@@rapbattlefan2008 Saw them in concert with my Dad a lot of years ago!! It was absolutely awesome!!! Big ol' Ray Benson walked right along on the edge of the stage and all kinds of stuff, he had the agility of a cat! It was crazy and cool as could be!!!
One thing about Merle is he NEVER closed his shows without doing his mentor (Bob Wills) songs regardless it it was 1 or 3 or 4. Merle always kept Bobs music alive during his performances. Most artists can’t say they’ve kept other artists music alive in their performances but Merle can & has. He’s also kept other artists music alive in his performances. Merle was a natural. Sad that he’s gone RIP Merle
I’m grateful I got to see Merle playing Bob’s fiddle. He was playing in NW Arkansas, and a lot of his kinfolks were there. He kept talking about the squirrel dumplins his cousin, Mary, had cooked for him that day. I know several of Merle’s cousins, The Villines. A lot of them play music too. 🤠🤠
I grew up listening to Bob Wills & Merle Haggard in our living room every weekend, while my Daddy Denton Wills practiced their songs as lead singer in a local band and stills plays & sings at age of 82....and the good ole music still lives on.... to all those who love it! It's still the best!
I can hardly believe I've seen so many familiar names here! Jimmy Rogers whom My Daddy loved, Merle Haggard which I have his first album to play on my then New Circle of Sound record player-plus most of his Albums . Also, someone has the same name as Daddy's Dad's name. And one of my Dad's friends when I was a child; played fiddle for awhile with Mr. Bob Wills. Thinking it was just after WWII..
72 years ago I sat on Bob WIlls lap at Wills Point, in Sacramento; got sick when he smoked his fat cigar...Later took guitar lessons from Tiny Moore (Mandolin Player). Wills point was "the" spot in Sacramento, expanded over time to include Wills Plunge ! Billy Jack came later and Rose Maddox. Great times, great talent. Great memories.
He really did...ha, ha..once I was able to forgive him for 'Okie from Muskogee' (anthem of the "lifers' in 'Nam) and got to know his music, I became a fan for life...
Seems Merle always get credited for his fantastic talent writing songs and performing them, sometimes credited for his eminent guitarplay - but never for his arrangements... it is SWINGING and every tune stands razorsharp! In his band as well as with the Texas Playboys! AMAZING and so inspiring❤️ Best regards just an Oki from Denmark🇩🇰
Okay, I'm just turning it off for tonight. This was absolutely amazing. Thank you for posting, and to those who voted thumbs down, I feel terribly sorry for you.
Hello John, how are you doing. I hope you are safe and in good health. Looking for a new friend and i saw your pic here. I hope you don't mind thank you.
My dad had a club in the mid 40s. The guys would set me on their lap when I was there. When I got to the age of teen dances I would call him and he would send some of the guys to play for us. He was my hero
My grandpa Jimmy widener Played with Bob Wills and The Texas Playboys. He was married to my grandma aileen. Loved his music room! Listened to Merle and many others with my grandpa as he liked to walk down memory lane. Miss him. Love hearing this!
I grew up with Bob Wills music and matured listening to Merle Haggard. I was absolutely thrilled when my Father received orders to Randolph Air Force Base outside of San Antonio. For the next 63 years Texas has been my home! RIP Bob & Merle. Two greats!
I grew up off Randolph Blvrd. on the North West side of San Antone and Walzem and Perrin-Beitel ,I do not miss the summers there, you gotta use baby powder so your huevos and nalgas dont chafe`. Gottdam family sold Grandmas casa ,so I dont know if I will ever come back,So I been listing to Bob Wills and Ernest Tubb ,Grandpa Jones and Antonio Aguilar ,Tristes Recuerdos marching band sounding Mariachis {mucho gusto } .I live in a Mayberry ass town now with ,tweekers and hippies and artists and chingos of Californians that sold their holdings and absconded up here to the Olympic Peninsula around Port Townsend /Port Hadlock at least mota aint illegal here, it takes a little bite owt {Tom and Jerry}of it raining 9 months of the year. So I listen to mine loud and proud ,to show em what righteous country sounds like AAAAAAAHHHHHHH-HHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAA
Miss Herb and that steel guitar. He was my neighbor my whole life. Me and my boys took care of him until he passed last October at home. He was still telling Bob Wills stories!
