Active until 1940 Genre Country | Active from 1935 | |
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Albums Beyond Patina Jazz Masters: The Tune Wranglers Record labels Charly Records, Overjazz Records, Neptunia Similar Jimmie Revard and His O, Bill Boyd, Cliff Bruner, Adolph Hofner, Milton Brown and his Music | ||
The Tune Wranglers were a Western swing band from San Antonio, Texas, popular in the 1930s.
The group formed in 1935, and its original membership included Buster Coward (vocals, guitar), Eddie Fielding (banjo), and Charlie Gregg (vocals, fiddle). Fielding was replaced by Joe Barnes (known as Red Brown) soon after, and around 1936 Eddie Duncan joined on steel guitar. Fiddler Leonard Seago also played with the group for a short period. They played most often in Texas and Mexico, where they received airplay on border radio stations such as WOAI and KTSA.
From 1936 they recorded for Bluebird Records, both under their own name in English and under the name Tono Hombres in Spanish. In total, they recorded about 80 tunes, including a session of Hawaiian-style songs with banjoist/reeds twins Neal & Beal.
Songs
El Rancho GrandeSweet Fiddle Blues · 2010
Texas SandSweet Fiddle Blues · 2010
Buster's Crawdad SongSweet Fiddle Blues · 2010