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James Robert "Bob" Wills (March 6, 1905 – May 13, 1975) was an American Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader. Considered by music authorities as the co-founder of Western swing, he was universally known as the King of Western Swing (after the death of Spade Cooley who used the moniker "King Of Western Swing" from 1942 to 1969.)
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 guitar and bass. The band played regularly on a Tulsa, Oklahoma radio station and added Leon McAuliffe on steel guitar, pianist Al Stricklin, drummer Smokey Dacus, and a horn section that expanded the band's sound. Wills favored jazz-like arrangements and the band found national popularity into the 1940s with such hits as "Steel Guitar Rag", "New San Antonio Rose", "Smoke On The Water", "Stars And Stripes On Iwo Jima", and "New Spanish Two Step".
Bob Wills Greatest Hits collection
San Antonio Rose (Live 40s) Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
BOB WILLS / SITTIN' ON TOP OF THE WORLD
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys: "Stay a Little Longer"
Waylon Jennings - Bob Wills Is Still The King (live)
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys on TV in the 50's.mpg
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys "Faded Love"
Take Me Back To Tulsa - Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys (1965)
The Rolling Stones - Bob Wills Is Still The King - Live OFFICIAL
Bob Wills - Steel Guitar Rag 1936
Actors: Tim Thomerson (actor), Lloyd Nelson (actor), John Russell (actor), Matt Clark (actor), John McIntire (actor), Macon McCalman (actor), Jerry Hardin (actor), Barry Corbin (actor), Gary Grubbs (actor), Charles Cyphers (actor), Roy Jenson (actor), Clint Eastwood (actor), Robert V. Barron (actor), Clint Eastwood (producer), Tracey Walter (actor),
Plot: As the film opens on an Oklahoma farm during the depression, two simultaneous visitors literally hit the Wagoneer home: a ruinous dust storm and a convertible crazily driven by Red, the missus' brother. A roguish country-western musician, he has just been invited to audition for the Grand Ole Opry, his chance of a lifetime to become a success. However, this is way back in Nashville, Red clearly drives terribly, and he's broke and sick with tuberculosis to boot. Whit, 14, seeing his own chance of a lifetime to avoid "growing up to be a cotton picker all my life," begs Ma to let him go with Uncle Red as driver and protege. Thus begins a picaresque journey both hilarious and poignant.
Keywords: 1930s, alcoholic, audition, based-on-book, based-on-novel, blood, brother-in-law-brother-in-law-relationship, brother-sister-relationship, bus, chickenActors: Lewis D. Collins (director), Will Cowan (producer), Bob Wills (actor), The Modernaires (actor), Pat Starling (actress), Leon McAuliffe (actor), Tommy Duncan (actor), Paula Kelly (actress), Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys (actor), Al Stricklin (actor), D. Pat Kelley (editor), The McKinney Sisters (actress),
Genres: Musical, Short, Western,Actors: Edmund Cobb (actor), Charles Starrett (actor), Ted Mapes (actor), Ethan Laidlaw (actor), Frank LaRue (actor), Nolan Leary (actor), Roy Bucko (actor), Dee Cooper (actor), Budd Buster (actor), Chick Hannan (actor), Steve Clark (actor), Al Bridge (actor), Tommy Coats (actor), Mauritz Hugo (actor), Charles Starrett (actor),
Plot: Jeff Waring ('Charles Starrett' (qv)) and his friends Tex Harding ('Tex Harding' (qv)) and Cannonball ('Dub Taylor (I)' (qv)) become involved in the affairs of two rival stagecoach lines, one of them headed by Mary Halliday ('Carole Mathews' (qv)) whose father ('Nolan Leary' (qv)) has been murdered by the gang of the rival line, Forrest Brent('Al Bridge' (qv). She is unaware of this, and hinders rather than helps the Durango Kid ('Charles Starrett' (qv)) and his friends in their attempts to expose Brent and his gang.
