Western Swing Texas: 1928-1944

Performers include: Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies, Bill Boyd & His Cowboy Ramblers, The Tune Wranglers, Hi-Flyers, Spade Cooley.
Contains 36 tracks.
Personnel: Dick Reinhart, Leon Huff , Smokey Rogers, Buster Ferguson (vocals, guitar); Tommy Duncan (vocals, steel guitar); Marvin Montgomery (vocals, banjo); J.R. Chatwell (vocals, fiddle); Eddie Whitley, Moon Mullican (vocals, piano); Bruce Pierce, Emmett Miller , Ramon de Arman, Wanna Coffman, Jim Boyd , Leo Raley, Jimmie Meek, Milton Brown, Shelly Lee Alley, Tex Williams (vocals); Ocie Stockard (guitar, banjo); Sheldon Bennett (guitar, fiddle); Herman Arnspiger, Sleepy Johnson, Curley Williams, Jess Williams, Eddie Lang, Eldon Shamblin, William "Curly" Perrin, Muryel "Zeke" Campbell, Durwood Brown, Chuck Keeshan, Randall Raley, Hank Penny, Sidney Buller, Tex Swaim, Fred McCord, J.B. Brinkley, Doyle Salathiel, Adolph Hofner, Bill Boyd (guitar); Andy Schroeder, Wilson "Lefty" Perkins, Emil Hofner, John Boyd, Leon McAuliffe, Noel Boggs, Billy Briggs, Ted Daffan (steel guitar); Elmer Scarborough (tenor guitar); Rankin Moler, Louis Dumont, Johnny Thames, Joe Thames, Walter Kirkes, Jess Robertson, Cotton Cooper, Pat O'Daniel, Morris Deason, Johnnie Lee Wills (banjo); Darrell Kirkpatrick (fiddle, accordion); Cliff Bruner, Mike O'Daniel, Carroll Hubard, "Cactus" Solid, Art Davis , Johnny Brosky, Pat Trotter, Ted Grantham, Kenneth Pitts, Louis Tierney, Buck Buchanan, Leonard Seago, Joe Holley, Ben McKay, Jesse Ashlock, Link Davis, Spade Cooley, Bob Wills, Cecil Brower, Boudleaux Bryant, Buddy Ray (fiddle); Bundy Bretcher, Pedro DePaul (accordion); Smokey Joe Miller, Don Harlan, Jimmy Dorsey (clarinet); Erskine Oglesby (saxophone, piano); Zeb McNally, Earl Driver (tenor saxophone); Leo McConville (trumpet); Art Haines, Tommy Dorsey (trombone); Eddie Bennett, Sonny Roden, Mitch Mitchell , Fred "Papa" Calhoun, Lauren Mitchell, Jack Henson, George Timberlake, Knocky Parker, Al Stricklin, Arthur Schutt, Ralph Smith (piano); Gene Tomlins, Warren Penniman, Bob Fitzgerald, Homer Kinnaird, Stan King (drums); Edmond Franke (percussion).
Recording information: Chicago, IL (06/12/1928-12/04/1944); Dallas, TX (06/12/1928-12/04/1944); Hollywood, CA (06/12/1928-12/04/1944); Houston, TX (06/12/1928-12/04/1944); Memphis, TN (06/12/1928-12/04/1944); New York, NY (06/12/1928-12/04/1944); San Antonio, TX (06/12/1928-12/04/1944).
Unknown Contributor Role: Brad Pierce.