Montgomery, Marvin/Light Crust Doughboys, Collection 1935-1991

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Montgomery, Marvin/Light Crust Doughboys, Collection 1935-1991

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The Marvin Montgomery/Light Crust Doughboys Collection, 1935-1991, documents the history of the Light Crust Doughboys western swing band through sheet music, songbooks, phonodiscs, audiocassettes, videocassettes, manuscripts and ephemera collected by bandleader and banjoist Marvin (Smokey) Montgomery.

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Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

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Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

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Light Crust Doughboys

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Western swing band. Organized in the late 1930s by Burrus Mill & Elevator Company to promote its Light Crust Flour on the Radio. Past and present members are among western swing's most significant musicians, including Bob Wills, Marvin Montgomery, and Knocky Parker. From the description of Oral history interview with the Light Crust Doughboys; 1999 March 24; interview conducted by John W. Rumble and Bob Pinson. 1999 Mar. 24. (Country Music Foundation, Library & Media Center)....

Parker, Knocky, 1918-1986

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Montgomery, Marvin, 1913-2001

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Founded in 1931, the Light Crust Doughboys is a western swing band from the Dallas, Texas area. Original members included fiddler James Robert (Bob) Willis, guitarist Herman Arnspiger, and singer Milton Brown. The group started as the Willis Fiddle band, but changed names for a local radio show promoting Burrus Mill and Elevator Company’s Light Crust Flour. The show was cancelled after two weeks because Burrus Mill President W. Lee O’Daniel disliked the band’s music. However, public...