David McEnery

His two best-known are "Amelia Earhart's Last Flight" (a memorial tribute to the recently deceased pilot) and "There's a Star-Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere".

From the 1940s McEnery had a daily radio show for several years at station WOAI in his home town of San Antonio, where he set up a booking office for himself and his band.

He also starred in 14 Soundies, three-minute musical films shown in coin-operated "movie jukeboxes", and was the company's most prolific cowboy entertainer.

[7] Columnist Lester Ketner of Boxoffice Magazine asked Red River Dave "why he did not run for some political office next May.

'"[8] In the latter part of his life, McEnery became a well-known painter of Texas landscapes and Western Americana themes, and was often known to paint the backs of his used guitars.