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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - http://rockhall.com/hof/inductee.asp?id=212
Essay points out how Wills' style influenced rock musicians. |
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Jim Lowe: Western Swing - http://www.yodaslair.com/dumboozle/western/westdex.html
A cyberspace tribute to Western Swing music, Bob Wills, Milton Brown and all that wonderful stuff. Recommended books and CDs. |
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NPR : Bob Wills, the Fiddler of Western Swing - http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4524467
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] |
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Roughstock: Western Swing - http://www.roughstock.com/history/westernswing.html
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 "Take Me Back to Tulsa." |
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IMDb: Bob Wills - http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0932278/
Film and television credits for Bob Wills as an actor. Includes very short biography. |
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Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame: Bob Wills - http://www.nashvillesongwritersfoundation.com/t-z/bob-wills.aspx
Career milestones, plus a list of some of his best songs and other artists who have recorded them. |
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Southern Music Network: Bob Wills - http://www.southernmusic.net/bobwills.htm
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. |
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Bob Wills Information - http://www.webspawner.com/users/BobWillsInfo/
Short essay on Wills at the crossroads between oldtime and modern country music. |
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OLGA: Bob Wills - http://www.harmony-central.com/Guitar/OLGA/all/bob_wills.html
Guitar tablature for "Faded Love," chords for more than a dozen other Bob Wills songs. With lyrics. |
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AMG All Music Guide: Bob Wills - http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=Bufjm7io8g7or
Biography, labels on which Wills recorded, discography. |