Okey Dokey
Okey Dokey
Led by Tennsesseean, Aaron Martin, and Texan, Johny Fisher, Okey Dokey may be the most unexpected band ever to come from Nashville, a city never quite known for it’s gender benders. The band cleverly combines the hand-me-down hits of your parents' time with their own synth driven expansion of modern psychedelia.
Martin and Fisher began collaborating in the winter of 2016, recording in a bedroom with guitars, synthesizers, computers, and practically anything they could find lying around in the house. Over the next few months, they collaborated with various friends, most of whom are members from other bands, to create what would become their debut album. “Love You, Mean It” was released in January 2017, and, even though the duo had no plans to perform live, they were on tour by March. The year was pleasantly unexpected and kept the band busy. The time away from Nashville helped define how little of it there actually is, and any day home was a day to write.
With help from folks like Rayland Baxter, Nick Bockrath, Liz Copper, Caleb Hickman, Erin Rae McKaskle, Katie Schecter and others, the band wrapped up production on both an EP titled “besides”, released in June 2018, and their sophomore album “Tell All Your Friend”, an insightfully crafted album, blending bedroom pop, chillwave and psych soul released 9 months later in March 2019.