Bob Wills
By Scott Feemster
Country, jazz and rhythm & blues were all emerging from their regional birthplaces during the early part of the 20th century. Local strains of music started to travel across the United States and cross-pollinate with each other, as evident in the rise of swing, which mixed traditional jazz with the simpler melodies and back-beat of rhythm & blues. Swing became popular in the 1930s in part because mostly urban audiences could hear a swing orchestra and dance to it, thus turning a concert into both a social event as well as a musical treat. A few musicians in the Southern High Plains took this cross-pollination one step further, creating a mixture of not only jazz and rhythm & blues, but also cowboy and folk... Read More
- City Of Origin:
- Kosse, Texas, United States
- Genre:
- Country, Western Swing
- Birthdate:
- 03/06/1905
- Death date:
- 05/13/1975
