Stillwater's self-described red-headed stepchild found a home at Stonecloud for their album release party
Billy Bonney debuted As The Canyons Roar — recorded live in three hours at Tulsa's Church Studio — to a packed Stillwater crowd
On a slightly too-chilly night for an outdoor stage, the patio at Stonecloud Brewing should have been empty. Instead, it was full. The crowd — more "traditional family" than the punk and emo shows I've been hitting lately — stood shoulder to shoulder, drinks in hand, as Billy Bonney ripped into another blues-soaked rock number.
Hair's own path to this stage wound through Stillwater and Perkins, with a long pause when his daughter's health took priority. "I'm 37, so as a musician, especially as a guitar player, I'm kinda among the first babies of the Cody Canadas and Mike McClures," he said. Rejection from the Stillwater scene, he admitted, ended up shaping what he wanted Billy Bonney to be. "Felix and Greg felt the same way." Now, he's excited to see places like Velvet Fudge and Mama Tried Vintage popping up and genuinely supporting artists.
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