Esta es una de mis canciones preferidas de todos los tiempos.Descubri a Bob Willis en The Last Picture Show de Peter Bogdanovich y ,pense que era Hank Williams, que sonaba como fondo en toda la pelicula ,desde ese dia Bob Willis y sus Texas Playboys acompañan mis dias junto a muchos otros pioneros de la musica popular americana ,que es un verdadero tesoro.Un saludo desde este rincon del mundo que es España.
All you racists / revisionists / apologists need to get a grip. Country is just the white man's version of the blues and, yes, it was influenced by popular black artists and music of the day. But the influence worked both ways. That's America and what's makes our music (and culture) great. Long may the gumbo pot keep stirring.
Amen. Music is music, and most people neither make it nor listen; they just project their thoughts onto it or pick the lyrics that interest them, maybe dance a little. When you listen to the sounds themselves for what they are, hear the melodies, the rhythms, and the harmonies with your ears as well as your body, you come to understand what music is: a language beyond social boundaries.
All those hippies who dont like this can kiss my a**, Cream what a joke band, Bob Wills is the King, Bobby Koefer is the coolest Steel player !!! Nuff said !!
Me and my wife use to drive down to Oklahoma when Bob Wills was either in Tulsa or Oklahoma City to see him on stage, and he was a true gentleman. I sure miss him, his Texas Playboys and his great Western Swing Music.
@guitarhead2k2 'Apples and oranges'!..Bob Wills is a different genre ( Texas Swing ) than Howlin' Wolf ( Chicago Blues ). Both great but on different terms.
my grandfather and grandmother were good frinds of Bobs they worked the door every weekend he played at wills point here in Sacramento.Bob gave my grandfather a hat that was custom made for Bob and a saddle that was custom made for him to my grandmother also.so my question is this,What would be the cause of 13 dislikes? must be ernest tubb fans...lol joke people dnt get upset.
Wow. how come I never got to hear this before? THIS is country? I want to go back to New York and punch every liberal smart ass creep I grew up with in the face for keeping me away from this.
@tikletik Not so fast!! Earnest Tubb recorded 'Waltz Across Texas' in a studio in NYC (1961) and Bob Wills recorded some stuff at the Fairmont Hotel atop NOB Hill , in another 'liberal' bastion ; San Francisco..I agree though , that many liberals close their minds as well as ears to great music such as this..
@bilbocroft There are many versions of this song, that is true. Each and everyone of them tell the story of a man who is happy to have a troublesome woman out of his life. Bob's version tells a different story, please explain what story Bob is trying tell here.
@guambetty Explain why he would change the lyric in such a way then. Why is there such a huge departure from the original lyric? What story is Bob trying to tell us?
@guambetty Again I challenge anyone to explain what the subject matter and why it is so different from the original. The subject matter of the original ( and all the others except this one ) is from the point of view of a man who is happy that he has a troublesome woman out of his life, what is Bob's version about?
@bumblingblockhead They did this song to racist. These are not the lyrics to this song and the lyrics they use are blatantly racist. I do hope that everyone understands this.
@fladification You say the lyrics are racist and you keep challenging people to tell you what he means in this song, insinuating that if we can not tell you or will not tell you what he means then that is proof that they are racist lyrics. I would challenge you to describe to me exactly how you interrupt these lyrics as racist. All you have done is come on here and throw out accusations without any supporting explanation of how they are racist.
@Daetalus67 we never have one girl at a time we always have 7 8 or 9
you see me steal'n dont tell on me, is Bob saying he is cheating womanizer and that he steals stuff? is he using a song that was a very popular race record to belittle his self? I don't think so. make what you want of these lyrics, but from the research I've done they are unique to Bob Wills version. I think they were being used to propagate the popular stereotypes of the day.
@fladification Milton Brown used these lyrics in other songs, the 7, 8, or 9 line in "Easy Ridin' Papa". Brown and his Musical Brownies also recorded "Sittin' on top of the world" and he and Wills worked together in the Light Crust Doughboys early on. Brown was one of the founders of what became Western Swing but his career was cut short due to his premature death. The Brownies played all sorts of songs including "Darkie" and Mexican songs, anything that Texans would dance to
Bob Wills was a unique individual, especially when you consider the time period that he played. A very different guy and very polished and dedicated to true musical art.
This is ABSOLUTELY Terrific footage! Thankx a bunch for sharing! Terrific! Terrific! WOW-The greatest Country Swing & Blues ever! KILLER, and elegant! FANTASTIC!!!
