Western swing (1930-40)

James Charles Rodgers (September 8, 1897 – May 26, 1933), known as "Jimmie," was a country singer in the early 20th century known most widely for his rhythmic yodeling. Among the first country music superstars and pioneers, Rodgers was also known as "The Singing Brakeman", "The Blue Yodeler", and "The Father of Country Music".

The Light Crust Doughboys were a Texas western swing band formed in 1931 by Bob Wills, Milton Brown and W. Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel. The band achieved its peak popularity in the years leading up to World War II. In addition to launching Wills, Brown and O'Daniel, it provided a venue for many of the best musicians in the western swing genre. It was initially formed to promote the products of a flour mill (Burrus Mill and Elevator Company, producer of Light Crust Flour), hence the name.

Unfortunately, there isn't an official Merle Travis web site. In that Merle is one of our finger style guitar club heroes and icons - we will dedicate a section of our club website to specifically honor the late great innovator of our sport of "thumb pickin". His son, Thom Bresh, is thinking about writing a little intro for us, here - and, if any of the rest of you have stories, pictures, or other information that would be pertinent to a tribute to this behemoth influence to thumb style guitar - please feel free to contact us at "Say Hello"...

Milton Brown (September 8,[1] 1903 Stephenville, Texas - April 18, 1936 Crystal Falls, Stephens County, Texas) was a band leader and vocalist who was one of the founders of Western swing.

A complete and up to the minute listing of dances, shows, festivals and events playing Western Swing music. We'll tell you when, where, how much and who to ...

Site devoted to western swing music. ... HOME PAGE FOR WESTERN SWING MUSIC NEWS AND INFORMATION. Calendar of Events and List of W. S. Societies ...