…”And what about the music? Long-time residents of Monmouth, Gracie Peterson and her sister, Alice Nevius, (the Gawthrop Sisters), provided music early on, and I found an interview stating they had been the musical entertainment on July 16, 1925. Then the big bands played there, and they included Kay Kyser, Bob Crosby, Count Basie, Tiny Hill, Tommy Dorsey, Paul Whiteman, Bix Beiderbecke, and Frankie Trumbauer. Local bands also played.”