Singin' the Blues or any other durn thing ya want.

[Willie Dixon]

every venue we could ever want.

[Texas Lawdog]

I am sorta partial to the TEXAS PLAYBOYS and a guy named Bob whose last name I can't remember.

[Russ T Chambers]

I am sorta partial to the TEXAS PLAYBOYS and a guy named Bob whose last name I can't remember.

I believe that would be Bob Wills.

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[Ozark Tracker]

when ya cross that ole Red River, Bob Wills is still the "The King"

[Texas Lawdog]

Russ, That was done as a tongue in cheek remark by me.  I grew up on music that we call Western Swing, It don't matter whose in Austin, Bob Wills is still tha King.   Take me back to Tulsa and KVOO!

[Leo Tanner]

What was the name of them two guys that came out big in the 90's doin western swing?  They were very popular on the country station.  It was refreshing ta hear them amist all the Shanias an Billy Rays.

[Ozark Tracker]

Back in the late 60's early 70's, Bob's brother, Johnny lee Wills had a big Western Store there in Tulsa, I'd go in there every chance I got,  Bob was in there once, I got ta shake his hand and tell him how much I enjoyed his Music. 
when my Grandmother was in a rest home for a few months, the little man in the room next door was always sittin out in the hall and sayin hi to everybody, didn't seem that he had anybody ever coming to see him,  one day I just sat down by him and started vistin,  come to find out his name was Bill Wills,  Bob Wills Cousin,  he was the bus driver for Bob during his heyday.  he had a boot box just packed full of pictures of Bob and the Texas Playboys, he'd sit there and tell a story about every one of em, I really did enjoy visitin with him, from that day on I always just planned to take twice as long, cause I knew I'd be visitin with him a little while too.
he told me once that the most important thing to Bob was that everybody that came to their dances, have a good time,  he said when the dance started, Bob would tell him to look around and if he saw any girls that wasn't dancing, ask em to dance.
 he'd say there wasn't much air conditioning back then,  he said his job was to make them fat girls sweat. 

[Texas Lawdog]

Back in the Early 70's the Moose taught school in Grand Prairie with one of Bob's daughters.   My Mom's side of the family is from around Turkey, where Bob used to play in the dining room of the Turkey Hotel. They have a Big Bob Wills celebration in Turkey every year.  Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen and my personal favorite, Asleep at the Wheel, have preserved the Western Swing tradition. Hank Thompson did his share also, especially with his songs about Oklahoma.

[Russ T Chambers]

Russ, That was done as a tongue in cheek remark by me.  I grew up on music that we call Western Swing, It don't matter whose in Austin, Bob Wills is still tha King.   Take me back to Tulsa and KVOO!

TL
That was for those that might have known.  Remember there were folk around here that didn’t know who Hoppy was!     However they are into music, so probably didn’t need the hint!!!

[Leo Tanner]

TL
That was for those that might have known.  Remember there were folk around here that didn’t know who Hoppy was!     However they are into music, so probably didn’t need the hint!!!

Let it die man, let it die

[Tensleep]

Hoppy will live forever.... 

[Russ T Chambers]

Let it die man, let it die

Couldn’t resist, but I just shot it in the foot so It won’t travel very far!!! 

[Tensleep]

Let it die man, let it die

Couldn’t resist, but I just shot it in the foot so It won’t travel very far!!! 

Shoot higher Russ... 'bout where yer boot might hit his a$$ butt 

[Leo Tanner]

Hey now there was a whole nother thread fer this business.  It dropped back a few pages an I was just startin ta go out in public again  

[Delmonico]

Hey now there was a whole nother thread fer this business.  It dropped back a few pages an I was just startin ta go out in public again  

Check again, once again yer wrong.

[Russ T Chambers]

Hey now there was a whole nother thread fer this business.  It dropped back a few pages an I was just startin ta go out in public again  

Sorry Leo, but I thought it couldn’t go too far, but seems it still as legs! 

[Leo Tanner]

Then I'll put this here too.  Del showed me all bout Hoppy.

[Texas Lawdog]

Leo, You are greatly outnumbered here by folks that watched Hoppy at the movies and in the early years of TV.  My only suggestion is to keep on watchin' those vintage western TV shows DVDs and take good notes.

[Leo Tanner]

Now fer somethin completely differnt...

Hey Del, here's that song ya asked me ta find.  Found it on cowboylyrics.com

dust of the chase

ray wylie hubbard

I come down from Oklahoma with a pistol in my boot
A pair of dice, a deck of cards and a bible in my suit
I come her as the cause of tears, I am a crying shame
Seven stud or eternal blood, just looking for a game

I double crossed the State of Texas and they give me a little time
I taught myself to doublecut the cards and hold scriptures in my mind
I learned to love the tumblin dice and to believe the word
Tombstones or rolling bones, beats anything I ever heard.

Patience is a virtue that I don't possess
And I can't deny that heavan lies beneath a cotton dress
How small a part of time we share 'till we hear the sound of wings
I'm lost in the dust of the chase that my life brings.

I have walked through God's green pastures and seen the rich blue skies
I have seen the fall of man and the kingdom hidden from his eyes
I have heard the roar of thunder and felt the lightening bolt
And when I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I take along
Samuel Colt

Every night I kiss the cards and hold them to my breast
And when I see the king of hearts I know that I am blessed
And though my eyes are blind sometimes, I know there's something there
And when the times at hand and I kill a man, I say a little prayer.

I come down from Oklahoma with a pistol in my boot
A pair of dice, a deck of cards and a bible in my suit
How small a part of time we share 'till we hear the sound of wings
I'm lost in the dust of the chase that my life brings.

How small a part of time we share 'till we hear the sound of wings
Lost in the dust of the chase that my life brings.


THATS A DAMN GOOD SONG!

[Leo Tanner]

No youtube on that one, but I got ta hear it.  Reminds me of Chris Rea, I love that "deserty" sound with the slide electric and harmonica.  Thanks Del.