Education
Carruthers studied at Fisk University in the 1920s, and began playing in Bennie Moten"s ensemble in 1928.
Carruthers studied at Fisk University in the 1920s, and began playing in Bennie Moten"s ensemble in 1928.
He worked in Saint Louis, Missouri early in the next decade with Dewey Jackson and Fate Marable, then joined the band of Jimmie Lunceford in 1932. Following this Carruthers played with Joe Thomas and Editor Wilcox, and he worked locally in Kansas City through the 1960s.
He recorded with Lunceford often and remained a member of his orchestra until Lunceford"s death in 1947.
