August 20, 2025 • 18 mins
Adam Richmond sits down with the legendary Lita Ford to talk about her highly anticipated return to Rocklahoma! In this exclusive interview, Lita opens up about her remarkable career, her trailblazing role as a female guitarist, and her brand-new music. We go deep on the upcoming 2026 album, a "dark fairy tale concept record," and hear about the creative process with collaborators like Gary Hoey, Max Norman, and Jean Beauvoir. Lita also shares powerful insights on: Why her guitar was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Her hope for a future Rock Hall induction for herself and The Runaways. The importance of community and her charitable work, including support for veterans and her involvement with the Ronnie James Dio event. Her advice for the next generation of rock musicians. This is a must-watch for any fan of Lita Ford, Rocklahoma, or rock and roll history.
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Speaker 1 (00:18):
I am your host with the Lucks that Rocks. This
is the official podcast of Rockklahoma. Surviving Rockklahoma, and I
am so glad to be joined by Royalty as we
are rounding out the road to Rockklahoma. I am joined
by legend Leda Ford. Welcome, Lida, thank you, thanks for
(00:40):
having me. Very excited absolutely, you know, I'm just we'll
jump right into it, you know, welcome to Surviving with Rockklahoma.
You know, this year's slogan is our Rockklahoma and it
feels so right to have you here. You're a staple
of this festival, having played you know, two thousand and
eight and nineteen and now you're going to be on
(01:02):
the pre party with us. What is it about Rock
Oklahoma and Oklahoma rock community that just keeps you coming back?
Speaker 2 (01:11):
You know, it's always a great honor to be one
of the celebrities at Rockklahoma, and we don't always get
to do it every year. So whenever we're invited to
come and jam at Rockklahoma, you know, we always we
always give it one of our efforts and we're so
(01:32):
happy to be on the Thursday night opening up the festival.
So unfortunately we don't have decent nighter with us, but
we're gonna have Sebastian Bach with us on that show,
and I've got a great band and so we're ready
to kick ass.
Speaker 1 (01:51):
I am. I can't wait. And as you said, you know,
it's the pre party, and there's there's always something about
the pre party. We always go hard the first night
so that we were not overdoing it the rest of
the week, So you guys can expect a rambunctious crowd.
Can you tell me a little bit about what we
(02:14):
are expecting to see out of that set?
Speaker 2 (02:17):
Yeah, yeah, Well, like I said, I have a really
fantastic band, and the guys work their houses off and
together we are a force to be reckoned with live,
great rock and roll, high energy, and we're pretty cute too,
So you know, we'll play all your favorite songs Cherry Bomb,
(02:40):
kisses Me Deadly and Close My Eyes Forever, which was
the duet I sang with Ozzy, and you know, just
a lot of fun, a lot of rock and roll,
a lot of sweat, and just it's a pleasure to
be opening up the party because I know people will
be fresh in the game and at least hopefully they'll
(03:04):
be able to make it through our set and uh
and not get too you know, trashed and hot and sweaty,
and it's going to be good. It's a great slot
and we're really happy and excited to be there. We're
going to kill it.
Speaker 1 (03:20):
Tell you what, we'll we'll pace our salves for the
day and then we'll get trash during your set and
so we'll just all catch up with sounds. Like you know,
we're we're all buzzing about this new album that you've
got coming out next year. Can you can you give
us a little glimpse of what the sound is like
and what you know longtime fans can expect.
Speaker 2 (03:44):
Well, yeah, I mean I've had some trouble trying to
get it out or it would have been released already,
problems with record label stuff. But I think we might
have gotten that under control now and uh so we
should have the record out, hopefully by the beginning of
twenty twenty six. I hope sooner, but because it's pretty
(04:09):
much ready to go. But it's a dark fairy tale
record in kind of like you know, like a like
a Shrek you know, where Shrek meets Fiona but finds
out that she's really an ogre and it's like, ah,
but it's cute, but it's dark and at the same time,
(04:32):
you know, I think a lot of people will be
able to relate to that. It's a concept record. It
has a theme all the way through the record. It
never lets up. There's lots of characters on the record
and some pretty amazing guitar riffs and guitar playing.
Speaker 1 (04:49):
So it's fair to say it's like an onion.
Speaker 2 (04:51):
It's got layers, yes, yes, cakes and layers onions.
Speaker 1 (04:57):
Well that'll do, donkey. So if we get to refer
this when as a don't take offense, that's that's part
of the goal, right.
