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  2. Bridges: A deeper dive into native Texas Bob Wills - AOL

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    Wills left the band in 1933 and formed the Texas Playboys the next year. By this time, Wills was among a group developing the “western swing” sound. In 1940, he released perhaps his most ...

  3. The Quebe Sisters - Wikipedia

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    The Quebe Sisters Band (4854598924) The Quebe Sisters are an American swing revival band based in Dallas, Texas, who perform a mix of progressive western swing, jazz-influenced swing, country, Texas-style fiddling, and western music. The band consists of sisters Grace, Sophia, and Hulda Quebe, all of whom play the fiddle and sing, with ...

  4. Bob Wills - Wikipedia

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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).

  5. Western swing - Wikipedia

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    Western swing is a subgenre of American country music that originated in the late 1920s in the West and South among the region's Western string bands. [1] [2] It is dance music, often with an up-tempo beat, [3] [4] which attracted huge crowds to dance halls and clubs in Texas, Oklahoma and California during the 1930s and 1940s until a federal war-time nightclub tax in 1944 contributed to the ...

  6. Leon Bridges Celebrates His Texas Roots - AOL

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    But on his latest album, Leon, out October 4, Bridges returns to his roots with songs steeped in old-school soul and lyrics that “reflect on my time in Fort Worth and my childhood,” he says.

  7. Johnny Gimble - Wikipedia

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    Emily was a regular member of Asleep at the Wheel as keyboardist and vocalist from 2014 to 2016, a band that frequently partnered with Johnny to bring the music of Bob Wills to newer generations. She has since launched a solo career, based out of Austin, Texas , and followed Johnny's footsteps as the State Musician of Texas for 2020.

  8. Steel Guitar Rag - Wikipedia

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    The Light Crust Doughboys Are on the Air: Celebrating Seventy Years of Texas Music. University of North Texas Press; Har/Com edition (September 2002) ISBN 1-57441-151-9; Harrington, Joe S. Sonic Cool: The Life & Death of Rock 'n' Roll. Hal Leonard, 2002. ISBN 0-634-02861-8; Komara, Edward. Encyclopedia of the Blues. Routledge, 2005) ISBN 0-415 ...

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