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    • Feb 6, 1881
    Barty Lee Brown is born on a farm near Potts Station, Arkansas. His son, Milton Brown, is destined to be a leader in the creation of western swing with Milton Brown's Musical Brownies, which also features another son, Derwood Brown
    Jan 11, 1883
    Annie Huxford is born in Texas. After marrying Barty Brown, she gives birth to band leader Milton Brown and guitarist Derwood Brown, members of the western swing band The Musical Brownies
    Nov 23, 1899
    Barty Brown marries Annie Huxford in Stephenville, Texas. The union produces Milton Brown, whose work with The Light Crust Doughboys and his own Musical Brownies aids in the development of western swing
    Sep 8, 1903
    Milton Brown is born in Stephenville, Texas. Along with Bob Wills, he originates western swing, leading the Musical Brownies, which he forms in 1932
    Sep 17, 1916
    Mary Helen Hames is born in Pilot Point, Texas. She marries western swing pioneer Milton Brown and, after Brown's death, Bob Wills
    Feb 9, 1932
    The Fort Worth Doughboys record "Sunbonnet Sue" at Dallas' Jefferson Hotel. It's the only instance in which western swing pioneers Milton Brown and Bob Wills record together. In attendance, though not on the record: Jimmie Davis and Jimmie Rodgers
    Sep 7, 1932
    With a power play dividing group members Milton Brown and Bob Wills, Brown quits The Light Crust Doughboys
    Sep 19, 1932
    Having left The Light Crust Doughboys, Milton Brown's Musical Brownies are listed for the first time in The Fort Worth Press with a performance on KTAT Radio
    Oct 2, 1933
    A pair of former western swing bandmates compete in a concert billed as a "battle dance": Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys versus Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies. Admission to the show, at the Green Terrace in Lake Waco, Texas, is $1
    Apr 4, 1934
    Milton Brown's Musical Brownies conduct a recording session widely regarded as the first official western swing recording in San Antonio
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