The 60+ Best Western Swing Bands & Artists, Ranked
2024年9月15日 · 1. Bob Wills. 163 votes. As the undisputed "King of Western Swing," Bob Wills left an indelible mark on the genre with his innovative blend of country, jazz, and blues. He brought together a diverse group of musicians in his Texas Playboys, creating a unique sound that paved the way for future Western Swing bands.
The Western Flyers | Western Swing & Country Band
2024年9月6日 · Texas' finest Western swing, vintage country, hot jazz & Texas breakdown fiddle band! New recording, released September 6, 2024 CD's, 180gm VINYL and digital downloads
Cowboy Capital Western Swing Music Festival
2024年9月6日 · Experience the heart and soul of Western Swing music with an incredible lineup of bands and artists paying tribute to this legendary genre. Event Highlights: Live Music: Enjoy performances by top Western Swing bands and musicians from across the country. Dance Floors: Show off your dance moves with plenty of space to swing and sway to the music.
Western swing - Wikipedia
Western swing is a subgenre of American country music that originated in the late 1920s in the West and South among the region's Western string bands. [1][2] It is dance music, often with an up-tempo beat, [3][4] which attracted huge crowds to dance halls and clubs in Texas, Oklahoma and California during the 1930s and 1940s until a federal war-...
Texas Western Swing Hall of Fame - TSHA
2015年3月19日 · The Texas Western Swing Hall of Fame is a nonprofit organization founded in 1988 in Buda, Texas, by Al Dressen, leader of the popular 1980s western swing group, Al Dressen’s Super Swing Review. Dressen openly acknowledged the important influence so many western swing pioneers had on his career, and he often invited them onstage to perform ...
Western Swing Music of Texas - Facebook
Western Swing Music of Texas. 14,642 likes · 30 talking about this. Western Swing IS the Official Music of Texas-Bringing the legacy of the past into the present to secure an amazing future!
About Us - Hot Texas Swing Band
Backed by a passion for traditional Western Swing, the Hot Texas Swing Band pushes the genre forward with Rockabilly, Latin beats and original material for high-energy shows that have critics and fans raving.
Texas Top Hands - TSHA
2006年12月15日 · The Texas Top Hands, one of the state's oldest continuously-performing western swing bands, debuted in 1945 with Clarence J. "Sleepy" Short on fiddle, George Edwin "Knee-High" Holley on string bass, Walter Kleypas on piano and accordion, and William Wayne "Rusty" Locke on steel guitar.
Western Swing | Country Music Project - University of Texas at …
Western Swing was a fuse of different musical cultures and instruments that aimed to get the crowd out on the dance floor. The two most well known Western Swing artists were Milton Brown and Bob Wills who are credited with creating and popularizing Western Swing respectively.
Western Swing Band (Texas Country Reporter) - YouTube
Meet a traditional Country Music and Western Swing artist who has been in the business for 57 years.