Western Swing from Riverside Rancho T Texas Tyler Band

[Billy Tonnesen]

Ran across this on U-Tube. Live radio broadcast part l and part 2 by the T-Texas Tyler band from the Riverside Rancho in Los Angeles, Ca. area. I am not set up to link the U-Tubes, you can "Google" them.

Live from the Riverside "Rancho 1950 T Texas Tyler This was a Band that Tex put together to take over after the Tex Williams Band was leaving. I knew and had played with several of the Band Members. Ernie Traveres was playing Steel Guitar, Dick Hamilton playing Lead Guitar, Vic Davis playing Piano, Danny Aguirre playing trumpet. Etc.

The broadcast was on NBC Radio Network and could be heard at night clear up North and into the Midwest.

Maybe if you guys can find these you can link up the U-Tubes on your post.

[Chas. J. Wagner]

Very Cool...
T. Texas Tyler Live At Riverside Rancho 1950 Part 1
T. Texas Tyler Live At Riverside Rancho 1950 Part 2

[Billy Tonnesen]

A little story that Tex's piano player, Vic Davis, related to some of us back around 1948 or so: Vic worked a lot of Piano Bars in L.A. and had his own apartment in Hollywood. He had a gig in Las Vegas, Nv. and was on his way back to L.A. He picked up what appeared to be a down and out hitchhiker in the Desert. The Hitchhiker had no place to go when they arrived back in Hollywood, so Vic said he could stay with him at his apartment for the rest of the week. He finally left and Vic thought he had done his good deed for humanity. Several days later in the Paper it showed his friend had been arrested and was known as " The Mad Dog Killer" who had killed several people hitchhiking across Country to Los Angeles. I know this belongs in "Stories" but thought I would post it here. Vic was a "great" Piano Player