Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - San Antonio Rose [2000] (11 x CDs)

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Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - San Antonio Rose [2000] (11 x CDs)

The easiest way into San Antonio Rose is to let it run without focusing too closely on where one track ends and the next begins. Issued in 2000 as a compact survey of Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys, the set draws together recordings that carry a consistent sense of movement, even when the tempos shift.

The sound sits somewhere between country string band music and small-group swing. Fiddle leads open the space, steel guitar and rhythm follow closely, and the ensemble moves as a unit rather than separating into solo and backing roles. That balance gives the set its character. Nothing feels overly arranged, but everything lands in place.

Instead of building toward a peak, the sequence circles around a handful of familiar forms. Dance tunes, mid-tempo instrumentals, and vocal numbers return in slightly different shapes, creating a steady flow rather than a changing one. The repetition works in its favour. After a few tracks, the phrasing and interplay become easier to follow, and the details begin to stand out.

The title piece sits naturally within this pattern, not as a centerpiece but as part of the same ongoing language. It reflects the broader tone of the collection rather than interrupting it.

Heard in one sitting, the set feels less like a compilation and more like a continuous band performance, shifting gently from number to number without losing its footing. (B)

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Track lists

CD01

01 Fort Worth Doughboys - Sunbonnet Sue 3:03

02 Fort Worth Doughboys - Nancy Jane 3:12

03 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Osage Stomp 3:02

04 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Get With It 3:03

05 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - I Can't Give You Anything But Love 2:39

06 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Spanish Two Step 2:54

07 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Maiden's Prayer 3:05

08 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Wang Wang Blues 3:01

09 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - St. Louis Blues 3:13

10 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Good Old Oklahoma 3:05

11 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Blue River 2:36

12 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Mexicali Rose 3:15

13 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - I Ain't Got Nobody 2:45

14 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Never No More Blues 2:57

15 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Who Walks in When I Walk Out 2:53

16 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Old Fashioned Love 3:19

17 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Oklahoma Rag 2:50

18 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Black and Blue Rag 2:42

19 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Sittin' on Top of The World 3:18

20 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Four Or Five Times 2:49

21 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - I Can't Be Satisfied 3:01

22 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Smith's Reel 2:50

23 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Harmony 2:49

24 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Tulsa Waltz 3:19

25 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Waltz in D 3:00

CD02

01 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - She's Killing Me 2:47

02 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Weary of The Same Ol' Stuff 2:44

03 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - No Matter How She Done it (Whittaker) 2:52

04 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Bluin' The Blues 3:11

05 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Steel Guitar Rag 2:49

06 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Get Along Home Cindy 2:48

07 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Trouble in Mind 2:59

08 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - What's The Matter With The Mill? 2:54

09 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Sugar Blues 2:52

10 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Basin Street Blues 3:01

11 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Red Hot Gal of Mine 3:05

12 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Darktown Strutters' Ball 3:03

13 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Too Busy 2:35

14 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Back Home Again in Indiana 2:52

15 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Away Out There 3:11

16 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Crippled Turkey 2:49

17 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Fan It 2:42

18 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Red Head 3:02

19 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Mean Mama Blues 2:52

20 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - There's No Disappointment in Heaven 2:53

21 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Rockin' Alone in an Old Rockin' Chair 3:06

22 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Sleepy Time in Sleepy Hollow 3:08

23 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Bring it on Down to My House 2:42

24 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - I've Got The Wonder Where She Went Blues 3:10

25 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Right Or Wrong 2:55

26 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Swing Blues #1 2:41

27 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Swing Blues #2 2:45

CD03

01 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - White Heat 2:44

02 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Dedicated to You 2:33

03 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Playboy Stomp 2:47

04 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Steel Guitar Stomp 2:37

05 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Rosetta 2:54

06 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Bleeding Hearted Blues 2:35

07 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Blue Yodel #1 2:25

08 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Tulsa Stomp 2:28

09 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Tie Me to Your Apron Strings Again 2:32

10 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Never No More Hard Times Blues 2:23

11 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Sunbonnet Sue 2:30

12 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - The New St Louis Blues 2:46

13 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Loveless Love 2:40

14 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - I'm A Ding Dong Daddy (From Dumas) 2:25

15 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Oozlin' Daddy Blues 2:27

16 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Black Rider 2:44

17 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Everybody Does it in Hawaii 2:34