Speaker 2 (05:07):
Hey, I'm good with it.
Speaker 1 (05:09):
You know, speaking of you run in some amazing talent.
You've got to. I'm looking on some of the folks
that you worked with. I say, Gary Hoey and Max Norman.
What was the collaborative process like and what did each
of them bring to the record.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
Yeah, you know, Gary Hoey first of all, has been
with me for many years and he has saved my
life time and time again on different occasions. And so
I always end up, you know, going, Gary, are you
around next week? You know? Can I come over and
can we record he's got the greatest studio and a
(05:46):
great guitar collection, and then I'll bring a few guitars
and we just have this really magical creative thing happens
that happens between us. It's almost like I'll start a
sentence and he finished it, finished is it? Or you know,
vice versa. He'll start a sentence and I finish it.
We make a good team in the studio. And and
(06:09):
so he produced this record. It took a long time
to write it and record it for multiple reasons. You know,
he's always on the road. I'm always on the road
and trying to get our time schedules together. We had
one of our songwriting partners died in the process and
(06:29):
and COVID shut everything down. COVID shut everything down for
a year. So I'm like, well, can we get in
to do those drum tracks now? You know, no, there's
you know, it's COVID. And then so it was a
it was a problem at the time, but we got
around it and and all it's good. Max Norman mixed
(06:52):
the record, and Max's family, you know, we all come
from the same place in the rock music industry, and
he did a fantastic job. I have Jean Bouvois on
one track that wrote an amazing track and he is
such a great producer and just really brought that track
(07:13):
to life. And now we have Adam Parson's Entertainment who's
managing us, and we're going to find this record a
good home. We have a couple of possibilities now, so
it's coming soon.
Speaker 1 (07:28):
That's awesome movies. I do want to thank so much
to Adam Parsons group for helping connect us. It's been
a pleasure as we navigated the logistics and such. And
you mentioned COVID a lot, and I talked a lot
about it over the years because it affected artists differently.
(07:49):
And you have seen the evolution in the music production
over the years, you know, going from to the digital
age and now you know the Internet's taken over and
everything's always different and you have to accept new forms
(08:10):
of technology. Did you guys have to incorporate like a
lot in working through like zoom and stuff in your
collaborative processes.
Speaker 2 (08:19):
Yeah, I have help because I hate it. I'm old
school and that's what I do best and that's what
I know. It just it frustrates me so much. But
we have a really great team of people, like my
military man over here, Teddy. He's helped me a lot
(08:42):
hooking stuff up. And we have a great team. We
have a great front of house sound man who he's
an older gentleman, but he understands all the technology and
sound and you know, all these boards and digital boards
and everything. And then we have one of our guys
(09:04):
that runs my website for me, so you know, we
got it all covered. And when all else fails, you
can always take your computer out into your driveway and
run it over with your truck.
Speaker 1 (09:18):
That'll that's the rock and way. Dude, screw this thing,
turn on the camera and just record it. Throw it
in a video.
Speaker 2 (09:28):
By bye.
Speaker 1 (09:29):
You know, you mentioned working with some of those tenured
and legendary guitarists and you're, you know, legendary guitarist in
your own right, and speaking of COVID. The year after,
it looks you've got your own BC. Rich Warlock was
inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Can
(09:51):
you tell me a little bit about that?
Speaker 2 (09:53):
Yeah, that's crazy. What was it we wanted to be
in I wanted to be in it, and you know,
we wanted to induct Leada and We wanted to induct
the Runaways, but the only thing I could get in
it was my guitar at the time. So I think,
you know, hopefully we'll be back to induct Lida. But
(10:17):
the guitar is pretty bad ass too. I mean, Maurice
is you know, he's uh, he's a force to be
reckoned with himself. So he should be in the Hall
of Fame.
Speaker 1 (10:29):
Absolutely, absolutely, that is that's still an honor. I mean
just an instrument alone. I mean having that type of
a mark on not just an entire genre, but an
instrument alone. Congratulations on all of that.
Speaker 2 (10:47):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (10:49):
You know we talk of you. You're a attributed as
a trailblazer into a role model for countless musicians. What
what message do you have for the next generation of
women who look pick up your albums and they're like,
you know what, I want to do this, and they
feel that inspiration and they want to they want to
(11:10):
chase the dream. What kind of advice would you give
to them.
Speaker 3 (11:14):
Oh God, it's a pretty hardcore dream to chase, especially,
you know, I mean the way the way the Runaways.
