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For its recording debut, The Cherokee Maidens — they all have some American Indian heritage as well as Oklahoma roots of varying depth — give a rare and irresistible feminine take on often-covered country and Western swing classics like Merle Travis’ “Kentucky Means Paradise,” Jimmie Rodgers’ “Any Old Time” and Cindy Walker’s “Sugar Moon.” Appropriately, they start their introductory album with their signature song, Walker’s “Cherokee Maiden,” the Western swing standard made famous by Wills and His Texas Playboys, Merle Haggard and Asleep at the Wheel.