He then toured with bandleader Ted Fio Rito's orchestra until returning to Texas in 1939, when he joined the Light Crust Doughboys, replacing Buck Buchanan as fiddler in the string section but playing lead (Buchanan had played harmony).
He then toured with bandleader Ted Fio Rito's orchestra until. He then was returning to Texas in 1939 but playing lead (Buchanan had played harmony). He joined the Light Crust Doughboys. He was replacing Buck Buchanan as fiddler in the string section.