That's how owner James White describes 'The Broken Spoke', the club that he build on the outskirts of Texas more than 40 years ago. With authentic Western swing bands, a wooden dance floor and ...

In it, Wills asks Benson how “a Jewish boy from Philadelphia” can play western swing music. Benson responds: “The same way that a white, hayseed hillbilly from the West Texas panhandle ...

Bob Wills was one of the earliest stars of country music in Texas just as radio became popular. Wills was one of the pioneers of western swing and inspired generations of country music artists.

For the latest Rancho Round-Up, The Soda Crackers return to the Fairfax Grange with special guests and a film screening. Like ...

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 ...

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 ...

During World War Two, a new sound sprang up in the darkened taverns and barrooms around the oil fields of Texas and Oklahoma ... for the big dance bands that played Western swing.

The Dallas-based early music ensemble performs the mulit-mediaconcert “Welcome to the West Live” Friday, February 7 at 8pm.

That's how owner James White describes 'The Broken Spoke', the club that he build on the outskirts of Texas more than 40 years ago. With authentic Western swing bands, a wooden dance floor and ...