Sings Bob Wills

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Johnny Bush, the former Ray Price sideman who steadfastly and successfully upheld the honky-tonk style Price renounced in the '60s, recorded this album in the early '90s at Willie Nelson's Texas studio. The tapes wound up impounded during Willie's well-known IRS dispute before Bush retrieved them and released the album in 1994 as Time Changes Everything. Since only 4 of these 10 songs were recorded by Bob Wills, this is more a salute to Western swing in general than a full-blown Wills tribute. Nonetheless, it shows Bush in fine form on Merle Haggard's "Don't Sing Me No Songs About Texas" (with Hank Thompson) and "Time Changes Everything" (with Nelson). He dug deep for such Wills obscurities as "New Road Under My Wheels," "Warm Red Wine," and the pop favorite "South of the Border" (originally on a 1968 Wills LP). "Beneath a Neon Star" was actually a solo record by singer Tommy Duncan. While Bush's powerful vocal delivery is sublime, his self-described attempt to "re-create the 1930s Wills sound" with its horn section falters. The Playboys of that era were extremely loose, sounding nothing like these overly slick orchestrations. --Rich Kienzle

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Average customer rating: A great Bob Wills tribute Fun, Happy, Western Swing

Buddy Emmons Sings Bob Wills Buddy Emmons Manufacturer: Flying Fish Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Steel Guitar Steel Guitar Jazz (Dig) Minors Aloud ASIN: B000000MDG Release Date: 1993-09-13

Tracks:

1. Deep In The Heart Of Texas
2. Bottle Baby Boogie
3. Boot Heel Drag
4. Deep Water
5. I Needed You
6. New Road Under My Wheels
7. Roley Poley
8. If No News is Good News
9. Four, Five Times
10. Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
11. Time Changes Everything
12. End Of The Line

Customer Reviews:

A great Bob Wills tribute.......2005-03-05

"Buddy Emmons Sings Bob Wills" will satisfy your expectations for what an amazing steel guitar player can do with songs by one of America's greatest songwriters. Buddy's singing makes the listener wonder why he so seldom exercised his vocal talents. I walked into this tribute expecting arrangements that would be heavy on the steel guitar. I was surprised to find conventional versions that give the fiddles, piano, and steel guitar the conventional spacing one would expect to find in an 'Asleep At The Wheel' type arrangement. While not a great steel guitar album, this is a beautiful recording for those who adore Bob Wills' music.

Fun, Happy, Western Swing.......2001-06-08

Many people know Buddy Emmons' work as the premier pedal steel guitarist in the world but, until this album, few knew what a good singer he is! Here he treats us to one of the most fun, upbeat collections of western swing tunes you could ever want to hear. Each one is a thorough pleasure that will have you grinnin' from ear to ear within the first 8 bars. With such heavy-hitters as Johnny Gimbel on fiddle, how could he go wrong? The music is absolutely top quality and just reeks with "fun"; it sounds like he's smiling through every tune from start to finish! His numerous CDs of swing standards with Ray Pennington are all very impressive but, I must say, do not have the easy, carefree, swingin' FUN feeling of this album. My extensive collection of Bob Wills albums not withstanding, this one is my favorite western swing album of all.

Average customer rating: A bit too slick

Sings Bob Wills Johnny Bush Manufacturer: Texas Music Group ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Honky-Tonk | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Honky-Tonk | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Green Snakes Lost Highway Saloon Johnny Bush - 14 Greatest Hits Honkytonic Texas State of Mind ASIN: B00004YBZW Release Date: 2000-09-12

Tracks:

1. Don't Sing Me No Songs About Texas
2. Time Changes Everything
3. And God Created Texas
4. Beneat A Neon Star
5. Warm Red Wine
6. New Road Under My Wheels
7. Raindrops Falling In A River
8. Jersey Bounce
9. South Of The Border
10. Bob Said It 'Aw' (And Called It Western Swing)

