OKra Records

OKra Records was a Columbus, Ohio-based independent record label established in the late 1980s.^[1] It was founded by Dan Dow, the former guitarist for the Gibson Bros.^[2] and the former owner of Used Kids Records, which he “co-founded” with Ron House (of Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments and Great Plains) in 1986.^[3] According to Cordelia's Dad drummer Peter Irvine, OKra was run almost entirely by Dow himself.^[4] The label stopped putting out records in 1993.^[1][5]

Artists

• Ass Ponys^[6]
• Cordelia's Dad^[7]
• The Fellow Travellers^[1]
• Hank McCoy & the Dead Ringers^[1]
• High Sheriff Ricky Barnes & The Hoot Owls^[1]
• The Schramms^[1]
• The Wolverton Brothers^[8]