Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.6 / 5.0

THERE AIN'T NOBODY QUITE LAK' GOOD OLE BOB WILLS:

It was not until the mid-90's that I heard about Bob Wills and a certain country genre known as Western Swing. I liked the description about the music that I'd read on a book and soon found me trying to track this CD down - without any previous listening! Well, right after I listened to it for the first time, I became a crazy fan of both Wills and Western Swing. I think this CD is the best introduction to his early Columbia sides available nowadays. It features almost all of Wills' all-time classics, and... more info

Bob Wills is Still the King:

This is a collection of recordings by the Texas Playboys band from around 1936 until around 1947, the years they recorded for Columbia and its various sub brands like Okeh.

As such it shows the enormous diversity of the playboys over the years. Until around 1945, Wills fronted what was really two bands. One was a Western Swing combo includings fiddles and guitars, steel and one or two horns and rhythm. The other was a full scale big band with reed and brass section along with the Western Swing... more info

Where's the Beef?:

No real knock on this collection, it was actually a nice little introduction to Bob Wills. However, you'd be doing yourself a favor spending $10 more and getting 3 more discs and a hundred more songs on the newly released, "Take Me Back To Tulsa" Boxed Set.

Tracks:

1. Osage Stomp
2. Steel Guitar Rag [#]
3. Right or Wrong
4. Time Changes Everything
5. New San Antonio Rose
6. Bob Wills Special [#]
7. Twin Guitar Special [#]
8. Take Me Back to Tulsa
9. Maiden's Prayer [#]
10. Home in San Antone
11. Miss Molly
12. Texas Playboy Rag
13. Stay a Little Longer
14. Roly Poly
15. New Spanish Two-Step
16. Sugar Moon [#]

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