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

From Schoolhouse Rock to numerology to ZZ Top, it's been said many times over that three is the magic number. Ask Whit Smith of Hot Club of Cowtown and he will agree, “Three is the magic number and it ...

A decade later, Strait transformed the song. He created a new fiddle-heavy arrangement in the Western swing style that colored many of his early recordings. The result was something that felt ...

Wills formed the Wills Fiddle Band in 1930 ... passed a resolution honoring him by declaring western swing to be the official music of Texas. Waylon Jennings perhaps spoke for millions of Wills ...