Cargoe
CARGOE | |
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| Origin | Tulsa, Oklahoma/Memphis, TN |
| Genres | Power pop, Southern rock, Tulsa Sound |
| Years active | 1968–1973, 2009–present |
| Labels | Rubbery Cargoe Records |
| Members | Bill Phillips Max Wisley Tim Benton Steve Thornbrugh |
| Past members | Tom Richard Manager/Producers: Jim Peters Robert W. Walker |
| Website | Cargoe's myspace |
Cargoe is an American pop rock band from Tulsa, Oklahoma, originally formed in the late 1960s as Rubbery Cargoe, whose lone studio album, produced and engineered by Terry Manning, was released on Memphis, TN-based Ardent Records in 1972. They moved to Memphis in 1970 with the help of Robert W. Walker and Jim Peters to begin their recording career with producer Dan Penn. They later signed with Ardent Records where they recorded alongside Big Star in the original National Street Ardent Studios location, as well as the new studio built on Madison Avenue in 1971.
Keyboardist/ guitarist/ vocalist/ songwriter Bill Phillips and guitarist/ bassist/ vocalist/ songwriter Max Wisley formed the pop/rock quartet Rubbery Cargoe in the mid-1960s. The Tulsa-based group went through various incarnations, eventually choosing drummer/ vocalist/ songwriter Tim Benton and lead guitarist/ vocalist/ songwriter Tom Richard and later changed the name to Cargoe.
Cargoe epitomized the funky Tulsa sound.