Phil Baxter and his Orchestra - Down Where The Blue Bonnets Grow (1929)

Phil Baxter (Sept.5,1896 - 1972) was an American songwriter, singer and bandleader.

Born on September 5, 1896 in Navarro County, Texas, he graduated from Daniel Baker College. He is perhaps best known for his novelty song, "Piccolo Pete", a notable hit for Ted Weems and His Orchestra. Another song, "I'm a Ding Dong Daddy from Dumas" was successfully recorded by many artists, including Sidney Bechet, Bennie Moten and Louis Armstrong.

Baxter led his own orchestra in the 1920s through the mid-1930s, leading two recording sessions, the first in October 1925 in St. Louis, Missouri, and the second in October 1929, in Dallas, Texas. In June 1927, "Phil Baxter and His Texas Tommies" performed at the just-opened El Torreon Ballroom in Kansas City, Missouri, becoming, as "Phil Baxter and His El Torreon Orchestra", the ballroom's houseband from 1927 to 1933.Baxter would open and close each night with the band's theme song, "El Torreon", and their nightly performances were frequently broadcast by KMBC. He ultimately suspended much of his musical activities due to difficulties stemming from arthritis. Baxter died in 1972.


Phil Baxter and his Orchestra - Down Where The Blue Bonnets Grow (1929)

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[hwhitson]

How exciting to find this. Thank you. Uncle Phil was my great-uncle. I'm going to see my mom this weekend (his niece) and I will play this for her. Uncle Phil kept playing his music for the rest of his life, playing for the family at all our gatherings, and often losing himself at his piano. Now my daughter is taking up jazz piano. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for posting this. I'd love to find a record to purchase. Hollis

[FrancisJoseph76]

Thanks for posting all these songs :) great stuff

[hoamatloand]

fantastico...!!!!!!!!  :-)