I used to watch Bob in person at The Golden Nugget Hotel in Las Vegas about 1962. He did actually sing the blues quite well. Most of the time Tommy Duncan would sing but Bob was a multi talented guy. He was a great band leader.
I have a CD set of Milton Brown and his Musical Brownies, their version of this song is very similar to Wills' rendition here. Brown and Wills were both in the Light Crust Doughboys. Yes the Sheiks recording came first but Browns' and Wills' version are closer to each other than either is to the Sheiks version.
Words and Music were written by Chester Burnett. But Howlin' Wolf made this song famous. Until the Brits stole it (Cream). Honestly I never heard this song done this way. But you know what? I like it! Guess I got to get out more.
@jtellc Couple of things -- first, Chester Burnett IS Howlin' Wolf. Second, the song was a blues standard long before Howlin' Wolf recorded it. The original recording was by a black string band called the Mississippi Sheiks in 1930, Lonnie Chatmon on fiddle and Walter Vinson on guitar. The "bridge" that starts on the IV chord (starts around 2:20) is part of the original, and Wills is practically unique in retaining it.
For some reason I find this song hauntingly wonderful. I find myself having to listen to this at least once a week. I love how the song has this old-time/blues sound and the movement and the singing of Mr. wills puts me in a trance.
I`ve viewed this repeatedly I just love this version by Bob Wills, but I have trouble understanding the words perhaps you should, if possible, post it in its complete form. Thanks!
@TheJoozie: Sorry, didn't mean to imply he was doing it wrong - I've just never seen such a talented wonderful fiddler that also happens to be left-handed! You are so lucky to have such talent in your family. Are you a musician, too?
Cotton Whittington - Great guitar player... and a brother LEFTY. He just takes a right handed guitar and play's it backwards like Albert King did. Most lefties switch the strings around. I always marvel at guys who play like Cotton. Listen to his effortless smooth performance... supporting the vocals... and just rockin' and groovin' along. Great.
As an advocate of "real" country music, I believe everyone would be interested in an compelling project I'm working on.
Imagine the most sublime Nelson lyrics given a new setting of sophisticated yet grounded western swing sty-lings, a bit of mariachi, a touch of Chet Baker played by a family of season acoustic musicians - violin, cello, trumpet, upright bass, classical and steel string guitars, mandolin, female and male vocals and harmonies.
i dont care how many times you play taylor swift, or rascal flats, or kenny chesney, or any of that other trailer park pop, it aint ever gonna be country.
if britney spears started singing taylor swift songs, noone would say wow, when did britney start singin country? true country is the white version of the blues. they are sometimes hard to seperate. all im sayin to these new wannabesis, a little respect, plese?
DAMN....!!!!!! ol' bob had a great blues voice. sounds like a whitebread howlin wolf
and i feel a Need to comment on the current state of what is erroniously considered "country"
you cannot "want" to BE a country singer, and by default, sing country music. that is to say, "i wanna be known as a country singer, therefor what ever i sing shall heretofore be considered country music".it got out of hand way back when 14 year old lee ann rhymes sang of "the old days, running with the wrong crowd"
People say this is "Real" country, and Taylor Swift is BS, but I don't agree at all. Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys come from a time and place, and were considered "Pop" at the time. Just like Taylor Swift is "Pop" now, music is a reflection of a time and place. Taylor Swift is very talented, but it is not the music that is Bullshit, it is our Culture/Modern Western Culture that is Bullshit.
lemme guess. you are a democrat spin doctor? that was a cheap shot. and to be honest, not true at all.
country is a lifestyle, if you wanna get technical.
would you consider the life of george jones, or david allan coe, or merle haggard to be the same as this new fluffy shit? you gotta live what you sing. if carrie had trashed my pickup...............
agreed, loretta lynne may have taken the same path, but would never have written about it. (no witnesses)
im only 30 and born and raised in Idaho, my daddy was born in NC, and I was raised on this, my sons 8 and 9 love this, and bluegrass, they love real music, and I agree, the new country is bull.
@cutie12980 we're paying tribute to willie and bob wills with a documentary recording called "house of wills", i'd love to hear your thoughts on the project? Just click on my username or to get to our channel
I've listened to Bob Wills and his band for a few years now, but never seen a clip till just then. WOW! what a charismatic frontman Bob Wills was! And what an outstanding band. I just love this.
Yeah, you omly have Hank Jr., Randy Travis, Alan Jackson, George Strairt (who actually laments the death of country in "Murder On Music Row"), and sometimes Reba & Martina. Otherwise country music has turned into pop music
@bumblingblockhead 2/4, 4/4 same shit. ive never been able to tell the difference unless im reading the sheet music. its just how you look at it. i count it by the bass lines 1 2 3 4 (starts over).