Keywords: accordion, actor-shares-first-name-with-character, ambush, b-movie, b-western, band, bass, business-rivalry, chase, contractActors: Paul Borofsky (editor), Eddie Bruce (actor), Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams (actor), Vera Lewis (actress), Colbert Clark (producer), Ken Curtis (actor), Victor Potel (actor), Raymond Hatton (actor), Arthur Loft (actor), Walter Baldwin (actor), Charles R. Marion (writer), Cheryl Walker (actress), Vernon Keays (director), Marilyn Johnson (actress), The Hoosier Hotshots (actor),
Plot: Hezzie ('Paul Trietsch' (qv)), a member of the unemployed radio performers, The Hoosier Hotshots, learns he has won a hotel in Arizona. But before he can legally acquire it, back taxes must be paid. The band's manager, Mary Parker ('Cheryl Walker'),suggests they broadcast authentic Western music from the hotel. Arriving at the hotel, thought to be haunted, they meet Jimmy Benson ('Ken Curtis (I)' (qv)), who claims to be the hotel's rightful owner. The Hotshots discover they have been swindled but since Jimmy, too, can't meet the taxes, they combine their talents and begin broadcasting to get the money. Meanwhile, the two swindlers, Noah Jones ('Raymond Hatton' (qv)) and Slim Jensen ('Victor Potel' (qv)), living in the hotel for free, bribe Zeke Winslow ('Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams' (qv))to break up the broadcast by pretending to be the ghost of old John Bass, the former owner. But he discovers buried treasure in the cellar.
Keywords: 1940s, actor-shares-first-name-with-character, actor-shares-last-name-with-character, announcer, arizona, b-movie, b-western, buried-treasure, cellar, cigarette-smokingActors: John Merton (actor), Barney Beasley (actor), Herman Hack (actor), Tex Cooper (actor), Jack Evans (actor), Robert Fiske (actor), Edmund Cobb (actor), Russell Hayden (actor), John Ince (actor), Jack Kirk (actor), Frank LaRue (actor), Eddie Laughton (actor), Ted Mapes (actor), John Maxwell (actor), Art Mix (actor),
Plot: Banker Watson is after Williams' ranch and has his men rob Lucky of the check Williams needs to pay off his note. When Saunders offers to lend Williams the money, Watson kills him and frames Williams. Then he sends a fake cattle inspector to quarantine Williams' cattle. But Lucky suspects Watson and he has a plan to bring him into the open and it also involves a fake inspector.
Keywords: banker, land-swindleActors: James Sheridan (actor), Tex Ritter (actor), Gene Alsace (actor), Victor Cox (actor), Tex Phelps (actor), Herman Nowlin (actor), Tex Cooper (actor), Olin Francis (actor), Karl Hackett (actor), Chick Hannan (actor), Donald Curtis (actor), Bob Card (actor), George Eldredge (actor), Robert McKenzie (actor), Jack C. Smith (actor),
Genres: Western,Bob Wills Greatest Hits - Bob Wills Best Songs Collection # Other videos on my channel: https://goo.gl/LGu1Gd Playlist: 00:00 01. Steel Guitar Rag 02:57 02. Stay A Little Longer 05:14 03. Faded Love 08:07 04. Sugar Moon 11:42 05. Roly Poly 13:40 06. San Antonio Rose 16:29 07. Twin Guitar Special 19:48 08. Stay All Night 22:55 09. Goodbye Liza Jane 25:25 10. Milk Cow Blues 30:28 11. So Long, I'll See You Later 32:56 12. Spanish Fandango 35:37 13. Cross My Heart I Love You 38:19 14. She's Gone 41:04 15. Bubbles In My Beer 43:23 16. Waltzing In Old San Antone 45:54 17. Keeper Of My Heart 48:36 18. I Won't Be Back Tonight 51:16 19. Silver Bell 53:45 20. Send Me A Red Rose 55:50 21. Cimarron 58:08 22. Dusty Skies 1:01:27 23. Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star 1:04:37 24. I'm ...
