Big Show Band Revue, Vol. 1 cover

Big Show Band Revue, Vol. 1

Released

Founded in 1931 in Saginaw, Texas, the Light Crust Doughboys are the only band from that era still performing 90(!) years later. Of course there are no original members left and the band’s personnel have turned over many times since then (and there was that 20-year-or-so hiatus between the 1940s and the 1960s), but the musicians still riding for the Light Crust brand are just as dedicated to Western swing’s unique blend of jazzy sophistication and down-home cowboy culture as their predecessors were. On this 2020 release the sound is a lot glossier than that of mid-century Western swing recordings, which makes it interesting in itself.

Rick Anderson

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