@BCRification we're paying tribute to willie and bob wills with a documentary recording called "house of wills", i'd love to hear your thoughts on the project? Just click on my username or to get to our channel
This is real musical talent. This is real country. All this Pop "Country" you hear on the radio and see on TV nowadays is pure bullshit. For example Taylor Swift. Nashville has ruined country.
@PriestsandParamedics You give Taylor to much credit. Country music was killed off in the 90's. It's now rock/hip-hop in a cowboy hat. Country music officially now, "SUCKS." Johnny, Waylon, Hank Jr., Garth and Patty Loveless, Judds and Reba. When they are all gone Nashville will wonder what the heck happened. Too little, too late. I'll keep my old country music as long as it holds up.
@PriestsandParamedics Perfectly said. Couldn't agree more. Not a damn drop of music on country music radio resembles country music. It's basically pop shit for artists who have little chance of charting on the pop charts. Cookie cutter formula songs, mostly of the comedy variety.
@PriestsandParamedics Bob Wills, Merle Haggard, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Buck Owens didnt get there start in Nashville. That what makes them great, all nashville has ever wanted to do is set people in a studio with studio musicians and make pop country. Chet Atkins and Owen Bradley started the shit in the 50's and its been the same poppy no soul music for the last 55 years. So what im sayin nashville blows
i dont care how many times taylor or that wannabe carrie underwood sings their 'country songs',they will never be country. it really pisses me off, bad.
reminds me of a 14 year old lee ann rimes singing about 'the old days, when i ran with the wrong crowd'
i know thugs grow old really fast these days, but it doesnt change the fact that country music is a very adult genre, and her song has no merit. good voice, but no cred. whatsoever.
@PriestsandParamedics This is real western music...maybe not so "country"! Lester Flatt is country... this is western! They are different don't forget!
Why cant the world be like this anymore. Kids in turbans get shit in school for being different, when 60 years ago white guys in cowboy hats could play blues with 'white' instruments. There ain't no love anymore...
@Marcellinha1202 we're paying tribute to willie and bob wills with a documentary recording called "house of wills", i'd love to hear your thoughts on the project? Just click on my username or to get to our channel
oh and my point about the blues was that this song has a longer history as a Blues tune than it does a Country or Bluegrass tune.... maybe Bob and the boys were trying to give it a juke joint sound with the stretching and drawling. giving it a laid back sound.... just a thought.
One of the great bands, in any genre. Those people giving the thumbs down or criticising Bob for playing the blues, know nothing about music.
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We just LOVE BOB WILLS what great dancing music their will never be anybody like him!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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thier will never be anybody like BOB WILLS or his music great dancing music too bad he's not here today love it love it
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JPTHRICE 2 months ago
Esta es una de mis canciones preferidas de todos los tiempos.Descubri a Bob Willis en The Last Picture Show de Peter Bogdanovich y ,pense que era Hank Williams, que sonaba como fondo en toda la pelicula ,desde ese dia Bob Willis y sus Texas Playboys acompañan mis dias junto a muchos otros pioneros de la musica popular americana ,que es un verdadero tesoro.Un saludo desde este rincon del mundo que es España.
lefftycox 2 months ago
How did they record all this and keep everyone so clear and unmuddied. I see the guitar chord, but nothing else. Coolness.
breenVA 2 months ago
what year was this shit?
ItzzFatal 3 months ago
@ItzzFatal mid 1950's if i remember right.
csgtfaught 3 months ago
Just a few blocks from Cain's Ballroom in Tulsa Okla, (google it) is a street called Greenwood. This is where Bob learned to swing.
WoodyGuthrieDemocrat 3 months ago
All you racists / revisionists / apologists need to get a grip. Country is just the white man's version of the blues and, yes, it was influenced by popular black artists and music of the day. But the influence worked both ways. That's America and what's makes our music (and culture) great. Long may the gumbo pot keep stirring.
SooperKewl 3 months ago 4
@SooperKewl
Amen. Music is music, and most people neither make it nor listen; they just project their thoughts onto it or pick the lyrics that interest them, maybe dance a little. When you listen to the sounds themselves for what they are, hear the melodies, the rhythms, and the harmonies with your ears as well as your body, you come to understand what music is: a language beyond social boundaries.
dogkelp 1 month ago
All those hippies who dont like this can kiss my a**, Cream what a joke band, Bob Wills is the King, Bobby Koefer is the coolest Steel player !!! Nuff said !!
standelman95 4 months ago
Me and my wife use to drive down to Oklahoma when Bob Wills was either in Tulsa or Oklahoma City to see him on stage, and he was a true gentleman. I sure miss him, his Texas Playboys and his great Western Swing Music.
