Big D Jamboree 1950's
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Posted by Breckinridige A. Leath on August 01, 2000 at 01:00:58:
Mr. Locklin,
I believe my uncle Boots Bourquin may have played
in the stage band of the Big D jamboree about 1952.
I was about nine or ten years old and already knew
the words to your song "Send Me the Pillow that You
Dream On". You had a distinct voice that I can still hear.
I remember going to the Jamboree and a few of the
popular songs of the time. Little Jimmie Dickin's
"Take an Ol' Cold Tator and Wait";"Sleepin' at the
Foot of the Bed", Hank Snow "I'm Movin On", Hank Williams
"My Buckets Got a Hole in It" and "Settin the Woods on
Fire", Ernest Tubb "Walkin the Floor Over You", and
some one singing "Why Don't You Ride in My Little Red
wagon" and "Roly Poly". These stand out but there were others. I moved from
South Dallas in 1956 but will always remember that era
of great Texas country music and was fortunate to have
been to the Big D Jamboree from about 1952 through 1956. I will always "dream on that pillow" of those days
that you and others sang about. Sincerely,
Breck A. leath
California
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