Episode 3: “Ida Red” by Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys
A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs
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What Is Western Swing?
In the 30s and 40s, western music was a little bit slicker than country. It tended to use similar instrumentation to country music but had different subject matter. Western musicians influenced people like Johnny Cash,. Buck Owens and Merle Haggard. The typical western swing lineup would be a guitar, a steel guitar, a violin or two, a piano, a bass, and drums.
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