Have you heard of The Hoosier Hot Shots? encore
Have you heard of The Hoosier Hot Shots? encore

Have you heard of The Hoosier Hot Shots? encore

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<p dir="ltr">With percussion instruments that included a makeshift washboard and a stage routine punctuated by comic banter between their musical numbers, they were nationally known entertainers from the 1920s through the mid-1940s.</p> <p dir="ltr"><strong><a href= "https://www.allmusic.com/artist/hoosier-hot-shots-mn0000219445/biography"> <img src= "http://hoosierhistorylive.org/images/Hoosier-Hot-Shots-National-Barn-Dance.PNG" alt= "The popular radio show National Barn Dance often featured the Hot Shots." width="314" height="306" align="left" />The Hoosier Hot Shots</a></strong> were regulars on <strong><a href= "http://nationalradiohalloffame.com/national_barn_dance.htm">National Barn Dance</a></strong>, one of the most popular radio shows in the country, broadcast on <strong><a href= "http://www.wlsam.com/">WLS-AM</a></strong> in Chicago. They were featured as a novelty act in Western movies starring <strong>Gene Autry </strong>and slapstick comedies with the <strong>Three Stooges</strong>. They were headliners in vaudeville venues and recorded much of their music at <strong><a href="http://www.starrgennett.org/">Gennett Studios</a></strong> in <strong><a href= "https://www.richmondindiana.gov/">Richmond, Ind</a></strong>., which launched the recording careers of many American jazz, blues, country and gospel stars during the era.</p> <p dir="ltr">The three primary members of the Hot Shots band were <strong>Otto "Gabe" Ward</strong>, who was born in <strong><a href= "https://www.knightstownchamber.org/">Knightstown </a></strong>and grew up in <strong><a href= "http://elwoodcity-in.org/">Elwood</a></strong>, and two brothers, <strong>Ken</strong> and <strong>Paul "Hezzie" Trietsch</strong>, who hailed from the small town of <a href= "http://www.arcadiaindiana.org/"><strong>Arcadia</strong></a> in <strong><a href="https://www.hamiltoncounty.in.gov/">Hamilton County</a></strong>. <strong><a href= "https://www.indianamuseum.org/">The Indiana State Museum</a></strong> periodically has exhibited Gabe Ward's clarine

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