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He died of cancer on August 25, 2000, and was survived by his wife, six daughters, seventeen grandchildren, sixteen great-grandchildren, and five great-great-grandchildren. Bruner was inducted into the Texas Music Hall of Fame and the Western Swing Society Hall of Fame, as well as the Texas Western Swing Hall of Fame.
The Light Crust Doughboys were charter inductees into the Texas Western Swing Hall of Fame in 1989, [6] and were also inducted into the Rockabilly Hall of Fame. [7] In December 2005, the Light Crust Doughboys Hall of Fame and Museum opened in Quitman, Texas . [ 8 ]
James Robert Wills (March 6, 1905 – May 13, 1975) was an American Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader. Considered by music authorities as the founder of Western swing, [1] [2] [3] he was known widely as the King of Western Swing (although Spade Cooley self-promoted the moniker "King of Western Swing" from 1942 to 1969).
The band was nominated again for the Ameripolitan Music Awards the following year (2015) and won Western Swing Group of the Year, as Elana James won Western Swing Female of the Year. Elana James, Whit Smith and Jake Erwin are each members of the Texas Western Swing Hall of Fame, and, more recently, Elana James and Zack Sapunor were inducted ...
In 2009, Erik was inducted into the Texas Western Swing Hall of Fame. It has been said that pound for pound, Erik is the most talented musician in Austin. In 2012, Erik toured Scandinavia with Lumisudet, celebrating his 25th anniversary since his first visit to Finland. In Texas, Erik performs concerts and teaches music.
Western swing is a subgenre of American country music that originated in the late 1920s in the West and South among the region's Western string bands. [1] [2] It is dance music, often with an up-tempo beat, [3] [4] which attracted huge crowds to dance halls and clubs in Texas, Oklahoma and California during the 1930s and 1940s until a federal war-time nightclub tax in 1944 contributed to the ...
Thomas Elmer Duncan (January 11, 1911 – July 25, 1967), [1] was an American Western swing vocalist and songwriter who gained fame in the 1930s as a founding member of The Texas Playboys. [2] He recorded and toured with bandleader Bob Wills on and off into the early 1960s.
Shelly Lee Alley (July 6, 1894 – June 1, 1964) was an American singer, musician, songwriter and western swing bandleader. As a songwriter, Alley wrote "Travelin' Blues" for Jimmie Rodgers, a song which has been recorded by over 20 artists, including Merle Haggard and Ernest Tubb. He is a member of the Western Swing Hall of Fame. He is ...