ATSF1927 4 months ago
Bob Wills is still the King of Western Swing!! ( British group 'Cream' also paid homage to this traditional blues song..
1066679 4 months ago
country blues
lurchthing 4 months ago
sounds like shit, gimme howlin wolf's version any day
guitarhead2k2 5 months ago
@guitarhead2k2 'Apples and oranges'!..Bob Wills is a different genre ( Texas Swing ) than Howlin' Wolf ( Chicago Blues ). Both great but on different terms.
1066679 4 months ago
A bunch of Texas good 'ol white boys paying tribute to a southern black man's blues song. God bless America!
phester786 6 months ago 7
@phester786 They knew good music when they heard it..So did Jack Bruce , when he cut a version ( vocals ) while playing with Cream..
1066679 4 months ago
I love Western Swing... I've live all my 56 years in Texas... but Bob Wills was an annoying person, and shoulda SHUT UP!
khingdheano 6 months ago
Bob Willls AHHHH!
OleWatashi 6 months ago
this is my cousin :)
thecase2333 6 months ago
my grandfather and grandmother were good frinds of Bobs they worked the door every weekend he played at wills point here in Sacramento.Bob gave my grandfather a hat that was custom made for Bob and a saddle that was custom made for him to my grandmother also.so my question is this,What would be the cause of 13 dislikes? must be ernest tubb fans...lol joke people dnt get upset.
dgarr64 7 months ago
Holy sweet goddamn, where you been all my life? This is gnarly as all get-out.
IoValde 7 months ago
'British 'super group' Cream , years later , did a version of this song ; a 'traditional' arrangement I suppose.
1066679 7 months ago
This music just makes me feel good.
stopglobalswarming 8 months ago
Of course Bob wills is great, but check out John England and the western swingers!
Avaalonn 8 months ago
I saw bobby koefer at bob wills day 2011!
budw84 9 months ago
Rock & Roll jus' 'round the corner.
ensconse 9 months ago
Bobby Koefer!!!
saucerblock 9 months ago
still think it's sooooo good!
Mr7171551 9 months ago
still think it's sooooo good!
Mr7171551 9 months ago
still think it's sooooo good!
Mr7171551 9 months ago
The best music in the world right there! They were and always will be the best.
triumphrider9396 10 months ago
waylon was damm right!
aknowneemus 11 months ago
12 people sould keep listen to lady gaga and justin bibier...
this is REAL music, folks!
allegropaolo 11 months ago
Western swing is not country!!!!
bilbocroft 11 months ago
@bilbocroft very true but it did pave the way for country, rock and roll, etc.
budw84 9 months ago
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bilbocroft 11 months ago
Bobby Koefer!!!!!!
OGMunisteri 11 months ago
Wow. how come I never got to hear this before? THIS is country? I want to go back to New York and punch every liberal smart ass creep I grew up with in the face for keeping me away from this.
tikletik 11 months ago 6
l\@tikletik LoL glad you got to finally hear this
lalaloulou88 11 months ago
l\@tikletik LoL glad you got to finally hear this
lalaloulou88 11 months ago
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lalaloulou88 11 months ago
@tikletik
This is Western Swing - this is the "Western" That was taken out of "Country & Western"
Bob was not very welcome in Nashville for many years and refused to go back for a long time after his first performance.
excidedous 5 months ago
@tikletik Not so fast!! Earnest Tubb recorded 'Waltz Across Texas' in a studio in NYC (1961) and Bob Wills recorded some stuff at the Fairmont Hotel atop NOB Hill , in another 'liberal' bastion ; San Francisco..I agree though , that many liberals close their minds as well as ears to great music such as this..
1066679 4 months ago
@tikletik blaming others for your ignorance, what an ass you are.
frelkarox 4 months ago
@frelkarox I am an ignorant ass, but I still want to punch those guys out!
tikletik 4 months ago
@tikletik This is the Blues, stolen by white people
MrTruSchool 4 months ago
@tikletik No, it's western (as in "country & western"). And what does liberalism have to do with it?
emptycagecorrode 4 weeks ago
This is too cool. Dig the left handed guitar player playing a right handed guitar.
jimmybeam5445 11 months ago
Bob Wills is the real deal and it didn't happen overnight...he worked hard and now he's a legend and still the King to this day.
timsricochet 1 year ago
Bob Wills was the freakin man
whitedeviltx 1 year ago
music country yeahhhh!!!!
