Performances from 1946

Feb 1	Boots and His Texas Melody Boys	Dessau Hall
	Jesse James and His Gang	The Barn
Feb 6	Rhythmairs	The Barn
	Kate Reois Orchestra	Copenhagen Inn
	Jesse James and His Gang	Owl Club
	The Swingsters	The Windmill
	Gene Hyde and His Boys	Dessau Hall
Feb 8	Happy Dan and His Melody Boys	Dessau Hall
	Boots and His Texas Melody Boys	Mountain Top
	Jesse James and His Gang	The Barn
Feb 9	Jesse James and His Gang	Uhland Hall
	Rhythmairs	The Barn
	The Swingsters	The Windmill
	Boots and His Texas Melody Boys	Mountain Top
Feb 10	Jay Clark and the Swingsters	The Barn
	Rhythmairs	Dessau Hall
	Jesse James and His Gang	The Windmill
Feb 15	Boots and His Texas Melody Boys	Dessau Hall
	Jesse James and His Gang	The Barn
	Eddie Clark’s Orchestra	Copenhagen Inn
Feb 16	David Jones and His Austin Playboys	Mountain Top
	Jesse James and His Gang	The Barn
	Boots and His Texas Melody Boys	Dessau Hall
Feb 17	Jay Clark and the Swingsters	The Barn
	Rhythmairs	The Windmill
	Jay Clark and the Swingsters	The Barn
	Eddie Clark’s Orchestra	Hilltop Inn
	Jesse James and His Gang	Dessau Hall
	Melody Makers	Jack and Helen’s
Feb 20	The Swingsters	The Windmill
	Rhythmairs	The Barn
	Gene Hyde and His Boys	Dessau Hall
	Jesse James and His Gang	Owl Club
	Kate Reois Orchestra	Copenhagen Inn
	Austin Playboys Boots and His Texas Melody Boys	Mountain Top
Feb 22	Eddie Clark’s Orchestra	Copenhagen Inn
	Jesse James and His Gang	The Barn
Feb 23	Moten Crockett and His Orchestra	Driskill Hotel
	Jack Ream and His Orchestra	Top Hat

Mar 1	Jesse James and His Gang	The Barn
	Eddie Clark’s Orchestra	Copenhagen Inn
	Boots and His Texas Melody Boys	Dessau Hall
Mar 2	Boots and His Texas Melody Boys	Dessau Hall
Mar 6	Oklahoma Cherokees	Mountain Top
	Rhythmairs Boots and His Texas Melody Boys	The Barn
	The Swingsters	The Windmill
	Gene Hyde and His Boys	Dessau Hall
	Caballero’s	Copenhagen Inn
	Jesse James and His Gang	Owl Club
Mar 8	Jesse James and His Gang	The Barn
	Eddie Clark’s Orchestra	Copenhagen Inn
	Jack Ream and His Orchestra	Top Hat
	Uncle Billy and His Playboys	Dessau Hall
Mar 13	Rhythmairs	The Barn
	Jesse James and His Gang	Owl Club
	The Swingsters	The Windmill
	Gene Hyde and His Boys	Dessau Hall
	Ernie Farmer and His Orchestra	La Conga
Mar 15	Jesse James and His Gang	The Barn
	Woodie and His Harmonizers	Copenhagen Inn
Mar 16	Sam Huston College Swingsters	Texas Union
	Jesse James and His Gang	The Barn
	David Jones and His Austin Playboys	Dessau Hall
	Gene Hyde and His Boys	The Windmill
	Jack Ream and His Orchestra	Top Hat
Mar 17	Jay Clark and the Swingsters	The Barn
	Rhythmairs	The Windmill
	Jesse James and His Gang	Dessau Hall
Mar 22	Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra	Texas Federation of Women’s Clubs Headquarters
	Leonard Brown and the Brownies Adolph Hofner	Dessau Hall
	Jesse James and His Gang	The Barn
	Woodie and His Harmonizers	Copenhagen Inn
	Jack Ream and His Orchestra	Top Hat
	Terry Shand and His Band	Club 81
Mar 23	Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra	Dorie Miller Auditorium
	Rhythmairs	The Barn
	Jack Ream and His Orchestra	Top Hat
Mar 27	Rhythmairs	The Barn
	Gene Hyde and His Boys	Dessau Hall
	Jesse James and His Gang	Owl Club
Mar 29	Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra	Dorie Miller Auditorium
	Jesse James and His Gang	The Barn
	The A Capella Choir and the S.H.C. Collegians Orchestra	Wesley Chapel Church

