Infos
CD 1:
[1]
Bob Wills - fiddle, vocal
Derwood Brown - guitar, vocal
Sleepy Johnson - guitar
Dallas, Tx. 9 février 1932
[2], [3], [4], [5]
Bob Wills - fiddle, leader, vocal
Jesse Ashlock - fiddle
Al Stricklin - piano
Herman Arnspiger - guitar
Sleepy Johnson - guitar
Leon McAuliffe - steel guitar, guitar
Johnny Lee Wills - banjo
Art Haines - trombone
Zed McNally - trumpet, tenor sax
Sam Langford - bass
Smokey Dacus - drums
Dallas, Tx. 23 septembre 1935
[6], [7]
Même personnel but Bob Wills, lead voc on [7]
Dallas, Tx. 24 septembre 1935
[8], [9]
Bob Wills - fiddle, leader, vocal
Tommy Duncan - vocal
Jesse Ashlock - fiddle
Herman Arnspiger - guitar
Sleepy Johnson - guitar
Al Stricklin - piano
Leon McAuliffe - steel guitar
Ray DeGreer - tenor sax
Zeb McNally- tenor sax
Everett Stover - trumpet
Johnny Lee Wills - banjo
Joe Ferguson - bass
Smokey Dacus - drums
Chicago, Ill. 29 septembre 1936
[10]
Bob Wills - fiddle, leader, vocal
Tommy Duncan - vocal
Jesse Ashlock - fiddle
Cecil Brower - fiddle
Herman Arnspiger - guitar
Sleepy Johnson - guitar
Al Stricklin - piano
Leon McAuliffe - steel guitar
Ray DeGreer - tenor sax
Tiny Mott - alto sax
Zeb McNally - tenor sax
Everett Stover - trumpet
Johnny Lee Wills - banjo
Joe Ferguson - bass
Smokey Dacus - drums
Dallas, Tx. 7 juin 1937
[11], [12]
Bob Wills - fiddle, leader, vocal
Tommy Duncan - vocal
Jesse Ashlock - fiddle
Cecil Brower - fiddle
Herman Arnspiger - guitar
Al Stricklin - piano
Leon McAuliffe - steel guitar
Everett Stover - trumpet
Johnny Lee Wills - banjo
Joe Ferguson - bass
Smokey Dacus - drums
Dallas, Tx. 8 juin 1937
[13]
Même personnel
Dallas, Tx. 9 juin 1937
[14]
Bob Wills - fiddle, leader, vocal
Cecil Brower - fiddle
Herman Arnspiger - guitar
Sleepy Johnson - guitar, fiddle
Al Stricklin - piano
Leon McAuliffe - steel guitar
Ray DeGreer - tenor sax
Tiny Mott - alto sax
Zeb McNally - tenor sax
Everett Stover - trumpet
Johnny Lee Wills - banjo
Joe Ferguson - bass
Smokey Dacus - drums
Dallas, Tx. 17 juin 1937
[15]
Même personnel
Dallas, Tx. 27 juin 1937
[16]
Bob Wills - fiddle, leader, vocal
Tommy Duncan - vocal
Jesse Ashlock - fiddle
Al Stricklin - piano
Eldon Shamblin - guitar
Leon McAuliffe - guitar
Everett Stover - trumpet
Charles Laughton - clarinet
Zeb McNally - tenor sax
Sleepy Johnson - banjo
Joe Ferguson - bass
Smokey Dacus - drums
Dallas, Tx. 16 mai 1938
[17], [18]
Bob Wills - fiddle, leader, vocal
Tommy Duncan - vocal
Jesse Ashlock - fiddle
Sleepy Johnson - fiddle
Eldon Shamblin - guitar
Leon McAuliffe - steel guitar, violin, vocal on [17]
Al Stricklin - piano
Johnny Lee Wills - banjo
Sonny Lansford - bass
Smokey Dacus - drums
Dallas, Tx. 30 novembre 1938
CD 2:
[1]
Bob Wills, fiddle, leader, vocal
Jesse Ashlock - fiddle
Sleepy Johnson - fiddle
Eldon Shamblin - guitar
Leon McAuliffe - steel guitar
Al Stricklin - piano
Johnny Lee Wills - banjo
Sonny Lansford - bass
Smokey Dacus - drums
Dallas, Tx. 30 novembre 1938
[2], [3]
Bob Wills - fiddle, leader, vocal
Tommy Duncan - vocal
Jesse Ashlock - fiddle
Louis Tierney - fiddle, tenor sax
Eldon Shamblin - guitar
Leon McAuliffe - steel guitar
Al Stricklin - piano
Everett Stover - trumpet
Wayne Johnson - clarinet
Tiny Mott - alto sax
Zeb McNally - tenor sax
Joe Ferguson - tenor sax
Don Harlan - baritone sax
Tubby Lewis - trumpet
Sonny Lansford - bass
Smokey Dacus - drums
Dallas, Tx. 15 avril 1940
[4]
Même personnel
Dallas, Tx. 16 avril 1940
[5]
Bob Wills - fiddle, vocal, leader
Louis Tierney - fiddle
Eldon Shamblin - guitar
Leon McAuliffe - steel guitar
Al Stricklin - piano
Sonny Lansford - bass
Gene Tomlins - drums
Dallas, Tx. 24 février 1941
[6]
Bob Wills - fiddle, vocal, leader
