Adolph Hofner has died

Mylos Sonka · Post by **Mylos Sonka** » 2 Jun 2000 7:39 am

The following was posted in hillbilly.com today:

"I hate to be the bearer of sad news but I learned this morning that western
swing pioneer Adolph Hofner died from cancer earlier today (Friday). He was
a few days shy of his 84th birthday. Hofner performed continuously in San
Antonio and South Texas (and, briefly, Los Angeles) from about 1933 until he
had a stroke in 1993. He will be best remembered for the many fine records
he made for Bluebird, Okeh/Columbia, Decca, and finally Sarg."

I first met Adolph Hofner in San Antonio when I was nine years old, in 1952. My dad was a fellow Texaslovakian, and they had both lived in the San Antonio area in the thirties. Adolph was playing at an outdoor "biergarten" under an arbor.

Barbara Martin, the editor of Western Swing Monthly, took me and octogenarian drummer Johnny Cuviello along on an interview with Adolph year before last. Johnny and Adolph had such a good time together, we went back down again last year for a visit while we were in Texas. He was a warm and generous man with wide interests and abilities. Even wheelchair-bound, he was blessed with a good memory, much vitality, and a wife and daughter whose love and devotion could be plainly read.

Another pioneer has fallen. I will play "Maria Elena" in his honor today.

Mylos

Steve England · Post by **Steve England** » 2 Jun 2000 7:49 am

Mylos, this is very sad. I just heard from Barbara that Adolph was diagnosed with lung cancer and was sent home earlier this week. I knew it was terminal but this is so quick. It would have been Adolphs birthday next week. We just lost one of the last of the real great Western Swing pioneers.

Mike Black · Post by **Mike Black** » 2 Jun 2000 9:15 am

Martin Abend · Post by **Martin Abend** » 2 Jun 2000 11:36 am

Wow, these are sad news. I have some compilations of Texan music by music historian Thomas Meinecke and I always loved Hofners stuff.

-martin

Janice Brooks · Post by **Janice Brooks** » 2 Jun 2000 3:58 pm

I am certinly sad to hear this. Bless certain folks in Austin who turned me on to Adolph's music a couple years ago.
I will put that CD in rotation later tonight.
By the way Now playing Gary Carpenter's disk.

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Buddy Buddy · Post by **Buddy Buddy** » 2 Jun 2000 9:55 pm

I remember Adolf, in the late forties, when I was stationed at "dear Ole' Lackland. He played all of the base clubs. That was in the days, when J.R. was with him. I had a brand spankin' new Rickenbacher, just like Byrds', at the time, that he let mr sit in, with. And the beat goes on, I guess.
"Little" Buddy.