Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys

Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys

Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys

ASIN: B00008FD70

Track Listings
 
1. Talking 'Bout You
2. Panhandle Rag
3. Across the Alley from the Alamo
4. Running Bear
5. Milk Cow Blues
6. Slow Poke
7. San Antonio Rose
8. Faded Love
9. Four or Five Times
10. Brown Skin Gal
11. Kansas City
12. Wills Breakdown
13. Riders in the Sky
14. Lone Star Rag
15. Orange Blossom Special
16. Big Beaver

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Take Me Back to Tulsa
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    		Take Me Back to Tulsa
    Bob Wills
    Manufacturer: Proper UK Boxed Sets
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    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B00005TO15
    Release Date: 2001-12-03

    Tracks:

    1. Nancy Jane - Fort Worth Doughboys
    2. Sunbonnet Sue - Fort Worth Doughboys
    3. Osage Stomp
    4. Get With It
    5. Spanish Two Step
    6. Maiden's Prayer
    7. I Ain't Got Nobody
    8. Who Walks in When I Walk Out
    9. Oklahoma Rag
    10. Smith's Reel
    11. Weary of the Same Ol' Stuff
    12. No Matter How She Done It
    13. Bluin' the Blues
    14. Red Hot Gal of Mine
    15. Steel Guitar Rag
    16. What's the Matter With the Mill?
    17. Sugar Blues
    18. Basin Street Blues
    19. Too Busy
    20. Fan It
    21. There's No Disappointment in Heaven
    22. Swing Blues No. 1
    23. Playboy Stomp
    24. T for Texas (Blue Yodel No. 1)
    25. Never No More Hard Times Blues
    26. Oozlin' Daddy Blues

    Tracks:

    1. Black Rider
    2. Pray for the Lights to Go Out
    3. San Antonio Rose
    4. Carolina in the Morning
    5. Silver Bells (That Ring in the Night)
    6. Beaumont Rag
    7. Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
    8. Whoa Baby
    9. I Wonder If You Feel the Way I Do
    10. My Window Faces the South
    11. That's What I Like About the South
    12. Waltz You Saved for Me
    13. Prosperity Special
    14. Don't Let the Deal Go Down
    15. You're Okay
    16. Lone Star Rag
    17. Corrine, Corrina
    18. Bob Wills Special
    19. Time Changes Everything
    20. Big Beaver
    21. New San Antonio Rose
    22. I Knew the Moment I Lost You
    23. Twin Guitar Special
    24. Take Me Back to Tulsa
    25. Takin' It Home
    26. Please Don't Leave Me
    27. Cherokee Maiden
    28. Dusty Skies
    29. My Life's Been a Pleasure

    Tracks:

    1. We Might as Well Forget It
    2. Home in San Antone
    3. Liberty
    4. Miss Molly
    5. You're from Texas
    6. Goodbye Liza Jane
    7. My Confession
    8. Texas Playboy Rag
    9. Roly Poly
    10. Stay a Little Longer
    11. Just a Plain Old Country Boy
    12. New Spanish Two-Step
    13. I'm Feelin' Bad
    14. Cotton Eyed Joe
    15. Brain Cloudy Blues
    16. Bob Wills Boogie
    17. Fat Boy Rag
    18. Good Man Is Hard to Find
    19. Little Bit of Boogie
    20. Along the Navajo Trail
    21. Baby Won't You Please Come Home
    22. Betcha My Heart
    23. Chinatown
    24. Dinah
    25. Frankie Jean
    26. Hawaiian War Chant

    Tracks:

