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Interviewee	Rowe, A. D. 'Thunder' Rowe, Jack Rowe, Harold Rowe, D. L. 'Lightning' Rowe, Luke Rowe, Earl
Interviewer	Boyd, Jean Ann
Title	Oral memoirs of the Rowe Brothers
Interview details	interviewed by Jean A. Boyd on 29 June 1993 in Irving, Texas.
Number of interviews	1
Interview Date(s)	1993
Item type	Transcript
Genre	Oral histories
Description, transcript	62 pages
Description, sound recordings	analog tape; 1.75 hr.
Project	Arts and Culture Project
Subproject	Western Swing
Summary	The Rowe Brothers was a western swing band comprised of seven brothers, five of whom appear in this interview; early family memories; playing at parties; playing western swing, country, and big band music; playing in clubs and on the radio in Dallas, Texas; moving to California in the 1930s; playing with Tex Williams and Spade Cooley; sharing venues with Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys; moving back to Dallas; the role of rhythm in western swing; music lessons from their father; current family life; playing in one of Jack Ruby's Texas nightclubs; discussions of country musicians that also play western swing; recent and upcoming gigs; current popularity of western swing; World War II experiences; early musical influences.
Subject--Library of Congress	Western swing (Music) Music--Texas--History
Sponsor	Baylor University Institute for Oral History
Sponsor Location	Waco, TX
Deposit Date	2001; 2010
Genre source	local
Rights	http://www.baylor.edu/lib/digitization/digitalrights

Interviewee	Rowe, A. D. 'Thunder' Rowe, Jack Rowe, Harold Rowe, D. L. 'Lightning' Rowe, Luke Rowe, Earl
Interviewer	Boyd, Jean Ann
Title	Oral memoirs of the Rowe Brothers
Interview details	interviewed by Jean A. Boyd on 29 June 1993 in Irving, Texas.
Number of interviews	1
Interview Date(s)	1993
Item type	Transcript
Genre	Oral histories
Description, transcript	62 pages
Description, sound recordings	analog tape; 1.75 hr.
Project	Arts and Culture Project
Subproject	Western Swing
Sponsor	Baylor University Institute for Oral History
Sponsor Location	Waco, TX
Deposit Date	2001; 2010
Genre source	local
Rights	http://www.baylor.edu/lib/digitization/digitalrights

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