18 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Alexander's Ragtime Band 2:46

19 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Blue Prelude 2:28

20 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Down Hearted Blues 2:46

21 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Little Heaven of The Seven Seas 2:50

22 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Sophisticated Hula 2:07

23 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Pray for The Lights to Go Out 2:51

24 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Gambling Polka Dot Blues 2:26

25 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Keep Knocking (But You Can't Come In) 2:47

26 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Loveless Love 2:43

27 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Oh, Lady Be Good 2:36

28 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Way Down Upon The Swanee River 2:37

29 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Don't Stop Loving Me 2:42

30 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Oh You Beautiful Doll 2:29

CD04

01 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Moonlight and Roses 2:35

02 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - William Tell 2:47

03 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate 2:37

04 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Mississippi Delta Blues 2:49

05 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Tulsa Stomp 2:34

06 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Empty Bed Blues 2:44

07 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Little Red Head 2:43

08 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - I'll See You in My Dreams 2:22

09 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - San Antonio Rose 2:35

10 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Little Girl, Go Ask Your Mama 2:35

11 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Carolina in The Morning 2:45

12 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - The Convict and The Rose 2:47

13 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Silver Bells 2:42

14 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Dreamy Eyes Waltz 2:38

15 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Beaumont Rag 2:40

16 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star 2:31

17 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - If I Could Bring Back My Buddy 2:28

18 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Whoa Babe 2:36

19 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Ida Red 2:23

20 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Yearning 2:24

21 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - I Wonder If You Feel The Way I Do 2:37

22 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Prosperity Special 2:39

23 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Drunkard's Blues 2:23

24 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - You're Okay 2:27

25 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Liza Pull Down The Shades 2:21

26 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - That's What I Like 'bout The South 2:34

27 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - My Window Faces The South 2:15

28 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - The Waltz You Saved for Me 2:28

29 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Don't Let The Deal Go Down 2:42

CD05

01 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - You Don't Love Me (But I'll Always Care) 2:54

02 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - No Wonder 2:37

03 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Lone Star Rag 2:44

04 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - There's Going to Be A Party (For The Old Folks) 2:44

05 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - I Don't Lov'a Nobody 2:30

06 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - That Brownskin Gal 2:31

07 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Corrine Corrina 2:52

08 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Let Me Call You Sweetheart 2:47

09 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Blue Bonnet Rag 2:46

10 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Time Changes Everything 2:39

11 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Medley of Spanish Waltzes (La Golondrina, Lady of Spain, Cielito Lindo) 2:36

12 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Bob Wills Special 2:45

13 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Big Beaver 2:42

14 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - New San Antonio Rose 2:39

15 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Wait 'til You See 2:27

16 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Liebestraum 2:53

17 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Lyla Lou 2:31

18 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - New Worried Mind 2:55

19 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - La Paloma 2:37

20 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Maiden's Prayer 2:52

21 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Oh! You Pretty Woman 2:36

22 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - I Found A Dream 2:33

23 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - The Girl I Left Behind Me 2:41

24 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - I Knew The Moment I Lost You 2:50

25 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Done and Gone 2:33

26 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Twin Guitar Special 2:42

27 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Mississippi Delta Blues 2:52

28 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Take Me Back to Tulsa 2:41

29 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Takin' it Home 2:48

CD06

01 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - I'm Sorry We Said Goodbye 2:50

02 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Honey, What You Gonna Do 2:42

03 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Blue Bonnet Lane 2:33

04 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Bob Wills Stomp 2:33

05 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Lil Liza Jane 2:38

06 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Please Don't Leave Me 2:54

07 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Don't Count Your Chickens 2:40

08 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Cherokee Maiden 3:00

09 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - New San Antonio Rose 3:37

10 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Ride On! (My Prairie Pinto) 2:46

11 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Got A Letter From My Kid Today 2:31

12 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - It's All Your Fault 2:46

13 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Goodnight Little Sweetheart 2:36

14 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Dusty Skies 4:08

15 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - My Life's Been A Pleasure 2:26

16 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - We Might as Well Forget It 2:36

17 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Drop Us Off at Bob's Place 2:35

18 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Home in San Antone 2:37

19 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - That Hot Lick Fiddlin' Man 2:30

20 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Liberty 2:45

21 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Miss Molly 2:34

22 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - It Never Can Be 3:01

23 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Honeymoon Trail 2:25

24 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - It Seems Like Yesterday 3:00