Tommy Duncan - vocal
Louis Tierney - fiddle
Eldon Shamblin - guitar
Leon McAuliffe - steel guitar
Al Stricklin - piano
Don Harlan - clarinet
Wayne Johnson - clarinet
Zeb McNally - tenor sax
Tubby Lewis - trumpet
Jamie McIntosh - trumpet
Sonny Lansford - bass
Gene Tomlins - drums
Dallas, Tx. 25 février 1941
[7], [8]
Bob Wills - fiddle, leader, vocal
Tommy Duncan - vocal
Louis Tierney - fiddle
Joe Holley - fiddle
Leon Huff - guitar
Doyle Salathiel - guitar
Leon McAuliffe - steel guitar
Al Stricklin - piano
Don Harlan - clarinet
Sonny Lansford - bass
Bob Fitzgerald - drums
Hollywood, Ca. 24 juillet 1941
[9]
Bob Wills - fiddle, vocal, leader
Danny Alguire - vocal
Louis Tierney - fiddle
Joe Holley - fiddle
Doyle Salathiel - guitar
Leon Huff - guitar
Leon McAuliffe - steel guitar
Woody Wood - clarinet
Morris Billington - piano
Darrell Jones - bass
Bob Fitzgerald - drums
Hollywood, Ca. 14 juillet 1942
[10], [11]
Bob Wills - fiddle, leader, vocal
Tommy Duncan - vocal
Joe Holley - fiddle
Jimmy Wyble - guitar
Cameron Hill - guitar
Noel Boggs - steel guitar
Alex Brashear - trumpet
Millard Kelso - piano
Ted Adams - bass
Monty Mountjoy - drums
Hollywood, Ca. 26 janvier 1945
[12]
Bob Wills - fiddle, leader, vocal
Tommy Duncan - vocal
Joe Holley - fiddle
Louis Tierney - fiddle, tenor sax
Millard Kelso - piano
Alex Brashear - trumpet
Noel Boggs - steel guitar
Junior Barnard - guitar
Billy Jack Wills - bass
Johnny Cuviello - drums
Hollywood, Ca. 6 mai 1946
[13], [14], [15]
Bob Wills - fiddle, leader, vocal
Tommy Duncan - vocal
Joe Holley - fiddle
Louis Tierney - fiddle, tenor sax
Millard Kelso - piano
Alex Brashear - trumpet
Herb Remington - steel guitar
Junior Barnard - guitar
Tiny Moore - mandolin
Billy Jack Wills - bass
Johnny Cuviello - drums
Hollywood, Ca. 13 mai 1946
[16], [17]
Bob Wills - fiddle, leader, vocal
Tommy Duncan - vocal
Dean McKinney - vocal
Joe Holley - fiddle
Louis Tierney - fiddle
Millard Kelso - piano
Alex Brashear - trumpet
Herb Remington - steel guitar
Eldon Shamblin - guitar
Tiny Moore - mandolin
Ocie Stockard - banjo
Billy Jack Wills - bass
Johnny Cuviello - drums
Hollywood, Ca. 30 mai 1947
[18]
Bob Wills - fiddle, leader, vocal
Joe Holley - fiddle
Eldon Shamblin - guitar
Herb Remington - steel guitar
Ocie Stockard - banjo
Tiny Moore - mandolin
Millard Kelso - piano
Billy Jack Wills - bass
Johnny Cuviello - drums
Chicago, Ill. 15 octobre 1947
CD 1:
[1] Trad.
[2] by B. Wills
[3] by Wills-Duncan
[4] by Rodgers
[5] by Wills-Duncan
[6] by Hoffman-Goodhart-Freed
[7] by Vincson-Chatmon
[8] by McAuliffe
[9] by McCoy-Douglas
[10] by B. Wills
[11] by Rodgers
[12] by Wills-Duncan
[13] by B. Wills
[14] by B. Wills
[15] by McAuliffe
[16] by Tunnah-Skidmore
[17] by A. Razaf
[18] by Wills-Duncan
CD 2:
[1] by B. Wills
[2] by Vincson-Chatmon
[3] by Duncan
[4] by B. Wills-T. Duncan
[5] by McAuliffe-Shamblin
[6] by B. Wills
[7] Trad.
[8] by B. Wills
[9] by Jenkins
[10] by B. Wills
[11] by Wills-Duncan
[12] by Rose
[13] by Weldon-Wills
[14] Trad.
[15] by Arnold-Thompson-J.L. Wills
[16] by Rushing
[17] by Strayhorn
[18] by B. Wills
Direction artistique, texte et discographie: Gérard Herzhaft
Adaption anglaise: Joyce Waterhouse
Conception: Claude Colombini, Patrick Frémeaux & Associés
Production: Groupe Frémeaux Colombini S.A. pour Frémeaux & Associés
Contrôle: Bernard Frémeaux
Transfert et Mastering: Studio Cosmo
Fabrication: DADC Sony / Made en France
℗ & © 1999 Groupe Frémeaux Colombini S.A.
Ein 24seitiges, französisch- und englischsprachiges Beiheft ist der DoCD beigefügt. Es enthält u.a. ein Essay von Gérard Herzhaft
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