Texas Jim Lewis

Biography

James "Texas Jim" Lewis (Meigs, Georgia, October 15, 1909 - January 23, 1990) was an American western swing musician.

One of Americas original cowboy stars, James "Texas Jim" Lewis, had (as a showbiz veteran) seemingly done it all by the time he moved to Seattle in 1950. Having played live country music over the radio in the 1920s, formed a Western Swing stringband in the 1930s, recorded hits for various major labels into the 1940s, this contemporary of Hollywood movie stars like Gene Autry and Roy Rogers had also appeared in 42 films and even became the very first Country music radio DJ in Los Angeles. But Lewis is perhaps best and most fondly recalled as the cackling host of KING-TVs trail-blazing kiddie show, Sheriff Texs Safety Junction. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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