 That same year (1936), Bruner moved to Houston and formed The Texas Wanderers, a band that included Lee Bell on electric guitar, Bob Dunn on electric steel guitar, Leo Raley on mandolin, J. R. Chatwell on fiddle, Dickie McBride on guitar and vocals, and Moon Mullican on vocals and piano.The Wanderers recorded on the Decca and Mercury Records labels.His songs had a special southern characteristic including songs about truck driving, lost love, the draft, and ill repute.