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    • Jan 1, 1935
    Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys perform at Cain's Ballroom in Tulsa for the first time. Later that year, they begin appearing twice weekly at the club, where they remain regulars for eight years
    Jan 16, 1935
    Nashville's Francis Craig leads his orchestra at the inaugural ball for Tennessee governor Hill McAlister. Craig goes on to write and record the 1947 pop hit "Near You," which becomes a 1977 country hit for George Jones & Tammy Wynette
    Feb 24, 1935
    Marshall Jones performs a show in Akron, which is caught by Bradley Kincaid. In short order, Kincaid brings Jones to Boston to perform on radio station WBZ, where he's renamed "Grandpa" Jones
    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 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
    Mar 1, 1937
    Nineteen-year-old Merle Travis works a show with Clayton McMichen in Columbus, Ohio, leaving mining work behind in Kentucky for a career as a musician
    Oct 9, 1937
    The Coon Creek Girls make their concert debut at the Cincinnati Music Hall
    Feb 20, 1938
    Roy Acuff begins touring with The Delmore Brothers, playing their first show in Dawson Springs, Kentucky
    Aug 8, 1938
    Gene Autry visits the Kenton Hardware Company in Ohio, where key parts are made for the fast-selling Gene Autry repeating cap pistol. The singer and his horse, Champion, perform five shows at the Kenton Theatre
    Sep 18, 1938
    Having established his band in Chattanooga, Hank Penny debuts his group, The Cowboys, in Atlanta as he observes his 20th birthday. Within two months, they have their first recording session



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