This was filmed for a 10 minute movie short in Hollywood on Oct. 7 1944 by Warner Bros. Les Anderson on steel, Jesse Ashlock, fiddle, Cameron Hill guitar, Louis Tierney, fiddle, Jimmy Wyble, guitar with Tiny Mott, Rip Ramsey, & Carlisle Schnitzer on horns, Tommy Duncan and Laura Lee Owens on vocal... Enjoy and take it away, AAAAAAAAAH !!!!
Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys perform a rather hammy version of "Stay a Little Longer." From the DVD "Legends of Western Swing Guitar." More info at http://www.guitarvideos.com/products/vestapol-dvds/legends-of-western-swing-guitar
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Early Western Swing by the king of western swing Mr. Bob Wills
Recorded in 1965. ...James Robert Wills (March 6, 1905 -- May 13, 1975), better known as Bob Wills, was an American Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader. Considered by music authorities as the co-founder of Western swing, he was universally known as the King of Western Swing. Please visit: http://bobwills.com/
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Bob Wills was born in Kosse, Texas in 1905. In 1929 he started the Wills Fiddle Boys in Ft. Worth, then came to the attention of perennial Texas Gubernatorial candidate Pappy Lee O'Daniel who ran the Light Crust Flour Mills in Saginaw, Texas just north of Ft. Worth. Wills lept to fame playing as the Light Crust Doughboys but after several years the band tired of the gig as they were also expected to load flour trucks during the day. In '34 the band moved to Tulsa to get away from Pappy Lee and formed the Texas Playboys. They invented western music with a jazz beat known as Western Swing. Some of his music was dead-on jazz while other songs were straight western-his genre was hard to pin down. On clear channel 50,000 watt KVOO in Tulsa The Playboys broadcast from Cain's Ballroom on N...
Remember, we used to call it Country & Western. Yodel Mountain Three Miles South Of Cash Fiddlin' Man Ida Red Deep Water Sittin' On Top Of The World Blue Prelude
From a Western Movie, the King of Western Swing...
From a Western Movie, the King of Western Swing...
From a Western Movie, the King of Western Swing...
San Antonio Rose-Asleep at the Wheel with Johnny Gimble & Herb Remington of the Bob Wills' Texas Playboys..."San Antonio Rose" was the signature song of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys. was a song written by Bob Wills, who first recorded it with the Playboys in 1938. The Rolling Stones performed this song live in Austin, Texas at Zilker Park for their DVD The Biggest Bang. In a 1968 issue of Guitar Player, rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix said of Wills and the Playboys: "I dig them. The Grand Ole Opry used to come on, and I used to watch that. They used to have some pretty heavy cats, some heavy guitar players." Fats Domino once remarked that he patterned his 1960 rhythm section after that of Bob Wills........Asleep at the Wheel is a American country music group that was formed in Paw Paw, Wes...
Well the honky-tonks in Texas were my natural second home Where you tip your hats to the ladies and the rose of San Antone I grew up on music that we called western swing It don't matter who's in Austin,Bob Wills is still the king Lord I can still remember,the way things were back then In spite of all the hard times,I'd live it all again To hear the Texas playboys and Tommy Duncan sing Makes me proud to be from Texas where Bob Wills is still the king You can hear the Grand Ol' Opry in Nashville Tennessee It's the home of country music,on that we all agree But when you cross that ol' Red River hoss that just don't mean a thing Cause' once you're down in Texas,Bob Wills is still the king Well if you ain't never been there then I guess you ain't been told That you just can't live in Texas ...
Bob Wills Is Still The King Live A Bigger Bang Tour. Austin, Texas. 2006
You can hear the defects in the master tape. Available on original vinyl, CD (This) and cassette. As of now there are 8 new vinyls available on amazon.com © 1962 United Artists Produced by Pappy Daily "Bubbles in My Beer" (Tommy Duncan, Cindy Walker, Bob Wills) "Faded Love" (Johnnie Lee Wills, B. Wills) "Roly Poly" (Fred Rose) "Trouble in Mind" (Richard M. Jones) "Take Me Back to Tulsa" (Duncan, B. Wills) "The Warm Red Wine" (Walker) "Time Changes Everything" (Duncan) "Worried Mind" (Ted Daffan, Jimmie Davis) "Silver Dew on the Bluegrass Tonight" (Ed Burt) "San Antonio Rose" (B. Wills) "Steel Guitar Rag" (Leon McAuliffe, Cliffie Stone, Merle Travis) "Big Beaver" (B. Wills) Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic gives George Jones Sings Bob Wills a glowing review, noting "Where some W...
