Les Smithheart and his Super X Cowboys WSON Henderson, KY

About The Artist Les Smithheart and the Super X Cowboys were an act we first found mention of in 1957, working out of Henderson, Kentucky, a town on the Ohio River, just a bit south of Evansville, Indiana. Les and his group were working at radio station WSON in Henderson and also doing television over WEHT-TV. Timeline & Trivia Notes Group members: Les Smithheart Wally Smithheart, rhythm guitar Johnny Smithheart, drums and piano; vocal solos Jimmy Gattlin, saxophone Jimmy Rich, take-off guitar Jerry Mandorcia, stell guitar Smoky McCoz, a featured soloist with the band Credits & Sources Folk and Country Songs Vol. II NO. 3; May 1957; American Folk Publications, Inc.; Derby, CT

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