Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll: Bob Wills & Western Swing

7/16/2018

Ed Ward is back for a discussion of Bob Wills and Western Swing.

This week, Ed and I pick up the history of country music where we left off after the Carter Family & Jimmie Rodgers episode and carry on to the 1930s emergence of a distinctive genre in Texas: Western Swing and the man, Bob Wills, who led it to the top of the pop charts, packed dancehalls, TV and movies.

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Bill Armstrong

5/11/2021 10:30:52 pm

Always good to hear Milton Brown credited.
But, how is it possible to talk that much about Brown's electric steel without mentioning Bob Dunn?

Nate Wilcox link

5/12/2021 09:08:58 am

Thanks for listening! Our bad on Bob Dunn. I'm hoping to do a show with Milton Brown biographer Cary Ginell in the near future to rectify that error.

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Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll: Bob Wills & Western Swing

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