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= Ocie Stockard = Ocie Stockard was an American banjo player (tenor banjo), singer, and bandleader who played in the genre, western swing.

Stockard was a banjoist at Milton Brown. After the death of the band leader, Stockard himself founded a group, Ocie Stockard and the Wanderers, with George Bell on the piano, Johnny Brosky playing the clarinet and the fiddle, Robert "Buck" Buchanan playing the fiddle and sang, Wanna Coffman who played the string bass, Buster Ferguson who played the guitar and sang, and Harry Palmer who played the trumpet and sang, whom he made recordings on September 11, 1937. He sang on most of these songs. He also made several recordings in 1941 and 1946. In the 1940s he also played the banjo with Western Swing king Bob Wills. He also worked with Jimmie Davis, among others.

Discography

 * Western Swing Chronicles, vol. 3, Origin Records, 2004