Speaker 2 (11:26):
Did it in nineteen seventy six. You know, we were
just thrown out on the road. And our first tour
we ever did was with the Ramones, three months through
the United States, and I had never done a tour before.
I remember my father picking me up at the airport.
After we did that tour, I flew into lax in
(11:47):
Los Angeles and he was able to meet me at
the gate. And when I got off the plane, I
looked at my father and just went, yeah, good. He
laughed at me. He thought it was funny. I thought,
you know what, fuck this. I never cried again because
(12:11):
rock and roll actually has saved my life, like we
were saying to them the veterans, it has saved my
life on multiple occasions, and it continues to save my life.
But I think the way for these young girls to
do and be somebody in the rock world is I mean,
(12:34):
you have to have a certain amount of street knowledge,
I think, and learning things off the internet is helpful,
but it's not always the way to learn things one
hundred percent. You know, Get out and go to clubs,
Get out and see other bands play, and jam with
(12:56):
your neighbor and jam with your buddy up the street
and learn from these people. Get off the internet and
see what you can find and see what you can learn,
and not just about music, but learn about yourself and
whatever it is that you love and that you're good at.
Bring that to life and try to be original. You know,
(13:20):
it's so difficult to be original now today in twenty
twenty five, because everything's been done, you know, pretty much,
but not everything, but almost everything. So there's got to
be a little bit of a gap there where things
are different colors and hairdos. And I mean, even if
you go back to being like sounding like a seventies band,
(13:43):
I mean that might not be such a bad thing.
Learn to play your instruments and instruments meaning you know,
not just a guitar, but learn your amplifiers and learn
your pedals, and you know, don't be afraid to break
things and take things apart and then throw them all
back together and see if you can make them work.
(14:05):
And if they can't, maybe they come back in a
different shape and form and it might be pretty cool.
I know it sounds weird.
Speaker 1 (14:13):
But no, I agree with that completely, and I think
that that is such true advice. We've been doing broadcasting
for ten years. We done it ourselves, self produced. You know,
I always told folks that the radios aren't going to
hire me, so I'll make one myself. And as we
(14:33):
took on our photographer a couple of years ago, we've
taken a lot of lessons from the artists, the bands
we work with, the grind and it is the nature
of collaboration opens so many opportunities. But folks also don't
understand how many no's you get and how many hiccups
(14:54):
and curveballs you get, and it can be truly hard
to con And you're chasing those dreams when it looks
like you got a lot of closed doors.
Speaker 2 (15:06):
But that's because just never lose focus on your dream
and who you are all the nose in the world.
You just go okay, thank you, thank you, thank you,
and keep chasing that dream, keep moving forward. And that's
why you've got your studio so beautiful today.
Speaker 1 (15:24):
Thank you so much. And you've talked a lot about
the community, and before we run out of time, I'd
like to shine some light on the some of your
more community or in it projects that you have going on.
Can you tell me a little bit about some of
those organizations you work with.
Speaker 2 (15:46):
We always try to support, you know, we always try
to support health and wellness, and you know, we did
one not that long ago with teenage suicides in the area,
and you know, just try to try to donate time
(16:07):
and effort towards cancer awareness. And you know, we do
a lot of things for Ronnie James Dio's even always
every year. You know, Wendy Dio never drops the ball
because you know, Ronnie should still be here and cancer
just takes away too many people in this world. And
(16:30):
anything we can do to help support children, you know,
our veterans, sick people, you know, I mean, we all
need help once in a while. Everybody needs a help
in hand. So anything we can do, I'm down.
Speaker 1 (16:49):
We appreciate everything that you do for the music industry,
continuing to play your music, and especially for kicking off
the festival with us next week on the dB Concert
stage inside the Roadhouse. Lida, I've only got a couple
(17:10):
of minutes left with you, but I like to wrap
up every interview by giving my guests the opportunity just
to look directly at the camera and talk to your fans,
the folks who are gonna be coming to see you
next week. Lida, the stage is yours.
Speaker 2 (17:24):
Oh God, Okay. I went to a party last second
and that I didn't get laid. I got in a fact. Huh.
Come on, you guys, you know it ain't no big thing.
So I'm gonna ask everybody to help me sing on
(17:47):
Thursday night and we're gonna have a badass time. We're
gonna kick off Rockklahoma. I'm gonna be there with you, guys,
and I look forward to looking into your souls from
the stage. We're gonna do this. Let's rock the place
(18:07):
and we'll see you on Thursday. Yeah, baby, bring your
best horns. It's gonna be sexy.
