BOB WILLS IS ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF WHAT IS KNOWN AS "TEXAS SWING" THE WESTERN SWING BANDS WERE NOTED FOR FUSING JAZZ WITH COUNTRY (CALLED COWBOY OR HILLBILLY) MUSIC.ROY ROGERS AND GENE AUTRY ALSO PLAYED IN THIS VENUE. A MORE MODERN VERSION OF TEXAS SWING WOULD BE ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL TO NAME ONE OF THE BANDS AVAILABLE TO LISTEN TO.
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BOB WILLS IS ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF WHAT IS KNOWN AS "TEXAS SWING" THE WESTERN SWING BANDS WERE NOTED FOR FUSING JAZZ WITH COUNTRY (CALLED… read more
BOB WILLS IS ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF WHAT IS KNOWN AS "TEXAS SWING" THE WESTERN SWING BANDS WERE NOTED FOR FUSING JAZZ WITH COUNTRY (CALLED COWBOY OR HILLBILLY) MUSIC.ROY ROGER… read more
James Robert Wills (March 6, 1905 – May 13, 1975), better known as Bob Wills, was an American Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader of Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys. Considered by music authorities as the co-founder of Western swing, he was universally known as the King of Western Swing. Wills formed several bands and played radio stations around the South and West until he formed the Texas Playboys in 1934 with Wills on fiddle, Tommy Duncan on piano and vocals, rhythm guitarist June Whalin, tenor banjoist Johnnie Lee Wills, and Kermit Whalin, who played steel guit… read more
James Robert Wills (March 6, 1905 – May 13, 1975), better known as Bob Wills, was an American Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader of Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys. Consi… read more
James Robert Wills (March 6, 1905 – May 13, 1975), better known as Bob Wills, was an American Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader of Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys. Considered by music authorities as the co-founder o… read more