OklaFilm & OklaMusic
Friday, August 28, 2009

Tulsa to feature Red Dirt and Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo

As summer draws to a close, Tulsa’s most famous live music venue plays host to some of the most well-known Red Dirt rockers while the city’s home to independent, art house and homegrown films welcomes a film about Oklahomans by Oklahomans.

The Red Dirt Rangers will host a benefit concert at Cain’s Ballroom Friday night at 7 p.m. Known as one of the original bands to spawn the Red Dirt genre, a combination ofcountry, blues, and rock, the Red Dirt Rangers have been a scene staple for twenty years. Tonight, they join forces with friends, the Medicine Show and Turnpike Troubadours, to raise money for musicians in need.

The Red Dirt Relief Fund is hoping to raise over $30,000 from donations during the concert. Donated funds will go to local musicians facing health issues or those with large medical debts.

Guitarist and vocalist Brad Piccolo did not want to give away any of the surprises of tonight’s show, but hinted that this concert will be a veritable Red Dirt who’s who.

For more information about the Red Dirt Relief Fund, please visit

http://www.tulsaworld.com/scene/article.aspx?subjectid=269&articleid=20090826_270_D4_JohnCo742702

On Friday and Saturday night, the Circle Cinema will host Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo with screenings at 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. both nights. A Q&A between screenings will feature director Brad Beesley, producer James Payne, as well as some of the women profiled in thee film.

The film follows female inmates as they journey to the 2007 Oklahoma State Penitentiary Rodeo. As the public and guards applaud, the women get a chance to take a break from prison life and become rodeo champions.

For information regarding Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo, please visit

http://sweetheartsoftheprisonrodeo.com or http://www.circlecinema.com/