- Tommy Hancock
Tommy Hancock (Tommy X. Hancock) is widely regarded as the godfather of
West Texas music.Fact|date=July 2007Born and raised in
Lubbock ,Texas , Hancock's grandmother had him classically trained in violin. But at age 16, Tommy joined the military and traveled overseas as a paratrooper and military policeman. In1946 he left the service and returned to Lubbock, where he led a popular swing band called the "Roadside Playboys." He hired young Charlene Condray as a girl singer in the late 1940s; they were later to wed and have eight children. Together they traveled the Rocky Mountains as "The Supernatural Family Band."In
1980 the Hancock family settled inAustin, Texas , where they found the local attitudes much to their liking. After a long musical career in his new hometown, in March2000 Tommy was inducted into theAustin Chronicle Music Awards Hall of Fame . In 2002 "The Supernatural Family Band" was inducted into theCountry Music Association of Texas Hall of Fame .In the early 1970s, Hancock and his family became followers of Guru Maharaj Ji. [ [http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid:244698 "Roadside Playboys and Texana Dames: The supernatural saga of the Hancock family"] , MARGARET MOSER, "Austin Chronicle" DECEMBER 31, 2004]
References
*http://tommyxhancock.com/
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