Special
Guest
Colonel
Buster Doss
1931:
Made his debut as an entertainer when he was six years old.
1938
to 1942:
Was an active member of an "Old Time Medicine Show" where
he began to learn "Show Business" from the same professionals
who trained Gene Autry, Bob Wills, Red Skelton, Roy Acuff, Bud Abbott
& Lou Costello and many others.
1942:
Enlisted in the US Navy where he Produced Shows to entertain our
Armed Forces during World War II.
1945:
Upon Honorable Discharge from the US Navy, Hollywood beckoned and
he appeared in Western Movies as "Bronco Buck Cody" and
"The Cactus Kid".
1946:
Recorded
his first record for Royalty Records and in 1947 & 1948 recorded
for Star Talent Records.
1948:
Became
a member of The Louisiana Hayride along with Hank Williams, Johnny
Horton, Kitty Wells, Johnny and Jack, Faron Young, Webb Pierce,
Jim Reeves and later Elvis.
1948
& 1949:
Did Radio Broadcasts from KLRA in Little Rock, Arkansas and KTFS
in Texarkana, Tex.
1950:
Managed his first Radio Station in Hugo, Oklahoma. Later owned seven
Radio Stations. Mid 50's through early 60's: Owned and operated
Country Music's largest Phone Promotion Unit with over 200 employees
promoting Grand Ole Opry Shows with Billy Grammer as the Head liner,
Louisiana Hayride Shows, Cody's Helldrivers Thrill Shows and Marvin
The Marvelous Magician.
1962:
Voted the Number One Magician in The World by The Knights Of The
Golden Wand.
1963:
Owned and operated the worlds second largest Tent Circus "Colonel
Buck Cody's Pioneer Circus and Wild West Show" and later in
the same year moved to Nashville and managed Acts such as Billy
Grammer, Billy Walker, Sky King, and a dozen other Grand Ole Opry
Stars. Having formed Wizard Records in 1959 in Waco, Texas, he brought
it to Nashville where it became the first Major Independent Record
Label on the famed Music Row.
1969:
Relocated to Missouri where he built a Radio Station and the first
of seven "Frontier Jamboree Music Theaters" and "Codyland
Village", all of which he owned and operated.
1975:
Opened the second "Frontier Jamboree" and a Theme Park
"Six Shooter Junction" in Harlingen, Texas.
1976:
Moved
to Austin, Texas and became one of the Founding Fathers of the "Outlaw"
movement that took the world by storm. He formed a group known as
"Cooder Browne", signed them to Willie Nelson's Lone star
Records and Mercury Records, got them the job as Willie's opening
act and handled press for Willie's 1979
Fourth
of July Picnic while managing twelve other Austin Acts.
1979
(December)
moved Stardust Records to Nashville and signed Billy Grammer,
Rhonda Vincent, Bill Carlisle, Donna Darlene, James O'Gynne, Larry
Butler and many others.
1982:
The
urge hit to open another "Frontier Jamboree" (the fourth)
(1. Marcelene, Missouri, 2. Harlingen, Texas, 3. Georgetown, Texas)
this time in Ashdown, Arkansas. He operated this theater from 1982
until 1985 and started the careers of Tracy Lawrence and Rooster
Quantrell, just to name a couple.
1983 he played the lead in
"The Vitonka Medicine Show" at the American Place Theater
on Broadway, New York City.
1985:
Opened
his fifth "Frontier Jamboree" in Mt. Pleasant, Texas and
the sixth in Athens, Texas. The seventh in Winchester, Tennessee
in 1990.
1998: Hung his Hat on Billy Goat Hill in Winchester, Tennessee
and heads "The Colonel Buster Doss Music Group" from there
to this day.
He is the Writer of over 500 recorded songs and
has Produced Thousands of records since 1948. He was voted into
the Hall Of Fame by The Country Music Associations Of America. The
Greater Southern Country Music
Association, Colorado Foundation,
Circus,
Magician's and Ventriloquist also
honored him with their
Hall Of Fame Induction's.
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Artist
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Events
Special
Guest: Buster Doss
Guitar
Pickin' Mama
Leona
Williams
Keith
Thompson
CanJoe
John
Lolene
Ernie
Ashworth
Frank James
Colonel Robert Morris
W.S. Holland
Dalton
Roberts
Joe Rucker
Lowell Shyette
Britni Jean Hendrickson
The
Mateki's
Ben
Adler
Tammy
Cassidy
Bobby
Wynne
Jose
Daniel
FOXX
Margaret
Penn
Joanna
And Julie Allen
Les
Alexander
Angela
White
Karissa
Stepter
Bob
Timmers
Fred
Atkins
Robert
Clarkson
Phil
McGarrah
James
Segrest
Roger
Liles
John
Story
Aaron
Jesy Keys
Harold
Rogers
Milton
Woolridge
Jack
Greene
Candi
Carpenter
Steve
Turnbow