LOWERY, P[ERRY] G.

LOWERY, P[ERRY] G. Bandleader (11 October c1870 in Reece, Kansas; 1930s (?) in Cleveland, Ohio). His family moved to Eureka, Kansas, when he was a child and it was there that he first studied music. He played in the family band, beginning on drums but later changing to cornet. He played with minor bands during the first five years of his professional career, then joined the band of Darkest America (1895) through the offices of George Bailey , trombonist in the band...