SMOKE WAGON PRODUCTIONS · PHOENIX, ARIZONA · PRESERVING THE DESERT SCENE
The Death of Local Music Series
THE DEATH
OF LOCAL MUSIC
Volume II · Arizona Legacy Bands
The bands, musicians, venues, recordings, flyers and firsthand stories that built Arizona music history — preserved before they disappear.
Richard N. Ornelas
aka Reverend Black Jack McBride · Author
The Archive Is Alive

Arizona Music History Belongs to the People Who Lived It

The Death of Local Music is an oral-history and archival project built from firsthand interviews, memories, photographs, flyers, demos, venues, recordings and the people behind the scene. Famous bands matter, but so do the bands that never signed, the rooms that disappeared, and the people whose names were nearly lost.

Were You There?

Help Preserve the Record

If you played in Arizona, booked shows, photographed bands, worked radio, saved flyers, kept tapes, or remember a story that belongs here, your history matters.

Use the form below to send your name, email address, and the history you remember. If you have flyers, photos, tapes, or other files, mention them in the message and Richard can arrange to receive them.