Prince Albert Hunt's Texas Ramblers

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One of the finest musicians to emerge from the sleepy locale of Denton, TX (later the home of the eclectic polka band Brave Combo as well as the place where they jailed serial killer Henry Lee Lucas), historic fiddler Prince Albert Hunt packed a lot of significant events into his short lifetime. Many of these happenings were out of his control. He was shot to death outside a bar, putting him in the category of other innovative musicians that met their fates at the end of a gun barrel, including the exciting jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan. Prince Albert's death happened on the same date as that of guitar inventor Leo Fender, some 60 years later. Prince Albert also is considered an inventor, credited with fiddling up the style of Western swing, and although it is always a mistake to give a solitary individual total credit for a style, the recordings he made for Okeh don't have a whole lot of company in terms of early sides that predict the Western swing phenomenon. The Prince Albert style is also called "hot fiddling," the groups who play it "hot string bands." It developed in Texas and Oklahoma from the late '20s onward, a bit like a hungry camper trying to set up a larder in the village grocery, grabbing at blues, ragtime, jazz, and old-time fiddle music as if these traditions were cans of beans, loaves of bread, and packs of wieners pulled off the shelves. It was music meant for dancing, before working up an appetite; it was also music that combined black and white influences t

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Anthology Of American Folk Music, Vol. 2A: Social Music

Anthology Of American Folk Music

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Wake Up Jacob (2020 Remaster)

American Folk Music

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Anthology of American Folk Music (Disc 2a)

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Anthology of American Folk Music Volume 2 Disc 1 Social Music

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Anthology of American Folk Music, Vol. 2: Social Music

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Good For What Ails You: Music Of The Medicine Shows 1926–1937

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Anthology Of American Folk Music, Volume 2: Social Music

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American Epic: The Collection

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Anthology of American Folk Music, Vol. 1-3 Disc 3

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Anthology of American Folk Music, Vol. 1-3 (3 of 6)

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