◇ image via WikipediaBob Wills
Bob Wills is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Bessie Smith and Fred Rose. Those roots explain a lot about how Bob Wills arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Asleep at the Wheel, Hank Thompson, Wayne Hancock, Jimmie Rodgers and Buck Owens, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Tex Ritter, Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman, Harry James and Merle Haggard, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 40 connections around Bob Wills, reaching back through Bessie Smith and forward to Tex Ritter. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
James Robert Wills was an American musician, songwriter, and bandleader. Considered by music authorities as the founder of Western swing, he was known widely as the King of Western Swing. He was also noted for punctuating his music with his trademark "ah-haa" calls.
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Bob Wills connections
Bob Wills grew out of Bessie Smith and Fred Rose, shares an orbit with Asleep at the Wheel, Hank Thompson, Wayne Hancock and Jimmie Rodgers, went on to shape Tex Ritter, Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman and Harry James. 40 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Bob Wills
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