| Birth: | Sep. 28, 1914 | | Death: | Mar. 11, 1993 | 
Musician. Born in Ladonia, Texas, he was Western swing music artist whom sang and played stand-up sting bass with his brother Bill in "Bill Boyd & His Cowboy Ramblers", from 1932 to 1951. For RCA Records, they recorded over 200 hit singles to include "Mama Don't Like No Music", "Saturday Night Rag", "Under the Double Eagle" "Going Back to My Texas Home" and "Ramblers Rag". Together they were in a half-dozen Hollywood Westerns in the 1940s, such as "Tumbleweed Trail" (1942), "Raiders of the West" (1942) and "Texas Man Hunt". He also performed at the Grand Ol Opery with Roy Rogers and his "Sons of the Pioneers". (bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Search Amazon for Jim Boyd | | | Burial:
Restland Memorial Park
Dallas
Dallas County
Texas, USA
Plot: Acacia Lawn Lot 426 Space 4 |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Record added: Jun 04, 2000
Find A Grave Memorial# 9831 |
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