Shred Dirt: Oklahoma's RDO Smokewagon

The spirit of Edward Van Halen lives in a most unlikely place

RDO Smokewagon / all photos by author

Before he went on and dazzled the crowd with his own brand of hard country, Clint Vines and I stood near the sound booth at the The Iron Horse Pub and watched RDO Smokewagon perform. To put it quite simply, these boys from Oklahoma put on a guitar showcase like I have never seen at a country show. I looked over at Cl…