Famed Guitarist Tommy Allsup Dead at 85

Guitarist and producer Tommy Allsup died Wednesday (Jan. 11) in Springfield, Missouri, at the age of 85. Allsup was born Nov. 24, 1931, on his Cherokee mother’s allotment near Owasso, Oklahoma. Influenced by his fiddler father, he began his musical career sitting in at local dances. He joined his first band, the Oklahoma Swingbillies, while… Read more »