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Songs by, for Arkansas

By Randy Dixon,

Kyle Kellams

Published September 30, 2024 at 3:25 PM CDT

On today's trip to the David and Barbara Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History, John Oates and others talk about the songs they’ve written about the Natural State.

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Randy Dixon is the Director of News Archives and Media for the David and Barbara Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History.

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Kyle Kellams is KUAF's news director and host of Ozarks at Large.

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