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@fladification Go on. . . . explain your self. "these are not the lyrics to this song". It's the blues. since when are lyrics set in stone???
bilbocroft 1 year ago
@bilbocroft There are many versions of this song, that is true. Each and everyone of them tell the story of a man who is happy to have a troublesome woman out of his life. Bob's version tells a different story, please explain what story Bob is trying tell here.
fladification 1 year ago
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75 thumbs up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
bigmrclean 1 year ago
@fladification the only thing racist about all this is "YOU". Go fly a kite and you with it !!!
guambetty 1 year ago 2
@guambetty Explain why he would change the lyric in such a way then. Why is there such a huge departure from the original lyric? What story is Bob trying to tell us?
fladification 1 year ago
@guambetty Again I challenge anyone to explain what the subject matter and why it is so different from the original. The subject matter of the original ( and all the others except this one ) is from the point of view of a man who is happy that he has a troublesome woman out of his life, what is Bob's version about?
fladification 1 year ago
Don mclean does a great version of this. Can't find it on youtube tho.
whisfoxvictor 1 year ago
Great performance,
But one reason I personally like it is because
It has a blues feel that I'm more used too
I sure didn't see that coming
MrSoulSamCooke 1 year ago
@bumblingblockhead They did this song to racist. These are not the lyrics to this song and the lyrics they use are blatantly racist. I do hope that everyone understands this.
fladification 1 year ago
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bilbocroft 1 year ago
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bilbocroft 1 year ago
@fladification You say the lyrics are racist and you keep challenging people to tell you what he means in this song, insinuating that if we can not tell you or will not tell you what he means then that is proof that they are racist lyrics. I would challenge you to describe to me exactly how you interrupt these lyrics as racist. All you have done is come on here and throw out accusations without any supporting explanation of how they are racist.
You truly fit your name "bumblingblockhead".
Daetalus67 1 year ago
@Daetalus67 we never have one girl at a time we always have 7 8 or 9
you see me steal'n dont tell on me, is Bob saying he is cheating womanizer and that he steals stuff? is he using a song that was a very popular race record to belittle his self? I don't think so. make what you want of these lyrics, but from the research I've done they are unique to Bob Wills version. I think they were being used to propagate the popular stereotypes of the day.
fladification 11 months ago
@fladification Milton Brown used these lyrics in other songs, the 7, 8, or 9 line in "Easy Ridin' Papa". Brown and his Musical Brownies also recorded "Sittin' on top of the world" and he and Wills worked together in the Light Crust Doughboys early on. Brown was one of the founders of what became Western Swing but his career was cut short due to his premature death. The Brownies played all sorts of songs including "Darkie" and Mexican songs, anything that Texans would dance to
guitarmaniax 11 months ago
@guitarmaniax Fair enough.
fladification 11 months ago
just great that steel picker is HOT!!
Eldrytch75 1 year ago
Bob Wills was a unique individual, especially when you consider the time period that he played. A very different guy and very polished and dedicated to true musical art.
yesyoumay 1 year ago
This is ABSOLUTELY Terrific footage! Thankx a bunch for sharing! Terrific! Terrific! WOW-The greatest Country Swing & Blues ever! KILLER, and elegant! FANTASTIC!!!
rockabillydj 1 year ago
there will never be another bunch of musicians like BW and his Texas Playboys...they had bigger followings than most of the big bands of their era!
xgumshoe 1 year ago
This ain't country... this is the Blues.
But in either case, its some sweet, sweet music.
VSincere 1 year ago
Bob Wills' the new Chuck Norris, helll yeeeeah.
memiejolie 1 year ago
I used to watch Bob in person at The Golden Nugget Hotel in Las Vegas about 1962. He did actually sing the blues quite well. Most of the time Tommy Duncan would sing but Bob was a multi talented guy. He was a great band leader.
Featureman 1 year ago
Easy Cowboys! That song has been done by a whole lot of artists! Including Bluegrass bands. Great tune!
schurkeja 1 year ago
I have a CD set of Milton Brown and his Musical Brownies, their version of this song is very similar to Wills' rendition here. Brown and Wills were both in the Light Crust Doughboys. Yes the Sheiks recording came first but Browns' and Wills' version are closer to each other than either is to the Sheiks version.
guitarmaniax 1 year ago
what year is this performance from?
