Richard McPartland
Dick McPartland was a jazz guitarist during the 1920s. He was part of the Austin High School Gang in Chicago and the older brother of Jimmy McPartland.
Dick McPartland played banjo and guitar. When he worked with Red McKenzie, he occupied the seat vacated by guitarist Eddie Lang. Near the end of the 1920s, he recorded with Irving Mills and Jack Teagarden and in the 1930s with his brother Jimmy. After a heart attack in the 1930s, he left music.
