Dick McDonough (1904-May 25, 1938) was an American jazz guitarist. Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States
McDonough played with Red Nichols in 1927 as a banjoist, and soon after played with Paul Whiteman. Ernest Loring "Red" Nichols ( May 8, 1905 &ndash June 28, 1965) was an American Jazz Cornettist The banjo is a Stringed instrument developed by enslaved Africans in the United States, adapted from several African instruments Paul Whiteman ( March 28, 1890 &ndash December 29, 1967) was an American orchestral After exchanging banjo for guitar, he did extensive work as a session musician in the 1930s and played with Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey, The Boswell Sisters, Joe Venuti, Benny Goodman, Miff Mole, Adrian Rollini, Red Norvo, Jack Teagarden, Johnny Mercer, Billie Holiday, Pee Wee Russell, Frankie Trumbauer, Glenn Miller, and Gene Gifford among others. Session musicians are musicians available for hire as opposed to musicians who are either permanent members of a musical outfit or who have acquired fame in their own right James "Jimmy" Dorsey ( February 29, 1904 &ndash June 12, 1957) was a prominent American Jazz Clarinetist Tommy Dorsey ( November 19 1905 &ndash November 26 1956) was an American Jazz Trombonist, Trumpeter The Boswell Sisters were a Close harmony singing group that attained national prominence in the USA in the 1930s Giuseppe (Joe Venuti ( September 16 1903 &ndash August 14, 1978) was a U Irving Milfred Mole, better known as Miff Mole ( 11 March, 1898 &ndash 29 April, 1961) was a Jazz Trombonist Adrian Francis Rollini ( June 28 1903 - May 15 1956) was a multi-instrumentalist best known for his Jazz music. Red Norvo ( 31 March 1908 &ndash 6 April 1999) was one of Jazz 's early vibraphonists. Weldon Leo "Jack" Teagarden ( August 20, 1905 &ndash January 15, 1964) was an influential Jazz Trombonist and John Herndon "Johnny" Mercer ( November 18, 1909 – June 25, 1976) was an American Songwriter and Singer Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Fagan; April 7 1915 – July 17 1959 was an American Jazz singer and songwriter Charles Ellsworth Russell, much better known by his Nickname Pee Wee Russell, ( 27 March, 1906 - 15 February, 1969) was Frankie (Tram Trumbauer ( 30 May 1901 &ndash 11 June 1956) was one of the leading Jazz Saxophonists of the 1920s and 1930s Alton Glenn Miller ( March 1 1904 &ndash presumably December 15 1944) was an American Jazz musician and H Eugene "Gene" Gifford (b May 31 1908 was an American jazz banjoist guitarist and arranger He and Carl Kress recorded as a guitar duet in the mid-1930s as well. Carl Kress (October 20 1907 Newark, New Jersey - June 10 1965 Reno, Nevada) was an American Jazz guitarist He played in the Jam Session at Victor with Fats Waller, Tommy Dorsey, Bunny Berigan, and George Wettling. Fats Waller (born Thomas Wright Waller on May 21, 1904 &mdash December 15, 1943) was an American jazz pianist Rowland Bernard "Bunny" Berigan ( November 2 1908 - June 2, 1942) was an American Jazz Trumpeter George Wettling (November 28 1907 - June 6 1968 was an American jazz drummer.
McDonough was an alcoholic and died as a result of this in 1938. Alcoholism is a term with multiple and sometimes conflicting definitions
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