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The album received mainly favorable reviews from music critics, such as Kurt Wolff, who wrote in Country Music: The Rough Guide that it exactly projected the "rowdy" spirit of Wills' music. [6] It was also praised by Wills' daughter, Rosetta, who called it "the best tribute to my father's music I've ever heard."
James Robert Wills (March 6, 1905 – May 13, 1975) was an American Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader. Considered by music authorities as the founder of Western swing, [1] [2] [3] he was known widely as the King of Western Swing (although Spade Cooley self-promoted the moniker "King of Western Swing" from 1942 to 1969).
Sister Rosetta Tharpe (born Rosetta Nubin, March 20, 1915 – October 9, 1973) [1] was an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. She gained popularity in the 1930s and 1940s with her gospel recordings, characterized by a unique mixture of spiritual lyrics and electric guitar .
Waylon Jennings perhaps spoke for millions of Wills’ fans when he sang in his 1975 tribute, “I don’t care who’s in Austin, Bob Wills is still the king.” Ken Bridges is a writer ...
In 1934, Tulsa radio station KVOO became home to Bob Wills and his new band, the Texas Playboys. On New Year’s night 1935, Wills and His Texas Playboys debuted at Cain’s Ballroom, and the ...
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys were a major influence on the music of Asleep at the Wheel during its formative years. According to frontman Ray Benson, the band was initially "pretty primitive ... playing hippie-country-western-rock", before he heard Merle Haggard's tribute to Wills, A Tribute to the Best Damn Fiddle Player in the World (or, My Salute to Bob Wills), which was released in ...
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The Bob Wills concert album, "The Longhorn Recordings" featuring the music of Bob Wills and his steel guitar player Gene Crownover was recorded in the early Sixties at Longhorn Ballroom. One of the two music videos for Aerosmith's 1989 single " What It Takes " was filmed at the Longhorn Ballroom.