Tumbleweed Smith
Bob Lewis (born 1935), better known as Tumbleweed Smith is an American radio presenter, broadcaster and newspaper columnist.[1]
Biography
[edit]Lewis was born in 1935 in Waco, Texas. He began broadcasting throughout Texas, and adopted the name Tumbleweed Smith in 1970.[2] His radio show The Sound of Texas began broadcasting in 1969, and Lewis has amassed a collection of 14,000 interviews throughout his career, one of the largest private oral history collections in the United States.[3][4]
Lewis regularly writes for The Gatesville Messenger from his home in Big Spring.[5]
He was inducted into the Texas Trail of Fame in 2013.[6][7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Tumbleweed Smith makes stop in Comanche". The Comanche Chief. 2024-08-08. Retrieved 2025-05-20.
- ^ Hernandez, Nick. "Bob "Tumbleweed Smith" Lewis". Waco History. Retrieved 2025-05-20.
- ^ "Tumbleweed Smith and the Sounds of Texas - Authentic Texas". authentictexas.com. 2023-07-18. Retrieved 2025-05-20.
- ^ "Tumbleweed Smith". www.fortworth.com. Retrieved 2025-05-20.
- ^ Smith, Tumbleweed (2025-02-21). "Tumbleweed Smith". The Gatesville Messenger. Retrieved 2025-05-20.
- ^ "Tumbleweed Smith to be inducted into the Texas Trail of Fame" (PDF). Big Spring Herald.
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