For the Last Time documents two historic moments in American music: The last time Bob Wills would ever attend or participate in a recording session -- he never made the final day of the session, having suffered a severe stroke the night before -- and the reunion of the great Texas Playboys, who began in the 1930s and recorded and toured together through the beginning of World War II. All living members were present, as well as Texas Playboy-for-a-day Merle Haggard, who drove all night from Chicago to make the session (he literally begged Wills to be a part of the sessions). These sessions took place on December 3 and 4, 1973, in Dallas, a short ride from Wills' home, with most of the '30s and '40s band in place, including Leon McAuliffe and Leon Rausch acting as vocalists for the lion's sh...
A1 Take Me Back to Tulsa 00:00 A2 The Kind of Love I Can't Forget 02:37 A3 Time Changes Everything 05:37 A4 Stay a Little Longer 08:12 A5 You Don't Love Me But I'll Always Care 10:30 A6 San Antonio Rose 13:08 B1 Spanish Two-Step 15:26 B2 Dusty Skies 17:52 B3 Keeper of My Heart 21:12 B4 Maiden's Prayer 23:47 B5 Ida Red 26:04 B6 Goodnight Little Sweetheart 28:26 Liberty LST7173 (c) 1960 USA Ripped from the original 12'' vinyl, I do not own any rights. This video was made for entertainment purposes only. -Video Upload powered by https://www.TunesToTube.com
former members of Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys discuss Wills and their experiences with his band. Eldon Shamblin (on left) was guitar player and Smokey Dacus was drummer.
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I worked with Texas Tiny, real name (Guy Cherry) in 1960 on KGER radio in Long Beach, Ca.Bob Wills & Tommy Duncan had reunited after being apart since 1949. They were signed to Liberty Records and had a hit with Heart To Heart Talk. The band was appearing at George's Roundup Club on Pacific Coast Highway. We were broadcasting from 12 mid to 5 a.m. from Texas Tiny's Drive In Restaurant. After the show at the club they band drove the bus down to the drive in for breakfast, and Bob and Tommy came in the broadcast booth for this interview. I had prepared tapes of some of the rare old recording for broadcast. I also wrote questions for Tiny to answer. This is not the complete interview. You can hear that audio only interview alycefaye dot com
1970 country.
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Sorry about the sound quality. Junior Division - Round 1 (Texan Theater) Playing Order: 00:00 Noelle Nugent 09:10 Kate Ward 14:17 Jessica Sell 20:00 Ashley Dryer 24:55 Mackenzie Johnston 30:00 Nate Jacobson 34:50 Christiana Nugent 40:00 Ridge Roberts 45:50 Ben Tabor 49:40 Neah Whaley 54:20 Brandon Wilson 3rd Annual Bob Wills Festival and Fiddle Contest
3rd Annual Bob Wills Festival and Fiddle Contest
3rd Annual Bob Wills Festival and Fiddle Contest
[G] ROLY POLY, [C] eatin' corn n' [G] 'taters
Hungry ev'ry minute of the [D] day
[G] ROLY POLY, [C] gnawin' on a [G] biscuit
Long as he can [D] chew it, it's [G] OK.
[C] He can eat an apple pie
An' [G] never even bat an eye
[A] He likes everything from [A7]soup to [D] hay
[G] ROLY POLY, [C] daddy's little [G] fattie
Bet he's gonna [D] be a man some-[G] day.
ROLY POLY, scrambled eggs for breakfast
Bread n' jelly twenty times a day
ROLY POLY, eats a hardy dinner
It takes lots of strength to run and play.
Pulls up weeds and does the chores
And he runs both ways to all the stores
He works up an appetite that way
ROLY POLY, daddy's little fattie