The King of Western Swing
Compilation by Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
Released 2007
Tracklist
- CD 1: Dallas, Chicago: 1935, 1936
- 1Sunbonnet SueFort Worth Doughboys3:04
- 2Nancy JaneFort Worth Doughboys3:12
- 3Osage Stomp3:02
- 4Get With It3:04
- 5I Can't Give You Anything but Love2:40
- 6Spanish Two Step2:56
- 7Maiden's Prayer3:054.0 ★
- 8Wang Wang Blues3:01
- 9St. Louis Blues3:14
- 10Good Old Oklahoma3:06
- 11Blue River2:36
- 12Mexicali Rose3:16
- 13I Ain't Got Nobody2:45
- 14Never No More Blues2:57
- 15Who Walks in When I Walk Out2:53
- 16Old Fashioned Love3:20
- 17Oklahoma Rag2:50
- 18Black and Blue Rag2:43
- 19Sittin' On Top of the World3:20
- 20Four or Five Times2:48
- 21I Can't Be Satisfied3:01
- 22Smith's ReelBob Wills and Sleepy Johnson2:51
- 23HarmonyBob Wills and Sleepy Johnson2:49
- 24She's Killing Me2:47
- 25Weary of the Same Old Stuff2:43
- CD 2: Chicago, Dallas: 1936,1937
- 1No Matter How She Does It2:55
- 2Bluin' the Blues3:11
- 3Steel Guitar Song2:49
- 4Get Along Home Cindy2:49
- 5Trouble in Mind2:59
- 6What's the Matter With the Mill2:55
- 7Sugar Blues2:54
- 8Basin Street Blues3:03
- 9Red Hot Gal of Mine3:07
- 10Too Busy2:34
- 11Back Home Again in Indiana2:53
- 12Fan It2:44
- 13Mean Mama Blues2:53
- 14Bring It on Down to My Heart2:44
- 15Right or Wrong2:56
- 16Swing Blues #12:41
- 17Swing Blues #22:47
- 18White Heat2:45
- 19Dedicated to You2:33
- 20Playboy Stomp2:47
- 21Steel Guitar Stomp2:40
- 22Rosetta2:54
- 23Bleeding Hearted Blues2:35
- 24Tie Me to Your Apron Strings Again2:32
- 25Never No More Hard Times Blues2:56
- CD 3: Dallas: 1937, 1938
- 1Sunbonnet Sue2:31
- 2The New St. Louis Blues2:47
- 3I'm a Ding Dong Daddy From Dumas2:25
- 4Oozlin' Daddy Blues2:29
- 5Black Rider2:44
- 6Everybody Does It in Hawaii2:34
- 7Alexander's Ragtime Band2:46
- 8Blue Prelude2:28
- 9Sophisticated Hula2:07
- 10Pray for the Lights to Go Out2:53
- 11Gambling Polka Dot Blues2:26
- 12Keep Knocking (But You Can't Come in)2:48
- 13Loveless Love2:43
- 14Oh, Lady Be Good2:36
- 15Way Down Upon the Swanee River2:38
- 16Oh You Beautiful Doll2:32
- 17Moonlight and Roses (Bring Mem'Ries of You)2:35
- 18I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate2:37
- 19Tulsa Stomp2:34
- 20Empty Bed Blues2:44
- 21Little Red Head2:43
- 22San Antonio Rose2:354.0 ★
- 23Little Girl, Go Ask Your Mama2:35
- 24Carolina in the Morning2:464.0 ★
- 25The Convict and the Rose2:454.0 ★
- CD 4: Dalas Saginaw: 1938, 1940
- 1Silver Bells2:43
- 2Dreamy Eyes Waltz2:38
- 3Beaumont Rag2:41
- 4Twinkle Twinkle Little Star2:32
- 5If I Could Bring Back My Buddy2:28
- 6Whoa Babe2:37
- 7Ida Red2:24
- 8Yearning (Just for You)2:24
- 9I Wonder If You Feel the Way I Do2:38
- 10Prosperity Special2:40
- 11Drunkard's Blues2:23
- 12You're Okay2:294.0 ★
- 13Liza Pull Down the Shades2:214.0 ★
