The 1941 WLS Family Album:

The Hoosier Sodbusters

Photographed by Fons Ianelli

The Hoosier Sodbusters are one of the most popular instrumental and vocal trios in radio. Left to right they are Howard Black, Reggie Cross, and Rusty Gill, who is also heard on guitar on many WLS programs. Reggie has one of the largest collections of harmonicas in the world and sometimes with Howard plays one more than four feet long.

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