Stephen Alan Baskin, age 75, died of complications from Mycosis Fungoides and Sezary Syndrome on November 12, 2023.
Steve was born November 23, 1947, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, the first child of Alfred Calder Baskin and Dorothy Ralston Fox. He grew up in Harrisburg, graduated from California S
This week 60% of Buddy Shute and the Motivators (Buddy along with Brenda and Steve Baskin) came to the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio. Their CD, "You Gotta Move" is the Ozark Blues Society of Northwest Arkansas' selection to represent the region in the International Blues Challenge in Memphis. Buddy and others will be playing at the Meteor Guitar Gallery tomorrow night in support of sending this year's OBS artist reps, Downtown Livewires, to Memphis.
The Museum at the Big Horns History After Dark lecture series returned on October 20. Jessica Salzman, Museum Collections Manager, introduced the speakers.
Cynde Georgen, local historian, and her husband Steve Baskin presented "Whiskey Shots and Gunshot Chasers: Thirty Years of Throwin' 'Em Back
Buddy Shute has been a fixture on the Northwest Arkansas blues scene for many, many years. This year he and Mark McGee (often described as the best harmonica player in the Ozarks) traveled to Memphis to represent Fort Smith in the Riverfront Blues Challenge.