A Tribute to the Music of Bob Wills & the Texas Playboys

A Tribute to the Music of Bob Wills & the Texas Playboys

A Tribute to the Music of Bob Wills & the Texas Playboys

ASIN: B00008ETI5

Track Listings
 
1. Red Wing - Asleep at the Wheel
2. Big Ball's in Cowtown - Ray Benson, George Strait
3. Yearning (Just for You) - Vince Gill
4. Bring It on Down to My House - Ray Benson
5. Deep Water - Garth Brooks
6. Blues for Dixie - Lyle Lovett
7. Billy Dale - Dolly Parton
8. Across the Alley from the Alamo - Ray Benson, Johnny Rodriguez
9. Old Fashioned Love - Ray Benson, Suzy Bogguss
10. Ida Red - Ray Benson, , Willie Nelson, Jody Nix
11. Misery - Marty Stuart
12. I Wonder If You Feel the Way I Do - Merle Haggard
13. Hubbin' It - Ray Benson,
14. Corrina Corrina - Brooks & Dunn
15. Still Water Runs the Deepest - Willie Nelson
16. All Night Long - Leon Rausch
17. Got a Letter from My Kid Today - Ray Benson
18. Dusty Skies - Ray Benson, Riders in the Sky

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Tribute to the Music of Bob Wills & the Texas Playboys
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Country Swing
  • Texas Swing
  • Well worth it with a lot more than What Amazon tells You
  • First of two great tributes to the king of western swing
  • Bob Wills is still the King!
 Tribute to the Music of Bob Wills & the Texas Playboys
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Manufacturer: Turnip The Music Group
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000002URC
Release Date: 1996-01-30

Tracks:

  1. Red Wing (Instrumental) - Chet Atkins
  2. Big Balls In Cowtown - George Strait
  3. Yearning (Just For You) - Vince Gill
  4. Bring It On Down To My House - Ray Benson
  5. Deep Water - Garth Brooks
  6. Blues For Dixie - Lyle Lovett
  7. Billy Dale - Dolly Parton
  8. Across The Alley From The Alamo - Johnny Rodriguez
  9. Old Fashioned Love - Suzy Bogguss
  10. Ida Red - Huey Lewis
  11. Misery - Marty Stuart
  12. I Wonder If You Feel The Way I Do - Merle Haggard
  13. Hubbin' It - Huey Lewis
  14. Corine, Corina - Brooks & Dunn
  15. Still Water Runs The Deepest - Willie Nelson
  16. All Night Long - Leon Rausch
  17. Got A Letter From My Kid Today - Ray Benson
  18. Dusty Skies - Riders In The Sky

Amazon.com

Ray Benson's Asleep At The Wheel deserve admiration for keeping alive the sounds of western swing, but with a rhythm section that's usually straight-up-and-down stiff, The Wheel's recordings mainly just leave you craving their inspirations. The 18-song Tribute overcomes this problem by loading up on singers who do their best to swing even when the band doesn't. George Strait, doing "Big Balls In Cowtown," is a natural, of course, as are the offerings from Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Lyle Lovett and Dolly Parton. Even Garth Brooks' go at "Deep Water," who mimics Strait to perfection here, is a pleasant surprise. --David Cantwell

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Country Swing.......2006-03-10

This is a great CD. The selections are awesome. Would recommend it to anyone who enjoys country/country swing.

5 out of 5 stars Texas Swing.......2005-10-11

Tribute to the Music of Bob Wills & the Texas Playboys was definitely toe tapping music. Just a wonder rendition of songs to put you in a good mood

4 out of 5 stars Well worth it with a lot more than What Amazon tells You.......2004-03-16

Ray Benson and various aggregations of Asleep at the Wheel have been making records for almost 30 years now. The truth is that there are a bunch of standards of Western Swing that just have to be done and done again. Recently he has tried to get the variety in by doing live albums, and so-called tribute albums like this one, a tribute to Bob Wills. They are a nice excuse to do covers of Bob Wills Songs that Asleep at the Wheel has already recorded.