    1. I'm a Ding Dong Daddy
    2. Milk Cow Blues
    3. My Gal Sal
    4. Red River Valley
    5. Sugar Moon
    6. Sweet Jennie Lee
    7. Girl I Left Behind Me
    8. At the Woodchopper's Ball
    9. Blues for Dixie
    10. Bubbles in My Beer
    11. Can't Get Enough of Texas
    12. Cotton Patch Blues
    13. Cowboy Stomp
    14. Crazy Rhythm
    15. Deep Water
    16. Don't Be Ashamed of Your Age
    17. Keeper of My Heart
    18. Little Cowboy Lament
    19. Thorn in My Heart
    20. Ida Red Likes to Boogie
    21. Boot Heel Drag
    22. Faded Love
    23. I Laugh When I Think How I Cried Over You
    24. I'll Be Lucky Someday
    25. I Didn't Realise
    26. Rock-A-Bye Baby Blues
    27. Jolie Blon Likes the Boogie
    28. End of the Line

    Album Description

    UK budget-price box-set featuring the pioneer of western swing, he played blues, rags, stomps, ballads and jazz in a style that became much imitated. 119 tracks and including a 52 page illustrated booklet. Four standard jewel cases housed in a slipcase. 2001.

    Album Details

    Compilation featuring 109 Tracks from the King of Western Swing. Includes Every Important Track Recordedbetween the Years 1932 and 1950 as Well as a 52 Page Booklet with a Biography, Session Details and Rarephotos.
    The Essential Bob Wills 1935-1947
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      		The Essential Bob Wills 1935-1947
      Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
      Manufacturer: Sony
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

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      ASIN: B00000288D
      Release Date: 1992-10-13

      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. A Maiden's Prayer
      10. Home In San Antone
      11. Misss Molly
      12. Texas Playboy Rag
      13. Stay A Little Longer
      14. Roly Poly
      15. New Spanish Two Step
      16. Sugar Moon
      17. Brain Cloudy Blues
      18. Fat Boy Rag
      19. Deep Water
      20. Bob Wills Boogie

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      The Essential Bob Wills might more accurately be called The Essential Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys. While Wills was certainly the charismatic stage presence, talent scout, songwriter, and Western-swing mastermind, the Playboys--one of the best bands to ever grace this earth--most shine on these early sides. From horn-heavy, big-band-inspired recordings such as "Osage Stomp" and "Right or Wrong" to fiddle-driven, closer-to-country classics such as "Take Me Back to Tulsa" and "Stay a Little Longer," it was primarily the incomparable playing of pianist Al Stricklin, steel legend Leon McAuliffe, and the other Playboys, not to mention the smoother-than-smooth vocals of the great Tommy Duncan, that made this band the Southwest's flagship two-steppin' outfit and that make these 20 tracks truly "essential." --David Cantwell
      Legends of Country Music
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      • Love Western Swing
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      • A moving tribute to a great musician !
      		 Legends of Country Music
      Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
      Manufacturer: Sony
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      Binding: Audio CD

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      ASIN: B000GRTR2E
      Release Date: 2006-08-29

      Tracks:

      1. Sunbonnet Sue
      2. Nancy Jane
      3. Osage Stomp
      4. Get With It
      5. Spanish Two Step
      6. Maiden's Prayer
      7. I Ain't Got Nobody
      8. Who Walks In When I Walk Out
      9. Oklahoma Rag
      10. Sittin' On Top Of The World
      11. I Can't Be Satisfied
      12. Waltz In D
      13. She's Killing Me
      14. Bluin' The Blues
      15. Steel Guitar Rag
      16. Trouble In Mind
      17. What's The Matter With The Mill
      18. Basin Street Blues
      19. Red Hot Gal Of Mine
      20. Too Busy
      21. Crippled Turkey
      22. Bring It On Down To My House, Honey
      23. Right Or Wrong
      24. Swing Blues #1
      25. White Heat

      Tracks:

