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An Okie is a person identified with the state of Oklahoma, or their descendants.This connection may be residential, historical or cultural. For most Okies, several (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being Oklahoman.
Only after she and her husband joined the Times in 2011 and began to reading up on California history did they realize the negative connotations “Okie” once had here.
The Will Rogers phenomenon, also rarely called the Okie paradox, [1] is when moving an observation from one group to another increases the average of both groups. It is named after a joke attributed to the comedian Will Rogers about Dust Bowl migration during the Great Depression: [2]
Okie Adams (1923–2007), American banjo maker; Okie Blanchard (1903–1989), American college athlete and coach; Eyabi Okie (born 1999), American football player; R. Brognard Okie (1875–1945), American architect
The Oklahoma State Cowboys football program represents Oklahoma State University–Stillwater in college football.The team is a member of the Big 12 Conference and competes at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision level.
"Okie from Muskogee" is a song recorded by American country music artist Merle Haggard and The Strangers, which Haggard co-wrote with drummer Roy Edward Burris.
Like his previous album Really, Okie was recorded in several different studios with producer Audie Ashworth. Okie is the first album where Cale layers his vocal tracks, something that would become one of the hallmarks of his sound.
Lindley Armstrong "Spike" Jones (December 14, 1911 – May 1, 1965) [1] was an American musician, bandleader and conductor specializing in spoof arrangements of popular songs and classical music.