Thu, Nov 26 2009
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Variety of acts rock stage at Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame induction All-American Rejects get rising star award By Keith PurtellPhoenix Staff Writer Childers passed away in April of this year at the age of 61, but his legacy of songs continues to keep his name alive.
His music was performed at the center by old friends the Red Dirt Rangers, and Tom Skinner and The Science Project. In the category of American Indian Tribal Music Traditions, the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes were inducted into the hall of fame. Modern historians estimate that the tribe’s ancestors have been in the Anadarko area for at least 3,000 years. Their music has historically had many purposes; healing songs, prayer songs, lullabies, war dance songs, morning star songs and ceremonial rain dance songs. The rising star award went to rock band The All-American Rejects, founded in 1999 by Stillwater teens Tyson Ritter and Nick Wheeler. The two left Oklahoma for New York City to record their first CD, “Move Along.” It went platinum and the band was joined by guitarist Mike Kennerty and drummer Chris Gaylor. They toured the world behind the success of their hit tune “Swing Swing.” Two more tunes embraced by fans are “Dirty Little Secret” and “Stab My Back,” which were finished just before they traveled to Atlanta, Ga., in 2004 to work out full band arrangements. Another new album titled “When the World Comes Down” is scheduled to be released on December. 
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