Storyteller: Shaeffer, Larry Eugene

Interviewer: Bertalot, Lorretta

Date: 11/06/2019

Language: English

Initiative: Tulsans Talk

Description: Larry Shaeffer tells about the town of Keystone moving to accommodate the Keystone Dam. He saw Leon McCulliffe leaving the Cimarron Ballroom and mother gave him a steel guitar. As a teen he liked the Ventures, the Beach Boys, and the Beatles. The "School Bus Boys" started a band in high school and played until the boys got drafted into the military. Later, Larry started Little Wing Productions and became a manager of bands. He tells about the growth of the business and how he became a promotor . KAKC and KELI played the music by his bands. He booked Merle Haggard at the Municipal Theater and Peter Frampton at the Fairgrounds race track. For $60,000 he bought the Cains' Ballroom. Today Larry produces at the Brady Theater and in Eureka Arkansas. His Bob Wills' memmorabilia is in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Subjects: Keystone Dam, Cimarron Ballroom, Teen band, Little Wing Productions, Black Oak Arkansas, Merle Haggard, Peter Frampton, , Tulsa Fairgrounds Raceway, Cains' Ballroom, Brady Theater, Music, concerts, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Bob Wills' collection, guitars