Speaker 1 (18:17):
I love it. Thank you so much, Leda. I appreciate
that so much for Lada Ford. I am Adam Richmond,
your host with the Lucks That Rocks for the official
podcast of Wrocklahoma, Surviving Oklahoma and until next week, Rock On,
Rock On,
I am your host with the Lucks that Rocks. This
is the official podcast of Rockklahoma. Surviving Rockklahoma, and I
am so glad to be joined by Royalty as we
are rounding out the road to Rockklahoma. I am joined
by legend Leda Ford. Welcome, Lida, thank you, thanks for
(00:40):
having me. Very excited absolutely, you know, I'm just we'll
jump right into it, you know, welcome to Surviving with Rockklahoma.
You know, this year's slogan is our Rockklahoma and it
feels so right to have you here. You're a staple
of this festival, having played you know, two thousand and
eight and nineteen and now you're going to be on
(01:02):
the pre party with us. What is it about Rock
Oklahoma and Oklahoma rock community that just keeps you coming back?
Speaker 2 (01:11):
You know, it's always a great honor to be one
of the celebrities at Rockklahoma, and we don't always get
to do it every year. So whenever we're invited to
come and jam at Rockklahoma, you know, we always we
always give it one of our efforts and we're so
(01:32):
happy to be on the Thursday night opening up the festival.
So unfortunately we don't have decent nighter with us, but
we're gonna have Sebastian Bach with us on that show,
and I've got a great band and so we're ready
to kick ass.
Speaker 1 (01:51):
I am. I can't wait. And as you said, you know,
it's the pre party, and there's there's always something about
the pre party. We always go hard the first night
so that we were not overdoing it the rest of
the week, So you guys can expect a rambunctious crowd.
Can you tell me a little bit about what we
(02:14):
are expecting to see out of that set?
Speaker 2 (02:17):
Yeah, yeah, Well, like I said, I have a really
fantastic band, and the guys work their houses off and
together we are a force to be reckoned with live,
great rock and roll, high energy, and we're pretty cute too,
So you know, we'll play all your favorite songs Cherry Bomb,
(02:40):
kisses Me Deadly and Close My Eyes Forever, which was
the duet I sang with Ozzy, and you know, just
a lot of fun, a lot of rock and roll,
a lot of sweat, and just it's a pleasure to
be opening up the party because I know people will
be fresh in the game and at least hopefully they'll
(03:04):
be able to make it through our set and uh
and not get too you know, trashed and hot and sweaty,
and it's going to be good. It's a great slot
and we're really happy and excited to be there. We're
going to kill it.
Speaker 1 (03:20):
Tell you what, we'll we'll pace our salves for the
day and then we'll get trash during your set and
so we'll just all catch up with sounds. Like you know,
we're we're all buzzing about this new album that you've
got coming out next year. Can you can you give
us a little glimpse of what the sound is like
and what you know longtime fans can expect.
Speaker 2 (03:44):
Well, yeah, I mean I've had some trouble trying to
get it out or it would have been released already,
problems with record label stuff. But I think we might
have gotten that under control now and uh so we
should have the record out, hopefully by the beginning of
twenty twenty six. I hope sooner, but because it's pretty
(04:09):
much ready to go. But it's a dark fairy tale
record in kind of like you know, like a like
a Shrek you know, where Shrek meets Fiona but finds
out that she's really an ogre and it's like, ah,
but it's cute, but it's dark and at the same time,
(04:32):
you know, I think a lot of people will be
able to relate to that. It's a concept record. It
has a theme all the way through the record. It
never lets up. There's lots of characters on the record
and some pretty amazing guitar riffs and guitar playing.
Speaker 1 (04:49):
So it's fair to say it's like an onion.
Speaker 2 (04:51):
It's got layers, yes, yes, cakes and layers onions.
Speaker 1 (04:57):
Well that'll do, donkey. So if we get to refer
this when as a don't take offense, that's that's part
of the goal, right.
Speaker 2 (05:07):
Hey, I'm good with it.
Speaker 1 (05:09):
You know, speaking of you run in some amazing talent.
You've got to. I'm looking on some of the folks
that you worked with. I say, Gary Hoey and Max Norman.
