Doug McGinnis (2)

"Another newcomer to the folk music world is Doug McGinnis, now under contract to the "Hollywood Club" in Long Beach, California. Doug's background is a very interesting one. Shortly after his discharge from the Navy in 1946, he formed a trio and landed a non-paying job on radio station WAYN in Rockingham, North Carolina. New in the business and wanting so badly to succeed, Doug kept on trying, hoping that one day he would get some sort of break. The break came a while later when "Little Beaver" of the Red Ryder series was touring the South and, in need of a trio, took on Doug and the boys. Later on the trio joined the Russ "Lucky" Hayden-Fuzzy Q. Jones show. In the meantime, Doug had added a new member to the group, the well-known Jimmy Bryant, now with Cliffie Stone's "Home Town Jamboree." After a succesfull four-month tour, Doug and Jimmy headed for California and bigger things. Jimmy joined Roy Rogers' television show while Doug appeared in a series of motion pictures with Russ Hayden and Jackie Coogan. The most recent film in which Doug can be seen is the technicolor production "Outlaw Women," which is now playing in the southern states." -Cowboy Songs magazine n°26 (may 1953)