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Fiddler et chef d'orchestre US né le 25
Avril 1915 à Texas City
(Texas). Cliff Bruner est décédé le 25 Août 2000.
In the late
'30s, during the classic era of Western swing, Cliff Bruner was one of the
fiddlers who helped to create and develop that music by fusing country and jazz
sounds. As the bandleader of his own Texas Wanderers, Bruner carved out a place
in country music history by focusing on a new kind of song — not the smooth,
heavily jazz-influenced arrangements to which other Texas bands of the day
aspired, but simpler Vocals pieces with lyrics that spoke of disillusionment and
hard luck. Bruner is particularly noted for his recording of
Ted Daffan's composition "Truck Driver's
Blues" — the first trucker song ever committed to disc.
Born in Houston, TX, in 1915, Bruner was performing professionally and wandering
around Texas in search of gigs by the late 1920s. The medicine show provided him
with early employment, as it did for many other early country stars; he had
signed on with Dr. Scott's Medicine Show, a traveling caravan hawking a cure-all
called Liquidine Tonic. In 1934, Bruner joined the pathbreaking Western swing
band Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies,
an act which billed itself as "The Greatest String Band on Earth." He cut close
to 50 songs with the group before Brown
was killed in an auto accident in April 1936; the twin fiddles often heard in
the Brownies' music (setting a pattern that lasted for decades in country music)
are those of Bruner and the classically trained violinist Cecil Brower.
After
Brown's death, Bruner returned to Houston and formed a group called the
Texas Wanderers (sometimes called Cliff Bruner & His Boys). The band settled
into a slot on Beaumont radio station KDFM, whose listenership crossed the state
line into heavily Cajun Southwestern Louisiana. As did other Western swing
bands, this one fused traditional fiddle-led country music with elements of
1920s and '30s pop and jazz. But Bruner, from the start, favored a strikingly
contemporary sound. He brought the wildly experimental electric steel guitarist
Bob Dunn on board from the Brownies and featured an electric mandolinist, Leo
Raley, and an energetic barrelhouse pianist,
Moon Mullican. The Texas Wanderers'
recordings on the Decca label crowded jukeboxes along the oil-rich, heavily
industrialized Texas Gulf Coast. Among the many songs featuring vocalist Dickie
McBride were several that were recognized in retrospect as early classics of the
honky tonk genre: the band had perhaps its biggest hit in 1938 with a recording
of the Floyd Tillman composition
"It Makes No Difference Now" and "Truck Driver's Blues" followed in 1939.
In the early '40s, Bruner dissolved the Texas Wanderers, but he continued to
work with Mullican and with other
musicians who were forging modern country music out of the forms of Western
swing: he performed with former Texas governor
W. Lee O'Daniel and with Louisiana
governor-to-be Jimmie Davis. Bruner
and Mullican headed a band called the
