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Way back when: Today in history Tulsa World Bob Wills brought his band to Tulsa for a one-hour midnight trial on the 25000-watt KVOO radio station and was given a daily show. Wills changed the name of his band to the Texas Playboys and made Cain's Ballroom his headquarters until about 1942.
'Asleep at the Wheel' still spinning after 40 years Kansas.com Leon Rausch, who fronted Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys, is the featured vocalist during the latest Asleep at the Wheel album, “It's a Good Day,” which dropped in 2010. “It doesn't always have to be about me,” Benson said.
Purple Door Ice Cream to open storefront in Walker's Point Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (blog) s four-sided clock tower and is owned by Bob Wills of Cedar Grove Cheese in Plain. The striking four-story building, constructed to be energy efficient and clad in reclaimed Cream City brick, is under construction and there's no firm opening date, ...
Country star Merle Haggard rehearsing again after illness Chicago Tribune ... January 26 and flew home to Northern California to continue recuperating. With influences ranging from Lefty Frizzell to Bob Wills to Jimmie Rodgers, Haggard is an architect ofcountry music's so-called "Bakersfield Sound." (Editing By Cynthia Johnston)
Thanks A Lot: An Introduction To The Late Great Ernest Tubb Houston Press (blog) Tubb was important to him, along with Hank Sr., Bob Wills, and Georges Strait and Jones. Being a fanboy is my DNA I guess. Along the next 20 years or so, as I drifted in and out of country music consciousness, it was those bedrock artists he introduced ...
Dancers' music live Tulsa World "Going Away Party" uses as its score a selection of eight songs made famous by "the king of Western Swing," Bob Wills. "I've listened to all kinds of music all my life," Morris said, speaking by phone from his offices in New York City.
Rounder Records picks up BA artist JD McPherson's album Tulsa World Other Rounder label artists include influential industry leaders Aaron Neville, Alison Krauss, Bob Wills, Woody Guthrie, Willie Nelson, Dailey & Vincent, Ween, Duran Duran, George Thorogood and the Destroyers, JJ Cale, John Mellencamp, Sun Ra, ...
This Week in Texas Music History: Al Stricklin KUT News In 1930, he was working at Fort Worth's KFJZ radio when a young fiddler named Bob Wills stopped by and asked to perform. Although Stricklin was skeptical, he allowed Wills to play live on the air. The audience loved the music, and Bob Wills soon had ...
Night After Night, Feb. 9, 2012 San Antonio Express With guitarist/songwriter Greg Harkins at the helm and singer/keyboardist Emily Gimble — granddaughter of Bob Wills fiddler extraordinaire Johnny Gimble — you know this western swing is authentic. John Arthur Martinez at Gruene Hall.
Bryan and the Haggards: Still Alive and Kickin' Down the Walls PopMatters By Steve Horowitz 25 January 2012 When people think of country and jazz, they frequently consider the work of Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys. Bryan and the Haggards perform the signature song of the Western swing band, “San Antonio Rose”, ...
