Red Perkins

Frank Shelton "Red" Perkins (December 26, 1890 – September 27, 1976)[1][2] was an American jazz trumpet player, singer, and bandleader.

Perkins led of one of the oldest Omaha, Nebraska-based jazz territory bands, The Dixie Ramblers,[3] and saw his greatest period of success in the 1920s and 1930s.

[3] In 1923, Perkins took over the Omaha Night Owls jazz band and renamed them the Dixie Ramblers.

Perkins and his band were signed by RCA Victor in 1936 and later released music on Gennett Records.

[7] Towards the end of the big band era in the late 1940s, Perkins moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota, and became a professional photographer.