Fred Gardner and His Troubadours
Fred Gardner and His Troubadours sometimes appeared as ‘Fred Gardner’, ‘Fred Gardner and His Band’, ‘Fred Gardner Orchestra’, ‘Fred Gardner’s Orchestra’, ‘Fred Gardner and His Orchestra’, ‘Fred Gardner and His Recording Troubadours’, ‘Fred Gardner’s Troubadours’, ‘Fred Gardner’s 10-Piece Orchestra’, ‘Fred Gardner’s Okey Recording Troubadours’, or ‘Troubadours’.
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The New Audiences: Demographics in Austin, 1930-1950in “The Wild Side of Life: The Rise of the Honky Tonks, 1940-1950”Demographic change and World War Two created important new music audiences in Austin during the 1940s.Read more…
Introduction: Athens on the Coloradoin “Athens on the Colorado: The Dominance of the Universities, 1929-1946”Although a largely untold story, Depression-era Austin was home to a significant number of local territory orchestras and dances with major Swing and Sweet bands.Read more…
The “Germans” and the All University Dances, 1901-1946in “Athens on the Colorado: The Dominance of the Universities, 1929-1946”One of the largest congregations of young Texans in the state, UT provided the biggest source of live modern dance music and Swing in Austin.Read more…
Territory Music: Local Bandsin “Athens on the Colorado: The Dominance of the Universities, 1929-1946”The major popular music ensembles for public dances in Austin were territory bands, regional bands that created a unique Southwest lineage of jazz and dance music.Read more…