      1. Steel Guitar Stomp
      2. Rosetta
      3. Blue Yodel No.1
      4. I'm A Ding Dong Daddy (From Dumas)
      5. Oozlin' Daddy Blues
      6. Black Rider
      7. Down Hearted Blues
      8. Pray For The Lights To Go Out
      9. San Antonio Rose
      10. Silver Bells
      11. Beaumont Rag
      12. Whoa Babe
      13. Ida Red
      14. Yearning
      15. I Wonder If You Feel The Way I Do
      16. Prosperity Special
      17. You're Okay
      18. Liza Pull Down The Shades
      19. That's What I Like 'Bout The South
      20. My Window Faces The South
      21. Don't Let The Deal Go Down
      22. Lone Star Rag
      23. That Brownskin Gal
      24. Corrine Corrina
      25. Time Changes Everything
      26. Bob Wills Special
      27. Big Beaver

      Tracks:

      1. New San Antonio Rose
      2. Liebestraum
      3. Lyla Lou
      4. Maiden's Prayer
      5. The Girl I Left Behind Me
      6. I Knew The Moment I Lost You
      7. Twin Guitar Special
      8. Take Me Back To Tulsa
      9. Takin' It Home
      10. Cherokee Maiden
      11. Dusty Skies
      12. My Life's Been A Pleasure
      13. Drop Us Off At Bob's Place
      14. Home In San Antone
      15. That Hot Lick Fiddlin' Man
      16. Miss Molly
      17. My Confession
      18. Ten Years
      19. Let's Ride With Bob
      20. Bluer Than Blue
      21. Hang Your Head In Shame
      22. Texas Playboy Rag
      23. Roly Poly
      24. Stay A Little Longer
      25. I Can't Go On This Way
      26. I'm Thru Wasting Time On You
      27. New Spanish Two Step

      Tracks:

      1. Sugar Moon
      2. Brain Cloudy Blues
      3. Bob Wills Boogie
      4. Fat Boy Rag
      5. The Kind Of Love I Can't Forget
      6. Hometown Stomp
      7. Misery
      8. Deep Water
      9. Bubbles In My Beer
      10. Papa's Jumpin'
      11. Sally Goodin'
      12. Still Water Runs The Deepest
      13. Blues For Dixie
      14. Keeper Of My Heart
      15. Ida Red Likes The Boogie
      16. Boot Heel Drag
      17. Faded Love
      18. St. Louis Blues
      19. Cadillac In Model 'A'
      20. Heart To Heart Talk
      21. Wabash Blues
      22. A Big Ball In Cowtown (We'll Dance Around)
      23. Pan Handle Rag
      24. Blue Bonnet Lane
      25. What Makes Bob Holler
      26. Goin' Away Party

      Amazon.com

      Though Bob Wills has long been heralded as a country-music icon (an inspiration for artists from Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson through Lyle Lovett and Asleep at the Wheel, and toasted by Waylon Jennings in "Bob Wills Is Still the King"), the Texas fiddler considered himself more of a jazz bandleader. The Texas Playboys' signature dance-floor style of Western swing encompassed blues, jazz, country, and pop standards, with a sophistication at odds with the era's image of "hillbilly music." This four-disc centennial anthology (a little late, as Wills was born in 1905 and died in 1975) documents the musical progression of the band and its music from regional phenomenon to national treasure. The 105 tracks (remastered, but all previously released) showcase the legendary "twin guitars" of Leon McAuliffe and Eldon Shamblin, the smooth crooning of Tommy Duncan, the irrepressible spirit of Wills himself, and a songbook of classics such as "New San Antonio Rose" (with lyrics added to the original instrumental), "Take Me Back to Tulsa," and "Faded Love." In jukeboxes and roadhouses throughout the Southwest, it is Bob Wills, not Benny Goodman, who remains the "King of Swing." --Don McLeese

      Customer Reviews:

      5 out of 5 stars Love Western Swing.......2007-06-08

      My husband and I have been a Bob Wills fan for many years. He is 80 and a collector of Bob Wills music. He was truly the "King of Western Swing" and this is a wonderful collection of his music.

