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This Week in Texas Music HistoryJesse AshlockThis Week in Texas Music History, we’ll resin up the bow with one of Western swing’s jazziest fiddlers.
Jesse Ashlock was born on February 22, 1915, in Walker County, Texas. As a teenager, Ashlock attended dances at Fort Worth’s Crystal Springs Dance Pavilion, where he saw Western swing pioneer, Bob Wills, perform. In 1935, Ashlock joined Wills’s band and would play fiddle with the Texas Playboys for the next four decades. Strongly influenced by jazz violinist, Joe Venuti, Jesse Ashlock’s hot fiddle solos helped set the standard for virtually all western swing fiddlers who followed.... |
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Song of the DayResidual Kid: “Friend”It can be easy to underestimate Residual Kid. With a median age of thirteen, the Austin trio could be overlooked as an after-school diversion for teenagers, but that’s no…... |
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