where I have happy hour every now and then,” Jim “Dandy” Mangrum says by phone. The lead singer for Black Oak Arkansas, Mangrum put the band on the rock ’n’ roll map 40 years ago by ...

Jim “Dandy” Mangrum. For over five decades, Mr. Mangrum has been Southern rock’s most colorful and outrageous lead singer. Many say David Lee Roth developed/stole his entire onstage persona ...

Jim "Dandy" Mangrum laughed when he heard in May that Van Halen was canceling a slew of summer dates. Mangrum, 64, is still touring as frontman of Black Oak Arkansas, hitting as many fairs and ...