Larry Lange was born in Beeville Texas, August the 17th 1948. Music was in his home from the time he could remember. His mother and dad were musicians singing on many live radio shows throughout the South Texas area.. He has two sisters and both played instruments and the entire family sang in church.

His family moved to North Texas (Burkburnett) in 1956 and Larry’s interest in music began to grow. He began to play guitar at the age of 13 and formed his first band while in Junior High School. Though active in school athletics his desire for music never faded. A traveling Western Swing Band once came to his school and he was hooked from that time forward. The band was the “Light Crust Doughboys” and Larry fell in love with not only the singing harmonies but also the twin instrumentation.

Singing in the Burkburnett High School Choir and later the Lubbock Christian College Choir kept his love for music alive. Although too young to perform in honky tonks an occasional party or dance would keep his love for Country and Western Swing music going.

Clint was born January 31, 1945 into a musical family. His mother played guitar and sang country and gospel music and his uncles also played and sang. His grandfather played harp, juice harp and saw. Clint began playing guitar at an early age at family gatherings. At five years of age Clint’s musical ambitions began when he entered a singing contest at a medicine show singing “Won’t You Ride in my Little Red Wagon”.

At 14 years old he began listening to Hank Thompson music and the Merle Travis style of guitar playing impressed him spurring his interests toward that style. Friends such as Lloyd Leverett, Smokey Black, Grady Solomon and others tutored him with cords, rhythm and timing.

The first professional band Clint performed with was ”The Versatiles” booked by Sam Gibbs of the famous Gibbs Booking Agency of Wichita Falls Texas. This band was a real road band playing all over the United States at venues from Las Vegas to Florida.

Jack Brown can't remember a time in his life when he wasn't involved in music. He was born into a family of entertainers (musicians and circus and vaudville performers). Jack formed his first orchestra when he was 7 years old. The instruments consisted of tin can drums,kazoos, juice harps, and a bass made from a tub and a heavy piece of string.

Jack started playing the trumpet in the school band when he entered the fourth grade. He played in the school band through high school. He also began playing the guitar as a young teenager. He played the guitar in a Rock and Roll band throughout his High School years and also played guitar and trumpet with older musicians in a western swing and country band.

Along the way he also learned to play mandolin and enjoyed going to bluegrass jam sessions. In the early sixities, the bass became Jack's primary instrument. He played with quite a diversity of bands, including a popular Beatles clone band called "The Cobras".

Rick Langford was born and raised in Henrietta, Texas where he still resides today. His musical education began in the third grade, and he began his journey into the world of drumming. He continued to play drums in the marching and concert bands with some small exposure to stage band. After winning an acoustical guitar in a drawing at a local Perkins Timberlake store in Wichita Falls, he traded it for his first drum kit and began learning to play the traditional trap set. His interest continued throughout the remainder of public school, but after graduating in 1974 the business of life and family took a front seat to music while his interest in drums continued to smolder.

While attending a party in 2004, a good friend convinced him to fill a vacant drum throne for the entertaining band. Their opening song was obviously a test and he pulled off “Wipeout” without a hitch, thus, a fire was rekindled.

David Holcomb makes up one-half of the Troubadours twin fiddles. At about 9 years of age, Dave began playing ukelele and violin. Later he picked up mandolin & guitar and started playing in small groups with friends as a way of building his ability and gaining experience. Using those experiences, he was able to pay his way through college playing guitar in "rock 'n roll" bands of the 60's. After college and a stint with Uncle Sam, a career as an orchestra teacher in public schools soon followed. All the time he was teaching Dave continued honing his own music skills by freelancing for weddings, orchestras, receptions, local recording sessions, and other venues which contributed to his musical versatilty. Now, after retiring from 35 years of sharing music with students, Dave is really enjoying catching up on his fiddlin' as a member of The Lone Star Troubadours

Grady Smith was born in Kermit, Texas on October 30, 1940 to Onis and Dorthy Smith. He was two years of age when his family moved to the North Texas area around Wichita Falls Texas. He attended Friburg and Thornbery schools and graduated from Wichita Falls High School.

Grady's dad was a musician who taught him to play the guitar and banjo at the age of four. He began violin lessons at seven years of age. While attending Junior High School and High School in Wichita Falls he played ith the string orchestras of both schools. He and another famous musician (Bobby Boatwright) became great friends while performing in the school bands and remain friends today. He formed his own country band with other students in the school and played for school assemblies, school functions, local TV and Radio shows. He was first paid to perform at age twelve.