Showboys, and he made some recordings for Mercury and for small Texas labels
after World War II. Bruner largely dropped out of music in the early '50s in
favor of an insurance-sales career. When the Western swing revival flowered in
the 1970s, however, he gained proper recognition as an enormously influential
figure. He appeared on Johnny Gimble's
1980 LP Texas Swing Pioneers and remained active as a performer well into his
ninth decade. On August 25, 2000, Bruner's long lifetime of making music came to
an end when he died of cancer at the age of 85.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliff_Bruner
Talents : Fiddle, Songwriter
Style musical : Western Swing, Honky Tonk, Traditional Country
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MILK
COW BLUES (1937)
The Right Key
(But The Wrong Keyhole) (1937)
WHEN YOU'RE
SMILING (1939)
LITTLE
WHITE LIES (1939)
I'LL
KEEP ON LOVING YOU (1949)
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Years in activity :
| 1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 | 10 | 20 |
DISCOGRAPHY
78 t. & Single
| 02/1937 | 78 t. DECCA 5334 (US) |
Cliff BRUNER'S TEXAS WANDERERS -
Milk Cow
Blues
 / Bringin'
Home The Bacon |
| 03/1937 | 78 t. DECCA 5337 (US) | Cliff BRUNER'S TEXAS WANDERERS - Can't Nobody Truck Like You / You Get To Hi De Hi |
| 04/1937 | 78 t. DECCA 5350 (US) | Cliff BRUNER'S TEXAS WANDERERS - Four Or Five Times / Corrinne, Corrina |
| 05/1937 | 78 t. DECCA 5368 (US) | Cliff BRUNER'S TEXAS WANDERERS - So Tired / Under The Silvery Moon |
| 07/1937 | 78 t. DECCA 5401 (US) |
Cliff BRUNER'S TEXAS WANDERERS - Blue Of The Night /
The Right Key
(But The Wrong Keyhole)
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| 09/1937 | 78 t. DECCA 5434 (US) | Cliff BRUNER'S TEXAS WANDERERS - Ain't Gonna Give None Of My Jelly Roll / Shine |
| 12/1937 | 78 t. DECCA 5469 (US) | Cliff BRUNER'S TEXAS WANDERERS - Oh You Pretty Woman / Old Fashioned Love |
| 01/1938 | 78 t. DECCA 5474 (US) |
Cliff BRUNER'S TEXAS WANDERERS - I Saw Your Face In Moon / Beaumont Rag |
| 02/1938 | 78 t. DECCA 5485 (US) |
Cliff BRUNER'S TEXAS WANDERERS - Sunbonnet Sue / My Daddy My Mother & Me |
| 03/1938 | 78 t. DECCA 5499 (US) | Cliff BRUNER'S TEXAS WANDERERS - Baby Wont You Please Come / Dream Train |
| 04/1938 | 78 t. DECCA 5515 (US) | Cliff BRUNER'S TEXAS WANDERERS - Oh How I Miss You Tonight / By A Window At End Of Lane |
| 05/1938 | 78 t. DECCA 5529 (US) | Cliff BRUNER'S TEXAS WANDERERS - Red Lips Kiss My Blues / One Sweet Letter |
| 06/1938 | 78 t. DECCA 5543 (US) | Cliff BRUNER'S TEXAS WANDERERS - You Can Depend On Me / River Stay Away From My Door |
| 07/1938 | 78 t. DECCA 5560 (US) | Cliff BRUNER'S TEXAS WANDERERS - Sugar / Girl Of My Dreams |
| 09/1938 | 78 t. DECCA 5582 (US) | Cliff BRUNER'S TEXAS WANDERERS - Tonight You Belong To Me / Trucking On Down |
| 10/1938 | 78 t. DECCA 5604 (US) | Cliff BRUNER'S TEXAS WANDERERS - It Makes No Difference / I Hate To Lose You |
| 10/1938 | 78 t. DECCA 5610 (US) | Cliff BRUNER'S TEXAS WANDERERS - Ease My Wearied Mind / Dragging The Bow |
