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Benny Strickler in Tulsa with Bob Wills

Benny Strickler in Tulsa with Bob Wills "The BENNY STRICKLER Story: Bob Wills & Tulsa, 1941-42" by Dave Radlauer, published in the Winter 2013 edition of the Frisco Cricket, the newsletter of the San Francisco Traditional Jazz Foundation. "Strickler was...

Posted by Michael Bates on December 17, 2021 10:22 AM

Burrus Mill & Elevator Co. v. Wills, 85 S.W.2d 851 (1935) | Caselaw Access Project

Burrus Mill & Elevator Co. v. Wills, 85 S.W.2d 851 (1935) | Caselaw Access Project Burrus Mill and Elevator Company, which produced the Light Crust Doughboys radio show to advertise the mill's Light Crust Flour, asked a court to enjoin...

Posted by Michael Bates on August 12, 2021 12:12 AM

Bob's Playboy Pickers | Vintage Guitar® magazine

Bob's Playboy Pickers | Vintage Guitar® magazine Western Swing historian Rich Kienzle salutes the steel guitar and standard guitar players who defined the Texas Playboys sound: Leon McAuliffe, Eldon Shamblin, Jimmy Wyble, Noel Boggs, Junior Barnard, Herb Remington, Bobby Koefer,...

Posted by Michael Bates on May 6, 2021 2:48 AM

The Steel Guitar Forum :: Eldon Shamblin and the Stratocaster

The Steel Guitar Forum :: Eldon Shamblin and the Stratocaster "I've always hated Strats, but loved Eldon Shamblin's sound. I've never been able to figure out how he got such a fat, jazzy, un-Stratlike sound out of that guitar. Any...

Posted by Michael Bates on January 20, 2019 3:03 AM

Leon Rausch Boogie - Fort Worth Weekly

Leon Rausch Boogie - Fort Worth Weekly An article in honor of Leon Rausch's 90th birthday party last fall, in which Leon recounts the course of his career: With Johnnie Lee Wills's band in Tulsa, then Bob Wills and His...

Posted by Michael Bates on March 5, 2018 11:47 PM

Mariposa was home to a famous cowboy singer | www.mariposagazette.com | Mariposa Gazette

Mariposa was home to a famous cowboy singer | Mariposa Gazette Tommy Duncan, lead singer for Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys through their peak years, bought a ranch near Mariposa, California, in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. Relatives...

Posted by Michael Bates on March 21, 2012 1:06 AM

Lone Star Stories - Can't Buy Me Faded Love by Josh Rountree

Lone Star Stories - Can't Buy Me Faded Love by Josh Rountree Alt-history brings together Bob Wills and John Lennon. Now available in book form....

Posted by Michael Bates on July 17, 2009 5:59 PM

Village Voice: New York Music - The Playboy Mansion

Village Voice: New York Music - The Playboy Mansion "Western-swing hype man-icon invents, uh, everything." From Anthony Mariani's review of the 2006 box set: "A four-disc box set of 105 remastered tracks, Legends of Country Music: Bob Wills and His...

Posted by Michael Bates on June 15, 2009 6:01 PM