Actually Bob Wills didnt invent country-western swing. it was Melton Brown, my grandmaw's cousin. bob wills played fiddle for him but melton died young and bob carried on what he started.
the one and only king of western swing.
"Stay all night, stay a little longer"...miss ya Mr. Wills
This should win several grammys. Tommy and Leon do it right. Love it.
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Bob Wills is the single most important figure in popular music who is not of African American lineage. Hank Williams is an icon, but Bob Wills gave our music pulse.No Bob, no Elvis. No Elvis, no John Cash, no cash...how do you feel about Perry Como's MTV New Years Special. Bob Wills is still the King. Tommy Duncan can be Duke, if he wants..
For those who know, Bob Wills truly is still the king!
There is nothing else to say but: "..no matter whose in Texas; Bob Wills is still the King." This is the hear and soul of all that is Texas. If you don't have a Bob Wills CD you are missing out on where Texas Music Began. Combine Bob Wills and Jimmy Rodgers and you have the Dirt and Roots of the What is here today.
This may well be THE Bob Wills album of all time. The only sad thing about that is that Bob was no longer able to fiddle and only rasps out a few words and "Aaahs" on a few of the tracks. He was the inspiration for this reunion of so many of his Texas Playboys and Merle Haggard, as he has continues to be the inspiration for so many artists today. Haggard was never a Texas Playboy, but he should have been, and he helps kick off this CD by taking the vocals on "Texas Playboy Theme." (If you can find it, check out Haggard's own Wills tribute from the early '70's titled "A Tribute To The Best Damn Fiddle Player In The World, or My Salute To Bob Wills"). Also missing here is Tommy Duncan, who died in the '60's, but Haggard and Leon Rausch would have made him proud on the songs they sing. The Texas Playboys were in fine form and the versions of "Faded Love," "San Antonio Rose," "Big Ball's In Cowtown," and many others are as good or better than previously recorded versions. As great as Bob Wills himself was, this album and the many tribute albums recorded since then show that it's the music that will live on forever.
