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 · 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.
List of swing musicians - Wikipedia
This is a list of swing and Western swing musicians.
The Western Flyers | Western Swing & Country Band
2024年9月6日 · Powerhouse country & Western Swing band The Western Flyers serve up an irresistibly hot, unmistakably Texas-style sound popularized by Bob Wills in the 1940s with an electrifying energy all their own. Featuring a fresh, all-star lineup led by guitar slinger Joey McKenzie on archtop guitar & vocal, fiddle champion Ridge Roberts on fiddle & vocal ...
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.
Texas Western Swing Hall of Fame - TSHA
2015年3月19日 · Western swing pioneers such as Johnny Gimble, Tommy Allsup, and Johnny Cuviello, have joined with a variety of younger musicians including some children who are just learning to play. In the early days Dressen exhibited a small collection of western swing artifacts at the Driskill Hotel in downtown Austin. In 1991 Dressen donated the collection ...
Kristyn Harris - Bio
Kristyn Harris, of Burleson, Texas, is a multi award winning singer, songwriter and entertainer known for her western swing spin on original and classic songs of the western and rural lifestyle. She is recognized for her powerful voice, swing rhythm guitar chops, songwriting, yodeling, and energetic stage presence, as well as the passion and ...
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.
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.
Milton Brown, Bob Wills, and the Fort Worth Origins of One of Texas ...
Everybody wanted that swing, pioneered in the 1920s by bands like the Fletcher Henderson Orchestra, with Louis Armstrong’s trumpet peppering the beat. Jazz-minded rural musicians wanted to play “that hokum,” too, and the Musical Brownies showed that Texas audiences also wanted to dance to it.