Tumbleweed Smith

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Bob Lewis (born 1935), known professionally as "Tumbleweed Smith", is an American radio presenter, broadcaster and newspaper columnist. [1]

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Biography

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

  1. ↑ "Tumbleweed Smith makes stop in Comanche". The Comanche Chief. 2024-08-08. Retrieved 2025-05-20.
  2. ↑ Hernandez, Nick. "Bob "Tumbleweed Smith" Lewis". Waco History. Retrieved 2025-05-20.
  3. ↑ "Tumbleweed Smith and the Sounds of Texas - Authentic Texas". authentictexas.com. 2023-07-18. Retrieved 2025-05-20.
  4. ↑ "Tumbleweed Smith". www.fortworth.com. Retrieved 2025-05-20.
  5. ↑ Smith, Tumbleweed (2025-02-21). "Tumbleweed Smith". The Gatesville Messenger. Retrieved 2025-05-20.
  6. ↑ "Tumbleweed Smith to be inducted into the Texas Trail of Fame" (PDF). Big Spring Herald.
  7. ↑ "Tumbleweed Smith". Texas Trail Of Fame. Retrieved 2025-05-20.
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