Husk O'Hare

American bandleader and booking agent (born October 27, 1896 in Chicago, Illinois - died April 19, 1970)

In the early 1920s, Anderson "Husk" O'Hare was a Chicago-based promoter and booking agent of jazz bands. At some point, he and his partner Sol Weisner managed about forty bands that played in Chicago and nearby summer resorts.

Husk O'Hare led his own band, [a=Husk O'Hare's Super Orchestra of Chicago], that recorded for [l=Gennett]. Another band, [a=Husk O'Hare And His Footwarmers], a.k.a. [a=Husk O'Hare's Wolverines], recorded for [l=Vocalion (2)] in 1928. A third band that played Davenport, Iowa, in late 1923, called Husk O'Hare's Peacock Strutters, does not seem to have cut records.

In 1922, O'Hare arranged the first [l=Gennett] recording session for what he called [a=Friar's Society Orchestra] because they were then playing in Chicago's well-known Friar's Club, making sure to list himself as their director. The following year, this group became famous as [a=The New Orleans Rhythm Kings].