Dogo10 1 year ago
Words and Music were written by Chester Burnett. But Howlin' Wolf made this song famous. Until the Brits stole it (Cream). Honestly I never heard this song done this way. But you know what? I like it! Guess I got to get out more.
jtellc 1 year ago
@jtellc Chester Burnett is Howlin Wolf! He's the one who wrote the song & the lyrics plus made it famous!
goiabada75 1 year ago
@jtellc Chester Burnett is Howlin Wolf!
goiabada75 1 year ago
@jtellc Couple of things -- first, Chester Burnett IS Howlin' Wolf. Second, the song was a blues standard long before Howlin' Wolf recorded it. The original recording was by a black string band called the Mississippi Sheiks in 1930, Lonnie Chatmon on fiddle and Walter Vinson on guitar. The "bridge" that starts on the IV chord (starts around 2:20) is part of the original, and Wills is practically unique in retaining it.
banjochris 1 year ago
Wonderful.
cvwtzhaar 1 year ago
The Steel Player is not Don Helms but Bobby Koefer. Don Helms used to play with Hank Williams.
steelfr 1 year ago
I've never heard of Bob Wills before. He's excellent. I never heard of a cowboy doing the blues before. Is this 'western swing'?
Crumphorn 1 year ago
The steel player was Don Helms, a pioneer.
sdbohn 1 year ago
The video got reversed somehow.
strukhoff 1 year ago
anybody know who the steel player was?
RickHulett 1 year ago
Charley Patton did this song too.
shamammal 1 year ago
Love Bob & the boys! Fun to see this video.
landofmangos 1 year ago
For some reason I find this song hauntingly wonderful. I find myself having to listen to this at least once a week. I love how the song has this old-time/blues sound and the movement and the singing of Mr. wills puts me in a trance.
diggycman 1 year ago
I`ve viewed this repeatedly I just love this version by Bob Wills, but I have trouble understanding the words perhaps you should, if possible, post it in its complete form. Thanks!
guambetty 1 year ago
Cool!
Acu1Doc 1 year ago
This is beautiful. This is what Country Western music should be.
3investigators 1 year ago
Excluding Charlie Daniels, how many country artists who are in the mainstream of country music today still play the fiddle?
diggycman 1 year ago
Discovered by an Englishman....born in my hometown of Bristol, Art Satherley.
clean3 1 year ago
this is a sexy jam. backwards fiddle player? hello!>!>
babyfreshpony 1 year ago
@babyfreshpony not backward at all. he was left handed! JOE HOLLEY my grandpa
TheJoozie 1 year ago
@TheJoozie: Sorry, didn't mean to imply he was doing it wrong - I've just never seen such a talented wonderful fiddler that also happens to be left-handed! You are so lucky to have such talent in your family. Are you a musician, too?
babyfreshpony 1 year ago
lol bob wills creep it up a notch!
senordavidamor 1 year ago
@bumblingblockhead
thank you bumblingblockhead. ida never thunk it of a whiteboy.
but after diggin in the bob wills catalog for stuff like this, ive discovered ol' bob had a great blues voice, and his band kept up right nice.
God bless yourube for this kinda stuff.
ooooorah.
edslides 1 year ago
Cotton Whittington - Great guitar player... and a brother LEFTY. He just takes a right handed guitar and play's it backwards like Albert King did. Most lefties switch the strings around. I always marvel at guys who play like Cotton. Listen to his effortless smooth performance... supporting the vocals... and just rockin' and groovin' along. Great.
jensenbell 1 year ago
As an advocate of "real" country music, I believe everyone would be interested in an compelling project I'm working on.
Imagine the most sublime Nelson lyrics given a new setting of sophisticated yet grounded western swing sty-lings, a bit of mariachi, a touch of Chet Baker played by a family of season acoustic musicians - violin, cello, trumpet, upright bass, classical and steel string guitars, mandolin, female and male vocals and harmonies.
Check out this exciting project at our channel.
songsofwillienelson 1 year ago
Bob Wills is still the definition of country. F**K nashville!
foozfooz 1 year ago
and it doesnt do to say "contemporary country" country, at its most basic level, requires these things
experience, regret, faith, redemption, experience, truth
and it has to be earned.to say, "well im country at heart" is to insult the hell out of george, and tammy, and willie
(both of em) and patsy, and red, and johnny, and hank, and loretta, and dac, and waylon, and merle, and all those early guys.
