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The Chuck Wagon Gang
12+ albums
gospelSouthern GospelAllUSAdalewatson
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The Chuck Wagon Gang Story – Past to Present Seventy-two years in any business is a long time, particularly in a musical group of any genre. Today, the Chuck Wagon Gang holds the distinction of being the oldest recording mixed gospel group still performing with ties to the original founding. By trade, the Carters were farmers, who migrated from place to place to pick cotton. The singing group came from humble beginnings in 1935, as the Carters found themselves in Lubbock, Texas, without enough money to buy medicine for a sick child, Effie. Dave Carter and two of his children, Lola and Ernest of his Carter Quartet (no relation to the Carter Family of Bristol, VA) arrived at radio station KFYO in Lubbock seeking live singing employment on radio in order to buy medicine for Effie. They landed the job, Effie soon re-joined them, and the Carter Quartet remained at the station for about a year. The radio response had been so over-whelming that Mr. Carter decided to move his family to Fort Worth, Texas. They auditioned for several stations, and finally hit the big one, 50,000-watt station, WBAP. Already on the station was a western band known as the Chuck Wagon Gang, sponsored by Bewley Mills. The flour company sent this group out on location advertising the flour, and hot biscuits were served on the spot. The Carter Quartet was hired by the station, and instantly became Bewley’s Chuck Wagon Gang. In addition to the group name change, came individual name changes as well for simpl
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albums
Country Gospel Treasures
The Best Is Yet To Be
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16 Country Gospel Favorities
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30 Country Gospel Favorites
Old Time Country Hymns
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Radio Days
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Come Go With Me
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Old Time Hymns - Vol. 1
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Columbia Country Classics Volume 1: The Golden Age
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The Gospel Tradition: The Roots And The Branches Volume 1
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Little Brown Church in the Vale
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Columbia Country Classics Volume 1: The Golden Age