Steve Ripley, leader of Grammy-nominated country-rock band the Tractors, died Thursday at his home in Pawnee, Oklahoma, following a battle with cancer. He was 69.
With Ripley as frontman, the Tractors scored their biggest hit with their rollicking debut single, “Baby Likes to Rock It,” in 1994, attracting critical attention and rapidly earning a platinum disc for their self-titled debut. While other releases for the group didn’t fare as well, Ripley would continue as a recording artist, songwriter, producer, engineer, radio host (of the popular Oklahoma Rock & Roll series) and the inventor of the “stereo guitar,...
With Ripley as frontman, the Tractors scored their biggest hit with their rollicking debut single, “Baby Likes to Rock It,” in 1994, attracting critical attention and rapidly earning a platinum disc for their self-titled debut. While other releases for the group didn’t fare as well, Ripley would continue as a recording artist, songwriter, producer, engineer, radio host (of the popular Oklahoma Rock & Roll series) and the inventor of the “stereo guitar,...
- 1/4/2019
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
A 10-year-old girl in upstate New York is reportedly safe after allegedly being physically beaten and tortured at the hands of four adults, including her mother, according to multiple reports.
Leslieann Raeder, 34, was arrested by Oswego County police and charged with endangering the welfare of a child after the bruised and malnourished girl escaped her home in Albion, New York, on Wednesday and showed up at a neighbors house begging for help, The Palladium Times reported.
Shawn Whaley, 23, Brandy Shaver, 18 and Gary Bubis, 37, (pictured above) were also arrested and charged with second-degree assault. Bubis had a relationship with the girl’s mother,...
Leslieann Raeder, 34, was arrested by Oswego County police and charged with endangering the welfare of a child after the bruised and malnourished girl escaped her home in Albion, New York, on Wednesday and showed up at a neighbors house begging for help, The Palladium Times reported.
Shawn Whaley, 23, Brandy Shaver, 18 and Gary Bubis, 37, (pictured above) were also arrested and charged with second-degree assault. Bubis had a relationship with the girl’s mother,...
- 9/2/2017
- by Dave Quinn
- PEOPLE.com
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