Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys with Tommy Duncan and the McKinney Sisters - New San Antonio Rose

[jazz10boy]

Mickey Mouse!

[FreqBand]

Look at that tripple-threat-fret slide !!

[lorajodavis]

@ldrigg71 Amazon has a great CD remastered in Germany that has a San Antonio Rose version I love. Album name is Beneath a Neon Star in A Honky Tonk.

[lorajodavis]

Not only was Tommy Duncan a wonderful singer, he was a beautiful soul. He played often at my parent's Southern Club in Lawton, Oklahoma in the 50s and stayed in our home. I was instantly aware that he was a really special kind and caring guy. He played with our house band the Southernairs and my folks opened a booking agency with him. If you heard him with the Southernairs,.Bob Wommack, Glenn Rhees, Tommy Allsup,Kilroy,Bob White you'd never say he needed Bob Wills.

[rlpittsjr]

What a romantic vision and sound of Texas music!

[HitTrax]

Love the Fender triple neck hawaiian steel guitar.

[banjodad1]

That's the first time I ever saw Bob without his hat. That's gotta be a hairpiece, he was pretty bald by then, if I'm not mistaken.

[1fentanyl]

Tommy Duncan was the talent....Bob just pranced around and said "heeyaw" like a fool..His fiddle playing was pro work, but history shows the years without Tommy weren't that great..To be fair, Tommy's solo work was never as great as his work with Bob and the Playboys..IMO, IT DON'T MATTER WHO'S IN AUSTIN TOMMY DUNCAN'S STILL THE KING!!!!!

[nomoskovite]

That's exactly the way I remember it. Tommy's band wasn't much without Bob and like you say The Texas Playboys were never as good after Tommy left. Together, they made wonderful music.

[5thcorps]

@1fentanyl Amen from Glynn Duncan's adopted Grandson, Uncle Tommy was the best

[arlichar11]

why was bob so credited did hewritthe songs and do all the behind the scenes work

appearances,getting band members together? cuz his on stage presence isnt worthy of all the fuss, he just interrrupts the good music and prrances around while tommy duncan does all the good work!

[MegaMilla09]

love bob wills

[Tigermoon1950]

Not bad for a bunch of European immigrants.

[radiobob805]

Bob Wills was one of the founding members of the Light Crust Doughboys, who did a radio show for a flour company. When he quit that group, he eventually wound up in Tulsa, Okla at KVOO. He called the new group the Texas Playboys. Remember, you never know what you don't know.

[imnlovewdmj]

It's Bob Wills and the TEXAS PLAYBOYS not Light Crust Doughboys.

[pocodog1]

What a freak,but i love this song aha

[craigholamon05]

Bob Wills and his light crust doe boys changed the face of country music for ever!

[mrblindfreddy9999]

that's the sunshine girls not mckinney sisters

[mrblindfreddy9999]

great video but who are the three girls..they ain't the mc kinney sisters

[allananc]

my wife and I just visited Tommys' grave a couple of hrs. ago. Not many people know where he's buried. Even the people of Merced Ca. He lived his last years in Mariposa Ca. (40 miles from Yosemite) He's buried next to his aunt and uncle in the Haven of Rest cemetery for veterans.. more info later when we complete our article on the last 10 years of Tommys' life.

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[antonymoura2000]

Oh, boy. I so wish I'd been born back then when there used to be nicer tunes like this one. Great video. It kind of filled my heart with joy. Thanks for posting it.

[familyguybro78]

oh man.....how annoying it would be to have will crowing and cawing in your ear all night while you are trying to sing!!  This dude is a character.

[Dash171]

@familyguybro78 His eyes scare me.

[jcrafts55]

@familyguybro78 I think it would have been hard not to laugh! :) Tommy Duncan was probably used to it, but I think the McKinney sisters are supressing a laugh in this clip.

[barbergreg]

@jcrafts55 that would have been my Aunt Deane. she and her sister Evelyn were with Bob for 4 or 5 years I think. That's where she met and married my Uncle Tiny Moore. He was with Bob's band and then went on to play with Mearle Haggard for something like 10 or 12 years.. Cool footage. I've never seen it before.

[Yehudi]

Now I know where my old man, born in 1924, got all those crazy tunes he used to sing and whistle while doing hard work! Bob Wills was popular far beyond Texas and still raises goose bumps when I hear those old tunes again. Thanks for posting this video!

[dgtxdutch]

@Yehudi I been a listenin' & dancin' to Bob's music since 1968 and it still gives me the sweats! GREAT ain't got no end!

[Yehudi]

@dgtxdutch I know! I'm setting up a small foundry and machine shop; and the first thing after electricity was the CD player and big speakers for Bob Wills music. Nothing else makes the day so much fun.

[KonaKalela]

This is my cousin Bob Wills who use to practice with his band at my grandmother's house in Bakersfield, CA.

[KonaKalela]

That was back in the day not now - people acted different. He was my cousin and use to practice with his band while visiting in California and was very straight! Who really cares what someone thinks 70+ years later!?!

