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 ...
The 60+ Best Western Swing Bands & Artists, Ranked
2024年9月15日 · A devout disciple of traditional Western Swing, Billy Mata has been thrilling audiences with his band, The Texas Tradition, for over three decades. Known for their spellbinding live performances, they expertly blend the classic sounds of Bob Wills, Tommy Duncan, and Hank Thompson with original tunes penned by Mata himself.
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
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 ...
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.
The History of Western Swing
The quintessential story of America ’s most joyous dance music, western swing got its start “Where The West Began ” in a ramshackle dancehall in Fort Worth, Texas during the depths of the Great Depression. It evolved throughout the Southwest with a spongelike ability to absorb a myriad of styles from black, white, rural and urban ...
Top texas swing artists | Last.fm
Browse the top texas swing artists to find new music. Scrobble songs to get recommendations on tracks you'll love.
Quebe Sisters | Progressive Western Swing
Grace, Sophia, and Hulda Quebe front an innovative Progressive Western Swing band of archtop guitar, upright bass, fiddles and sibling harmony. The Dallas-based five-piece presents a unique Americana blend of Western Swing, Jazz-influenced Swing, Country, Texas-Style Fiddling, and …
A Texas swing mix - YouTube Music
A Texas swing mix. San Antonio Rose (feat. Texas Playboys) Stay All Night (Stay A Little Longer) (feat. Texas Playboys) A new music service with official albums, singles, videos, remixes, live...
Bio - Dave Alexander
After graduating from the University of North Texas, Dave assembled ” The Legends of Western Swing”, a western swing big band featuring former members of Bob Will’s Texas Playboys such as Johnnie Gimble, Leon Rausch, Eldon Shamblin, Pee Wee Lynn and Billy Briggs.