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While the most well-known McGhee in jazz trumpet is without a doubt the bebop dignitary, big band trumpeter John McGhee recorded with both Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald in the ’30s. On the far side of the railroad monitors, an old-time nation harmonica player, vocalist, and electric guitar picker using …

The distinctive sound of the early country and gospel recording artist’s voice may have been a little much for the air speakers in the ’20s and ’30s. However so effective was the result this music was having on that which was a new nationwide broadcast viewers that no one was …