Bob Wills was born in Texas, grew up in the cotton fields and ranch lands of the Lone Star State and fronted the band now famously known as the Texas Playboys. But the "King of Western Swing" likely ...

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To music historians and fans, the late Bob Wills was the “King of Western Swing,” one of America’s greatest music pioneers. To Nick Forster — a Colorado music legend and the founder and host of the ...

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Bob Wills was one of the earliest stars of country music in Texas just as radio became popular. Wills was one of the pioneers of western swing and inspired generations of country music artists. James ...

“Sunbonnet Sue,” the first track on the new four-CD boxed set, “Bob Wills And His Texas Playboys: Legends of Country Music,” pretty much gives the whole game away. “Sunbonnet Sue” is played by the ...

While still about two months away, plans for Greenville’s 11th annual Bob Wills Fiddle Festival & Contest are hurriedly underway. On Oct. 31 and Nov. 1, downtown Greenville is expected to be filled ...

You've got a smile like two acres of sunflower The small panhandle town of Turkey, Texas was named after flocks of wild Rio Grande turkeys who roosted on the nearby (and also aptly named) Turkey Creek ...

The night in 1952 when the seven Rowe brothers (of the Seven Rowe Brothers band) called up their big-eyed little sister to sing onstage with them in a Dallas club, she cut loose a bluesy “Got You on ...

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The first time Ray Benson played Tulsa's "Carnegie Hall" was in 1971. At least it felt like Carnegie Hall to the young Western Swing musician when he took the storied stage at Cain's Ballroom with his ...