Chuck wagon gang biography
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History of the Chuck Wagon Gang
Over eighty years of hope, harmony, faith and family.
Over eighty years of what American roots music-titan Marty Stuart calls, “Unbreakable, steady, unmovable, truth.”
Over eighty years that have brought accolades and honors for a group that began singing on local radio in 1935, and that went on to play Carnegie Hall, the Hollywood Bowl, and the Grand Ole Opry.
More than eighty unparalleled years with the same patented, instantly identifiable sound for the Chuck Wagon Gang, and momentum continues to build. Some say that’s really no surprise.
“This group was designed for the ages,” Stuart asserts. “For the eternal ages.”
Stuart penned each song on the Chuck Wagon Gang’s album, Meeting in Heaven, and he is among the choir of celebrated figures who praise the history, legacy, and contemporary relevance of the Gang in America’s Gospel Singers, The Legacy Lives On, the documentary film that aired
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The Chuck Wagon Gang
Country gospel musical group
Not to be confused with Chuck Wagon & the Wheels.
The Chuck Wagon Gang is a Country gospel musical group, formed in 1935 bygd David P. ("Dad") Carter, oldest son Ernest ("Jim") along with daughters kvinnonamn Lola ("Rose") and Effie ("Anna").[1] The group got their first radio break as sponsored singers for Bewley Flour in 1936.[2] The "Gang" signed with Columbia Records and remained with them for 39 years, a world record that lasted until 2000, when Johnny Mathis' overall time with the same label (combining his signing in 1957 and re-signing in 1968) entered its 40th year. At one point they were Columbia's number one group with over 39 million in record sales.[3]
The Chuck Wagon Gang has performed at Carnegie Hall, the Hollywood Bowl, and the Grand Ole Opry. The group has been inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame and the Smithsonian Institution's classic American recordings.[3]
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The Chuck Wagon Gang Story – Past to Present
Seventy-two years in any business is a long time, particularly in a musical group of any genre. Today, the Chuck Wagon Gang holds the distinction of being the oldest recording mixed gospel group still performing with ties to the original founding. By trade, the Carters were farmers, who migrated from place to place to pick cotton. The singing group came from humble beginnings in 1935, as the Carters found themselves in Lubbock, Texas, without enough money to buy medicine for a sick child, Effie. Dave Carter and two of his children, Lola and Ernest of his Carter Quartet (no relation to the Carter Family of Bristol, VA) arrived at radio station KFYO in Lubbock seeking live singing employment on radio in order to buy medicine for Effie. They landed the job, Effie soon re-joined them, and the Carter Quartet remained at the station for about a year.
The radio response had been so over-whelming that Mr. Carter decided to move his family to Fo