Bob Wills, referred to as "the best damn fiddle player in the world," by Merle Haggard, is the legendary band leader and composer from Turkey, TX. Wills became the "King of Western Swing" with his dynamic combination of New Orleans jazz, blues, and folk fiddle music. He and his bands, the most famous being the Texas Playboys, swept the country off its feet with favorites like "San Antonio Rose," "Faded Love," and "Take Me Back to Tulsa." His music was so popular in the early forties that his records sold better than other recording artists at that time. Wills was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville and is the only performer, other than Gene Autry, to have been voted into the National Cowboy Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City. Wills' legendary status was not only achieved through his music but also on the big screen. His popularity escalated in the early forties when he and his band made more than a dozen cowboy movies. Although Bob Wills died on May 13, 1975, his musical influence lives on in much of today's country and western music. |
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| The Essential Bob Wills might more accurately be called The Essential Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys. While Wills was certainly the charismatic stage presence, talent scout, songwriter, and Western-swing mastermind, the Playboys--one of the best bands to ever grace this earth--most shine on these early sides. From horn-heavy, big-band-inspired recordings such as "Osage Stomp" and "Right or Wrong" to fiddle-driven, closer-to-country classics such as "Take Me Back to Tulsa" and "Stay a Little Longer," it was primarily the incomparable playing of pianist Al Stricklin, steel legend Leon McAuliffe, and the other Playboys, not to mention the smoother-than-smooth vocals of the great Tommy Duncan, that made this band the Southwest's flagship two-steppin' outfit and that make these 20 tracks truly "essential." |
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| Bob Will's greatest hits including: "Steel Guitar Rag", "Red Hot Gal Of Mine", "Corrine Corrina", "Time Changes Everything" & many more. |
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