Hubbard, Carroll, 1919-2001

Fiddler Carroll Hubbard (1919-2001) married fellow fiddler Ora Mae, with whom he had a son, Jay. Hubbard joined the Light Crust Doughboys following World War II, but after a union dispute, he and several other members of the group reformed the Flying X Ranchboys, which became the first musical group to perform on television in Texas in 1948. However, the Doughboys later reorganized, playing into the early 1950s, and both Carroll and Ora Mae later played fiddle for the Ray Price Road Band.

Sources:

Dempsey, John Mark. The Light Crust Doughboys Are on the Air: Celebrating Seventy Years of Texas Music . Denton: University of North Texas Press, 2002.

Fort Worth Honors Susie Slaughter at CMR Awards Show. Texas Monthly . Vol. 9, No. 1 (January 1981): 158.

From the guide to the Hubbard, Carroll, oral history, 1987, (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin)

Fiddler Carroll Hubbard (1919-2001) married fellow fiddler Ora Mae, with whom he had a son, Jay.

Hubbard joined the Light Crust Doughboys following World War II, but after a union dispute, he and several other members of the group reformed the Flying X Ranchboys, which became the first musical group to perform on television in Texas in 1948. However, the Doughboys later reorganized, playing into the early 1950s, and both Carroll and Ora Mae later played fiddle for the Ray Price Road Band.

From the description of Hubbard, Carroll, oral history, 1987 (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 772540235