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Cecil Brower

Cecil Lee Brower (November 28, 1914 – November 21, 1965) was a classically trained American jazz violinist who became an architect of Western swing in the 1930s. Perhaps the greatest swing fiddler, he could improvise as well as double shuffle and created his own style which became the benchmark for his contemporaries.

Cecil Brower

Cecil Lee Brower

Cousin Cecil

November 28, 1914
Bellevue, Texas

November 21, 1965(1965-11-21) (aged 50)
New York City

Western swing, country and Western, jazz

band leader, session musician

fiddle, viola

1931–1965

Cumberland, Mercury

The Southern Melody Boys
Milton Brown and His Musical Brownies
The Light Crust Doughboys
The Kilocycle Cowboys
Jimmy Dean

Brower played in many Western bands, including his own, and was a renowned Nashville session musician. He performed with some of the biggest names in country music until his death at age 50 while a member of Jimmy Dean's band. Brower is a member of the Texas Music Hall of Fame.

Coffey, Kevin (2004), The Encyclopedia of Country Music: The Ultimate Guide to the Music, Sourcebooks, Inc.,  0-19-517608-1.

ISBN

Dempsey, John Mark (2002), The Light Crust Doughboys are on the Air: Celebrating Seventy Years of Texas Music, University of North Texas Press,  1-57441-151-9.

ISBN

Erlewine, Michael (1997), All Music Guide to Country, Hal Leonard Corporation,  0-87930-475-8.

ISBN

Ginell, Cary; Brown, Roy Lee (1994), Milton Brown and the Founding of Western Swing, University of Illinois Press,  0-252-02041-3.

ISBN

Malone, Bill C. (2002), , University of Texas Press, ISBN 0-292-75262-8.

Country Music, U.S.A, third edition

. Texas Old Time Fiddlers Association. Retrieved April 24, 2009.

"The Origins of The Texas Style of Traditional Old Time Fiddling"

Saffle, Michael (2000), Perspectives on American Music, 1900-1950, Taylor & Francis,  0-8153-2145-7.

ISBN

Torreano, Bradley. . All Music Guide. Retrieved April 21, 2009.

"Mini Profiles on Traditional Country Artists and Legends"

Watch (Country Music Hall of Fame website)

Bob Wills with Cecil Brower on Jubilee USA, "Fiddle Breakdown", June 27, 1959

Listen to

Cecil Brower and His Kilocycle Cowboys

Archived 2018-02-17 at the Wayback Machine

The Light Crust Doughboys at the Rockabilly Hall of Fame

at the Portal to Texas History

1947 photos of Cecil Brower's Cowboy Band at radio station KECK in Odessa

at the Discography of American Historical Recordings.

Cecil Brower recordings