They really were serenaders, playing from house to house around Mineola, Texas. Strictly a local outfit, they seldom ventured farther than Dallas, about a hundred miles away. Left-handed fiddler Dan Williams was a mentor to a younger generation of Western Swing fiddlers, Johnny Gimble among them.
The East Texas Serenaders: Daniel Williams, fiddle; Shorty Lester, banjo; Cloet Hammon, guitar; Henry Bogan, cello.
Dallas TX 11/28/30 Brunswick 538
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