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The Armadillo Grave Robbers are a band who has come back from horrible tragedy to become one of the most original acts in modern rock music. Hailing from Tulsa, Oklahoma, the band was originally a hard rock band called the Jackflaps which formed in January of 2006. In May 2006, they recorded their debut CD called “Snake Culture”. They immediately scored an underground hit with their first single entitled “Meet Me by the Dumpster”. The band quickly began receiving airplay on both conventional radio and internet radio stations alike. They kicked off their first and only tour of the United States on July 2nd, 2006. The tour was going exceptionally well and they were receiving rave reviews from the press and fans alike. All of this would come to a quick and abrupt end on October 31st, 2006. The band had just finished performing a Halloween concert in Falls, Arkansas. The show proved to be one of their best performances yet. After visiting with fans and signing autographs for several hours they began driving back to their hotel just outside the town of Cold Bluff, Arkansas. The band often listened to Elvis Presley songs as road music and this night was no exception. At approximately 3:33 AM, while “Suspicious Minds” blasted out of the speakers, their vehicle went out of control, rolled over three times and plunged over a steep embankment almost 30 yards from the edge of the highway where it eventually rested, upside down. Rick Lectum, the bass player was driving the vehicle and wa