25 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - You're From Texas 2:34

26 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Goodbye, Liza Jane 2:33

CD07

01 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - My Confession 2:57

02 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Ten Years 2:51

03 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - This Little Rosary 2:45

04 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - When It's Honey Suckle Time in The Valley 2:49

05 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Let's Ride With Bob 2:45

06 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - My Laddie 2:40

07 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Whose Heart Are You Breaking Now 2:36

08 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Hang Your Head in Shame 2:40

09 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Smoke on The Water 2:47

10 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Texas Playboy Rag 2:49

11 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Bluer Than Blue 2:38

12 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Hang Your Head in Shame 2:39

13 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Smoke on The Water 2:57

14 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Texas Playboy Rag 2:39

15 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Bluer Than Blue 2:41

16 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Roly Poly 1:58

17 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Roly Poly 2:38

18 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Frankie Jean 1:09

19 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - You Don't Care What Happens to Me 2:37

20 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Stay A Little Longer 2:48

21 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - You Should Have Thought of That Before 2:36

22 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - I Can't Go on This Way 2:36

23 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - I'm Thru Wastin' Time on You 2:33

24 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Easy Rockin' Chair 2:38

25 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Just A Plain Old Country Boy 2:41

CD08

01 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Stars and Stripes on Iwo Jima 2:50

02 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Silver Dew on The Blue Grass Tonight 2:30

03 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - I'm So Glad I Met You 2:36

04 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - New Spanish Two Step 4:08

05 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Empty Chair at The Christmas Table 2:35

06 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - I'm Feelin' Bad 2:48

07 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - White Cross on Okinawa 2:55

08 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - This is Southland 2:45

09 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Cotton Eyed Joe 1:43

10 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Cotton Eyed Joe 2:39

11 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Staccato Waltz 2:48

12 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Punkin' Stomp 2:34

13 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Sugar Moon 3:04

14 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Rose of Old Pawnee 2:42

15 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - How Can it Be Wrong 2:41

16 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Brain Cloudy Blues 3:53

17 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Bob Wills Boogie 2:39

18 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - There's A Big Rock in The Road 2:49

19 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - I Got A Cinder in My Eye 2:28

20 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Go to Sleep Our Baby 2:24

21 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Virginia 3:36

22 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - I'm Gonna Be Boss From Now On 2:29

23 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Fat Boy Rag 2:53

24 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Drum Test 2:03

25 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - The Kind of Love I Can't Forget 2:43

26 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - There's Two Sides to Every Story 2:30

CD09

01 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - The Devil Ain't Lazy 2:38

02 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - A Sweet Kind of Love 2:43

03 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Hometown Stomp 2:36

04 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Cowboy Stomp 2:25

05 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Misery 2:42

06 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Down in My Neck of The Woods 3:20

07 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Bob Wills Schottische 3:04

08 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - I Just Don't Want That Kind of Love 3:31

09 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Texarkana Baby 2:48

10 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Good Time Cake-Walk 2:46

11 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Can't Get Enough of Texas 3:10

12 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - You're There 3:01

13 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Thanks for The Heartaches (Thanks for The Tears) 3:00

14 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - New Texas Playboy Rag 2:29

15 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - What's The Use to Take You Back Again 2:39

16 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Deep Water 2:59

17 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Have I Stayed Away Too Long 2:46

18 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Cimarron 4:06

19 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Stardust 3:35

20 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - My Buddy 2:07

21 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Tears on My Pillow 2:55

CD10

01 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Steel Guitar Rag 2:34

02 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Swing Blues #1 2:42

03 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Steel Guitar Stomp 2:45

04 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Tulsa Stomp 2:24

05 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Never No More Hard Times Blues 2:20

06 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Oozlin' Daddy Blues 2:35

07 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Black Rider 2:43

08 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Everybody Does it in Hawaii 2:44

09 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Alexander's Ragtime Band 2:45

10 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Gambling Polka Dot Blues 2:31

11 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Oh, Lady Be Good 2:34

12 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Way Down Upon The Swanee River 2:35

13 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Oh You Beautiful Doll 2:36

14 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Lone Star Rag 2:45

15 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - There's Going to Be A Party (For The Old Folks) 2:45

16 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - I Don't Lov'a Nobody 2:46

