Shortly after being born in Atlanta, Hadley Hockensmith moved to Midwest City. Known for being a guitarist’s guitarist, Hockensmith became a world renown musician, session player, and songwriter. When Diamond retired from touring, Hockensmith moved back to Oklahoma City where he still resides. An extended video interview was released this month as part of the SHINE on Oklahoma Music series on YouTube. Brian Maughan serves as Oklahoma County Commissioner, Dist 2 and does a series of interviews with Oklahoma music stars for the Oklahoma History Center called SHINE on Oklahoma Music.