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Cecil Brower
Cecil Brower
musician
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Vassar Clements
Vassar Clements
American musician
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Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
American blues musician
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Hank Penny
Hank Penny
American musician
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Spade Cooley
Spade Cooley
Big band leader, Actor, Television personality (1910-1969)
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Ernie Freeman
Ernie Freeman
American musician
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Harry James
Harry James
American trumpeter, big band leader
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Bill Boyd
Bill Boyd
American actor and singer (1910-1977)
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Buddy Emmons
Buddy Emmons
American guitarist
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Tennessee Ernie Ford
Tennessee Ernie Ford
American recording artist and television host (1919-1991)
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Big Joe Turner
Big Joe Turner
American blues shouter
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Webb Pierce
Webb Pierce
American honky-tonk vocalist, songwriter and guitarist
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Ernest Tubb
Ernest Tubb
American singer and songwriter of country music (1914-1984)
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Jimmy Day
Jimmy Day
American steel guitarist
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Isham Jones
Isham Jones
American bandleader, saxophonist, bassist and songwriter
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Floyd Cramer
Floyd Cramer
American pianist
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Grady Martin
Grady Martin
American musician
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Adolph Hofner
Adolph Hofner
American musician
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Bob Wills
Bob Wills
American Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader (1905-1975)
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Sons of the Pioneers
Sons of the Pioneers
American western singing group
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Moon Mullican
Moon Mullican
American recording artist; country and western singer, songwriter, and pianist
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Asleep at the Wheel
Asleep at the Wheel
American country music group
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Arthur Smith
Arthur Smith
American country musician, songwriter and producer
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Merle Travis
Merle Travis
American country/Western singer-songwriter and musician
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Lucille Starr
Lucille Starr
Canadian singer
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Joe Liggins
Joe Liggins
American R&B, jazz and blues pianist
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Bill Black
Bill Black
American bassist
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Milton Brown
Milton Brown
American musician
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Red Nichols
Red Nichols
American jazz musician
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Earl Hooker
Earl Hooker
American Chicago blues guitarist
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Fiddlin' John Carson
Fiddlin' John Carson
American musician
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Bill Haley
Bill Haley
American rock and roll music pioneer (1925-1981)
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Cowboy Copas
Cowboy Copas
American musician
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The Champs
The Champs
American rock and roll band
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Sandy Nelson
Sandy Nelson
Rock drummer
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David Rose
David Rose
American songwriter, composer, arranger, pianist and orchestra leader (1910-1990)
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Don Costa
Don Costa
American recording artist, conductor, record producer, music arranger, jazz guitarist
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Marty Stuart
Marty Stuart
American musician
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Ace in the Hole
Ace in the Hole
backup band for country music performer George Strait
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Mungo Jerry
Mungo Jerry
band
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Eric Weissberg
Eric Weissberg
American musician
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The Surfaris
The Surfaris
American surf rock band
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Patsy Montana
Patsy Montana
American country music singer-songwriter
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Jimmy Martin
Jimmy Martin
American bluegrass singer
Red Murrell
American musician

Red Murrell

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Joyce Wayne "Red" Murrell (June 27, 1921 – February 10, 2001) was a Western swing performer from Missouri. He led one of the more notable Western swing bands in California, Red Murrell and his Ozark Playboys. He was a popular session guitar player for many other artists as well. Early in his career, he played with Billy Hughes's band, The Pals of the Pecos. In 1954 he went to work as a disc jockey for KEEN radio (1370 AM) in San Jose.