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In 1973, 40 years after founding the Texas Playboys, Bob Wills gathered many of his Playboy stars from the past in a Dallas studio for a final hurrah. On December 2 the Playboy alumni enjoyed a homecoming meal at the Wills house, and the following day they entered the studio as Wills guided the session from his wheelchair (put there by a debilitating stroke in 1969). Among the musicians were three vital contributors to the very first Playboy session in Dallas in 1935--pianist Al Stricklin, drummer Smokey Dacus, and steel player Leon McAuliffe--as well as guitar great Eldon Shamblin (who joined in 1937) and disciple Merle Haggard, who'd waxed his own Wills tribute in 1970. With Wills mustering only the meekest of hollers, the Playboys joyously rolled through an assortment of Wills favorites, not knowing they would never see their leader again. Tired from the session, Wills left after only six songs and was unable to return for the next day's session. With Hoyle Nix filling in for Wills, the musicians completed the record with tears in their eyes. Wills had a second stroke the next day, lapsed into a coma, and never regained consciousness, perhaps content in his final long sleep for having heard his distinctive music one last time. --Marc Greilsamer

UK budget-price box-set featuring the pioneer of western swing, he played blues, rags, stomps, ballads and jazz in a style that became much imitated. 119 tracks and including a 52 page illustrated booklet. Four standard jewel cases housed in a slipcase. 2001.

This collection includes 105 tracks in 4 CD's and is a breathtaking, in-depth overview of Willis' career in one package starting with his first recordings with the Fort Worth Doughboys in 1932. It explores the Playboys' epochal 1937-1947 ARC and Columbia recordings including "Steel Guitar Rad," "Twin Guitar Special," and his signature tune "New San Antonio Rose," as well as post-Columbia highlights like "Bubbles In My Beer" and the now-classic "Faded Love." It ends with selections from Wills' final session in 1973.

The first-ever cross-labeled collection of Bob's MGM, Decca and Kapp classics! Includes his late-'40s hits Keeper of My Heart and Bubbles in My Beer plus Faded Love; Lone Star Rag; Milk Cow Blues; Cherokee Maiden , and six more.

The King Of Western Swing, CD A by Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys

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We ended our earlier collection of Bob Wills's recordings (JSP7770) with eight tracks from a Playboys' April 1940 session. This second collection begins with the remaining three titles from that date. Things were about to take off for Wills and company. San Antonio Rose had come to the attention of the Irving Berlin Incorporated Company. Here's the 1940 line-up - numbering seventeen - more than a match for big bands like those of Goodman, Miller and the Dorseys. And here's the amazingly successful San Antonio Rose and Big Beaver showing that Bob could compete with the best on any level. These tracks - some recorded during Bob's successful stay in Hollywood - show how he established himself as one of the era's leading entertainers and how he stayed there.