MASSEY, LOUISE, AND THE WESTERNERS

MASSEY, LOUISE, AND THE WESTERNERS (b. Victoria L. M., Hart County, Tex., August 2, 1902–June 22, 1983) Louise Massey was the motivating force behind her family band of Western-styled musicians. She is famous for composing the country-pop hit My Adobe Hacienda. The family, originally from Texas, relocated in 1914, when Massey's father purchased a farm in the then sparsely populated new state of New Mexico. The father, mother, and eight children were musically inclined, with dad playing…