Apr 5	Leonard Brown and the Brownies	Dessau Hall
	Boyd Raeburn and His Orchestra	Gregory Gymnasium
	Jesse James and His Gang	The Barn
Apr 6	Jesse James and His Gang	Owl Club
	Rhythmairs	The Barn
Apr 11	Jesse James and His Gang	Sunset Tavern
	Pop Wheeler and His Texas Pioneers	Elm Grove Lodge
	Terry Shand and His Band	Club 81
Apr 12	Jesse James and His Gang	The Barn
	Leonard Brown and the Brownies	Dessau Hall
Apr 13	Duke Ellington and His Orchestra	Gregory Gymnasium
	Jesse James and His Gang	The Barn
Apr 19	Ernie Wayland and His Orchestra	Owl Club
	Jesse James and His Gang	The Barn
	Leonard Brown and the Brownies	Dessau Hall
Apr 20	Ernie Wayland and His Orchestra	The Windmill
	Jesse James and His Gang	Owl Club
	Gene Hyde and His Boys	Dessau Hall
	Rhythmairs	The Barn
Apr 21	Allen Thomas and His Blue Jackets Gene Hyde and His Boys	Dessau Hall
Apr 22	Uncle Billy and His Playboys	Dessau Hall
	Boots and His Texas Melody Boys	The Barn
	Grouchy and His Texas Pioneers	Owl Club
	The Swingsters	The Windmill
	Van Kirkpatrick and His Orchestra	Driskill Hotel
Apr 23	All Star Orchestra	Driskill Hotel
Apr 24	Rhythmairs Jesse James and His Gang	The Barn
Apr 26	Ernie Wayland and His Orchestra	Owl Club
	Jesse James and His Gang	The Barn
	Leonard Brown and the Brownies	Dessau Hall
Apr 27	Grouchy and His Texas Pioneers	The Barn
	Jesse James and His Gang	Dessau Hall
	Gene Hyde and His Boys	The Windmill
	Rhythmairs	Owl Club
	Gary Wayne and His Jazz Band	Trocadero
Apr 29	Grouchy and His Texas Pioneers	Owl Club
	Pee Wee and His Boys	Wildcat Inn
	The Swingsters	The Windmill
	Jesse James and His Gang	Sunset Tavern

May 2	Allen Thomas and His Blue Jackets	Dessau Hall
May 3	Jesse James and His Gang	The Barn
	Leonard Brown and the Brownies	Dessau Hall
	Cecil Hogan and Orville Reece’s Texans	Owl Club
May 4	Cecil Hogan and Orville Reece’s Texans	The Windmill
	Rhythmairs	The Barn
	Jesse James and His Gang	Owl Club
	Gene Hyde and His Boys	Dessau Hall
May 5	Johnnie Simmons and His Orchestra	The Windmill
May 6	Grouchy and His Texas Pioneers	Owl Club
	Cecil Hogan and Orville Reece’s Texans	The Windmill
	Jesse James and His Gang	Sunset Tavern
May 8	Rhythmairs	The Barn
	Gene Hyde and His Boys	Dessau Hall
	Jesse James and His Gang	Marshall Ford Bar and Cafe
	Cecil Hogan and Orville Reece’s Texans	The Windmill
May 10	Leonard Brown and the Brownies	Dessau Hall
	Woodie and His Harmonizers	The Windmill
	Jesse James and His Gang Rhythmairs	The Barn
	Cecil Hogan and Orville Reece’s Texans	Owl Club
May 11	Grouchy and His Texas Pioneers	Owl Club
	Rhythmairs	Dessau Hall
	Jesse James and His Gang	The Barn
	Gene Hyde and His Boys Jesse James and His Gang	The Windmill
May 12	Battle Dance Grouchy and His Texas Pioneers Uncle Billy and His Playboys	Owl Club
	Jay Clark and the Swingsters	The Barn
	Jesse James and His Gang	Dessau Hall
May 17	Jimmy Parker and His Orchestra	Club 81
	Woodie and His Harmonizers	The Windmill
	Jimmie Grove and His Band	The Riviera Supper Club
	Cecil Hogan and Orville Reece’s Texans	Owl Club
	Jesse James and His Gang	The Barn
	Leonard Brown and the Brownies	Dessau Hall
	Johnnie Simmons and His Orchestra Tony Benson	The Yacht Club
May 18	Grouchy and His Texas Pioneers	The Barn
	Jesse James and His Gang	Owl Club
	Cecil Hogan and Orville Reece’s Texans Grouchy and His Texas Pioneers	The Windmill
	Gene Hyde and His Boys	Dessau Hall
	Gene Hyde and His Boys	Dessau Hall
May 26	Gene Hyde and His Boys	The Windmill
	Moten Crockett and His Orchestra	Cinderella Club
	Cecil Hogan and Orville Reece’s Texans	The Barn
May 27	Cecil Hogan and Orville Reece’s Texans	The Windmill
	Ernie Wayland and His Orchestra	Durhams
May 29	Jay Clark and the Swingsters	The Barn
	Cecil Hogan and Orville Reece’s Texans	The Windmill
	Gene Hyde and His Boys	Dessau Hall
May 31	Cecil Hogan and Orville Reece’s Texans	Owl Club
	Jesse James and His Gang	The Barn
	Melody Masters	Dessau Hall

