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Jan 25, 1922
Guitarist Jimmy Wyble is born in Port Arthur, Texas. He joins Bob Wills' Texas Playboys from 1943-1945, appearing on such hits as "Stay A Little Longer," "Smoke On The Water" and "Stars And Stripes On Iwo Jima"
Dec 30, 1923
Steel guitarist Joaquin Murphey is born in Los Angeles. He plays on records by a number of West Coast artists, including Merle Travis, Tex Williams, Spade Cooley and The Sons Of The Pioneers
Mar 25, 1925
Crystal Springs Dancing Pavilion opens in Fort Worth, Texas. From 1930-1936, the ramshackle club is packed nearly every Saturday night for performances by western swing pioneers Milton Brown's Musical Brownies
Jul 4, 1925
W. Lee "Pappy" O'Daniel takes a job as the sales manager for the Burrus Mill in Fort Worth, Texas. To advertise the company's product, he employs The Light Crust Doughboys, a western-swing band that graduates both Milton Brown and Bob Wills
Jul 23, 1925
Sax player Glenn Rhees is born in Oilton, Oklahoma. He joins Bob Wills' Texas Playboys in 1960, appearing on the hit "Heart To Heart Talk"
Feb 26, 1926
Bob Wills' brother, Billy Jack Wills, is born in Hall County, Texas. He serves as principal vocalist of The Texas Playboys in the late-1940s, and writes the lyrics to the western-swing classic "Faded Love"
Mar 20, 1926
Western-swing guitarist Benny Garcia Jr. is born in Oklahoma City. He's featured on Tex Williams' 1948 hit "Suspicion"
May 30, 1926
Fiddler Johnny Gimble is born in Tyler, Texas. Named Instrumentalist of the Year five times by the Country Music Association, his credits include work with Bob Wills, Willie Nelson, Moe Bandy and George Strait. He earns a spot in the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2018
Jun 9, 1926
Steel guitarist Herb Remington is born in Mishawaka, Indiana. As a member of Bob Wills' Texas Playboys from 1945-1949, he appears on such hits as "Ida Likes The Boogie," "Bubbles In My Beer" and "Brain Cloudy Blues"
Dec 20, 1926
Ola Smith is born in Benson, Arizona. She is destined to marry Paul Westmoreland, the writer of the Spade Cooley hit "Detour." She also performs regularly in her husband's Sacramento nightclub, the Detour In
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