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Larry Cassidy and His Dixie Raiders KMPC Country Carnival Barn Dance KMPC Los Angeles, CA

About The Artist Larry Cassidy was known in the Los Angeles area as "The Singin' Cop" and was playing numerous spots in Southern California. In 1949, they named him and his band to play at Uncle Dave Ming's 97th Street Corral during the absence of Tommy Duncan's Western All-Stars. In the works at the time was a plan to do remote broadcasts from the Corral for radio station KXLA in Pasadena. The plans called for them to be done three times weekly from 8:30 to 9:00pm. Timeline and Trivia Notes Group Members included: Larry Cassidy Vic Davis, piano Dave Barnum, guitar Dick Hamilton, guitar Tex Atchison, fiddle Bucky Lloyd, steel guitar Tommy Mills, drums Curley Armstrong, bass fiddle Credits & Sources Jamboree Magazine; January 1949; Ventura, CA

Recordings (78rpm/45rpm)   Capitol Rec. No. Side Song Title   40005 A Stormy Heart   40005 B Sold Down The River   40019 A Sittin' Here Alone Feelin' Blue   40019 B This Lonely World   40058 A That Wild And Wicked Look In Your Eye   40058 B Save The Alcohol   40099 A I Found Somebody New   40099 B I'm Still Crying Over You   40152 A Weary Lonesome Me   40152 B Baby, I Can't Use You Like You Are