      5 out of 5 stars Terrific Western Swing.......2007-05-06

      I own other Bob Wills recordings, but this is the most comprehensive. It's not really country music at all...It has its own kind of energy and incorporates various styles of music. It's inventive and ageless and it's just pure pleasure to hear.

      4 out of 5 stars Legends of Country Music.......2007-04-11

      Really a good set, with a lot of original recordings. If you like original Texas swing, this is a must box set for your collection

      5 out of 5 stars What makes Bob holler?.......2006-10-03

      I must own about 30 Bob Wills cd's and this has made many of them obsolete. If you are a Bob Wills fan there is no need for me to convince you of Will's and his band's virtuosity. For those of you who aren't familiar with Bob Wills and western swing music, I think you owe it a hearing. Wills mixed blues, jazz, big band, and western music and literally invented what we know as western swing. The list of great musicians who played with this band are impressive. Not many people realize that Rolling Stone magazine selected Eldon Shamblin as the greatest rhythm guitar player of all time.
      The recording quality of this cd is so far above everything else I've heard that it must be stressed here.
      What makes Bob Holler? If he were alive today this reproduction of his great music would!

      5 out of 5 stars A moving tribute to a great musician !.......2006-09-22

      Born to a poor family in Limestone County, Texas, Bob Wills (the undisputed "King of Western Swing") has become synonymous with that style of music. In 2006, this 4-disc release in Columbia "Legends of Country Music" series is a great way to celebrate his centennial! Wills had learned to play the fiddle by age ten. By the late 1920s, he and Herman Arnspiger were performing in the Fort Worth area as The Wills Fiddle Band. In 1931, they were joined by Milton & Durwood Brown and called themselves Aladdin's Laddies. Disc #1 in this set begins in 1932 with recordings of The Light Crust Doughboys, the band formed after the Light Crust Flour Co. hired the band for radio broadcasts. Because of a trademark, Victor Records called them The Fort Worth Doughboys. By 1934, Wills had formed his own band, moved to Tulsa, and signed with Okeh Records. Disc #2 covers 1937-1940, and disc #3 spans 1941-45. Disc #4 begins with 1946 and ends with Bob Wills' final session (1973 in Dallas).

      It's important for such compilations to include a musician's big hits, as well as a sampling of their entire repertoire and influential pieces. We hear many favorites like "Big Ball in Cowtown," "Bubbles In My Beer," "Roly Poly," "Take Me Back to Tulsa" and "Stay A Little Longer." "San Antonio Rose" and "New San Antonio Rose" are both included, the former written in just 30 minutes when Wills needed another number at a recording session. Pandhandle Rag was a top ten hit in 1949. We're given the 1969 version here. Leon McAuliffe's influential "Steel Guitar Rag" appears on disc #1. In the 1960, Wills made the charts with "Shape Up or Ship Out" and "I Don't Love Nobody." Unfortunately, these songs are not provided. And how in the heck could they not have included "Across the Alley from the Alamo"? Oh well ... can't have everything.

      With 105 tracks in total, this compilation certainly tells the musical story with both old-time fiddling (e.g. Osage Stomp) and country-styled jazz (e.g. Trouble in Mind, Basin Street Blues) well represented. But don't forget about the times that Bob Wills lived and played his music in, just after the Depression. Many of his fans were poor, the working folks in need of a charismatic performer to look up to. Somewhat of a folk hero, Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys traveled the backroads to rural areas in a large bus with a big longhorn steer head on the front. With heavy emphasis on the backbeat and guitar chords played over a moving bass line, the music was infectious an designed for dancing. And then there were the great lyrics, often sung by the great Tommy Duncan. Excellent notes, in a booklet with many excellent historic photographs, are an added bonus in this legends series. All I can say, is that it's a moving tribute to a great musician. So, to quote Bob Wills, "Aaaaa-haaaa!" (Joe Ross, Roseburg, OR.)
      For the Last Time
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        		For the Last Time
        Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
        Manufacturer: Capitol
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        ASIN: B000002TOF
        Release Date: 1994-04-19

