When I was a kid, I saw Willie, Waylon, Charley and the rest. Nothing compared to the time I saw the Texas Playboys. Nothing compares to Texas Swing. It's Fort Worth music. Thanks, Steve.
Love this music. Kinda nice to see an audience where half of them aren't holding up their Reasons For Living (cell phones) to record a crappy version of something that they could have just watched a super version of.
I remember the night that Bob Wills passed and was listening to WBAP when they were doing updates on his condition when Bill Mack announced his passing. I was trucking back then and am still, but mostly retired now. I miss the old 50,000 watt AM stations. No more transmitter at the foot of beautiful Hogback Mountain in Monterey, Mexico.!!
I discovered Bob Wills when I was in high school in the 70s. I played drums, loved swing music and rock, but country (though I loved it) was pretty boring to me. Then, passing through the music room one day another guy was listening to Bob. I stopped dead in my tracks and asked who that was! I have been a fan ever since then. We will finally move to Texas in a few months to retire, and I look forward to listening to the music I love live!
When I was born in 1938 Bob wills was going strong in the 40s I learn the singers an I know when the tunes started it was the Playboy's may they all rest in peace loved Bob wills music
All of the Playboys here are gone now 'cept for Leon Rausch. We were lucky enough to dance to some of this crew a few years later. It is told that Sleepy layed his fiddle down on the bandstand at Bob Wills Day in Turkey TX and fell over dead, doing what he loved! This came out on 33 rpm by Delta. Played it a many a time! Enough can never besaid about the Playboys!
Sleepy Johnson - fiddle Jesse Ashlock - fiddle Smokey Dacus - drums Al Stricklin - piano Keith Coleman - fiddle Leon Rausch - vocals Tommy Allsup - guitar Bob Kaiser - bass Leon McAuliffe - steel guitar
FYI Bob Kiser was on the bass and Tommy Allsup was on guitar. Thanks for posting this! I wish you had the second half up with Keith's Waltz...still my all time favorite waltz. Thanks! Earl Calvert
I would love to get an original of this one and the other ACL performances. This was all I listened to growing up. We must have worn out 20 of the cassettes over the years.
Sleepy Johnson, fiddle; Jesse Ashlock, fiddle; Smokey Dacus, drums; Al Stricklin, piano; Leon McAuliffe, steel guitar; Keith Coleman, fiddle; Leon Rausch, vocals; Tommy Allsup, bass; Bob Kiser, guitar.
My grandmother told of the boys coming to Tulsa. Over in Red Fork, just west of Tulsa, they would gather for Sunday lunch after church. Sometimes Bob would show up with his boys and play on someone’s Porch and play and eat dinner with everybody and go over to Cains ballroom and she would listen on KVOO that night.
Setlist: 00:00 San Antonio Rose 04:59 Band Introductions 09:19 Steel Guitar Rag 13:03 Stay All Night (Stay a Little Longer) 16:33 Please Don’t Leave Me 21:15 Milk Cow Blues 27:26 Little Betty Brown
They "rock" too! Listen to Junior Barnard's lead on Fat Boy Rag...matter of fact, rockabilly came directly from western swing. Bill Haley and the Comets were a western swing band first
Great 30 minute show. I saw the group in the mid '80sin Turkey, but this was earlier so you see players that were in his great groups of the past, that weren't available or alive in the mid-80s that I knew by name. What year was this?
Western swing is an amalgam of old fiddle music, big band swing, jazz, blues, popular and just about every kind of American music from the 30s - 50s. Sorry but your comment proudly displays your complete ignorance of musical history.
@@timwhitlock508 old fiddle music 🤔 even a blind deaf mute with very little cerebral affiliation knows theres no such thing as 'swing music', just like disco, it lasted a decade and a half at best and its done.
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When I was a kid, I saw Willie, Waylon, Charley and the rest. Nothing compared to the time I saw the Texas Playboys. Nothing compares to Texas Swing. It's Fort Worth music. Thanks, Steve.
Totally agree. I saw them perform in Dallas. No one can touch them.
I was there when Bob made his last appearance on stage in Fort Worth...western swing is my favorite music!
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Love this music. Kinda nice to see an audience where half of them aren't holding up their Reasons For Living (cell phones) to record a crappy version of something that they could have just watched a super version of.
This music never went out of style and never will ….. not in Texas and the southwest.
The Real World
It's great to see a new generation enjoying the old music. Of course the new generation in this video are not so young now.
I remember the night that Bob Wills passed and was listening to WBAP when they were doing updates on his condition when Bill Mack announced his passing. I was trucking back then and am still, but mostly retired now. I miss the old 50,000 watt AM stations. No more transmitter at the foot of beautiful Hogback Mountain in Monterey, Mexico.!!
I discovered Bob Wills when I was in high school in the 70s. I played drums, loved swing music and rock, but country (though I loved it) was pretty boring to me. Then, passing through the music room one day another guy was listening to Bob. I stopped dead in my tracks and asked who that was! I have been a fan ever since then. We will finally move to Texas in a few months to retire, and I look forward to listening to the music I love live!
