Flying Upside Down in My Plane" (part of the soundtrack in the film, Deportee)

References

  1. ↑ "Steve Ripley | Gratis muziek, tourneedata, foto's, video's". Profile.myspace.com. Archived from the original on 2010-08-05. Retrieved 2013-03-17.
  2. ↑ King, Kile. Musician Reviews Steve Ripley. Archived 2014-11-07 at the Wayback Machine. ‘’Entertainment:Scene 360, June 17, 2007..
  3. ↑ O'Bannon, Ricky. Remembering the Farm, the Oklahoma Commune Where Red Dirt Music was Born"
  4. ↑ Wooley, John. Godfather of Red Dirt music returns with disc, a Tulsa show. Tulsa World, Dec. 31, 2002. Retrieved Aug. 4, 2008.
  5. ↑ "Bob Dylan Who's Who". Expectingrain.com. Retrieved 2013-03-17.
  6. ↑ "Steve Ripley (The Tractors)". Swampland. 1950-01-01. Retrieved 2013-03-17.
  7. ↑ "Bob Dylan's America". rollingstone.com. 2009-05-14.
  8. ↑ "KramerRipley". vintagekramer.com. 2011.
  9. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 350.
  10. ↑ "CMT:News". cmt.com. 2007-07-17.
  11. ↑ "About". Oklahomarockandroll.com. Retrieved 2013-03-17.
  12. ↑ "BAM's Blog". newsok.com. 2011-07-07.
  13. ↑ Wofford, Jerry. "Concert celebrating Bob Dylan set for Cain's Ballroom". Tulsa World. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
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