        Tracks:

        1. Playboy Theme
        2. Yearning (Just For You)
        3. Faded Love
        4. What Makes Bob Holler
        5. Stay All Night (Stay A Little Longer)
        6. Goin' Away Party
        7. Big Ball's In Cowtown
        8. Keeper Of My Heart
        9. Twin Guitar Boogie
        10. Bubbles In My Beer
        11. Blue Bonnet Lane
        12. When You Leave Amarillo (Turn Out The Lights)
        13. San Antonio Rose
        14. I Wonder If You Feel The Way I Do
        15. My Shoes Keep Walking Back To You
        16. Miss Molly
        17. I Can't Go On This Way
        18. That's What I Like 'Bout The South
        19. Silver Lake Blues
        20. Milk Cow Blues
        21. Comin' Down From Denver
        22. Baby, That Would Sure Go Good
        23. She's Really Gone
        24. Crippled Turkey

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        In 1973, 40 years after founding the Texas Playboys, Bob Wills gathered many of his Playboy stars from the past in a Dallas studio for a final hurrah. On December 2 the Playboy alumni enjoyed a homecoming meal at the Wills house, and the following day they entered the studio as Wills guided the session from his wheelchair (put there by a debilitating stroke in 1969). Among the musicians were three vital contributors to the very first Playboy session in Dallas in 1935--pianist Al Stricklin, drummer Smokey Dacus, and steel player Leon McAuliffe--as well as guitar great Eldon Shamblin (who joined in 1937) and disciple Merle Haggard, who'd waxed his own Wills tribute in 1970. With Wills mustering only the meekest of hollers, the Playboys joyously rolled through an assortment of Wills favorites, not knowing they would never see their leader again. Tired from the session, Wills left after only six songs and was unable to return for the next day's session. With Hoyle Nix filling in for Wills, the musicians completed the record with tears in their eyes. Wills had a second stroke the next day, lapsed into a coma, and never regained consciousness, perhaps content in his final long sleep for having heard his distinctive music one last time. --Marc Greilsamer
        Lone Star Beer & Bob Wills Music/For All Our Cowboy Friends
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          		Lone Star Beer & Bob Wills Music/For All Our Cowboy Friends
          Red Steagall
          Manufacturer: Koch Records
          ProductGroup: Music
          Binding: Audio CD

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          ASIN: B00004785W
          Release Date: 2000-03-14

          Tracks:

          1. Lone Star Beer And Bob Wills Music
          2. My First Night Without You
          3. Under The X In Texas
          4. Someday (You'll Want Me To Want You)
          5. Neons And Nylons
          6. Truck Drivin' Man
          7. Alexis From Texas
          8. Whatever Made Me Think
          9. I Saw Your Face In The Moon
          10. The Walls Of This Old Honky Tonk
          11. Rodeo
          12. For All Our Cowboy Friends
          13. Dawson Legate
          14. Rodeo Blues
          15. Two Pairs Of Levis And A Pair Of Justin Boots
          16. Freckles Brown
          17. My Adobe Hacienda
          18. Bandito Gold
          19. The Night The Copenhagen Saved The Day
          20. Little Joe The Wrangler
          21. My America

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          This CD pairs two prime Red Steagall records from the mid-1970s and reveals just why the Texan has become a pillar of Western music. The 1976 collection Lone Star Beer and Bob Wills Music marks the pinnacle of his recording career, offering a wonderful assortment of Western swing and Texas tonk. The title creed remains his biggest hit, but there are a number of other original songs--barroom ballads like "Neons and Nylons" and "Whatever Made Me Think" and two-steppers like "My First Night Without You" and "The Walls of This Old Honky Tonk"--that display his ample gifts as a direct, down-to-earth songwriter (he was a successful songwriter before he was a performer). Steagall enlisted a superlative cast of musicians including guitarist Leon Rhodes, fiddler Johnny Gimble, and steel man Sonny Garrish to help him carry out his vision. For All Our Cowboy Friends, from the following year, is a quaint and heartfelt tribute to the cowboy and rodeo lifestyle (he was a rodeo rider and horse breeder before he was a songwriter) that oozes personality and authenticity. Together, these two albums form a definitive Western music manifesto. --Marc Greilsamer
          Tribute to the Music of Bob Wills & the Texas Playboys
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            		Tribute to the Music of Bob Wills & the Texas Playboys
            All the Voice
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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