| 11/1938 | 78 t. DECCA 5619 (US) | Cliff BRUNER'S TEXAS WANDERERS - Bring It Home To Grandma / Sitting On The Moon |
| 11/1938 | 78 t. DECCA 5624 (US) | Cliff BRUNER'S TEXAS WANDERERS - Sister Kate / Kangaroo Blues |
| 12/1938 | 78 t. DECCA 5638 (US) | Cliff BRUNER'S TEXAS WANDERERS - Yearning Just For You / My Bonnie Lies Over Ocean |
| 01/1939 | 78 t. DECCA 5647 (US) | Cliff BRUNER'S TEXAS WANDERERS - Annie Laurie / Remember |
| 02/1939 | 78 t. DECCA 5660 (US) |
Cliff BRUNER'S TEXAS WANDERERS -
When You're Smiling
/ Old Joe Turner
Blues |
| 03/1939 | 78 t. DECCA 5664 (US) | Cliff BRUNER'S TEXAS WANDERERS - I Wonder If You Feel / Jojo |
| 04/1939 | 78 t. DECCA 5672 (US) | Cliff BRUNER'S TEXAS WANDERERS - Over Moonlite Waters / I'll Keep Loving You |
| 04/1939 | 78 t. DECCA 5681 (US) | Cliff BRUNER'S TEXAS WANDERERS - I Wish I'd Never Learned To Love / Wonder Stomp |
| 05/1939 | 78 t. DECCA 5691 (US) | Cliff BRUNER'S TEXAS WANDERERS - Meet Me In Loveland / Rosetta |
| 07/1939 | 78 t. DECCA 5704 (US) | Cliff BRUNER'S TEXAS WANDERERS - I'll Never Let You Cry / Little House On The Hill |
| 08/1939 | 78 t. DECCA 5712 (US) | Cliff BRUNER'S TEXAS WANDERERS - I'll Always Be Your Buddy / Waiting At The End Of The Road |
| 09/1939 | 78 t. DECCA 5719 (US) | Cliff BRUNER'S TEXAS WANDERERS - I Still Care For You / Is This A Dream? |
| 10/1939 | 78 t. DECCA 5725 (US) |
Cliff BRUNER'S TEXAS WANDERERS - I'm Tired Of You / Truck Driver Blues |
| 10/1939 | 78 t. DECCA 5728 (US) |
Cliff BRUNER'S TEXAS WANDERERS - Kelly Swing / San Antonio Rose |
| 10/1939 | 78 t. DECCA 5730 (US) | TEXAS WANDERERS - When It's Your Time Of Day / Those Things I Can't Forget |
| 11/1939 | 78 t. DECCA 5740 (US) | TEXAS WANDERERS - Rubber Dolly / Black Sea Blues |
| 11/1939 | 78 t. DECCA 5743 (US) |
Cliff BRUNER'S TEXAS WANDERERS - Singing The Lowdown Blues / Star Dust |
| 11/1939 | 78 t. DECCA 5753 (US) |
Cliff BRUNER'S TEXAS WANDERERS -
Little White
Lies
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| 11/1939 | 78 t. DECCA 5756 (US) | TEXAS WANDERERS - I Hope I'll Never Fall In Love / Smile And Drive The Blues Away |
| 12/1939 | 78 t. DECCA 5769 (US) |
Cliff BRUNER'S TEXAS WANDERERS - The Girl You Loved Long Ago / Jessie |
| 12/1939 | 78 t. DECCA 5775 (US) | TEXAS WANDERERS - Deep Elm Swing / You Gotta Know How To Truck |
| 12/1939 | 78 t. DECCA 5782 (US) | TEXAS WANDERERS - Lies / We Just Couldn't Say Goodbye |
| 12/1939 | 78 t. DECCA 5785 (US) |
Cliff BRUNER'S TEXAS WANDERERS - Over The Hill / Its All Over Now |
| 01/1940 | 78 t. DECCA 5797 (US) |
Cliff BRUNER'S TEXAS WANDERERS - Peggy Lou / Tell Me Why Little Girl |
| 02/1940 | 78 t. DECCA 5800 (US) | TEXAS WANDERERS - Moonlight On The Prairie / Where The Morning Glories Grow |
| 02/1940 | 78 t. DECCA 5808 (US) |
Cliff BRUNER'S TEXAS WANDERERS - I'll Keep On Smiling / I'll Forgive You |
| 03/1940 | 78 t. DECCA 5812 (US) | TEXAS WANDERERS - Cry Baby, Cry / How Could You Have Left Me |
| 04/1940 | 78 t. DECCA 5818 (US) | TEXAS WANDERERS - Give Me The Old Fashioned Days / I Remember |