"it aint the life you choose, its the life you live".
edslides 1 year ago 2
im not done yet. (ran outta characters)
i dont care how many times you play taylor swift, or rascal flats, or kenny chesney, or any of that other trailer park pop, it aint ever gonna be country.
if britney spears started singing taylor swift songs, noone would say wow, when did britney start singin country? true country is the white version of the blues. they are sometimes hard to seperate. all im sayin to these new wannabesis, a little respect, plese?
edslides 1 year ago 34
@edslides And if Bob Wills aint country..I'll kiss your ass..lol
stoughton1 6 months ago
DAMN....!!!!!! ol' bob had a great blues voice. sounds like a whitebread howlin wolf
and i feel a Need to comment on the current state of what is erroniously considered "country"
you cannot "want" to BE a country singer, and by default, sing country music. that is to say, "i wanna be known as a country singer, therefor what ever i sing shall heretofore be considered country music".it got out of hand way back when 14 year old lee ann rhymes sang of "the old days, running with the wrong crowd"
edslides 1 year ago
Bobby Koefer on the steel guitar. For a long time he used a wrist pin from a diesel engine for a bar.
pro3tlb 1 year ago
bob wills is still the king!
yblocker 1 year ago 12
i wish i could keep my eyes open as long as that steel player does during his solo, amazing!
fromthenorthwest 1 year ago
People say this is "Real" country, and Taylor Swift is BS, but I don't agree at all. Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys come from a time and place, and were considered "Pop" at the time. Just like Taylor Swift is "Pop" now, music is a reflection of a time and place. Taylor Swift is very talented, but it is not the music that is Bullshit, it is our Culture/Modern Western Culture that is Bullshit.
scientist1882 1 year ago
@scientist1882
lemme guess. you are a democrat spin doctor? that was a cheap shot. and to be honest, not true at all.
country is a lifestyle, if you wanna get technical.
would you consider the life of george jones, or david allan coe, or merle haggard to be the same as this new fluffy shit? you gotta live what you sing. if carrie had trashed my pickup...............
agreed, loretta lynne may have taken the same path, but would never have written about it. (no witnesses)
edslides 1 year ago
Hello and greetings from the U.K. This is a real Gem.America has lots and lots of musical treasure and this is one of them.
TheRockabillycowboy 1 year ago 2
im only 30 and born and raised in Idaho, my daddy was born in NC, and I was raised on this, my sons 8 and 9 love this, and bluegrass, they love real music, and I agree, the new country is bull.
cutie12980 1 year ago
@cutie12980 we're paying tribute to willie and bob wills with a documentary recording called "house of wills", i'd love to hear your thoughts on the project? Just click on my username or to get to our channel
songsofwillienelson 1 year ago
man im proud of my lots of greats uncle Bob Wills...true talent he is
JanieceAdonai 1 year ago
Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww Tommy!
Nothing puts me in a good mood like Bob Wills and Tommy Duncan.
HOGEFAN 1 year ago
Asleep at the wheel does a kickass version of this...
bigtexascheeseburger 1 year ago
red necks
fuck Hitler
fuck you
MEXICO
couch619 1 year ago
I've listened to Bob Wills and his band for a few years now, but never seen a clip till just then. WOW! what a charismatic frontman Bob Wills was! And what an outstanding band. I just love this.
oo1ooo1oo 1 year ago
Hot damn !
ANewNormalcy 1 year ago
What year is this?
bluago 1 year ago
@bluago 1951.
guitarmaniax 1 year ago
This is as good as it gets folks, I would do anything to see him live.
topsy420 1 year ago
'f you don't like my peaches, don't you shake my tree.
Get out of my orchard, let my peaches be.
And now she's gone, and I don't worry.
Lord, I'm sittin' on top of the world.
I love folk music :).
blogegog 1 year ago
Yeah, you omly have Hank Jr., Randy Travis, Alan Jackson, George Strairt (who actually laments the death of country in "Murder On Music Row"), and sometimes Reba & Martina. Otherwise country music has turned into pop music
106732 1 year ago
@106732 Don't forget AKUS, baby!
HOGEFAN 1 year ago
I just read today where Christian music has now merged with heavy metal and such. They are killing Christian and Country music one bullet at a time.
5158307 1 year ago
Nashville is Trashville
aztiff 1 year ago 2
@bumblingblockhead 2/4, 4/4 same shit. ive never been able to tell the difference unless im reading the sheet music. its just how you look at it. i count it by the bass lines 1 2 3 4 (starts over).
MelvinWren 1 year ago
Bob Wills is STILL the king. Yes, yessssss.....
thatguyjeff 1 year ago
when i was a kid it was country AND western.
ReedClifton 1 year ago
T for Texas riffick
justinmcinerny 1 year ago
@bumblingblockhead how could someone not understand the time signature....its 4/4?
MelvinWren 1 year ago
1:18 steel
steinsteel 2 years ago
The inventor of makin' love to the camera.
LokiClock 2 years ago
bob was the first artist to have his own way iin a recording studio....chick it out his bio is a gas
weslammjr 2 years ago
AHHHAAAW Take it away Bob,Take it away!!! Waylon is right ...He is still the King!
