The Oklahoma Music Trail is a pictorial essay that features the music genres, performers, and songwriters of Oklahoma. There are literally hundreds of artists who have made their home in Oklahoma. The cowboy ballads of Gene Autry, Western swing that originated with the fiddle of Bob Wills, the Tulsa Sound of Leon Russell and gospel songs of Albert E. Brumley have paved the way for generations of Oklahoma musicians and performers. This book tells the story of country music legends who have traveled along the Oklahoma Music Trail.
Karl Anderson has enjoyed American history and playing guitar as well as collecting antiques and music memorabilia for most of his life. He has written two other books for Arcadia Publishing, Postcard History Series: The Salton Sea (2011) and Images of America: Traditional Country & Western Music (2020).