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Bob Wills was from Texas, born into a family with generations ... And he was influenced by “swing” music—an offshoot of jazz that was sweeping the nation in the 1930s.

Welcome to the Texas Canon, a series that dives into ... which sums up the sentiment nicely: "I grew up on music that we called Western Swing/It don't matter who's in Austin, Bob Wills is still ...

or Black Hills (Rapid City, S.D.), one of the most profitable times in the rodeo season is the "Texas Swing." For Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association's (PRCA) and Women's Professional Rodeo ...

In 1970, singer and guitarist Ray Benson formed Western swing band Asleep at the Wheel ... dedicated to the preservation of R&B. He hosts Texas Music Scene, a television program shown on stations ...

Thursdays at 9:30pm at the Black Cat on Sixth Street, instructors Matt Jones, Susy Hovis, Darby O'Shieles, and Peter Turner give two-stepping and Texas swing lessons to the rest of us clod-footed ...