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Legends of Country Music
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
Western Swing Along
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
For The Last Time
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
Website Links
Ornette Coleman - Austin Chronicle
Books
San Antonio Rose: The Life and Music of Bob Wills. By Charles R. Townsend and Bob Pinson
Even if you are not a country western fan you probably know who Waylon Jennings is and very well might know his song Bob Wills Is Still The King. So who was Bob Willis you may wonder? He played violin and lead the group the Texas Playboys. He was known as the king of Western Swing which birthed the Western side of Country Western. And that Western Swing music is rooted in the blues and in jazz. Even Ornette Coleman played with him early on. Yes the Bebop and founder of the free jazz played Western Swing with Bob's Texas Playboys!
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Bob Willis influenced many musicians including Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Fats Domino, Jimi Hendrix, Cream, Merle Haggard, Buck Owens and many more. But none more than Asleep At The Wheel with Ray Benson. They still play great authentic Western Swing.
But Western music also included cowboy singers like Leonard Slye and his band The Sons Of The Pioneers. Never heard of him? He changed his name to Roy Rogers when he hit big and started doing movies. The band still exsist, with obvious member changes, but there is also the Riders In The Sky doing authentic Western cowboy music. They did some of the music for Toy Story 2.
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