This works well because a lot of the people he uses on the record are veterans of the Western Swing revival Merle Haggard and Ray launched in the 1970s from different directions, although you might not know it now. It works because the band sounds looser, a bit wilder, and not as concerned with perfection and style as it does on their studio records, which, by the way I think are terrific.

Of course the Amazon listing here is incorrect. All of these tunes have guests. Red Wing for example has the one the only, the Tyler Rose, the greatest living Western Swing musician, the guy that Bob Wills had play Faded Love rather than himself, Johnnie Gimble on both fiddle and Mandolin. Ray gets by the problem of the racial insensitivity of "Across the Alley from the Alamo" by having Johnny Rodriguez sing it, and Susie Bogus does a great job on the early Wills Tune "Old Fashioned Love."

Marty Stuart has always been a great musician, starting out playing in Lester Flatt's band when he was 15, and being an ace on both guitar and mandolin. Besides some good picking on some of the other tunes, he does a great version of the great tune Misery, a tune from the days of the Wills/Duncan reunion in the late 1950s and early 1960s that should be better known.

Riders in the Sky join in with the band to do a great harmony on one of Cindy Walker's masterpiece "Dusty Sky." This song is so much more powerful about the dust bowl and the farm crisis of the thirties than anything that Woody Guthrie wrote. They say Tommy Duncan who had been destroyed as a farmer by the dust bowl droughts, broke down in tears when they recorded it. On the original recording you can hear Bob Wills trying to keep him going.

Haggard, well Haggard recorded the same tune he sings on this record with Bob Wills. Can't get better than that!

Even Huey Lewis gives us a little taste of where he was in the 1970s with a great version of Will's Hubbin' It!

The only thing I don't like here is Brooks and Dunn's Corrina Corrina. It has nothing to do with Western Swing, just your country rock rendition that sounds like a thousand other top 40 country recordings, although done with flavor and a solid dance beat.

Asleep at the Wheel have never been reconstructionists. They have never tried to sound like the Texas Playboys, even in the early days when they were able to include former Texas Playboys like Johnny Gimble, Tiny Moore, and others on their records. They always have tried to have a hot, jamming sound. So, they are the ideal band for this kind of tribute.
They are really, really jamming and jamming hard drawing in the talents of other pickers and singers and making this a real event.

5 out of 5 stars First of two great tributes to the king of western swing.......2003-09-06

Ray Benson and the other members of Asleep at the Wheel had never made any secret of the fact that Bob Wills was their biggest influence, but they emphasized the point by recording two tribute albums in the nineties devoted entirely to his music, of which this is the first. Both albums featured a star-studded line-up of guests.

Big names featured here include George Strait (Big ball's in Cowtown), Vince Gill (Yearning just for you), Garth Brooks (Deep water), Dolly Parton (Billy Dale), Merle Haggard (I wonder if you feel the way I do), Huey Lewis (Holding it), Corrine Corrina (Brooks and Dunn) and Willie Nelson (Still waters run the deepest). Huey and Willie also feature on Ida Red. All of their performances are superb, although my favorite track here is Old-fashioned love (Suzy Bogguss).

All the tracks here are brilliant. Your favorites may be different from mine, but if you like real country music that swings, Texas style, this is for you.

5 out of 5 stars Bob Wills is still the King!.......2002-12-17

I picked this disc up in a Wal- Mart in Chester,S.C. on the name recognition of Bob & A@TW. I was blown a then,now and every time I spin cd! I didn't notice the big country stars,except Willie Nelson. I quit listening to radio in the early 80's as that wasn't REAL COUNTRY MUSIC! This tribute explodes with the real deal. I love every song on it, especially the intro, Rolly Polly&Sad Party. Friends will ask if I've heard the latest NEW THING? To which I reply,"Bob Wills has over 60 songs and I've only heard about twenty of 'em! Who cares about the weak new stuff with these classics around! Shawn
Tribute To The Music Of Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys (Dance Version)
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Ahh-h-h-h!!
  • High Energy Fun!
  • The Dance Experiment
 Tribute To The Music Of Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys (Dance Version)
Asleep at the Wheel
Manufacturer: Capitol
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000002TNV
Release Date: 1994-01-25