Jun 1	Grouchy and His Texas Pioneers	The Barn
	Cecil Hogan and Orville Reece’s Texans	The Windmill
	Jesse James and His Gang	Owl Club
	Midnight Ramblers	Marshall Ford Bar and Cafe
	Gene Hyde and His Boys	Dessau Hall
Jun 2	Grouchy and His Texas Pioneers	Dessau Hall
	Leonard Brown and the Brownies	The Windmill
Jun 4	Ernie Wayland and His Orchestra	Durhams
	Jesse James and His Gang	Owl Club
	Cecil Hogan and Orville Reece’s Texans	Dessau Hall
Jun 5	Gene Hyde and His Boys	Dessau Hall
	Jesse James and His Gang	The Barn
	Cecil Hogan and Orville Reece’s Texans	The Windmill
Jun 8	Ernie Wayland and His Orchestra	La Calle “7”
	Gene Hyde and His Boys	The Windmill
	Cecil Hogan and Orville Reece’s Texans	Dessau Hall
Jun 12	Cecil Hogan and Orville Reece’s Texans	The Windmill
	Gene Hyde and His Boys	Dessau Hall
	Grouchy and His Texas Pioneers	The Barn
	Native Mexican Orchestra	El Charro
Jun 15	Melody Masters	The Barn
	Cecil Hogan and Orville Reece’s Texans	The Windmill
	Jimmie Holder and His Orchestra	Trocadero
Jun 16	Grouchy and His Texas Pioneers	Dessau Hall
	Uncle Billy and His Playboys	Owl Club
	Leonard Brown and the Brownies	The Windmill
	Timmy Holder and His Orchestra	Trocadero
Jun 19	Cecil Hogan and Orville Reece’s Texans	The Windmill
	Jesse James and His Gang	The Barn
	Gene Hyde and His Boys	Dessau Hall
Jun 20	Grouchy and His Texas Pioneers	Dessau Hall
	Pop Wheeler and His Texas Pioneers	Elm Grove Lodge
Jun 21	Grouchy and His Texas Pioneers	Owl Club
	Jesse James and His Gang	Dessau Hall
	Joe Castle’s Orchestra	Durhams
Jun 24	Grouchy and His Texas Pioneers	Owl Club
	Gene Hyde and His Boys	The Windmill
Jun 25	Grouchy and His Texas Pioneers	Dessau Hall
	Ernie Wayland and His Orchestra	La Calle “7”
Jun 26	Gene Hyde and His Boys	Dessau Hall
	Grouchy and His Texas Pioneers	The Barn
Jun 28	Grouchy and His Texas Pioneers	Owl Club
	Melody Masters	The Barn
Jun 29	Art Charles’ Orchestra	Club 81
	Grouchy and His Texas Pioneers	The Barn
	Jesse James and His Gang	Owl Club
	Jerry Holder and His 10-Piece Band	Trocadero
	Uncle Billy and His Playboys	The Windmill

