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Biography
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Adolph Hofner
Effective period / Period of releases: 1964 - 1973
Western swing guitarist and band leader.Adolph Hofner was born in Moulton, Texas, on June 8, 1916 and raised on a farm in Lavaca County, TX.He claimed to have been the first to record the classic “Cotton Eyed Joe” (1941), which has since become a standard.
Hofner died of lung cancer in San Antonio on June 2, 2000.