Tracks:

  1. Red Wing
  2. Big Ball In Cowtown
  3. Yearning (Just For You)
  4. Bring It On Down To My House
  5. Deep Water
  6. Blues For Dixie
  7. Billy Dale
  8. Across The Alley From The Alamo
  9. Old Fashioned Love
  10. Ida Red
  11. Misery
  12. I Wonder If You Feel The Way I Do
  13. Hubbin' It
  14. Corina, Corina
  15. Still Water Runs The Deepest
  16. All Night Long
  17. Got A Letter From My Kid Today
  18. Dusty Skies

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Ahh-h-h-h!!.......2003-02-22

This CD comes with a warning on the cover -- "Dance Versions: This may get you out of the line and into the swing." And it's a fair warning. You'll want to roll back the rug and cut loose. This CD tribute to Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys has all the good-time, rambunctious spirit of 1940's radio barndances, as band leader Ray Benson brings out one guest artist after another to perform with the band. And it's an all-star line-up, with Chet Atkins, Garth Brooks, Dolly Parton, Vince Gill, Willie Nelson, George Strait, Brooks & Dunn to mention only about half of them.

It kicks off with a rousing instrumental rendition of "Red Wing" and sails through gems like George Strait's "Big Ball's in Cowtown," and classic stompers "Bring it on Down to My House" and "Ida Red." Maybe the most fun is listening to Brooks and Dunn tear into the Blind Lemon Jefferson song, "Corine, Corina." Then there are the love and love-lost songs, including the sweetest version of "Lily Dale," modified to "Billy Dale," as sung by Dolly Parton. Also Vince Gill's "Yearning," Garth Brook's plaintive "Deep Water," Marty Stuart's even more plantive "Misery," and a fine version of "I Wonder if You Feel the Way I Do" by Merle Haggard.

There's much more on this CD packed with 18 great songs. And they swing with the trademark bluesy western blend that Bob Wills perfected. The CD comes with a booklet of Ray Benson's own thoughts on his discovery of Wills and a commitment to preserving his music. There's also a full description of each song, its place in the Wills canon, and an account of its recording for this album. Plus there's a great publicity shot of the man himself circa 1941 in gray Stetson, colorful silk tie, and big smile. (Ahh-h-h-h!!)

5 out of 5 stars High Energy Fun!.......2003-02-13

I LOVE this CD! (I've even hooked my 10-year-old son too!) This is Asleep At The Wheel at their best. I especially like "Big Ball's In Cowtown". You can't sit still and listen to this one! The list of featured guest singers adds a nice variety to the mix. It has a healthy amount of banter between Ray and the rest of the performers. Another favorite is "Hubbin' It" featuring Huey Lewis. I never would have pegged him for an AATW album but he's perfect for this one.
The only low spots for me are "Got A Letter..." (too slow for me) and "Corine, Corina" (sounds like the channel was changed to pop-country radio).
Overall, I highly recommend it for AATW fans and newcomers.

5 out of 5 stars The Dance Experiment.......1999-09-21

A friend loaned me the original release of this tribute CD from 1993, and I bought the "dance remix" version in hopes some of the great tracks would have extended choruses and jams. Well... only two tracks really add significant extra material ("Hubbin' It" and "Corine, Corina"). The four or five other tracks that are changed from the first CD usually have only a tacked-on intro of vocal doo-wops by Ray and Co. Worst remix is on the intro to "Yearning." The tricky key-shifted loop is jarring in a western swing context. Overall you'll get 4 and a half more minutes of music on this CD. So, maybe it's not a great "dance remix" effort, but damn these tracks still swing! And "Corine" is actually a pretty good expanded track. I also think the mix has a bit more bass and some brightening on top. Liner notes don't provide any extra info. Ray, if I could make a suggestion: next time drop "Got a Letter" with its lame sentimentality and give the band some room to kick a bit more!
Tribute to the Music of Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys
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  • Lots of Fun
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000059WFE
Release Date: 2001-01-05