What was the collaborative process like and what did each
of them bring to the record.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
Yeah, you know, Gary Hoey first of all, has been
with me for many years and he has saved my
life time and time again on different occasions. And so
I always end up, you know, going, Gary, are you
around next week? You know? Can I come over and
can we record he's got the greatest studio and a
(05:46):
great guitar collection, and then I'll bring a few guitars
and we just have this really magical creative thing happens
that happens between us. It's almost like I'll start a
sentence and he finished it, finished is it? Or you know,
vice versa. He'll start a sentence and I finish it.
We make a good team in the studio. And and
(06:09):
so he produced this record. It took a long time
to write it and record it for multiple reasons. You know,
he's always on the road. I'm always on the road
and trying to get our time schedules together. We had
one of our songwriting partners died in the process and
(06:29):
and COVID shut everything down. COVID shut everything down for
a year. So I'm like, well, can we get in
to do those drum tracks now? You know, no, there's
you know, it's COVID. And then so it was a
it was a problem at the time, but we got
around it and and all it's good. Max Norman mixed
(06:52):
the record, and Max's family, you know, we all come
from the same place in the rock music industry, and
he did a fantastic job. I have Jean Bouvois on
one track that wrote an amazing track and he is
such a great producer and just really brought that track
(07:13):
to life. And now we have Adam Parson's Entertainment who's
managing us, and we're going to find this record a
good home. We have a couple of possibilities now, so
it's coming soon.
Speaker 1 (07:28):
That's awesome movies. I do want to thank so much
to Adam Parsons group for helping connect us. It's been
a pleasure as we navigated the logistics and such. And
you mentioned COVID a lot, and I talked a lot
about it over the years because it affected artists differently.
(07:49):
And you have seen the evolution in the music production
over the years, you know, going from to the digital
age and now you know the Internet's taken over and
everything's always different and you have to accept new forms
(08:10):
of technology. Did you guys have to incorporate like a
lot in working through like zoom and stuff in your
collaborative processes.
Speaker 2 (08:19):
Yeah, I have help because I hate it. I'm old
school and that's what I do best and that's what
I know. It just it frustrates me so much. But
we have a really great team of people, like my
military man over here, Teddy. He's helped me a lot
(08:42):
hooking stuff up. And we have a great team. We
have a great front of house sound man who he's
an older gentleman, but he understands all the technology and
sound and you know, all these boards and digital boards
and everything. And then we have one of our guys
(09:04):
that runs my website for me, so you know, we
got it all covered. And when all else fails, you
can always take your computer out into your driveway and
run it over with your truck.
Speaker 1 (09:18):
That'll that's the rock and way. Dude, screw this thing,
turn on the camera and just record it. Throw it
in a video.
Speaker 2 (09:28):
By bye.
Speaker 1 (09:29):
You know, you mentioned working with some of those tenured
and legendary guitarists and you're, you know, legendary guitarist in
your own right, and speaking of COVID. The year after,
it looks you've got your own BC. Rich Warlock was
inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Can
(09:51):
you tell me a little bit about that?
Speaker 2 (09:53):
Yeah, that's crazy. What was it we wanted to be
in I wanted to be in it, and you know,
we wanted to induct Leada and We wanted to induct
the Runaways, but the only thing I could get in
it was my guitar at the time. So I think,
you know, hopefully we'll be back to induct Lida. But
(10:17):
the guitar is pretty bad ass too. I mean, Maurice
is you know, he's uh, he's a force to be
reckoned with himself. So he should be in the Hall
of Fame.
Speaker 1 (10:29):
Absolutely, absolutely, that is that's still an honor. I mean
just an instrument alone. I mean having that type of
a mark on not just an entire genre, but an
instrument alone. Congratulations on all of that.
Speaker 2 (10:47):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (10:49):
You know we talk of you. You're a attributed as
a trailblazer into a role model for countless musicians. What
what message do you have for the next generation of
women who look pick up your albums and they're like,
you know what, I want to do this, and they
feel that inspiration and they want to they want to
(11:10):
chase the dream. What kind of advice would you give
to them.
Speaker 3 (11:14):
Oh God, it's a pretty hardcore dream to chase, especially,
you know, I mean the way the way the Runaways.
Speaker 2 (11:26):
Did it in nineteen seventy six. You know, we were
just thrown out on the road. And our first tour
we ever did was with the Ramones, three months through
the United States, and I had never done a tour before.
I remember my father picking me up at the airport.