Jul 1	Art Charles’ Orchestra	Club 81
	Grouchy and His Texas Pioneers	The Windmill
Jul 2	Grouchy and His Texas Pioneers	Dessau Hall
	Art Charles’ Orchestra	Club 81
Jul 3	Steve Lightsey and His Rhythm Kings	The Windmill
Jul 7	Johnnie Simmons and His Orchestra	Opal’s Dinner Club
	Grouchy and His Texas Pioneers	The Barn
	The Swingsters	The Windmill
Jul 8	Grouchy and His Texas Pioneers	Owl Club
	Gene Hyde and His Boys	The Windmill
Jul 9	Grouchy and His Texas Pioneers	Dessau Hall
Jul 10	Gene Hyde and His Boys	Dessau Hall
	Texas Top Hands	The Barn
	Johnnie Simmons and His Orchestra	Trocadero
Jul 11	Johnnie Simmons and His Orchestra	Trocadero
Jul 12	Johnnie Simmons and His Orchestra	Trocadero
Jul 13	Johnnie Simmons and His Orchestra	Trocadero
Jul 17	Steve Lightsey and His Rhythm Kings	The Windmill
	Gene Hyde and His Boys	Dessau Hall
	Grouchy and His Texas Pioneers	The Barn
	Jack Vaughn and His Orchestra	Trocadero
	Linwood (Red) Hyde and His Boys	Durhams
Jul 19	Jack Vaughn and His Orchestra	Trocadero
	Linwood (Red) Hyde and His Boys	The Barn
	Steve Lightsey and His Rhythm Kings	Dessau Hall
	Grouchy and His Texas Pioneers	Owl Club
Jul 20	Jack Vaughn and His Orchestra	Trocadero
	Gene Hyde and His Boys	The Windmill
	Steve Lightsey and His Rhythm Kings	Owl Club
	Happy Dan and His Melody Boys	Dessau Hall
	The Swingsters	Opal’s Dinner Club
	Grouchy and His Texas Pioneers	The Barn
Jul 25	The Texas Buckaroos	Club 81
	Texas Top Hands	The Barn
	Gene Hyde and His Boys	Dessau Hall
Jul 27	Johnnie Simmons and His Orchestra	Club 81
	Jay Clark and the Swingsters Matt Velasquez and the Latinairs	The Village
	Little Cotton Collins and His Westerners Gene Hyde and His Boys	The Windmill
	Little Willie and His Heart 6 Cowboys Steve Lightsey and His Rhythm Kings	The Barn
	John Corley and His Orchestra	Trocadero
	Ernie Wayland and His Orchestra	Owl Club

Aug 9

Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys

Rocadero Dinner Club

Sep 21

Van Kirkpatrick and His Orchestra

Gregory Gymnasium

Nov 6	Texas Top Hands	The Barn
Nov 8	Little Cotton Collins and His Westerners	The Windmill
	Jay Clark and the Swingsters	The Barn
	Happy Dan and His Melody Boys	Dessau Hall
Nov 11	Jay Clark and the Swingsters	The Windmill
	Gene Hyde and His Boys	Dessau Hall
	Steve Lightsey and His Rhythm Kings	The Barn
	Aubrey Cox and His Round-Up Boys	Elm Grove Lodge
Nov 23	Little Cotton Collins and His Westerners	The Windmill
	John Corley and His Orchestra	Trocadero
	Texas Top Hands	The Barn
	Matt Velasquez and the Latinairs	Skyline Club
Nov 27	Frankie Masters and His Orchestra	Gregory Gymnasium
	Woody Parker and His Dixie Land Band	Skyline Club
	Little Cotton Collins and His Westerners	The Windmill
	Gene Hyde and His Boys	Dessau Hall
	Steve Lightsey and His Rhythm Kings	The Barn
	Jimmie Shiller and His Orchestra	Club 81
Nov 28	Rhythmairs	The Barn
	Jimmie Shiller and His Orchestra	Club 81
	Aubrey Cox and His Round-Up Boys	Elm Grove Lodge
	Cecil Hogan and Orville Reece’s Texans	The Windmill
	Matt Velasquez and the Latinairs	Trocadero
Nov 29	Rhythmairs Jimmie Shiller and His Orchestra	Club 81
Nov 30	M Ranch Hands	Star Club
	Jimmie Shiller and His Orchestra	Club 81
	Woody Parker and His Dixie Land Band	Skyline Club
	Little Willie and His Heart 6 Cowboys	The Barn
	Sleepy Short and the Texas Buckaroos	Dessau Hall
	Steve Lightsey and His Rhythm Kings	The Windmill

