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Code: VCI-8367
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| DIRECTED BY
Christopher Lewis
STARRING
Red Steagall
Billy Parker
Tracy Byrd
And The Texas Playboys
The History of Bob Wills and Western Swing Music
A special edition DVD documentary that traces the history of Western Swing music and legendary singer Bob Wills' pivotal role in keeping this unique musical form alive for generations. You won't be able to keep from smiling and dancing!
Laughter may be the best medicine, but Western Swing music undoubtedly comes in a very close second as documented in Still Swingin', a documentary that traces the history of Western Swing music as well as legendary singer Bob Wills' pivotal role in keeping this unique musical form alive for generations. A musical phenomenon that reached its peak popularity during the Depression and just afterward, Western Swing is still going strong – over 70 years later! This special edition DVD features over four hours of bonus programming, including archival clips of Bob Wills' appearances in B-westerns during his career in Hollywood where he and his band performed with cowboy stars Gene Autry, Tex Ritter, Russell Hayden, and Charles Starrett. Still Swingin' also treats fans to famous Western Swing tunes and highlights retrospectives of Bob Wills and Johnnie Lee Wills and their bands, interviews from several of the original Texas Playboys who are still playing today, as well as several new acts that are Still Swingin' – Tracy Byrd, Red Steagall and Stonehorse. Don't dance? Feelin' blue? Still Swingin' promises to change all that!
SPECIAL EDITION DVD FEATURES
Over Four Hours of Bonus Programming including: Special Interviews with Luke Wills; Lorene Wills; and The Texas Playboys (Bobby Koefer, Casey Dickens, Truit Cunningham, Glenn Rhees, Curly Lewis, Clarence Cagle)
Ninety-minutes of live concert footage recorded at the historic Cain's Ballroom featuring The Original Texas Playboys and Jody Nix and The Texas Cowboys
Bob Wills' "Soundies": "OK Oklahoma" from "The Last Horseman", "Yodel Mountain", "Three Miles South of Cash", "Blue Prelude", "Deep Water", "Sittin' on Top of the World", "Ida Red" from "Go West Young Man
Famous Western Swing tunes: "The Texas Playboys Theme", "Right or Wrong", "Misery", "Take Me Back to Tulsa", "Hawaiian War Chant", "Laugh to Keep From Crying", "Roly Poly", "Bubbles in My Beer", "Faded Love", "Four or Five Times", "My Window Faces South", "Spanish Two-Step", and "A Big Ball's in Cow Town", among others.
RUNNING TIME
303 minutes
FORMAT
Color/B&W
ASPECT RATIO
1.33:1
MPAA RATING
Unrated
DVD ENCODING
2 DVD-9
DVD AUDIO
Dolby Digital Stereo
REGION
NTSC/All Region |
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A "must" for anyone interested in Bob Wills' history, 2/12/2006
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Reviewer: O.J. Sikes (Leonia, NJ)
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To celebrate what would have been Bob Wills' 100th birthday, VCI has issued a special 2-DVD set that traces his history. A 57 min. video with the same title was issued in 1994, but this new, enhanced set runs over 4 hours! Executive producer John Wooley introduces the DVD, which is set in the famous Cain's Ballroom where Bob Wills first appeared in 1934. Red Steagall narrates, and traces the history of Bob Wills' music with interviews, film clips, photo stills and telescriptions.
On the first disc, Ray Benson of Asleep at the Wheel talks about the music and the Wheel performs some classic Western swing, and the legendary Eldon Shamblin and Johnny Gimble tell stories about what it was like to work with Bob Wills. Tracy Byrd sings Red Steagall's "Lone Star Beer & Bob Wills Music" and talks about how he introduces young fans to Western swing. And we see a Warner Bros. one-reeler from 1944 featuring Bob Wills & his Texas Playboys, plus a clip from Russell Hayden's B-Western film, The Last Horseman, where Bob & the boys do "OK Oklahoma."
This is followed by a series of Snader telescriptions featuring Bob Wills & the Texas Playboys: Carolina Cotton sings "Yodel Mountain" & "Three Miles South of Cash in Arkansas," Joe Frank Ferguson sings "Blue Prelude" and Bob does "Sittin' on top of the World." There are versions of "Ida Red" from 2 different eras, we hear the "Texas Playboy Theme" and more. And there are 2 in-depth interviews with Bob's brother Luke Wills and sister Lorene.
Disc two contains a full concert from Cain's in 1994, beginning with fiddler Jody Nix and his Texas Cowboys, including Randy Elmore on fiddle. Their set opens for The Texas Playboys who reprise numerous Bob Wills hits. The band, hosted by Truitt Cunningham, is a veritable "Who's Who of Western swing," including guitarist Eldon Shamblin, twin fiddlers Bobby Boatright & Curly Lewis, steel guitarist Bobby Koefer, Clarence Cagle, Casey Dickens, Glenn Rhees, Joe Frank Ferguson and Luke Wills! Some of the older musicians featured here have now retired or passed away, so this concert/dance performance is a special treasure. The disc ends with most of these same musicians seated around a table in the ballroom, talking at length about old times when they worked with Bob &/or Johnny Lee Wills. A "must" for anyone who's even remotely interested in the history of Bob Wills' music or who enjoys Western swing.
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