Wilbur C. Sweatman was born on February 7, 1882 in Brunswick, Missouri. He began his career in the late 1890s playing clarinet with ... 281 additonal characters for paid subscriptions ... 40s, he operated his own booking agency. His most famous composition is the Down Home Rag. Wilbur Sweatman died on March 9, 1961 in New York City.