17 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - That Brownskin Gal 2:31

18 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Corrine Corrina 2:52

19 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Bob Wills Special 2:32

20 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Big Beaver 2:53

21 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Big Beaver 2:39

22 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Liebestraum 2:50

23 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Lyla Lou 2:32

24 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - New Worried Mind 3:01

25 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - The Girl I Left Behind Me 2:39

26 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - I Knew The Moment I Lost You 2:49

27 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Twin Guitar Special 2:42

28 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Twin Guitar Special 2:42

29 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Takin' it Home 2:46

CD11

01 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Blue Bonnet Lane 0:16

02 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Blue Bonnet Lane 2:34

03 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Lil Liza Jane 2:45

04 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Ride On! (My Prairie Pinto) 2:57

05 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - It's All Your Fault 2:43

06 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Miss Molly 2:14

07 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Miss Molly 2:36

08 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - It Never Can Be 4:06

09 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Roly Poly 2:46

10 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - You Don't Care What Happens to Me 2:48

11 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Stay A Little Longer 2:58

12 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - You Should Have Thought of That Before 2:37

13 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - New Spanish Two Step 2:33

14 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - I'm Feelin' Bad 2:52

15 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - This is Southland 2:45

16 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Punkin' Stomp 2:27

17 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - How Can it Be Wrong 3:45

18 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Brain Cloudy Blues 2:50

19 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Virginia 2:34

20 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - I'm Gonna Be Boss From Now On 2:29

21 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - There's Two Sides to Every Story 2:32

22 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - The Devil Ain't Lazy 2:45

23 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Hometown Stomp 2:39

24 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Misery 2:38

25 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Down in My Neck of The Woods 2:29

26 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - I Just Don't Want That Kind of Love 2:32

27 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Good Time Cake-Walk 2:48

28 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Can't Get Enough of Texas 2:41

29 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - New Texas Playboy Rag 2:30

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VA - Swingin' Out West Too (A Berni Special Presentation) [2026] (6 x CDs)

BERNI'S WESTERN SWING

VA - Swingin' Out West Too (A Berni Special Presentation) [2026] (6 x CDs)

Regular contributor Berni has done it again! Please thank BERNI for this post, as it’s her work and presentation. I’m just the host.

Swingin’ Out West Too (A Berni Special Presentation) unfolds as a carefully sequenced survey of Western Swing’s balancing archival touchstones with contemporary custodians. Across six discs, the set resists simple nostalgia, instead tracing how the idiom breathes through decades of reinterpretation while retaining its rhythmic looseness and communal spirit.

The opening disc establishes a conversational tone, moving from the genial invitation of Arlie Duff into the polished revivalism of Asleep at the Wheel. Early appearances by Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys and the Light Crust Doughboys act as anchors, their concise recordings setting a rhythmic grammar that later artists echo rather than imitate. The sequencing favors flow over chronology, allowing Dwight Yoakam and Willie Nelson to sit comfortably beside mid-century material, reinforcing continuity rather than contrast.

Disc two leans into dancehall energy, where instrumentals and boogies cluster tightly. The presence of Spade Cooley frames the set’s historical breadth, while newer voices like Brennen Leigh and Melissa Carper carry forward a lyrical wit that feels rooted yet unforced. By the third disc, the pacing relaxes into a songwriter’s space, highlighted by the ease of George Strait and the trio of Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, and Ray Price, whose closing track acts as a quiet summit.

The fourth and fifth discs widen the palette, folding in jazz inflections, fiddle showcases, and bandstand humor. Instrumentals like “Alamo Rag” and “Fiddlin’ Around” emphasize the genre’s technical fluency, while medleys and jukebox narratives highlight its social function. The final disc resolves the collection with brevity and swing, returning to foundational figures before closing, fittingly, with Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys.

