Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Silver Bells [Inst.] - [1938].

Описание: PIC SHOWS : In 1936 at Cain's Ballroom
From LEFT :
Herman Arnspiger [gt], Zeb McNalley [alto sax],
Ray De Greer [tenor sax/clarinet], Bob Wills [fiddle/leader],
Everett Stover [trumpet], Johnnie Lee Wills [tenor banjo],
Smokey Dacus [drums], Leon McAuliffe [el gt/el steel gt],
Tommy Duncan [vcls], Jesse Ashlock [fiddle],
Joe Ferguson [string bass], Al Stricklin [piano],
Sleepy Johnson [tenor gt]

[Written by Percy Wenrich - Edward Madden].
Recorded 20 October 1910 [take 6] by Peerless Quartet
[vcls Will Oakland] on Victor 16646
Also Recorded 31 January 1918
by Vernon Dalhart and Gladys Rice

Issued on Vocalion/Okeh 04934 A. [1939].
Also Recorded 1951 and 1960

Recorded 28 November 1938 -
Brunswick Warehouse, 508 Park Avenue, Chicago, IL -
Bob Wills [fiddle/leader],
Eldon Shamblin [el gt], Herman Arnspiger [gt],
Johnnie Lee Wills [tenor banjo], Leon McAuliffe [el steel gt],
Son Lansford [string bass], Jesse Ashlock [fiddle], Sleepy Johnson [fiddle].
Smoky Dacus [drums], Al Stricklin [piano].
Arranged by Bob Wills

BOB WILLS
Born James Robert Wills near Kosse TEXAS [1905 - 1975]
aka "The King of Western Swing"]

1968 - Country Music Hall of Fame
1968 - Honored by Texas State Legislature
for Contribution to American Music
1969 - Pioneer Award
1970 - Songwriter's Hall of Fame
1972 - Citation from
American Society of Composers, Authore and Publishers in Nashville, TN
1995 - Western Music Association Hall of Fame
1999 - Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
2000 - Texas Country Music Hall of Fame
2002 - Western Swing Society Hall of Fame
2007 - Oklahama Music and Jazz Hall of Fame

Studio Recordings 1932 to 1973

Married FIVE times Divorced FOUR Times