Western Swing Videos from Strings Attached House of Wills Band - Austin, Texas
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_Western swing is a sub-genre of American country music that originated in the late 1920s in the West and South among the region's Western string bands. It is dance music, often with an up-tempo beat, which attracted huge crowds to dance halls and clubs in Texas, Oklahoma and California during the 1930s and 40s until a federal war-time nightclub tax in 1944 led to its decline. Western Swing differs in several ways from the music played by the nationally popular horn-driven big swing bands of the same era. In Western bands—even the fully orchestrated bands—vocals and other instruments followed the fiddle's lead. Additionally, although popular horn bands tended to arrange and score their music, most Western bands improvised freely, either by soloists or collectively.
"Will Taylor and his strings step outside their comfort zone and into what they dub the House of Wills, interpreting the songs of Willie Nelson in the style of Bob Wills. As with all of Taylor's projects, the musicianship is top-notch and the spare arrangements are superb". . . . Texas Platters
BY JIM CALIGIURI, FRI., FEB. 25, 2011 Will and Karen's interview with Bob Wills Radio "It don't matter who's in Austin, Bob Wills is still the king" of Western Swing. - Waylon Jennings
" One summer day, she went away
Gone and left me, she's gone to stay. She's gone, but I don't worry, Cause I'm sittin' on top of the world. All last summer, worked on this farm Had to take Christmas in my overalls. She's gone, gone, but I don't worry, no Cause I'm sittin', sittin' on top of the world. Going down to the freight yard, yeh, yeh, yeh Gonna catch me a freight train. Gonna leave this town, yeh, yeh, yeh Work done got to hard. She's gone, but I don't worry, Cause I'm sittin', I'm sittin'on top of the world. " A set of lyrics to "Sittin' on Top of the World" Corrine, CorrinaCorrine, Corrina, where you been so long? Corrine, Corrina, where you been so long? I ain't had no lovin' since you've been gone Corrine, Corrina, where'd you stay last night? Corrine, Corrina, where'd you stay last night? You come home this morning, sun is shining bright I left Corrina far across the sea I left Corrina far across the sea She wouldn't write me no letter, she wouldn't talk to me Corrine, Corrina, bid you fare thee well Corrine, Corrina, I bid you fare thee well When I'll be back dear nobody can tell Corrine, Corrina, is it true what they say? Corrine, Corrina, is it true what they say That you're growin' colder more and more everyday Corrine, Corrina, be a pal of mine Corrine, Corrina, be a pal of mine You got me walking just to keep from cryin' I love Corinna, tell the world adieu I love Corinna, tell the world adieu Just a little more lovin', let your heart be true Corrine, Corrina, where you been so long? Corrine, Corrina, where you been so long? I ain't had no lovin' since you've been gone According to legendary guitarist Merle Travis, "Western swing is nothing more than a group of talented country boys, unschooled in music, but playing the music they feel, beating a solid two-four rhythm to the harmonies that buzz around their brains. When it escapes in all its musical glory, my friend, you have Western swing."
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