"I Hear Ya Talkin" Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys

[CapnPicard]

Never heard these guys before. Pretty damned awesome.

[truckindadd]

@CapnPicard ol Bob is still the king of western swing

[SpeegBJ]

mmmm yes sireee, they take the prize!

[scottcog1]

Bob's role?? Besides being fiddler-in-chief, he was the band-leader, writer, manager.... and boss!

[colindominy]

Classic !! Bring back those moves by Bob !!

[UncleDon8]

Amazingly, in addition to Bob and the Playboys, Django and his boys, Oscar Aleman and his boys were all putting out this wonderful string/fiddle-based jazz at the same time in 3 very different places and cultures. Love it.

[UncleDon8]

I noticed on the Anthology CD set that Bob's guitarist features a Martin acoustic--probably a D-42 or 45. Amazing!! Gibson had the market on country music cornered. Bob was truly an original--'test driving' Leo Fender's radical new solidbody guitars and Martins!! Fender and Martin making the best Texas Swing ever.

[OGMunisteri]

dig Junior's rhythm playing on the F-9 (the guitar, not the chord)- go Fat Boy!!

[arlichar11]

what was bobs part in this great music other than awwwhaw and dancin around like a nancyboy? i just dont get it was he promoter or did he write the music/lyrics or somethin? its seems like he got all the credit for the playboys and tommy duncans,and whoevers singin heretalent and work....

[GrigoriZhukov]

@arlichar11 Obviously kid you are NOT educated enough to figure it out...but a clue is "More than kids like toby keith could ever do"

[filmcrew1551]

@arlichar11 i kind of agree

[writerrad]

Nothing "Hardcore about this. Here in the key of B flat, this pretty much apes swing combo arrangment especially the duo beteen noel and junior that they used more effectively on 8 miles from town.

[BadLieut17]

Bob Wills rocks!!!

[bigsurmac]

Among those early 6-day wonder westerns featuring Bob and the Playboys. Leon is on steel, so it had to be 40 or 41. Seeing the "white shirt, matching ties, pleated gabardine slacks and spit shined shoes jazz/swing big band Texas Playboys in western wear was a shock for their fans across the West's cattle country.

Bob was offfered the multi-picture deal strictly because the Playboys were the highest grossing big band. Texas meant "cowboys" to Hollywierd moguls, so the "oater" movies.

[dgtxdutch]

@bigsurmac Thanks for the correction as it was Leon on steel. GREAT piece of music history here!

[craigchereek]

@bigsurmac Do you know the name of the movie "I hear you talkin'" came from?

[derekjholak]

Now, this is what COUNTRY MUSIC USED TO BE!!!

[musicmanbgt]

Does anyone out there know when Tag Lambert worked for Bob??

Thanks for posting this, it is really good

[dgtxdutch]

@musicmanbgt Tagg worked for Bob in the 60's as a single member that traveled withe Bob after he released the Playboys in the early 60's. Tagg was truly one of the great W/S vocalist who met a tragic end!

[writerrad]

@dgtxdutch

Tag was on most of the great recordings that Bob Did on Liberty Records mostly marketed as Tommy Duncan and Bob get back together although a few of the records on the current CD and the old LP were actually done before Bob got together

[tatsandteles]

Wow, that is sweet. Really like this.

[dgtxdutch]

This is HARDCORE Western Swing! Noel Boggs on steel and Jesse Ashlock in black hat on fiddle. Jr. Barnard on guitar. One SUPER crew! Potna, Bob could do to a dance floor full of dancers what Michael Jackson did to his fans decades before Michael!

[WeepingZeeGuitars]

Wow.

[downhill240]

Great vid!

[fridrikur]

lol 1:07 did Bob Wills just do the moonwalk? Seriously: great music.