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Blue Ribbon Minstrels Anniversary Broadcast, Wlbz Radio
Blue Ribbon Minstrels Anniversary Broadcast, Wlbz Radio
WLBZ Radio Station Records
The first anniversary broadcast, recorded in 1945, of a locally produced program known as the Blue Ribbon Minstrels. Everett Colman, interlocutor; Irv Hunter, announcer; Nissen Blue Ribbon Bread, sponsor. Also featuring the following cast: Don Holmes, Mr. Bones; [Leman?] Betts, Rufus the Clown; Norm Lambert, band leader; Bobby Jones, drums; Sam Viner, banjo; Stan Ivers, trumpet; Lanky Lancaster, sax; Dick Snare, trombone; Morris Shafmaster, Snowball; Gene Lewis, Sambo; Charlie Lancaster, Appleton B. Jones; Felix and Philip Veilleaux, Biloxi Brothers; Bob Beverly, Montague J. Bowerbank; Louis Pearson, Shuffling Joe Brown, Senior; John McLeod, Waldo W. Whuffletree.