Dec 3	Texas Top Hands	The Barn
	Johnny Cosland and His All Feature Orchestra	Hilltop Inn
Dec 5	Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra	Gregory Gymnasium
Dec 6	Jesse James and His Gang	Dessau Hall
	Jay Clark and the Swingsters Cecil Hogan and Orville Reece’s Texans	The Barn
Dec 7	Texas Top Hands	The Barn
Dec 10	Ella Fitzgerald with the Dizzie Gillespie Orchestra	Dorie Miller Auditorium
Dec 13	Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys	Club 81
Dec 14	Ella Fitzgerald with the Dizzie Gillespie Orchestra	Gregory Gymnasium
Dec 17	Melody Masters	Dessau Hall
	Texas Top Hands	The Barn
Dec 20	Tune Jammers	Dessau Hall
	Cecil Hogan and Orville Reece’s Texans Texas Top Hands	The Barn
	Melody Masters	The Windmill
	Don Manuel and His Orchestra	Skyline Club
Dec 24	Steve Lightsey and His Rhythm Kings	The Barn
	Little Cotton Collins and His Westerners	The Windmill
	Little Willie and His Heart 6 Cowboys	Star Club
	Woody Parker and His Dixie Land Band	Skyline Club
	Aubrey Cox and His Round-Up Boys	Elm Grove Lodge
Dec 28	Sleepy Short and the Texas Buckaroos	Dessau Hall
	Gene Hyde and His Boys	The Barn
	Steve Lightsey and His Rhythm Kings	The Windmill
	Matt Velasquez and the Latinairs	Skyline Club
Dec 30	Cecil Hogan and Orville Reece’s Texans	The Windmill
	Texas Top Hands	The Barn

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Jan 5	Johnnie Simmons and His Orchestra	Austin Country Club
	Henry Busse and His Orchestra	Gregory Gymnasium
Jan 18	Jesse James and His Gang	The Barn
	Boots and His Texas Melody Boys	Dessau Hall
Jan 19	Boots and His Texas Melody Boys	Dessau Hall
Jan 20	Jay Clark and the Swingsters	The Barn
	Jesse James and His Gang	Dessau Hall
Jan 25	Jesse James and His Gang	The Barn
	Allen Thomas and His Blue Jackets	Dessau Hall
Jan 27	Jay Clark and the Swingsters	The Barn
	Jesse James and His Gang	The Windmill
	Boots and His Texas Melody Boys	Dessau Hall
Jan 30	Jesse James and His Gang	Owl Club
	Kate Reois Orchestra	Copenhagen Inn
	Rhythmairs	The Barn
	The Swingsters	The Windmill
	Gene Hyde and His Boys	Dessau Hall
Jan 31	Jesse James and His Gang	Dessau Hall

Oct 4	Little Willie and His Heart 6 Cowboys Little Cotton Collins and His Westerners	The Barn
	Jay Clark and the Swingsters	The Village
Oct 5	Collin Lockfield and His Orchestra	Trocadero
Oct 7	Collin Lockfield and His Orchestra	Trocadero
Oct 8	Don Manuel and His Orchestra	The Village
Oct 9	Texas Top Hands	The Barn
	Steve Lightsey and His Rhythm Kings	The Windmill
	Little Cotton Collins and His Westerners	Trocadero
	Gene Hyde and His Boys	Dessau Hall
Oct 16	Jimmie Shiller and His Orchestra	Club 81
	Little Willie and His Heart 6 Cowboys	The Barn
	Austin Rhythm Boys	Hilltop Inn
	Jay Clark and the Swingsters	Trocadero
	Gene Hyde and His Boys	Dessau Hall
Oct 23	Texas Top Hands	The Barn
	Jay Clark and the Swingsters	The Village
	Battle Dance Little Cotton Collins and His Westerners Steve Lightsey and His Rhythm Kings	The Windmill