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Johnny Bush, the former Ray Price sideman who steadfastly and successfully upheld the honky-tonk style Price renounced in the '60s, recorded this album in the early '90s at Willie Nelson's Texas studio. The tapes wound up impounded during Willie's well-known IRS dispute before Bush retrieved them and released the album in 1994 as Time Changes Everything. Since only 4 of these 10 songs were recorded by Bob Wills, this is more a salute to Western swing in general than a full-blown Wills tribute. Nonetheless, it shows Bush in fine form on Merle Haggard's "Don't Sing Me No Songs About Texas" (with Hank Thompson) and "Time Changes Everything" (with Nelson). He dug deep for such Wills obscurities as "New Road Under My Wheels," "Warm Red Wine," and the pop favorite "South of the Border" (originally on a 1968 Wills LP). "Beneath a Neon Star" was actually a solo record by singer Tommy Duncan. While Bush's powerful vocal delivery is sublime, his self-described attempt to "re-create the 1930s Wills sound" with its horn section falters. The Playboys of that era were extremely loose, sounding nothing like these overly slick orchestrations. --Rich Kienzle

Customer Reviews:

A bit too slick.......2001-08-30

I love Bob Wills and since I have a very nice old LP with Johnny Bush ("Texas Dance Hall Girls") I had quite high expectations on this release. It starts out well with two fine tracks, both duets (Hank Thompson & Willie Nelson respectively). It's not like Johnny and Willie could ever improve on the original version of "Time Changes Everything", but then who could? (Tommy Duncan was the greatest). It seems strange to call this record "Sings Bob Wills" when only a few of the songs were ever recorded or written by the king of western swing. And the band is a bit too slick, with an over-emphazised horn-section. It's a fun album, but it could have been a lot better. It's also awful short (something like 27 minutes!). Get it if you really like Johnny, but if you just want a taste of western swing - buy the real thing instead - which is: Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys feauturing Tommy Duncan.

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Sings & Plays/In Concert Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys Manufacturer: Collectables ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Western Swing | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music Similar Items: In Hollywood: 1943-1944 ASIN: B000GIXIGO Release Date: 2006-09-05

Tracks:

1. Rosetta
2. Blues in "A"
3. Sittin' on Top of the World
4. Yearning (Just for You)
5. My Mary
6. Don't Let the Deal Go Down
7. South
8. Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone
9. Maiden's Prayer
10. My Confession
11. Boot Heel Drag
12. Snap Your Fingers
13. South
14. Ida Red
15. Don't Let the Deal Go Down
16. San Antonio Rose
17. Beaumont Rag
18. Sooner or Later
19. From a Jack to a King
20. Golondrina
21. Summit Ridge Drive - Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
22. Right or Wrong
23. Little Star of Heaven
24. Smith's Reel
25. Just Friends
26. St. Louis Blues
27. Gone Indian

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Sings Everything & 12 Other Big Hits Manufacturer: Lure ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CAF37S Release Date: 2001-11-20

Tracks:

1. The Tower
2. Everything
3. Picturing Changes
4. Party Boy
5. 2000 Days
6. Shaktipat
7. Nothin's Too Much
8. Bad Things
9. Sacred Heart
10. Here To Hurt
11. Half
12. Dreams With You
13. Blue Dan

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George Jones Sings Bob Wills George Jones Manufacturer: Razor & Tie ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Honky-Tonk | Country | Styles | Music Nashville Sound | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music ASIN: B000002Z8F Release Date: 1994-09-15

Tracks:

1. Bubbles in My Beer
2. Faded Love
3. Roly Poly
4. Trouble in Mind
5. Take Me Back to Tulsa
6. Warm Red Wine
7. Time Changes Everything
8. Worried Mind
9. Silver Dew on the Bluegrass Tonight
10. San Antonio Rose
11. Steel Guitar Rag
12. Big Beaver

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