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    • Jan 27, 1935
    Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies hold their first recording session in a new deal with Decca Records in Chicago. In the process, steel guitarist Bob Dunn becomes the first musician to play an amplified instrument on a country record
    Jul 8, 1935
    After performing for nearly three years on KTAT Radio, Milton Brown's Musical Brownies move to Dallas radio station WBAP
    Mar 4, 1936
    Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies record 22 songs at the Roosevelt Hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana, including "The Yellow Rose Of Texas" and "Right Or Wrong"
    Mar 5, 1936
    Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies hold what proves to be their final recording session, for Decca Records, at the Roosevelt Hotel in New Orleans
    Apr 11, 1936
    Milton Brown's Musical Brownies play their regular show at the Crystal Springs Dancing Pavilion in Fort Worth, Texas. As it turns out, it's the last live performance Brown ever gives
    Apr 18, 1936
    Bandleader Milton Brown dies at Fort Worth's Methodist Hospital, five days after a car crash. He stood alongside Bob Wills as one of the founders of western swing
    Apr 19, 1936
    Funeral services are held for western swing figure Milton Brown at the Lucas South Side Funeral Home in Fort Worth. The Chuck Wagon Gang performs, The Musical Brownies serve as pallbearers, and fellow musician Bob Wills attends
    Apr 22, 1936
    Just days after the death of bandleader Milton Brown, his Musical Brownies perform their first date without him in Waco, with brother Derwood Brown now leading the western-swing group
    Feb 19, 1937
    Following the death of bandleader Milton Brown 10 months prior, his Musical Brownies--now led by brother Derwood Brown--hold one more session for Decca Records at Dallas' Adolphus Hotel. They're joined on the session by Jimmie Davis
    Nov 21, 1965
    Fiddler Cecil Brower dies during a party at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City of a perforated ulcer. One of the pioneers of western swing, he established the fiddle's role in the genre during his tenure with Milton Brown's Musical Brownies
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