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    • Feb 25, 1911
    Western swing guitarist Clifton "Sleepy" Johnson is born in Llano County, Texas. He performs with The Light Crust Doughboys and Bob Wills' Texas Playboys, appearing on "Maiden's Prayer," "Right Or Wrong" and "San Antonio Rose"
    Mar 7, 1913
    Banjo player and guitarist Marvin Montgomery is born in Rinard, Iowa. He becomes a steady musician among the early western swing bands, working with Bill Boyd & His Cowboy Ramblers and The Light Crust Doughboys
    Dec 15, 1913
    Fiddler Kenneth Pitts is born in San Simon, Arizona. He becomes a member of the western-swing troop The Light Crust Doughboys
    Apr 29, 1914
    Zeke Campbell is born in Marietta, Oklahoma. Among the first country musicians to play electric guitar, he contributes to The Light Crust Doughboys' "Pussy, Pussy, Pussy," ranked among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"
    Sep 13, 1917
    Guitarist Wilson "Lefty" Perkins is born in Clarksville, Texas. After a stint with The Light Crust Doughboys, he performs as a member of Milton Brown's Musical Brownies, replacing Bob Dunn after the death of bandleader Milton Brown
    Jul 4, 1925
    W. Lee "Pappy" O'Daniel takes a job as the sales manager for the Burrus Mill in Fort Worth, Texas. To advertise the company's product, he employs The Light Crust Doughboys, a western-swing band that graduates both Milton Brown and 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
    Oct 10, 1933
    The Light Crust Doughboys record "Beautiful Texas" in Chicago. The session is the first for steel guitarist Leon McAuliffe
    Mar 25, 1935
    Steel guitarist Leon McAuliffe leaves The Light Crust Doughboys to join Bob Wills' Texas Playboys in Tulsa, Oklahoma. In the process, he gets a raise from less than $10-a-week to $30. On KVOO that night, McAuliffe debuts "Steel Guitar Rag"
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