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.