After we did that tour, I flew into lax in
(11:47):
Los Angeles and he was able to meet me at
the gate. And when I got off the plane, I
looked at my father and just went, yeah, good. He
laughed at me. He thought it was funny. I thought,
you know what, fuck this. I never cried again because
(12:11):
rock and roll actually has saved my life, like we
were saying to them the veterans, it has saved my
life on multiple occasions, and it continues to save my life.
But I think the way for these young girls to
do and be somebody in the rock world is I mean,
(12:34):
you have to have a certain amount of street knowledge,
I think, and learning things off the internet is helpful,
but it's not always the way to learn things one
hundred percent. You know, Get out and go to clubs,
Get out and see other bands play, and jam with
(12:56):
your neighbor and jam with your buddy up the street
and learn from these people. Get off the internet and
see what you can find and see what you can learn,
and not just about music, but learn about yourself and
whatever it is that you love and that you're good at.
Bring that to life and try to be original. You know,
(13:20):
it's so difficult to be original now today in twenty
twenty five, because everything's been done, you know, pretty much,
but not everything, but almost everything. So there's got to
be a little bit of a gap there where things
are different colors and hairdos. And I mean, even if
you go back to being like sounding like a seventies band,
(13:43):
I mean that might not be such a bad thing.
Learn to play your instruments and instruments meaning you know,
not just a guitar, but learn your amplifiers and learn
your pedals, and you know, don't be afraid to break
things and take things apart and then throw them all
back together and see if you can make them work.
(14:05):
And if they can't, maybe they come back in a
different shape and form and it might be pretty cool.
I know it sounds weird.
Speaker 1 (14:13):
But no, I agree with that completely, and I think
that that is such true advice. We've been doing broadcasting
for ten years. We done it ourselves, self produced. You know,
I always told folks that the radios aren't going to
hire me, so I'll make one myself. And as we
(14:33):
took on our photographer a couple of years ago, we've
taken a lot of lessons from the artists, the bands
we work with, the grind and it is the nature
of collaboration opens so many opportunities. But folks also don't
understand how many no's you get and how many hiccups
(14:54):
and curveballs you get, and it can be truly hard
to con And you're chasing those dreams when it looks
like you got a lot of closed doors.
Speaker 2 (15:06):
But that's because just never lose focus on your dream
and who you are all the nose in the world.
You just go okay, thank you, thank you, thank you,
and keep chasing that dream, keep moving forward. And that's
why you've got your studio so beautiful today.
Speaker 1 (15:24):
Thank you so much. And you've talked a lot about
the community, and before we run out of time, I'd
like to shine some light on the some of your
more community or in it projects that you have going on.
Can you tell me a little bit about some of
those organizations you work with.
Speaker 2 (15:46):
We always try to support, you know, we always try
to support health and wellness, and you know, we did
one not that long ago with teenage suicides in the area,
and you know, just try to try to donate time
(16:07):
and effort towards cancer awareness. And you know, we do
a lot of things for Ronnie James Dio's even always
every year. You know, Wendy Dio never drops the ball
because you know, Ronnie should still be here and cancer
just takes away too many people in this world. And
(16:30):
anything we can do to help support children, you know,
our veterans, sick people, you know, I mean, we all
need help once in a while. Everybody needs a help
in hand. So anything we can do, I'm down.
Speaker 1 (16:49):
We appreciate everything that you do for the music industry,
continuing to play your music, and especially for kicking off
the festival with us next week on the dB Concert
stage inside the Roadhouse. Lida, I've only got a couple
(17:10):
of minutes left with you, but I like to wrap
up every interview by giving my guests the opportunity just
to look directly at the camera and talk to your fans,
the folks who are gonna be coming to see you
next week. Lida, the stage is yours.
Speaker 2 (17:24):
Oh God, Okay. I went to a party last second
and that I didn't get laid. I got in a fact. Huh.
Come on, you guys, you know it ain't no big thing.
So I'm gonna ask everybody to help me sing on
(17:47):
Thursday night and we're gonna have a badass time. We're
gonna kick off Rockklahoma. I'm gonna be there with you, guys,
and I look forward to looking into your souls from
the stage. We're gonna do this. Let's rock the place
(18:07):
and we'll see you on Thursday. Yeah, baby, bring your
best horns. It's gonna be sexy.
Speaker 1 (18:17):
I love it. Thank you so much, Leda. I appreciate
that so much for Lada Ford. I am Adam Richmond,
your host with the Lucks That Rocks for the official
podcast of Wrocklahoma, Surviving Oklahoma and until next week, Rock On,
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