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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 ...
The Handbook of Texas Music. Texas State Historical Association. ISBN 978-0-87611-193-2. Boyd, Jean Ann (January 1, 2010). The Jazz of the Southwest: An Oral History of Western Swing. University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-78321-8. Townsend, Charles R. (1986). San Antonio Rose : the life and music of Bob Wills. Internet Archive.
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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).
The film holdings contain over 500 film and television screenplays as well as complete production archives for several popular films, including the television miniseries Lonesome Dove. [13] The music holdings represent the breadth and scope of popular Texas sounds, and include primary source collections of Progressive country , Tejano music ...
Dance Music Authority (DMA) Dance Music Report (formerly Disco News, later DMR) Dancing Astronaut; Death to the World; De:Bug; Decibel; Deep Water Acres; The Deli; denim delinquent; Diapason; Digital Music News; Dirty Linen; Disc; Disco 45; Discografia Internazionale; DIY; DJ Magazine (or DJ Mag) Dork; Double Dance; DownBeat; Drowned in Sound ...
Eric Boehlert, Radio Features Editor at the time, ranked it at number 1, reviewing it as "An all-star lineup doing drop-dead gorgeous country swing". [14] New York Correspondent Jim Bessman included it at number 4 on his list, writing that "Ray Benson & Co.'s love affair with Bob Wills and Texas Swing is celebrated merrily."
Herbert Leroy Remington (June 9, 1926 – October 27, 2018) was an American lap steel guitarist who played Western swing music with Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys from 1946 to 1949. [1] A member of the International Steel Guitar Hall of Fame (1979), [2] Remington is known for his Hawaiian style playing combined with swing-based jazz soloing. [3]