The box set feels less like an archive and more like an active dance floor, where eras overlap and the pulse remains steady. (Berni)

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ALSO find Bern's first set of Western Swing here:

VA - Swingin' Out West (A Berni Special Presentation) (12 x CDs)

https://butterboycompilations.blogspot.com/2025/12/va-swingin-out-west-berni-special.html

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Track lists

CD1

01 Arlie Duff - You All Come 2:41

02 Asleep at The Wheel - Dance With Who Brung Ya 3:34

03 Bill Boyd and His Cowboy Ramblers - Too Blue to Care 2:21

04 Big Sandy and His Fly-Rite Boys - Let Me in There, Baby 2:55

05 Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys - Deep in The Heart of Texas 2:13

06 Dwight Yoakam - I'd Avoid Me Too 2:59

07 Hadacol Tremblers - Take Me Back to Tulsa 2:33

08 Hot Club of Cowtown - Can't Go on This Way 2:26

09 Light Crust Doughboys - It's Cold in Here 1:54

10 Jaywalkers - Cool My Body Down 3:26

11 Joshua Hedley - Clueless 3:35

12 Link Davis & Cliff Bruner and his Texas Wanderers - San Antonio Blues 2:52

13 Mark Erelli - Troubadour Blues 3:39

14 Oregon Valley Boys, The - Hey, Wait! 3:42

15 Red Foley - Salty Dog Rag 2:55

16 Rocky Morgan and his Triple R Boys - Life's a Funny Proposition (After All) 2:46

17 Rooster Quantrell & The Border Raiders - Down South 2:26

18 Two Tons of Steel - 34 Days 2:30

19 The Soda Crackers - Two-Step Solution 2:02

20 Willie Nelson - It's All Your Fault 2:36

CD2

01 Spade Cooley & the Western Swing Dance Gang - One, Two 0:13

02 Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys - Oklahoma Gals 2:20

03 Bill Boyd and His Cowboy Ramblers - Never Break Your Promise to A Woman 2:36

04 Brenn Hill - Busted Up Ol' Cowpoke 2:54

05 Brennen Leigh - Tell Him I'm Dead 2:48

06 Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen - Four Or Five Times 2:28

07 Hot Club Sandwich; Dan Hicks - Cow Cow Boogie (feat. Dan Hicks) 3:44

08 Light Crust Doughboys - There Ain't No More 1:53

09 Hot Club of Cowtown - Ida Red 2:58

10 Jimmy Roy's 5 Star Hillbillies - Pierres Boogie 1:59

11 Mark Erelli - What's Changed? 2:39

12 Melissa Carper • Theo Lawrence - Dat Ain't Right 2:41

13 Mike Penny & his Moonshiners - Fat Gal 2:59

14 Paolo Nunin Band - Ain't No Whiskey in The Valley 4:19

15 Pee Wee King - Oh Monah 1:58

16 Peter Baylor; Baylor Brothers; Ultrafox - Boogie Woogie fever 2:56

17 Rocket Revellers - Rag Mop 3:49

18 Spade Cooley - Oklahoma Stomp (Cooley - Depaul - Weis) 2:51

19 The Cornell Hurd Band - Please Talk to My Heart 3:09

20 The Honkytonk Wranglers - Much Too Young to Die 2:04

21 Willie Nelson & Asleep at The Wheel - South 3:39

22 Spade Cooley & the Western Swing Dance Gang - Sign Off 0:15

CD3

01 Asleep at The Wheel - Don't Ask Me Why (I'm Going to Texas) 2:50

02 Benjamin Tod - Satisfied With Your Love 2:40

03 Big Sandy and His Fly-Rite Boys - Someone Like You 2:19

04 Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys - Roly Poly 1:58

05 Braxton Keith - I Ain't Tryin' (Audio) 3:35

06 Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen - That's What I Like About The South 2:35

07 Cornell Hurd Band - Texas Me 2:49

08 Cousin Harley - Sweet Little Angel 2:48

09 Farr Brothers - Deed I Do 2:35

10 George Strait - All My Ex's Live in Texas 3:17

11 Hot Club of Cowtown - The Girl I Left Behind Me 2:58

12 Jody Nix - Play Me Something I Can Swing To 2:22

13 Mack Sanders - Tonkin' The Blues (1977) 3:10

14 Peter Baylor; Baylor Brothers; Ultrafox - Cottonpatch Rag 4:02

15 Rani Arbo, daisy mayhem - Sparrow 3:56

16 Rocket Revellers - How Long 2:31

17 Rooster Quantrell & The Border Raiders - Be-Bopping Baby From Bogalusa 2:39

18 Tex Williams & His Western Caravan - I Got Texas in My Soul 2:58

19 The Honkytonk Wranglers - Crying in the Deep Blue Sea 2:30

20 Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard & Ray Price - Pick Me Up on Your Way Down 3:13

