The Light Crust Doughboys is an American Western swing band from Texas, United States,[1] organized in 1931 by the Burrus Mill and Elevator Company in Saginaw, Texas.[2] The band achieved its peak popularity in the few years leading up to World War II. In addition to launching Western swing pioneers Bob Wills and Milton Brown,[3] it provided a platform for many of the best musicians of the genre, including Tommy Duncan, Cecil Brower, John Parker and Kenneth Pitts.[4]
The original group disbanded in 1942, although band member Marvin Montgomery led a new version organized in the 1960s. A contemporary incarnation beginning in the 1990s (including Montgomery until his death in 2001)[5] bills itself as the longest-running country music band in the world.
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] The Light Crust Doughboys Museum was later moved in 2015 to the Auvenshine Library at Hill College in Hillsboro, Texas.
- ^ Dempsey 2002, p. 8.
- ^ Saginaw Texas History of Grain Elevators Archived 2011-05-07 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ Boyd 2003, p. Back cover.
- ^ Bratkovich, Colin (8 May 2014). Just Remember This. Xlibris Corporation. p. 167. ISBN 9781483645186. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
- ^ Boyd 2003, p. ix.
- ^ Dempsey 2002, p. 5.
- ^ Dempsey 2002, p. 6.
- ^ Charles R., Townsend (15 June 2010). "Light Crust Doughboys". Tshaonline.org. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
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