Also in the movie but not mentioned are (The Willis Bros) Guy,Skeeter and Vic along with bass-man Chuck Wright. At that time, in their more than 50 year career, they were known as The Oklahoma Wranglers. The Willis Brothers were a featured part of Eddy Arnold's stage and radio shows. If you look closely they can be seen doing part of their stage show with their routine around Skeeter's trick fiddling, the finale of their stage show. Skeeter mentioned they really enjoyed the shoot em up sequences and they went through a lot of ammo. Also in the band scene they were shown playing instruments other than those they were noted. Not guitar, accordion, fiddle and upright bass. These are stories related to me by my uncles the Willis Brothers. My father started the group in the early 30s when the original members were Joe, Guy and Skeeter.
Hoedown
(1950)
Movie contains performances of historic music and film stars of the era.
12 September 2006