OKra Records explained

OKra Records was a Columbus, Ohio-based independent record label established in the late 1980s.^[1] It was founded by Dan Dow, the former guitarist for the Gibson Bros.^[2] and the former owner of Used Kids Records, which he “co-founded” with Ron House (of Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments and Great Plains) in 1986.^[3] According to Cordelia's Dad drummer Peter Irvine, OKra was run almost entirely by Dow himself.^[4] The label stopped putting out records in 1993.^{[1] [5]}

Artists

• Ass Ponys^[6]
• Cordelia's Dad^[7]
• The Fellow Travellers^[1]
• Hank McCoy & the Dead Ringers^[1]
• High Sheriff Ricky Barnes & The Hoot Owls^[1]
• The Schramms^[1]
• The Wolverton Brothers^[8]

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Okra All-Stars - The Okra All-Stars / self-titled (Album Review) . Metzger . John . The Music Box . 2017-09-15.
2. Web site: The Gibson Bros . Robbins . Ira . Trouser Press . 2017-09-15.
3. Web site: What It Takes for an Independent Record Store to Survive Now . Oliphint . Joel . 2016-08-03 . Pitchfork Media . en . 2017-09-15.
4. Book: Soulsby, Nick . I Found My Friends: The Oral History of Nirvana . 2015-03-31 . Macmillan . 9781250061522 . 53 . en.
5. April 1999 . Reviews . CMJ New Music Monthly . en . CMJ Network, Inc. . 41.
6. Web site: Ass Ponys: The Okra Years . Kenyon . John . 2006-04-25 . PopMatters . 2017-09-15.
7. Book: The Old-time Herald: A Magazine Dedicated to Old-time Music . 1992 . Old-Time Music Group . 4 . en.
8. Web site: The Wolverton Brothers Got Guts . Lewis . Uncle Dave . 2010-09-15 . CityBeat Cincinnati . en . 2017-09-15.