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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).
In 1973, Bob Wills called for the recording of the album For the Last Time, and Stricklin joined the recording under request from the label company United Artists. [14] After Wills' death in 1975, Stricklin and other members of the band performed as Bob Wills Original Texas Playboys for a decade. He briefly pursued a solo career.
"Time Changes Everything" is a Western swing standard with words and music written by Tommy Duncan, the long-time vocalist with Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys. [3] Written as a ballad, the lyrics tell of a failed romance and of the hurt that has healed. Each verse ends with the phrase "Time changes everything".
Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys recorded it in 1945 and it reached number three in 1946. [2] Willie Nelson (number 22 in 1973) and Mel Tillis (number 17 in 1982) also charted Top 40 hits. The song has been recorded numerous times. In The Andy Griffith Show episode "The Darling Baby", the lyrics went like this:
It originated as a Bob Wills fiddle tune and was so popular at shows that Wills and singer Tommy Duncan added words and recorded it in early 1941. [ 4 ] Musically, the song has been described as a "jubilant Western Swing romp", [ 4 ] with Wills urging fiddler Louis Tireney to "turn it on boy, turn it on" half way through the song.
The American musician Bob Wills heard "Maiden's Prayer" played on a fiddle while he was a barber in Roy, New Mexico, [3] and arranged the piece in the Western swing style. . Wills first recorded it as an instrumental in 1935 (Vocalion 03924, released in 1938), [4] [5] and it quickly became one of his signature t
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In 1960, he quit touring with Bob Wills and hosted one of the first locally produced television shows on KWTX, Johnny Gimble & the Homefolks. [8] Gimble's show featured a young bass player from nearby Abbott, Texas, named Willie Nelson, and a lifetime friendship and partnership was born. [9]