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James Robert „Bob“ Wills war ein US-amerikanischer Country-Musiker, Bandleader, Geiger und Begründer des Western Swing.
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.
Bob Wills often dressed in double-breasted suits and custom-made boots. His Texas Playboys wore western suits or trousers, white shirts and neckties. On their way to becoming America’s famous Western Swing band, the image of ‘western chic’ had dawned.
25. Jan. 2007 · Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys waren eine Tanzband mit einem Country String-Part, die Popsongs spielte, als ob es Jazzstücke wären. Ihre Musik expandierte und hob die Grenzen zwischen den Genres auf. Sie wurde zu einer der beliebtesten Musikrichtungen ihrer Zeit.
As Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys, they became one of the most popular touring and recording acts in the nation, offering audiences the highly danceable musical mixture that came to be known as western swing.
A bandleader, fiddler, singer, and songwriter, Bob Wills is the most famous exponent of the popular musical amalgam now known as western swing, which synthesized ragtime, traditional fiddle tunes, New Orleans jazz, blues, Mexican songs, and big band swing.
They had a string band with Wills on the fiddle, Arnspiger playing the guitar, and Brown doing most of the vocals, and they wanted a show on the station. That day, Al was the acting program director. He asked Bob what kind of music they played, and Bob answered: “Different.”.
