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Bob Wills Day
Held in Turkey, Texas, on the last Saturday in April. Parade, barbecue, dances, concert. Draws thousands of fans every year.
http://www.turkeytexas.com/bobwillsday.htm |
AMG All Music Guide: Bob Wills
Biography, labels on which Wills recorded, discography.
http://allmusic.com/cg/x.dll?p=amg&sql=B138663 |
Internet Movie Database: Bob Wills
Film and television credits for Bob Wills as an actor. Includes very short biography.
http://us.imdb.org/Name?Wills,+Bob+(I) |
Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame: Bob Wills
Career milestones, plus a list of some of his best songs and other artists who have recorded them.
http://vhost.telalink.net/~nsf/wills.html |
Southern Music Network: Bob Wills
Wills created a new art form called western swing, and for over four decades influenced American popular music in general, and country and western music in particular.
http://www.southernmusic.net/bobwills.htm |
Country Music Hall of Fame: Bob Wills
Links to a biographical essay and brief discography.
http://www.halloffame.org/hall/mem/bob-wills.html |
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
Photo, links. But the highlight of this page is the five Bob Wills songs in RealAudio.
http://home.sprynet.com/~jayschne/Music.htm |
Bob Wills Museum
Established by the Wills family, and dedicated to the King of Western Swing. Photographs, family mementos, awards, fiddles and clothing. In Turkey, Texas.
http://www.turkeytexas.com/Bwmuseum.htm |
What It Was Was Rockabilly
"Beginnings", chapter 2 of Richard E. Jandrow's book online. Jimmie Rodgers, the Carter Family, Roy Acuff, Bob Wills, Hank Williams. Linked to a discography.
http://www.star.net/People/~rjan/rckbill2.htm |
So What Is "Western Swing" Anyway?
From the Oklahoma Twisters.
http://www.pressroom.com/~okt/WesternSwing.html |
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
Essay points out how Wills' style influenced rock musicians.
http://rockhall.com/hof/inductee.asp?id=212 |
OLGA: Bob Wills
Guitar tablature for "Faded Love", chords for 9 other Bob Wills songs. With lyrics.
http://www.harmony-central.com/Guitar/OLGA/all/bob_wills.html |
Amazon offers
Encore (Audio CD),15 November, 1994
List price $38.98
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Wills Bob & His Texas Playboys In The Mood CD
Wills Bob & His Texas Playboys In The Mood music reviews, songs, official album
cover art, track listings, sound samples, theme, tour info and so much more. ...
http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/3601317/a/In+The+Mood.htm
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Amazon.com: The King of Western Swing: Bob Wills Remembered: Books ...
Write an online review and share your thoughts with other customers. ... Wills,
Bob, · Wills, Bob ie, each book must be in subject 1 AND subject 2 AND ... ...
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0823077446?v=glance
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Yahoo! News Search Results for band "Bob Wills"
Make tracks to witness 'The Derailers' (Greenville Herald-Banner)
You might call them The Beatles with Stetsons or as lead vocalist Brian Hofeldt says, ?Buck Owens meets the Beatles.? But whatever you call them, you can fully expect The Derailers to jump the tracks from honky-tonk country to vintage rock 'n roll and back.
Finally awarded, Morricone deserves a fistful of Oscars (Austin American-Stat...
Composer receives lifetime achievement Oscar for decades as prolific film scorer.
Texan brings tales to life in country hits (The Columbus Dispatch)
If George Strait had sung all 54 of his No. 1 country hits Saturday night in Nationwide Arena, his set would have lasted three hours. As it was, the Texan played about half that long and delivered about half as many tunes. Not all of them were hits but most contributed to a warmly satisfying show.
Concert Review: George Strait delivers a high-powered country hit parade (Pit...
The music ranged from ballads to barnburners, with nods to classic country, western swing and the blues. The vocals sounded warm and pitch-perfect. The 10-piece band adeptly picked, plunked and pounded.
George Strait still tells great stories with his music (The Columbus Dispatch)
If George Strait had sung all 54 of his No. 1 country hits last night in Nationwide Arena, his set would have lasted three hours. As it was, the Texan played about half that long and delivered about half as many tunes. Not all of them were hits but most contributed to a warmly satisfying show.
Comeback Kids: Dixie Chicks Take Five Awards Despite Being Ostracized by Coun...
After slamming President Bush in highly-publicized comments years ago, country radio has shunned the Dixie Chicks' latest album. But that didn't seem to make a difference at this year's Grammy awards, where the girls took home five awards.
4 DAYS IN THE CITY (Nashville City Paper)
YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND The Yonder Mountain String Band isn?t a folk band, bluegrass ensemble or a country group.
A Lifetime: Organist freelanced his way to a special Grammy (Winston-Salem Jo...
In the glass bookcase in the living room of soul great Booker T. Jones, one shelf holds a cluster of awards he has received over the years of his distinguished career. In the back there is a gold record for "Green Onions," where it all began
Old Hag (Seattle Weekly)
A member of Mama Tried, a local Merle Haggard tribute band, opens up about his hero.
Doug Moreland turns focus to songwriting (The Bryan-College Station Eagle)
Doug Moreland's career as an entertainer has included stints as a comedian, Travel Channel host and chain-saw carving artist.
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