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            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
            The King of Western Swing: 25 Hits (1935-1945)
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              		The King of Western Swing: 25 Hits (1935-1945)
              Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
              Manufacturer: Asv Living Era
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              Binding: Audio CD

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              ASIN: B0000063CZ
              Release Date: 1998-04-21

              Tracks:

              1. New San Antonio Rose
              2. Osage Stomp
              3. Never No More Hard Times - Blues
              4. Steel Guitar Rag
              5. Sugar Blues
              6. Fan It
              7. Right Or Wrong
              8. Whoa Baby
              9. That's What I Like About The South
              10. Lone Star Rag
              11. Corrine, Corrina
              12. Bob Wills Special
              13. Time Changes Everything
              14. Big Beaver
              15. Take Me Back To Tulsa
              16. Dusty Skies
              17. We Might As Well Forget It
              18. Home In San Antone
              19. You're From Texas
              20. Goodbye, Liza Jane
              21. Texas Playboy Rag
              22. Roly Poly
              23. Stay A Little Longer
              24. New Spanish Two-Step
              25. I'm Feelin' Bad
              Tiffany Transcriptions, Vol. 2
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                		Tiffany Transcriptions, Vol. 2
                Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
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                ASIN: B00000333U
                Release Date: 1993-09-28

                Tracks:

                1. Take Me Back To Tulsa
                2. Faded Love
                3. Right Or Wrong
                4. Bring It On Down To My House
                5. Cherokee Maiden
                6. Steel Guitar Rag
                7. Stay A Little Longer
                8. Roly Poly
                9. Cotton Eyed Joe
                10. Time Changes Everything
                11. Corrine, Corrina
                12. Ida Red
                13. Maiden's Prayer
                14. San Antonio Rose

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                Merle Haggard once said that to simply call Bob Wills's music "country" would be like calling Louis Armstrong just a trumpet player. Wills was a synthesizer and innovator, along with Jimmie Rodgers and Elvis Presley the great integrator of black and white musical styles, and one of the pillars of modern country music. The Tiffany Transcriptions are the most important and comprehensive of all of Wills's recordings, and volume 2 is a fine window on his creation of Western swing. Made for radio syndication in the late '40s at the height of the Texas Playboys' popularity, these recordings feature Wills's premiere ensemble and some of his tastiest songs: "Take Me Back to Tulsa," "Faded Love," and "San Antonio Rose." Given the age of these recordings, the fidelity is quite good, and the handling of diverse styles, from blues to jazz to ragtime to honky-tonk, is always fresh and versatile. --Roy Kasten
                Tribute To The Music Of Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys (Dance Version)
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                  		Tribute To The Music Of Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys (Dance Version)
                  Asleep at the Wheel
                  Manufacturer: Capitol
                  ProductGroup: Music
                  Binding: Audio CD

                  GeneralGeneral | Country | Styles | Music
                  Western SwingWestern Swing | Country | Styles | Music
                  GeneralGeneral | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music
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                  5. Tribute to the Music of Bob Wills & the Texas Playboys

                  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
                  King of Western Swing
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                    		King of Western Swing
                    Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
                    Manufacturer: Jsp Records
                    ProductGroup: Music
                    Binding: Audio CD

                    GeneralGeneral | Country | Styles | Music
                    Western SwingWestern Swing | Country | Styles | Music
                    GeneralGeneral | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music
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                    ASIN: B000O591AQ
                    Release Date: 2007-05-15

