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  • Dec 22, 1937
    Red Steagall is born in Gainesville, Texas. With a career that darts between western swing and cowboy music, he earns his only hit single with 1976's "Lone Star Beer And Bob Wills Music." He's also credited with discovering Reba McEntire
    Jan 14, 1938
    Billie Jo Spears is born in Beaumont, Texas. After working on The Louisiana Hayride as a teenager, she moves to Nashville in 1964, netting five Top 10 hits, including the #1 single "Blanket On The Ground"
    Apr 10, 1938
    Steel guitarist Weldon Myrick is born in Jayton, Texas. Among his credits are George Strait's "Right Or Wrong," Trisha Yearwood's "Wrong Side Of Memphis," Connie Smith's "Once A Day" and Elvis Presley's "T-R-O-U-B-L-E"
    Apr 12, 1938
    W. Lee "Pappy" O'Daniel, who founded The Light Crust Doughboys, announces his candidacy for governor of Texas
    Apr 15, 1938
    Bob Luman is born in Nacogdoches, Texas. He joins the Grand Ole Opry; earns four Top 10 singles, including "Lonely Women Make Good Lovers"; and employs future star Steve Wariner as a bass player
    May 1, 1938
    Wilbert Lee "Pappy" O'Daniel files paperwork to run for Texas governor. The founder of The Light Crust Doughboys, which introduced such western swing figures as Bob Wills and Milton Brown, O'Daniel wins the election in 1938 and again in 1940
    Jun 17, 1938
    Percussionist Farrell Morris is born in Waxahachie, Texas. He becomes a major Nashville session musician, playing on such classics as Alabama's "Song Of The South," Ray Price's "For The Good Times," Elvis Presley's "Way Down" and Garth Brooks' "Standing Outside The Fire"
    Jul 10, 1938
    Songwriter/guitarist Dave Kirby is born in Brady, Texas. A nephew of Big Bill Lister, he authors "Is Anybody Goin' To San Antone" and "There Ain't No Good Chain Gang," playing on hits by George Strait, Merle Haggard and Dolly Parton, among others
    Jul 13, 1938
    With Texas gubernatorial candidate W. Lee O'Daniel invoking the name of late western-swing pioneer Milton Brown in campaign speeches, Brown's father, Barty, prints up fliers distancing his son from his former employer, saying O'Daniel was "insincere" and paid "starvation wages"
    Jul 19, 1938
    Ernest Tubb's second son, Rodger Dale Tubb, is born in San Angelo, Texas. The baby dies in an auto accident just seven weeks later while his mother is driving

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