Spade Cooley

Spade Cooley (Spade Cooley King of WesternSwing)

male, deceased (1969)
convicted of murder, Westernswingperformer, country singer, Western swing, shame on you, murderer…The King of Western Swing, performer
Donnell Clyde 'Spade' Cooley (December 17, 1910 - November 23, 1969) was an American Western Swing musician, big band leader, actor, and television...
Rose Maddox

Rose Maddox

female, deceased (1998)
Westernswingperformer, Roselea Arbana "Rose" Brogdon, Former Grand Ole Opry member, From Ashland, Oregon, Arhoolie, $35 and a Dream…Western swing
Roselea Arbana "Rose" Brogdon (August 15, 1925 in Boaz, Alabama - April 15, 1998 in Ashland, Oregon) was an American country...
Jack Guthrie

Jack Guthrie

male, deceased (1948)
Westernswingperformer, Pacific Ocean theater of World War II, country singer, gig, west coast, Oklahoma musician…Western swing, Country and Western
Jack Guthrie (13 November 1915-15 January 1948) was born Leon Jerry Guthrie in Olive, Oklahoma, USA. He was a cousin of Woody Guthrie and had a hit...
Merl Lindsay

Merl Lindsay

male
Westernswingperformer, norma jean, Slidin' Steel, Barnyard Boys, Water Baby Blues, Salathiel's Barn…Western swing
Merl Lindsay (1916-1965) was one of the premier Western Swing musicians from the 1930s to the mid 1960s. Lindsay was born Merle Lindsay Salathiel...

Hurshul Clothier

male, deceased (2006)
Westernswingperformer, Oklahoma musician, American, Western swing, The Oklahoma Travelers, Bob Wills Weekend
Hurshul Clothier (1922-2006) was one of the pioneers of the big band sound of western swing. In 1953 he organized a western swing band, The...