In 1958, radio station KTAN of Sherman, Texas, aired a Saturday afternoon live country music show. Billboard mentions this program in a February 3, 1958, article but mentions not the name of the show. Tiny Colbert, popular band leader in West Texas, hosted the show from the KTAN studios. The cast was made up mainly of local singers and musicians.
Colbert, described by Billboard as a "barefooted tap dancer heard on Warrior Records," had been around in Texas for some time. He fronted a band already in 1954 that performed in the Odessa and Lamesa areas and at one time also inlcuded Eddie Miller and Durwood Haddock. Colbert and his band also recorded several discs for Bluebonnet Records.
Updates
• Added info on Jimmy Ford, thanks to Volker Houghton.
• Extended and corrected the post on Happy Harold Thaxton (long overdue), thanks to everyone who sent in memories and information!
• Added information to the Jim Murray post, provided by Mike Doyle, Dennis Rogers, and Marty Scarbrough.
• Expanded the information on Charlie Dial found in the Little Shoe post.
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Monday, October 2, 2017
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2 comments:
Hello
What I've to do to download the "KTAN live show"
THANKS
Tupelo, there is no download included. This post is only of informative nature.
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