Bob Wills was ... influenced by the music his African-American friends sang in the cotton fields and later by Hispanic musicians in New Mexico. And he was influenced by “swing” music—an ...

You might be able to afford a piece of country music history. The historic home that once belonged to Western Swing legend Bob Wills has been put up for auction on eBay after a land developer in ...

In 1974 Waylon Jennings recorded a twangy tribute song, "Bob Wills is Still the King," which sums up the sentiment nicely: "I grew up on music that we called Western Swing/It don't matter who's in ...

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.

Bob Wills’ Texas Playboys ... the highly danceable musical mixture that came to be known as western swing.” Following Wills’ 1975 death, a group of ex-Playboys led by former Wills steel ...

The real Jewish king of country music, however ... based on the life of Benson’s musical hero, the Western Swing pioneer Bob Wills, who died in 1975. Benson stars in the play, along with ...