                    Tracks:

                    1. Sunbonnet Sue
                    2. Nancy Jane
                    3. Osage Stomp
                    4. Get With It
                    5. I Can't Give You Anything But Love
                    6. Spanish Two Step
                    7. Maiden's Prayer
                    8. Wang Wang Blues
                    9. St. Louis Blues
                    10. Good Old Oklahoma
                    11. Blue River
                    12. Mexicali Rose
                    13. I Ain't Got Nobody
                    14. Never No More Blues
                    15. Who Walks In When I Walk Out
                    16. Old Fashioned Love
                    17. Oklahoma Rag
                    18. Black And Blue Rag
                    19. Sittin' On Top Of The World
                    20. Four Or Five Times
                    21. I Can't Be Satisfied
                    22. Smith's Reel
                    23. Harmony
                    24. She's Killing Me
                    25. Weary Of The Same Old Stuff

                    Tracks:

                    1. No Matter How Seh Done It
                    2. Bluin' The Blues
                    3. Steel Guitar Rag
                    4. Get Along Home Cindy
                    5. Trouble In Mind
                    6. What's The Matter With The Mill
                    7. Sugar Blues
                    8. Basin Street Blues
                    9. Red Hot Gal Of Mine
                    10. Too Busy
                    11. Back Home Again In Indiana
                    12. Fan It
                    13. Mean Mama Blues
                    14. Bring It On Down To My House
                    15. Right Or Wrong
                    16. Swing Blues #1
                    17. Swing Blues #2
                    18. White Heat
                    19. Dedicated To You
                    20. Playboy Stomp
                    21. Steel Guitar Stomp
                    22. Rosetta
                    23. Bleeding Hearted Blues
                    24. Tie Me To Your Apron Strings Again
                    25. Never No More Hard Times Blues

                    Tracks:

                    1. Sunbonnet Sue
                    2. The New St. Louis Blues
                    3. I'm A Ding Dong Daddy From Dumas
                    4. Oozlin' Daddy Blues
                    5. Black Rider
                    6. Everybody Does It In Hawaii
                    7. Alexander's Ragtime Band
                    8. Blue Prelude
                    9. Sophisticated Hula
                    10. Pray For The Lights To Go Out
                    11. Gambling Polka Dot Blues
                    12. Keep Knocking (But You Can't Come In)
                    13. Loveless Love
                    14. Oh Lady Be Good
                    15. Way Down Upon The Swanee River
                    16. Oh You Beautiful Doll
                    17. Moonlight And Roses (Bring Mem'ries Of You)
                    18. I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate
                    19. Tulsa Stomp
                    20. Empty Bed Blues
                    21. Little Red Head
                    22. San Antonio Rose
                    23. Little Girl, Go Ask Your Mama
                    24. Carolina In The Morning
                    25. The Convict And The Rose

                    Tracks:

                    1. Silver Bells
                    2. Dreamy Eyes Waltz
                    3. Beaumont Rag
                    4. Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
                    5. If I Could Bring Back My Buddy
                    6. Whoa Babe
                    7. Ida Red
                    8. Yearning (Just For You)
                    9. I Wonder If You Feel The Way I Do
                    10. Prosperity Special
                    11. Drunkard's Blues
                    12. You're Okay
                    13. Liza Pull Down The Shades
                    14. That's What I Like 'Bout The South
                    15. My Window Faces The South
                    16. The Waltz You Saved For Me
                    17. Don't Let The Deal Go Down
                    18. You Don't Love Me (But I'll Always Care)
                    19. No Wonder
                    20. Lone Star Rag
                    21. There's Going To Be A Party (For The Old Folks)
                    22. I Don't Lov'a Nobody
                    23. That Brownskin Gal
                    24. Corrine Corrina
                    25. Let Me Call You Sweetheart (I'm In Love With You)

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