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Bookmark or Share- Western Swing | Country Music Project - University of Texas at AustinWestern Swing was a fuse of different musical cultures and instruments that aimed to get the crowd out on the dance floor. The two most well known Western Swing artists were Milton Brown and Bob Wills who are credited with creating and popularizing Western Swing respectively.
- The Birth & History of Western Swing ( Official Video )Western swing got its start “where the west begins” in a ramshackle dancehall in Fort Worth, Texas during the depths of the Great Depression. It evolved with a spongelike...
- The History of Western SwingThe quintessential story of America’s most joyous dance music, western swing got its start “Where The West Began” in a ramshackle dancehall in Fort Worth, Texas during the depths of the Great Depression.
- Western Swing | Branches of Country Music | Country Music | Ken Burns - PBSWestern swing combined swing band jazz, Mexican songs, blues, and traditional fiddling to create a dance music that was hugely popular from the 1930s into the 1950s. Learn more.
- Bob Wills - WikipediaJames Robert Wills (March 6, 1905 – May 13, 1975) was an American Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader. Considered by music authorities as the founder of Western swing, [1] [2] [3] he was known widely as the King of Western Swing (although Spade Cooley self-promoted the moniker "King of Western Swing" from 1942 to 1969). He was ...
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