| 04/1940 | 78 t. DECCA 5819 (US) |
Cliff BRUNER'S TEXAS WANDERERS - Because / I'm Still In Love With You |
| 04/1940 | 78 t. DECCA 5824 (US) |
Cliff BRUNER'S TEXAS WANDERERS - Sparkling Blue Eyes / Ten Pretty Girls |
| 05/1940 | 78 t. DECCA 5831 (US) | TEXAS WANDERERS - Pipe Liner Blues / Racking It Back |
| 05/1940 | 78 t. DECCA 5836 (US) |
Cliff BRUNER'S TEXAS WANDERERS - Take Me Back Again / I'm Heading For That Ranch In The Sky |
| 06/1940 | 78 t. DECCA 5843 (US) | TEXAS WANDERERS - When You're Gone / My Dixieland Girl |
| 06/1940 | 78 t. DECCA 5849 (US) |
Cliff BRUNER'S TEXAS WANDERERS - You Don't Love Me (But I'll Love You) / Over The Trail |
| 07/1940 | 78 t. DECCA 5856 (US) | TEXAS WANDERERS - Dixieland I Hear You Calling / Sundown Blues (Tin Roof Blues) |
| 07/1940 | 78 t. DECCA 5860 (US) |
Cliff BRUNER'S TEXAS WANDERERS - New Falling Rain Blues / Sorry |
| 08/1940 | 78 t. DECCA 5871 (US) |
Cliff BRUNER'S TEXAS WANDERERS - I Keep Thinking Of You / Neath The Purple On Hills |
| 08/1940 | 78 t. DECCA 5872 (US) | TEXAS WANDERERS - San Antonio Polka / I Wonder If True Love Will |
| 10/1940 | 78 t. DECCA 5884 (US) | The Night Was Filled With Music (TEXAS WANDERERS) / Old Fashioned Locket (BURNS BROTHERS) |
| 05/1941 | 78 t. DECCA 5953 (US) |
Cliff BRUNER'S TEXAS WANDERERS - Draft Board Blues / Tequilla Rag |
| 06/1941 | 78 t. DECCA 5961 (US) |
Cliff BRUNER & His BOYS - Sun Has Gone Down / Let Me Smile My Last Smile At You |
| 08/1941 | 78 t. DECCA 5974 (US) |
Cliff BRUNER'S TEXAS WANDERERS - Jessie's Sister / My Time Will Come Someday |
| 01/1942 | 78 t. DECCA 6012 (US) | Cliff BRUNER'S TEXAS WANDERERS - Red River Rose / I'll Be Faithful |
| 10/1946 | 78 t. DECCA 46011 (US) | Cliff BRUNER'S TEXAS WANDERERS - I'll Keep Thinking Of You / It Makes No Difference Now |
| 12/1946 | 78 t. DECCA 46026 (US) | Cliff BRUNER - Snowflakes / That's What I Like 'Bout The South |
| 03/1947 | 78 t. DECCA 46033 (US) | Cliff BRUNER - I'll Try Not To Cry / My Pretty Blonde |
| 1947 | 78 t. DECCA 46042 (US) | Deep Delta Blues (Denver DARLING / W. DAVISON) / If It's Wrong To Love You (Cliff BRUNER) |
| 1947 | 78 t. DECCA 46043 (US) | Cliff BRUNER - If It's Wrong To Love You / ? |
| 06/1947 | 78 t. DECCA 46044 (US) | Cliff BRUNER - Born To Be Blue / Won't You Mend My Aching Heart |
| 1947 | 78 t. DECCA 46051 (US) | Cliff BRUNER - Jessie / San Antonio Rose |
| 1947 | 78 t. DECCA 46096 (US) | Cliff BRUNER - When You're Smiling / Old Joe Turner Blues |
| 08/1947 | 78 t. MERCURY 6046 (US) | Cliff BRUNER & HIS ORCHESTRA - Lucille From Mobile / You Were All This World To Me |
| 11/1947 | 78 t. DECCA 46098 (US) | Cliff BRUNER'S TEXAS WANDERERS - Sparkling Blue Eyes / Ten Pretty Girls |
| 12/1947 | 78 t. DECCA 46101 (US) | Cliff BRUNER - Don't Make Me Blue / You Always Hurt The One You Love |
| 07/1948 | 78 t. MERCURY 6113 (US) | Cliff BRUNER & HIS ORCHESTRA - Firewater / Someone To Tell My Troubles To |
| 1949 | 78 t. CORAL 64001 (US) |
Cliff BRUNER & His BOYS -
I'll Keep On Loving You
/ Kangaroo Blues |
