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These records by Prince Albert Hunt's Texas Ramblers are considered by some to be the first records released in the style of music that would later be called Western Swing. This style is also called "hot fiddling" or "hot string bands" and it developed in Texas and Oklahoma the during the late 1920s and 1930s. The style combined Blues, Ragtime, Jazz and old time fiddle music and was meant for dancing. Prince Albert Hunt was shot to death outside of a Dallas bar in March of 1931. Okeh 45360 was released under the name of Harmon Clem and Prince Albert Hunt.
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