"In 1953, when the Hsiluo Bridge was completed, Houli was the only town in Taiwan that had a Western music band." Chang Lai reels off the names of famous musicians from Houli, like Wang Chi-hsuan, the conductor of the Taiwan TV orchestra everyone knows as the "Barbarian King," or orchestral performers Yang Shui-chin, Hsu Wen-nan, Chang Yin-yao, and Chang Yun-hsiang.
「民國 42 年，西螺大橋落成的時候，全省就只我們后里有一支西樂團，」張來如數家珍地唱名：包括擁有「番王」稱號的台視大樂團指揮王吉宣，樂團樂手楊水金、許文男、張銀瑤、張雲翔也都來自后里。