Charles Tuberville - Somethin' In The Water (2019)

To set things up, let’s take a time trip back to the late ’70s-early ’80s, when the rockin’ sounds of several Tulsa acts reverberated well beyond that town’s city limits. In the forefront, we find a couple of bands recording on the Tulsa-based Pilgrim label: Rockin’ Jimmy Byfield and the Brothers of the Night, and Jim Sweney and the Jumpshotz.

Now fast forward two or three decades, fire up your computer, and search for BRT TV on YouTube. The first result will transport you directly to a YouTube channel that features some of the latest work from three former members of those groups. They are Byfield and keyboardist-producer Walt Richmond from the Brothers of the Night, and guitarist Charles Tuberville from the Jumpshotz. A look and listen to any of the music videos found on BRT TV will tell you that this trio continues to create terrific music, both on its own and working with such veteran Tulsa-connected acts as Scott Ellison, Ann Bell and Doug Ryan, aka Floyd Pink.