Ron Woods, left, and former Tulsa Mayor Rodger Randle belatedly present legendary blues guitarist Elvin Bishop, a 2012 inductee in the Will Rogers High School Hall of Fame, his symbolic statuette of the school’s namesake Sunday at Bishop’s homecoming concert before a packed auditorium. Bishop missed his induction due to a scheduling conflict.
Elvin Bishop plays an encore before the packed Will Rogers Auditorium on Sunday, with his new Hall of Fame trophy at his side.
Elvin Bishop signs autographs and visits with appreciate audience members at the Will Rogers High School auditorium following his homecoming concert Sunday. It was the first time back to his alma mater since his graduation in 1960, and the first time he ever performed on its stage.
Legendary blues guitarist and songwriter Elvin Bishop relaxes in the Will Rogers auditorium backstage with concert producer Dick Risk. The two were schoolmates at Will Rogers in the ‘50s but did not know each other then. Risk heads the nonprofit Will Rogers Stage Foundation.