Martin, Dude
DUDE” MARTIN’S FOLIO OF ORIGINAL SONGS OF THE PLAINS: No. 1
American Music, Portland, Oregon: 1939
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pp: 31, (30; three illustrations from photographs. Contains a page of autobiography, along with words and music to 20 songs, five of them written or co-written by Duke Martin. Titles include: Old Worn Out Saddle; Yodel Mountain; Why Cowboys Sing; Yodeling Memories; Night Herder's Lullaby; Mockin' Bird Yodel; and 14 more. In the original pictorial covers, 12" x 9". Faint stain at bottom of back cover. "Dude" Martin, born John Steven McSwain in California in 1915, began his career in high school as leader of The Nevada Nite Herders. By 1939, his western-swing band had grown to 10 members, renamed Dude Martin's Roundup Gang. Martin is a member of the Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame.
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