Bob Wills was born in Texas, grew up in the cotton fields and ranch lands of the Lone Star State and fronted the band now famously known as the Texas Playboys. But the "King of Western Swing" likely ...

Bob Wills’ Texas Playboys will perform on Saturday, March 7, 2026, and Sunday, March 8, 2026, at Cain’s Ballroom. Saturday’s ...

Asleep at the Wheel has announced the release of a new Bob Wills tribute album, ‘Still the King: Celebrating the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys.’ “After 45 years of traveling and playing, ...

“I can’t really say why everyone loves Bob Wills’ music, but I have yet to meet a person who didn’t like it.” – Merle Haggard In 1945, Bob Wills teamed up with a Bay Area DJ and music salesmen to ...

Everyone loves a happy ending, and in the case of western swing legend Bob Wills, whose home, the Triple B Ranch, was in danger of being torn down, it seems there will be a happy ending after all.

The one time home of country music star Bob Wills is located in East Fresno, near Clinton and Armstron. The abandoned house has to be moved to make way for a new subdivision. Bob Wills started out as ...

THE GREATEST WESTERN SWING MUSICIAN OF ALL TIME, Bob Wills long ago ascended to the hallowed ranks of the Country Music Hall of Fame. But the impact of his style—a showy big-band sound embellished ...

It is Bob Wills Day at the Oklahoma State Capitol. The "King of Western Swing" passed away nearly 50 years ago, but bands today keep his sound alive. Over the weekend the Bob Wills' Texas Playboys led ...

Of all the towering icons of the great state of Texas, only the Alamo stands taller than Bob Wills. And only by a hair. His 40 years as a bandleader, composer and recording artist established Wills as ...

Bob Wills is known as the King of Western Swing he sold millions of records around the world during the 40's 50's and even the 60's. On the road with his Band the Texas Playboys much of the time, he ...

Kosse, down in Limestone County, is known as the “Little Town With a Big Heart” — and as the birthplace of Bob Wills, who was born to John Tompkins Wills (“a hard-drinking sharecropper-fiddler“) and ...