I forgot to say - THANK YOU for putting this on RUclips! P.S. - been a fan of AATW for decades not too.
When I was born in 1938 Bob wills was going strong in the 40s I learn the singers an I know when the tunes started it was the Playboy's may they all rest in peace loved Bob wills music
God bless Texas, and the good ole USA
All of the Playboys here are gone now 'cept for Leon Rausch. We were lucky enough to dance to some of this crew a few years later. It is told that Sleepy layed his fiddle down on the bandstand at Bob Wills Day in Turkey TX and fell over dead, doing what he loved! This came out on 33 rpm by Delta. Played it a many a time!
Enough can never besaid about the Playboys!
And Leon’s gone to now.
Nothing is more Texas than Bob Wills.
Great music, love Leon's 4neck "Fender Stringmaster" Steelguitar!
Best swing band ever seen or heard of from
the LONE STAR STATE
Sleepy Johnson - fiddle
Jesse Ashlock - fiddle
Smokey Dacus - drums
Al Stricklin - piano
Keith Coleman - fiddle
Leon Rausch - vocals
Tommy Allsup - guitar
Bob Kaiser - bass
Leon McAuliffe - steel guitar
FYI Bob Kiser was on the bass and Tommy Allsup was on guitar. Thanks for posting this! I wish you had the second half up with Keith's Waltz...still my all time favorite waltz. Thanks! Earl Calvert
I would love to get an original of this one and the other ACL performances. This was all I listened to growing up. We must have worn out 20 of the cassettes over the years.
Sleepy Johnson, fiddle; Jesse Ashlock, fiddle; Smokey Dacus, drums; Al Stricklin, piano; Leon McAuliffe, steel guitar; Keith Coleman, fiddle; Leon Rausch, vocals; Tommy Allsup, bass; Bob Kiser, guitar.
Tommy Guitar not Bass.
This brings back such a great feeling. When these guys were on there was nothing better. Ha Kieth Coleman. Hahaaa.
My grandmother told of the boys coming to Tulsa. Over in Red Fork, just west of Tulsa, they would gather for Sunday lunch after church. Sometimes Bob would show up with his boys and play on someone’s Porch and play and eat dinner with everybody and go over to Cains ballroom and she would listen on KVOO that night.
Setlist:
00:00 San Antonio Rose
04:59 Band Introductions
09:19 Steel Guitar Rag
13:03 Stay All Night (Stay a Little Longer)
16:33 Please Don’t Leave Me
21:15 Milk Cow Blues
27:26 Little Betty Brown
Heard the phrase "Deep in the Heart of Texas?"
Well this is what will greet you when you actually get there.
just discovered the texas playboys swinging stuff , they rock
No, they swing.
They "rock" too! Listen to Junior Barnard's lead on Fat Boy Rag...matter of fact, rockabilly came directly from western swing. Bill Haley and the Comets were a western swing band first
And Paul McGee played drums for Bob too. And Hank Thomas for 9 years. Keith from Oklahoma as was Paul. Tag Lambert.
I miss these guys.
I have said this on many Texas based music videos, I will keep saying it. The best music comes out of Texas!
Beautiful just plain beautiful
I'm from fortworth and we could use some of the Texas playboys in the day we live in , rap isnt music but you dont goto Northside and say that
There great 👍 thank you
in reply to Gillelands, The Great Playboy Johnny Gimble is still around also!
Sorry...its the DVD conversion that is out of sync
Good for Me!!
Very good. The music is not in synch with the actions. Still good !
@BatesLine Nailed it! Hahaha! Keith was my uncle...
This is great but the soundis out of synch. Can you reload it? RUclips offers some tech suggestions about this
This was the first part of an episode (1979?) that concludes with Ernest Tubb and his Texas Troubadours. Any chance you can upload that too?
Who was the guitar player that did bass lines so cleverly ? Can't remember his name, I thought he'd be in this production .
Eldon shamblin
I was born in the wrong decade that's for sure.
Great 30 minute show. I saw the group in the mid '80sin Turkey, but this was earlier so you see players that were in his great groups of the past, that weren't available or alive in the mid-80s that I knew by name. What year was this?
Not positive, but pretty sure this is 75 or 76.
Tommy Allsup was with Buddy Holly. Don’t forget that.
The music is out of sync with the video.
Sorry forgot to tell you Thanks for the Great Music.
Way out of sync .
some of the most inbred music ever produced, sad : (
Yeah,like where the wind blows thru the pine trees..🤣
@@Bill-cv1xu some1 must've cued the Deliverance banjo music,,,, we gawt enbredz comin out day woodwurk
Western swing is an amalgam of old fiddle music, big band swing, jazz, blues, popular and just about every kind of American music from the 30s - 50s. Sorry but your comment proudly displays your complete ignorance of musical history.
@@timwhitlock508 old fiddle music 🤔 even a blind deaf mute with very little cerebral affiliation knows theres no such thing as 'swing music', just like disco, it lasted a decade and a half at best and its done.
You must not be from Texas cause if you was your only thought would be I gotta get me some more of this!