Blackie Simmons and the Blue Jackets
BLACKIE SIMMONS AND THE BLUE JACKETS. Blackie Simmons and the Blue Jackets was an early Western Swing band organized under the leadership of Fort Worth fiddle player Tumpie Lee "Blackie" Simmons. The band was short-lived, but played an important role in the development of several prominent musical careers, as well as providing entertainment at the historic Fort Worth Frontier Centennial exposition, alongside such notables as Billy Rose, Paul Whiteman, and Sally Rand...
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