Various Artists – Bob Wills Texas Playboys a Century of Swing (2025)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:02:09 minutes | 1,24 GB | Genre: Jazz
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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.”
Tracklist:
1-1. Bob Wills – Big Beaver (03:05)
1-2. Leon Rausch – New Worried Mind (02:57)
1-3. Tanya Tucker – Heart to Heart Talk (03:08)
1-4. Charlie Daniels – Stay a Little Longer (02:55)
1-5. Merle Haggard – Misery (03:14)
1-6. Joe Diffie – San Antonio Rose (02:58)
1-7. Billy Grammer – Turkey Texas Blues (02:46)
1-8. Cody Canada – Milk Cow Blues (03:23)
1-9. Dierks Bentley – Ten Years (03:00)
1-10. Gene Watson – Lily Dale (03:25)
1-11. Archie Bell – Warm Red Wine (02:55)
1-12. Terry Bradshaw – Snap Your Fingers (03:24)
1-13. BJ Thomas – Keeper of My Heart (03:19)
1-14. Tanya Tucker – Take Me Back to Tulsa (02:48)
1-15. Wilford Brimley – Across the Alley from the Alamo (03:30)
1-16. Johnny Rodriguez – Faded Love (03:47)
1-17. GEORGE JONES – Right or Wrong (02:46)
1-18. Larry Gatlin – Sugar Moon (03:09)
1-19. Glen Campbell – I Want to Be Wanted (02:35)
1-20. Red Steagall – Bob’s Got a Swing Band in Heaven (03:05)