| 1949 | 78 t. AYO 102 (US) | Santa Fe Waltz / Rio Grande Polka |
| 1949 | 78 t. MODERN 20-697 (US) | Santa Fe Waltz / Rio Grande Polka |
| 1949 | 78 t. AYO 103 (US) | Unfaithful One (Vocals Cliff BRUNER) / San Antonio Blues (Vocals Link DAVIS) |
| 1949 | 78 t. MODERN 20-698 (US) | Unfaithful One (Vocals Cliff BRUNER) / San Antonio Blues (Vocals Link DAVIS) |
| 1949 | 78 t. AYO 105 (US) | TEXAS WANDERERS (Vocals Rusty McDONALD) - Ouch / You Took Adbantage Of A Lonely Heart |
| 1950 | 78 t. AYO 107 (US) | Out Of Business / Mr. Postman |
| 05/1950 | 78 t. CORAL 64042 (US) | Cliff BRUNER - If It's Wrong To Love You / I'll Try Not To Cry |
| 06/1950 | 78 t. AYO 109 (US) | Sweetest Little Danny / Was A Gambler In Texas |
| 1950 | 78 t. AYO 112 (US) | You Better Do Better Baby / Hard Luck Blues |
| 1950 | 78 t. AYO 113 (US) | You’ve Got To Give Me What’s Mine / I’m Dying By Pieces Dear |
| 1971 | SP PREVIEW 1008 (US) | Cliff BRUNER with Pee Wee WHITENING & The OTHERS BROTHERS - Welcome to the Club / Faded Love |
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Albums
| 1977 | LP 12" MCA VIM 4016 (JAP) |
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CLIFF BRUNER & THE RICE BROTHERS BAND - CLIFF BRUNER'S TEXAS WANDERER : Bringing Home The Bacon / Corrine, Corrina / Under The Silvery Moon / Odl-Fashioned Love / RICE BROTHERS' GANG : Beaumont Rag / San Antonio Rose / I'll Forgive You, But I Can't Forget / King Cotton Stomp / Sugar Blues / On The Sunny Side Of The Street / When I'm Walking With My Sweetness / Alabama Jubilee / You Are My Sunshine / Is It True What They Say About Dixie? | |||||
| 197? | LP 12" SHOWTIME LP 5002 (US) |
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WATCH OUT FOR Cliff - Jesse / Make No Difference Now / Playing Of My Heart / Salty Dog Rag / Liebestraum / Jazztime / Don't Be Unkind / Truck Driver Blues / CB Waltz / I'm Sitting At The Top Of The World | |||||
| 1981 | LP 12" DELTA DLP-1137 (US) |
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THEN & NOW - Jesse Polka / Maidens Prayer / Crafton Blues / Goodnight Waltz / Cotton-Eyed Disco / September Song / Black & Blue / Faded Love / Jole Blon / Blessed Assurance / Draggin' The Bow / Sweet Praises | |||||
| 1983 | LP 12" TEXAS ROSE TXR 2710 (US) |
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CLIFF BRUNER'S TEXAS WANDERERS - 1937-44 - I Saw Face In The End Of The Lane / Truck Driver's Blues / I'll Keep On Loving You / Tequila Rag / Bringin' Home The Bacon / Don't Make Me Blue / I'm Tired Of You / Draft Board Blues / One Sweet Letter From You / New Falling Rain Blues / Beaumont Rag / I'll Try Not To Cry / Sittin' On The Moon / Truckin' On Down / Milk Cow Blues / Peggy Lou | |||||
| 1997 | 5 CD BEAR FAMILY BCD 16932 (GER) |
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CLIFF BRUNER & HIS TEXAS WANDERERS :
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| 03/2005 | 4 CD JSP JSP-7742 (UK) |
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Western Swing and Country Jazz :
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