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5 out of 5 stars Lots of Fun.......2001-04-06

I call this a feel good CD. The performances are great all around and there is a feeling that everyone here is having a good time on this CD. It's like a party and you're invited. I only wish there were more of it. The CD is over way too soon!
Leon Rausch & Tommy Allsuo a Tribute to the Music of Bob Wills
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    		Leon Rausch & Tommy Allsuo a Tribute to the Music of Bob Wills

    Manufacturer: sims
    ProductGroup: Classical
    Binding: Audio CD
    ASIN: B000GBP80U

    Product Description

    this is 3 cd set a tribute to bob wills
    A Tribute to the Music of Bob Wills
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      		A Tribute to the Music of Bob Wills
      Bob Wills , Leon McAuliffe , and Tommy Duncan
      Manufacturer: Sims Records
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD
      ASIN: B000STR8O4

      Product Description

      Three CD Box Set. Includes 28 page booklet. Songs included in this box set: Faded Love / Convict and the Rose / Rosetta / Mexicali Rose / Lilly Dale / South of the Border / I Dont Know Why / Old Fashion Love / I Wonder if You Feel The Way I Do / Cherokee Maiden / My Mary / I Wish Your Picture Was You / You Dont Love Me But I Will Always Care / Dusty Skies / Bring it Down on My House / Yearning / Why Do I? / Blue Bonnet Lane / The Waltz You Saved Me / My Life's Been a Pleasure / Across the Alley From the Alamo / My Confession / Spanish Fandango /Ten Years / Thats What I Like About the South / When You Leave Amarillo, Turn Off The Lights / Bubbles in My Beer/ Brain Cloudy Blues / Spanish Two Step / Still Water Runs the Deepest / Miss Molly / Honeysuckle time in the Valley / The Warm Red Wine / Four or Five Times/ San Antonio Rose / The Kind of Love / Deep Water / I Cant Go on This Way / Sugar Moon / Party for the Old Folks/ Worried Over You / Right or Wrong / Keeper of My Heart / Li'l Liza Jane / King without A Queen / It's the Bottle Talking / Stay All Night (Stay A Little Longer) / Blues for Dixie / Goodnight Little Sweetheart / Under the Double Eagle
      A Tribute to the Music of Bob Wills & the Texas Playboys
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        		A Tribute to the Music of Bob Wills & the Texas Playboys
        Asleep at the Wheel
        Manufacturer: Capitol
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

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        ASIN: B00008EUHP
        Release Date: 1993-11-02

        Tracks:

        1. Red Wing - Asleep at the Wheel
        2. Big Ball's in Cowtown - Ray Benson, George Strait
        3. Yearning (Just for You) - Vince Gill
        4. Bring It on Down to My House - Ray Benson
        5. Deep Water - Garth Brooks
        6. Blues for Dixie - Lyle Lovett
        7. Billy Dale - Dolly Parton
        8. Across the Alley from the Alamo - Ray Benson, Johnny Rodriguez
        9. Old Fashioned Love - Ray Benson, Suzy Bogguss
        10. Ida Red - Ray Benson, , Willie Nelson, Jody Nix
        11. Misery - Marty Stuart
        12. I Wonder If You Feel the Way I Do - Merle Haggard
        13. Hubbin' It - Ray Benson,
        14. Corrina, Corrina - Brooks & Dunn
        15. Still Water Runs the Deepest - Willie Nelson
        16. All Night Long - Leon Rausch
        17. Got a Letter from My Kid Today - Ray Benson
        18. Dusty Skies - Ray Benson, Riders in the Sky

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