It's Tuesday, time for Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys "Ida Red", live..

Ah Haw! Awesome song! He used to play quite a bit here in Tulsa at the Cain's Ballroom: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cain's_Ballroom

 

my wife's grandmother was first cousins with Bob! we'd been married for a while when I found that out.

 

That is beautiful! Thanks for the link, Steve.

 

Didn't the Darlings do that song on "The Andy Griffith Show"? Great stuff. Check out Roly Poly on youtube while you're in the mood!

 

Thanks for this. People should give a **** because this is about as good as it gets.

 

Thank you for this!

 

This music paved the way for Rock & Roll.

 

Bob is great. Some of my favorite cds(and most played), are Bob Wills tribute cds. The 2 tribute cds from Asleep At The Wheel are fabulous, and one of the best is the old Merle Haggard tribute from the early 70's.

 

Uncle Earl does a nice version of this: http://www.myspace.com/uncleearl/music/songs/ida-red-81046925

 

I've always thought that Wills was one of the most important musicians in American music. He created something totally original out of the musical material floating around, and he managed to keep a consistent creative vision no matter what the configuration of his band at any given time. I think he was similar to (and on a level with) Count Basie in this, even though his music was of course very different.

He's one of the few artists of whom I have almost everything he recorded. Most of his records just jump out of the speakers, and swing so hard it hurts. And some of his spoken asides on the records are hilarious. The musicians sound like they are having a great time. No posturing, no "we're hipper than you" vibe, just a party- and we're all invited.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rM50ZQpSSTY&feature=related

this is one of my faves- with the great Tommy Duncan on vocals.

 

One of my favorite albums



and the car window decal pictured on this album cover



probably inspired this



all of which eventually led to this



ah-ha!

 

Way Cool!

Bob Wills is something I share with my grandfather. Last time I saw him I was playing some Bob Wills and he told me my dad (his son) hated it when he was a boy! He didn't think it was modern enough. Funny.

 

Ida Red is credited as the inspiration for this



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maybellene

 

Love my old Rhino Tiffany Transcription CDs.

 

Yes, indeed-the 2 Asleep at the Wheel tribute albums are wonderful, I play them all the time. The Haggard album is a classic, Merle loves this music and you can feel it when you listen.

Combine those 3 albums with the Rhino 2 disc Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys comp and you'll have the best collection of Western Swing there is. That stuff is life affirming and makes me feel good every time I listen to it.

 

'Bout time western swing was mentioned around here. A wonderful musical genre to explore, and along with the blues, the precursor to rock and roll.

 

Me too!

 

No mention of this one!

BOB WILLS & TOMMY DUNCAN--Hall Of Fame (Two LP's on one CD). SPR-710

This is a new CD reissue (briefly on DCC as well) of the best of Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys Liberty stereo recordings compiled by John McEuen.

 

Make it a trio.

Going slightly off topic here but I know that there were nine LPs/CDs in the series and the The McKinney Sisters LP/CD was supposed to start a new set of Tiffany transciptions but wasn't there supposed to be a tenth volume of Bob Wills material? Anyone know what happened to it?