PIC SHOWS
Bob Wills Standing At Left
O.W.Mayo Standing At Right
Top Row From Left
Herman Arnspiger
Leon McAuliffe
Everett Stover
Tommy Duncan
Bottom Row From Left
Johnnie Lee Wills
Al Stricklin
Smoky Dacus
Conrad Galvan
Zeb McNally
Sleepy Johnson
(Written by Seymour Brown & Nat D. Ayer...Published 1911...1st. Recorded by Billy Murray in 1912...The Song was one of the first with a Twelve-Bar opening)
Recorded 17 May 1938 Dallas, TX – Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys -Tommy Duncan [vcl], Eldon Shamblin [gtleader], Leon McAuliffe [steel], Sleepy Johnson [banjo], Joe Ferguson [bass], Jesse Ashlock [fiddle], Smokey Dacus [drums], Al Stricklin [piano], Everett Stover [trumpet], Charles Laughton [alternate clarinet/sax], Zeb McNally [sax]. NOTE : Bob Wills did not perform at this Session.(Did not turn up possibly due to Alcoholic Poisoning)
BOB WILLS (Born James Robert Wills near Kosse TEXAS 1905 - 1975...aka \"The King of Western Swing\")
Inducted into :
Country Music Hall of Fame 1968
Pioneer Award 1969
Songwriter's Hall of Fame 1970
Western Music Association Hall of Fame 1995
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 1999
Texas Country Music Hall of Fame 2000
Western Swing Society Hall of Fame 2002
Oklahama Music & Jazz Hall of Fame 2007