- 14That's What I Like 'Bout the South2:35
- 15My Window Faces the South2:16
- 16The Waltz You Saved for Me2:28
- 17Don't Let the Deal Go Down2:44
- 18You Don't Love Me (But I'll Always Care)2:54
- 19No Wonder2:37
- 20Lone Star Rag2:44
- 21There's Going to Be a Party (For the Old Folks)2:44
- 22I Don't Lov'a Nobody2:30
- 23That Brownskin Gal2:31
- 24Corrine Corrina2:535.0 ★
- 25Let Me Call You Sweetheart (I'm in Love with You)2:44
More by Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
Release credits
- piano [2.1-2, 2.6-7, 2.9-10, 2.15-16, 2.20, 1.3-4, 1.6-7, 1.13, 1.15, 1.17, 1.25, 3.5, 3.10, 3.22, 3.24, 4.1, 4.3-4, 4.6, 4.12, 4.14, 4.16, 4.20, 4.24]
- fiddle [6-7], trombone [3-4, 13, 15, 17]
- fiddle [4.1, 4.3-4, 4.6, 4.12, 4.14, 4.16, 4.20, 4.24, 1.1-4, 1.6-7, 1.13, 1.15, 1.17, 1.25, 3.5, 3.10, 3.22, 3.24, 2.1-2, 2.6-7, 2.9-10, 2.15-16, 2.20], vocal [2.6-7, 3.10, 4.24]
- fiddle [20]
- clarinet [5], saxophone [10]
- guitar [1-2]
- saxophone [3.22, 4.20, 4.24]
- guitar [4.1, 4.3-4, 4.6, 4.12, 4.14, 4.16, 4.20, 4.24, 3.5, 3.10, 3.22, 3.24]
- trumpet [4.1, 4.3-4, 4.6, 4.12, 4.14, 4.16, 2.1-2, 2.6-7, 2.9-10, 2.15-16, 2.20, 3.5, 3.10, 3.22, 3.24, 1.25]
- guitar [2.1-2, 2.6-7, 2.9-10, 2.15-16, 2.20, 4.1, 4.3-4, 4.6, 4.12, 4.14, 4.16, 4.20, 4.24, 3.22, 3.24, 1.3-4, 1.6-7, 1.13, 1.15, 1.17, 1.25]
- fiddle [4.1, 4.3-4, 4.6, 4.12, 4.14, 4.16, 4.20, 4.24, 1.3-4, 1.6-7, 1.13, 1.15, 1.17, 1.25, 2.1-2, 2.6-7, 2.9-10, 2.15-16, 2.20, 3.5, 3.10, 3.22, 3.24], vocal [25]
- bass [15], double bass [3.5, 3.10, 1.25, 2.1-2, 2.6-7, 2.9-10, 2.16, 2.20], saxophone [22], vocal [4.12, 2.1]
- banjo [4.1, 4.3-4, 4.6, 4.12, 4.14, 4.16, 4.20, 4.24, 2.1-2, 2.6-7, 2.9-10, 2.15-16, 2.20, 3.5, 3.10, 3.22, 3.24, 1.3-4, 1.6-7, 1.13, 1.15, 1.17, 1.25]
- steel guitar [3.22, 1.3-4, 1.6-7, 1.13, 1.15, 1.17, 1.25, 4.20, 4.24, 2.1-2, 2.6-7, 2.9-10, 2.15-16, 2.20], vocal [1.15, 4.6, 4.14]
- fiddle [4.20, 4.24, 3.22]
- vocal [1-2]
- reeds [1.25, 2.1-2, 2.6-7, 2.9-10, 2.16, 2.20]
- tenor saxophone [15]
- guitar [3.5, 3.10, 3.24, 2.1-2, 2.6-7, 2.9-10, 2.15-16, 2.20, 1.3-4, 1.6-7, 1.13, 1.15, 1.17, 1.25, 4.1, 4.3-4, 4.6, 4.12, 4.14, 4.16], tenor guitar [1-2]
- drums (drum set) [1.3-4, 1.6-7, 1.13, 1.15, 1.17, 1.25, 2.1-2, 2.6-7, 2.9-10, 2.16, 2.20, 4.1, 4.3-4, 4.6, 4.12, 4.14, 4.16, 4.20, 4.24, 3.5, 3.10, 3.22, 3.24], membranophone [15]
- double bass [3.22, 3.24, 4.1, 4.3-4, 4.6, 4.12, 4.14, 4.16, 4.20, 4.24, 1.3-4, 1.6-7, 1.13, 1.15, 1.17]
- saxophone [4.1, 4.3-4, 4.6, 4.12, 4.14, 4.16, 4.20, 4.24, 2.20, 3.22, 3.24]
- vocal [1.4, 1.13, 4.16, 2.6, 2.9, 2.15-16, 3.5, 3.22]
- trumpet [22]
- saxophone [22]
- saxophone [3.5, 3.10, 3.22, 3.24, 4.1, 4.3-4, 4.6, 4.12, 4.14, 4.16, 4.20, 4.24, 1.3-4, 1.6-7, 1.13, 1.15, 1.17, 1.25, 2.1-2, 2.6-7, 2.9-10, 2.15-16, 2.20]
Issues
- T2007