BCRification 2 years ago
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songsofwillienelson 1 year ago
5 stars...
111EDWIN111 2 years ago
Man, how Bob sang against this is just amazing. Fabulous old time version of this classic.
8stringthing 2 years ago 3
This is real musical talent. This is real country. All this Pop "Country" you hear on the radio and see on TV nowadays is pure bullshit. For example Taylor Swift. Nashville has ruined country.
PriestsandParamedics 2 years ago 75
You got that right brother!
85oldschool 2 years ago
@PriestsandParamedics You give Taylor to much credit. Country music was killed off in the 90's. It's now rock/hip-hop in a cowboy hat. Country music officially now, "SUCKS." Johnny, Waylon, Hank Jr., Garth and Patty Loveless, Judds and Reba. When they are all gone Nashville will wonder what the heck happened. Too little, too late. I'll keep my old country music as long as it holds up.
5158307 1 year ago
@PriestsandParamedics Perfectly said. Couldn't agree more. Not a damn drop of music on country music radio resembles country music. It's basically pop shit for artists who have little chance of charting on the pop charts. Cookie cutter formula songs, mostly of the comedy variety.
HOGEFAN 1 year ago
@PriestsandParamedics I couldn't agree more!!
theflyroller 1 year ago
@PriestsandParamedics Bob Wills, Merle Haggard, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Buck Owens didnt get there start in Nashville. That what makes them great, all nashville has ever wanted to do is set people in a studio with studio musicians and make pop country. Chet Atkins and Owen Bradley started the shit in the 50's and its been the same poppy no soul music for the last 55 years. So what im sayin nashville blows
bigcountrypicker 1 year ago
@PriestsandParamedics Dick in Dixie by Hank Williams III
HouseHoldGuy1 1 year ago
@PriestsandParamedics
And Greed ruined Nashville.. Its a vicious cycle.
KiloMike80 1 year ago
@PriestsandParamedics I gotta agree with you on that
westthunders 1 year ago
@PriestsandParamedics
i dont care how many times taylor or that wannabe carrie underwood sings their 'country songs',they will never be country. it really pisses me off, bad.
reminds me of a 14 year old lee ann rimes singing about 'the old days, when i ran with the wrong crowd'
i know thugs grow old really fast these days, but it doesnt change the fact that country music is a very adult genre, and her song has no merit. good voice, but no cred. whatsoever.
edslides 1 year ago
@PriestsandParamedics This is real western music...maybe not so "country"! Lester Flatt is country... this is western! They are different don't forget!
theflyroller 1 year ago
@theflyroller if they are wearing a "cowboy" hat...its western, no hat...country. No fancy hats in Appalachia!
theflyroller 1 year ago
@PriestsandParamedics
Right on pardner! All we have now is "no talent shit!"
HoboGus 1 year ago
@PriestsandParamedics The band may be country but the song is down and out blues. And yeh about the bullshit.
emintey 1 year ago
Bob wills made great music. rap is the sound of satan farting!
ChingaChe 2 years ago
Great 5 STARS
djflyingv 2 years ago
Well said...you need a different name BTW. No bumbling blockhead would say that.
jpeanrkode 2 years ago
Why cant the world be like this anymore. Kids in turbans get shit in school for being different, when 60 years ago white guys in cowboy hats could play blues with 'white' instruments. There ain't no love anymore...
breenVA 2 years ago
People just need to live and let live and everything would work out ok.
85oldschool 2 years ago 2
Anyone can perform RAP but his takes Real talent
cheval572 2 years ago
Bob Wills is one of the best....and i'm just 23
Marcellinha1202 2 years ago
@Marcellinha1202 we're paying tribute to willie and bob wills with a documentary recording called "house of wills", i'd love to hear your thoughts on the project? Just click on my username or to get to our channel
songsofwillienelson 1 year ago
tryin to do blues lol
Steadno 2 years ago
WTF does a Rapper know about the Blues when RAP only consists of three basic Chords
LOLOLOL
cheval572 2 years ago
blues is only three basic cords too and from it we get jazz, rock, metal, r&b and hip hop etc.
Steadno 2 years ago
youre retarded.
MelvinWren 2 years ago
Rap has chords? lol
jpeanrkode 2 years ago
check out Mississippi Sheiks version
BCRofficial 2 years ago
oh and my point about the blues was that this song has a longer history as a Blues tune than it does a Country or Bluegrass tune.... maybe Bob and the boys were trying to give it a juke joint sound with the stretching and drawling. giving it a laid back sound.... just a thought.
BCRofficial 2 years ago