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W. Lee O'Daniel and his Hillbilly Boys - Dirty Hangover Blues ~1936

Wilbert Lee "Pappy" O'Daniel was born March 11, 1890 in Malta, Ohio. His father was killed in a railroad accident while O'Daniel was young, prompting a remarry and subsequent move to a ranch near Arlington, Kansas. He graduated from Salt City Business College in 1909 and moved to Anthony, Kansas to become a stenography and bookkeeper. He bounced around to different cities for work including Kansas City and New Orleans. In 1925, he would get a job in Fort Worth which is where are story begins. His job meant he was to assume responsibility for the company's radio advertising which including writing lyrics, composing, and of course singing. Initially, musicians from and "old timey" band were hired as backing vocals, adopting the name the "Light Crust Doughboys". After that split and a split with the company altogether, he formed today's band, "W. Lee O'Daniel and His Hillbilly Boys" which was named after O'Daniel's own Hillbilly Flour Company. He would go on to host a daily noontime radio show that would span the entire state. This coverage and his choices of talent, like last weeks posting Johnny Hicks, caused his popularity to soar. He was a household name in Texas by the mid 1930's. His recording career was pretty limited, being more of a radio guy, but he started recording in 1935 and seems to have hung it up around 1939, primarily producing for Vocalion but also dabbling with Columbia as well. Today's song is on the Conqueror label and is called "Dirty Hangover Blues" with Leon Huff providing vocals. The recording took place in Dallas, Texas on June 11, 1935, originally for a Vocalion release. But what does one do after retiring from radio? Did anyone guess Governor of Texas? Cause he did that in 1938. Then he beat future president Lyndon Johnson for the US Senate in 1941, held the seat again for the 1944 election year and then refusing another term in 1948. After politics, he went into real estate investing and insurance. Apparently bored, he would run for governor again in 1956 and 1958, coming in third each time. O'Daniel would pass away in 1969. Fun Fact: The 2000 Coen Brothers film "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" featured a character played by Charles Durning and named Governor Pappy O'Daniel, loosely based on the real O'Daniel, though set in Mississippi.