Music CD - Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys: The Essential Bob Wills 1935-1947

	Music CD: The Essential Bob Wills 1935-1947 Artist: Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys List Price: $11.98 Our Price: $6.75 Your Save: $ 5.23 ( 44% ) Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Manufacturer: Sony
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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
Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0074644895827 Label: Sony Manufacturer: Sony Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Sony Release Date: 1992-10-13 Studio: Sony
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: THE PLAYBOYS EARLY STUFF Comment: THIS IS A NICE COLLECTION OPF RECORDINGS BY BOB WILLS AND THE TEXAS PLAYBOYS, THE EARLY VERSION OF THE BAND, AND SOME OF THEIR EARLIEST RECORDINGS. IT SWINGS, IT'S GREAT, AND YOU CAN SEE WHY THEY WERE THE KINGS OF WESTERN SWING MUSIC. I HAVE A LOT OF BOB WILLS CD'S, AND I PREFER HIS LATER RECORDINGS, THERE IS A NINE CD SERIES CALLED THE "TIFFANY TRANSCRIPTIONS" WHICH ARE LATER RECORDINGS AND SWING JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THIS........... Customer Rating: Summary: MUSIC I GREW UP ON Comment: I remember as a kid my Dad listening to Bob Wills. This CD is a must have for Western Swing fans and Swing fans as well. Bob Wills to me is a true legend and icon in American music culture. Customer Rating: Summary: The Essential Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys Comment: If you really, really like Texas swing, this is a must-have CD. When listening, I can just imagine driving down some long, straight, lonesome highway on a hot Texas summer night in my '39 Ford (which I owned once) listening to these songs on the scratchy radio (which was in the Ford I owned). The songs are repetitous, but OH SO SWEET. I wish there could have been some historical documentation with the CD, eg some bio's of the artists, a bit of concert trivia, etc. Customer Rating: Summary: Aahhh-hah, I've found the essential single disc collection of Wills' hottest sides Comment: This is certianly the best priced, easiest to find, and best single disc sampler of Wills' early years. The period covered here is his best 36-47, when western swing was fresh and new. Wills creatively blends hillbilly blues, and hot jazz, for some sizzling swing music. Exellent piano and steel guitar playing throughout. The musicianship is high, and this band is really tight, I mean Flether Henderson tight! As far as the music being fun goes, you get to hear Bob Wills yell in a high pitched voice at least three times in every song "ahhh-hahhh", which is half the fun of hearing a Bob Wills album. This cd features Wills' small swing combos, and several examples of his full big band. Exellent music that is still exciting today as it was in 1936! Customer Rating: Summary: Bob Wills will always be the king! Comment: I am 20 y ears of age and I have always been a true Bob Wills fan! This collection brings together all his early hits but his best work in my opinoin was when he was with Columbia from 1935-1947. I have all of them on the comprehensive 11 CD box set entitled San Antonio Rose which features everyone of his Columbia recordings in cronological order! It is fantastic! Highly recommended for true Bob Wills and western swing fans! For starters only I recommend this CD for it contains San Antonio Rose and all his early hits. Ah-haa!!! More Reviews
Editorial Reviews: 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