Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys

Bob Wills (James Robert Wills, March 6, 1905 – May 13, 1975) was an American Western swing musician, songwriter, and big band leader. Considered by music authorities as the co-founder of Western swing, he was universally known as the King of Western Swing. Wills formed several bands and played radio stations around the South and West until he formed the Texas Playboys in 1934 with Wills on fiddle, Tommy Duncan on piano and vocals, rhythm guitarist June Whalin

Influenced by: Jimmie Rodgers, Western Swing Territory Bands, Jazz Standards Orchestras

Active:

1934-1975

Scene:

Texas/Southwest

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