[KonaKalela]

That was back in the day not now - people acted different. He was my cousin and use to practice with his band while visiting in California and was very straight!

[KonaKalela]

That was my cousin

[Featureman]

I was a big fan of KFWB Radio in its Rock and Roll days, especially Bill Ballance. Later in 1962 I did see Bob Wills and Tommy Duncan perform live many times at The Golden Nugget in Las Vegas. Bob actually could sing well. He often sang a Blues song with the band. He could wrap his index finger around his pinkie without using his other hand.

[bigsurmac]

Bob's "prancing," jiggin" and buck dancing weren't an attempt at showmanship or even of stealing the spotlight. The man could not restrain his joy when the "Boys were cooking" and the music was perfect.

I heard 90% of the KVOO broadcasts from 1936 through until he left for the Army in erly 1942. The Army at Ft. Sill, did not last long, thanks to the Officers Club bar. Johnnie Lee had KVOO and Cains, with the bus, so Bob left for California to build another group around a few of his originals

[netw52]

I sat on my granddady's shoulders to see Bob Wills at Panther Hall in Fort Worth (I *think* it was PH). It was amazing. I was about 5. I'll never forget it. Listening to this brings back sweet, sweet memories of my Paw-Paw.

[radiobob805]

Yes, Tommy did die young, but not real young. Bob outlived him. There's no way Bob was gay. He was ladie'sman (young ladies) who cheated on his wives and was insanely jealous of them. He was a binge drinker, but he did not allow booze in his house.

[waketheherd]

@radiobob805 Bob Wills scored more Kitty than Meow Mix!

[zoroisdead]

@radiobob805 haha, me and bob have young ladies and texas in common

[arlichar11]

i know they call the bob wills the king. but if i didnt know anybetter id say by the way he acted and that annoying voice he was more like a closet Queen,,,,and why didnt tommy duncan get more credit. he was great singer,,,did he die young or something?

[HOGEFAN]

@arlichar11 You're ridiculous. Stick with your Justin Bieber hits.

[mech10813]

he look ridiculous like a clown

[scientist1882]

Lest we forget whose band this is, Bob Wills throws his Mugg and his voice into every shot and solo. I used to get annoyed with Wills' trademark whine and cackle. Now I can't get enough of it. Thank You for the huge library of Great Music Bob! And thanks you for the excellent singing on so many songs Tommy Duncan.

[banjodad1]

Was Bob wearing a hairpiece here? His coif looked pretty fake.

[MrSasquatchable]

Super!! Good to see Les Anderson on the triple neck Steel guitar

[z3jones]

The road to Santa Fe goes through Texas.

[enochpowell3]

SPADE COOLEY was voted the King of Western Swing ( twice) beating Bob Wills. Goes to show that just b/c people vote doesnt make it so!

[radiobob805]

Spade was voted the King of Western Swing by a local club, call the Boots and Saddle Club. It was their members who voted for Spade. However, at the time Spade had a really good band with two basses and a harp. Later he had an all girl ochestra. Spade's record never sold like Bob's.

[looselatigo]

I've heard Bing Crosby recorded a limited edition of this song with Wills as a fund raiser during WWII. Anything to that?

[radiobob805]

That's true, and the disc was one of a kind that has never turned up.

[looselatigo]

I certainly hope it still exists somewhere. This would be priceless.

[BigRedMcCool]

Bob Wills will always be the King! Wow!

Love Tommy Duncan's voice! We must always remember what these wonderful muscians gave to our music heritage. No better talent has come along since them.

[justmusicandme]

Just an excellent version. Putting on my Country Favorites playlist. (Now I'll have to change the name to Country-Western!) Thank you for posting - 5 stars of course.

[thompsonlake]

OMG!

So mind boggling!

Try and watch 3 minutes

of MTV without throwing up!

Bob Wills is still the KING!

[radiobob805]

You have a sharp eye, and you're right. I believe they only appeared on one commercial record "Rose of Old Pawnee" and they lots of transcriptions with Bob. He did work with Carolina Cotton also, so that could be who it is.

[xpiala]

I don't believe that any of those women are the McKinneys.

[radiobob805]

I have many pictures of them in the Bear Family Fox set. That's Dean and Evelyn McKinney.

There was another girl with the band but she was a brunette, also.

[rixter719]

@xpiala you are correct, tht is not Deane or Evelyn McKinney

[PavlovsStepson]

Fantastic clip, thanks for posting. I thought there were only two McKinney Sisters though, Dean and Evelyn. Do you know who the blonde is?

[gringoflamenco]

I love how Wills directs the whole show and throws in his hollers.

In Flamenco music they holler too (jaleos): Ole' !, Arza! Wills hollers: "ahh-haah!"

One similarity of two different musics that I love

[TheHarmonicWheel]

Bob Wills is truly The King... still!

[clemhoot67]

I love it!

[AuH2O]

Thanks for the improvement! I believe this is the best version I've seen yet.