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Arts, Music, Styles, Country, Bands and Artists, W, Wills, Bob
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- Essay points out how Wills' style influenced rock musicians.
- Biographical essay.
- 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.
- Film and television credits for Bob Wills as an actor. Includes very short biography.
- Career milestones, plus a list of some of his best songs and other artists who have recorded them.
- Biography, labels on which Wills recorded, discography.
- Biography and recordings.
- Guitar tablature for "Faded Love," chords for more than a dozen other Bob Wills songs. With lyrics.
- A cyberspace tribute to Western Swing music, Bob Wills, Milton Brown and all that wonderful stuff. Recommended books and CDs.
- Established by the Wills family, and dedicated to the King of Western Swing. Photographs, family mementos, awards, fiddles and clothing. In Turkey, Texas.
- Held in Turkey, Texas, on the last Saturday in April. Parade, barbecue, dances, concert. Includes schedule.
- Bob Wills would have been 100 years old in 2005. NPR's John Burnett takes a look at the life of the man who with his band, the Texas Playboys, combined jazz and country music to create Western Swing. [11:19 streaming audio broadcast]
- About Bob Wills, from Roughstock's History of Country Music. Includes photo, sound clip (.au) of "Liza, Pull Down the Shade." Guitar tablature and lyrics for "Faded Love," chords and lyrics for "San Antonio Rose" and "
- Short essay on Wills at the crossroads between oldtime and modern country music.
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