CD4

01 Pee Wee King - This is Pee Wee King 0:11

02 Adolph Hofner & His Texans - Alamo Rag (1941) 2:41

03 Andrew Sheppard - Piece of Me 3:30

04 Big Sandy and His Fly-Rite Boys - Foothill Boogie 2:27

05 Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys - Ida Red Likes The Boogie 2:42

06 BR5-49 - A-1 on The Jukebox 2:44

07 Chet Atkins and Johnny Gimble - Fiddlin' Around 3:18

08 Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen - House of Blue Lights 2:39

09 Hot Club of Cowtown - Big Ball's in Cowtown 2:33

10 Joe Bean and his San Antonians & Walt McCoy - Those Wonderful Days with You 2:36

11 MARSHALL TUCKER BAND - 05 Bob Away My Blues 2:46

12 Melissa Carper • Theo Lawrence - Good Luck to Ya 3:21

13 Pee Wee King - The Half-Way Point 0:14

14 Pee Wee King - Doghouse Blues 2:12

15 Mike Penny & his Moonshiners - Creep 3:29

16 Paolo Nunin Band - Horses Trucks and Crazy Nights 4:05

17 Peter Baylor; Baylor Brothers; Ultrafox - Poker machine bug 2:10

18 The Country Club - Bartender, Don't Make Me Cry 2:39

19 Tom Morrell - Lupus #1 2:59

20 Vaden Landers - Honky Tonkin' Time Again 2:04

21 Willie Nelson - Bubbles in My Beer 2:51

22 Pee Wee King - "There's that man with the stopwatch..." 0:14

CD5

01 Asleep at The Wheel - Chattanooga Choo Choo 3:20

02 Big Sandy and His Fly-Rite Boys - It's Time! 2:53

03 Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys - Bottle Baby Boogie 2:40

04 Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen - Lost in the Ozone 2:13

05 Bill Boyd and His Cowboy Ramblers - Yes You Did 2:24

06 Hot Club of Cowtown - If You Leave Me 2:39

07 Jay Ungar & Molly Mason - Bob Wills Medley 5:51

08 Jody Nix - Down in Mexico 2:49

13 Jake Worthington - My Home’s In Oklahoma 3:05

10 Mark Erelli - Pretend 2:20

11 MARSHALL TUCKER BAND - 03 Walkin' and Talkin' 2:30

12 Oregon Valley Boys, The - Barking Up the Wrong Tree 3:25

13 Ozie Waters - I Can?t Get Out of Texas in My Dreams 2:54

14 Rocket Revellers - Hearts of Stone 2:55

15 Rooster Quantrell & The Border Raiders - Any Place in Texas 2:29

16 The Soda Crackers - Blackboard Boogie 2:49

17 The Time Jumpers - Empty Rooms 3:06

18 W. Lee O'Daniel & His Hillbilly Boys - Lonesome Road Blues (1938) 2:39

19 Two Tons of Steel - Little Pig 3:01

20 Willie Nelson - Miss Molly 2:34

CD6

01 Merle Haggard - Brown Skinned Gal 0:45

02 Bill Boyd and His Cowboy Ramblers - New Steel Guitar Rag 2:29

03 Bill Mounce - I Don't Get It 2:55

04 Brennen Leigh - If I Treated You Like You Treat Me 3:27

05 Cousin Harley - Swingin' Like a Mofo 2:13

06 Dwight Yoakam - A World of Blue 2:21

07 Hot Club of Cowtown - What's The Matter With The Mill 2:33

08 Light Crust Doughboys - Guitar Jump 2:46

09 Louie Hooks and his Rhythm Five - Pine Club Boogie 2:41

10 Mark Erelli - Brand New Baby 3:21

11 Merle Haggard - Old Fashioned Love in My Heart 2:32

12 Nick & Rosie - Watch TV 2:35

13 Paolo Nunin Band - Never Been Lucky With Blondes 3:09

14 Pee Wee King - Western Limited 1:48

15 Peter Baylor; Baylor Brothers; Ultrafox - Airmail special 2:30

16 Redd Volkaert - No Stranger to A Tele 2:26

17 Tennessee Ernie Ford, Ella Mae Morse - Hog-Tied Over You 2:35

18 The Cornell Hurd Band - Old South Austin 2:34

19 Vaden Landers - Time & Time Again 2:43

20 Webb Pierce - Love, Love, Love 1:59

21 Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys - So Long, I'll See Ya Later 2:27

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