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. www.southernmusic.net/bobwills.htm
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." www.roughstock.com/history/westernswing.html
Established by the Wills family, and dedicated to the King of Western Swing. Photographs, family mementos, awards, fiddles and clothing. In Turkey, Texas. www.turkeytexas.com/BW%20Museum.htm
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] www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4524467
Forsiden | 
