The Texas Canon: How Bob Wills taught Texas to swing
Welcome to the Texas Canon, a series that dives into the movies, TV shows, books, albums and more that represent us and reach ...
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Towering over the country western scene
In it, Wills asks Benson how “a Jewish boy from Philadelphia” can play western swing music. Benson responds: “The same way that a white, hayseed hillbilly from the West Texas panhandle ...
Why this Texas band opens ACL Fest every year
The western swing band is the only band to have played ACL ... but after some encouragement from Willie Nelson and Doug Sahm, ...
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Charley Crockett Calls Out Music City On New Single, “Hey Mr. Nashville”
Crockett, who has never been afraid to voice his opinion about the music industry, has a bone to pick with Nashville on his ...
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Pawhuska Western Swing Festival
Within the walls of the Constantine Theater at 110 West Main Street in Pawhuska, you'll find history - and some of the BEST ...
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Ray Benson Biography
In 1970, singer and guitarist Ray Benson formed Western swing band Asleep at the Wheel ... dedicated to the preservation of R&B. He hosts Texas Music Scene, a television program shown on stations ...
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Honky-tonk
During World War Two, a new sound sprang up in the darkened taverns and barrooms around the oil fields of Texas and Oklahoma ... for the big dance bands that played Western swing.