Merle was so awesome. Truly a country music legend. Believe it or not Merle had one of Bob’s fiddles, Bob gave it to him as a present. Rumor has it that he helped pay for Bob’s funeral when he passed away in 1975. and not to mention in the early 70s he helped Bob with medical expensed. Rest In Peace Merle and Bob Wills.
Merle did indeed have Bobs fiddle. He also had Lefty Frizzells guitar that he bought for like $450,000. I wonder which one of his sons has those instruments now.
As a man brought up in NJ and a huge music fan you learn that you gotta give the Texas / Oklahoma music scene its due. Texas is big enough for everything. Where else can you hear Country, Texas blues. Singer songwriters by the score, western swing and so much more. Bob Wills was one of the best of his time. Thanks for posting this little gem.
It's 2022 and Bob Wills is still the king! His music will never die. That's a pretty good tribute from another legend, Mr Haggard. Looks like Fenders ruled the roost back then, only the guitar player used a Peavy. Great times.........
Once upon a time there were men like these. I hope they weren't the last. The greatest moment was when those two magnificent gentlemen joined in on each side of Merle at the microphone in San Antonio Rose. That sounded so great. My face smiled without conscious effort! That's legends, right there! When I hear this music, my spirit just lifts above the doom and gloom of today. Merle Haggard, what a talent! The men who made this song...greatness. Thanks for sharing this!!
I grew up listening to this music. Johnny Gimble was my uncle, and I loved hearing him with his brothers, Bill, Jack, Gene, and Jerry jam when they were together. Roly Poly and Tater Pie were two I always requested.
Love Johnny's Mandolin work on "Milk Cow Blues" off of "For the Last Time" cut in Dallas Texas.Bob stayed alive long enough to get the Playboys back together one last time.Merle came down to be there for that recording too.Bob Sullivan of "Louisana Hayride" fame was the engineer.Bob could tell some Bob Wills tales.
I was at this show. Taped over 5 nights for a TV show called 50 Years of Country Music at Opryland January 1978. Hosted by Glenn Campbell, Roy Clark and Miss Dolly
I’ve watched this video several times and each time I think any minute Bob and Tommy is going to walk out onto the floor and join right in because every song was so authentic. Great Entertainers ❤ 😢 Sad so many in the group are not with us , but we have these wonderful videos. Thanks to When the Cowboy Sings and others who keep True Country and Texas Swing Alive 🎻 🎼💃 🕺
Bob Wills May have been instrumental in creating the sound Merle Haggard created, but Merle took it up a few notches! Merle had so much music in him that he seems to have to harness it in for appearances! Lol ❤️❤️❤️❤️ I love this man to this day!
What a group of pure talent! I’m from Fresno and I’ve always heard stories of Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys playing out at a place they called the “Fresno Barn” when he lived here. I wish I was around back then.....Music was so much better in my opinion!
I was fortunate enough to see Bob Wills Texas Playboys at a street dance about 2 miles from Santo, Texas at a truck stop on I-20 when I was 19 years old in 1978!!! Omg!!! they were awesome! Unfortunately it got a little rowdy.....too close to Misgus, Tx. I guess! Lol But they were awesome, doesn't get any better!!! What a wonderful memory!🎶🎹🎸🎼❤💞🎻🎷🎵🎶❤❤❤
i remember seeing this show on tv. merle looked great with the white hat and leading the band. thought i'd never see it again, everything on youtube. thnx and a big HOWDY!!!!
I saw Merle Haggard in 1973 at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo in the Astrodome. I never got to hear Bob Wills in person, but I own Ham's Barber Shop in Turkey, TX where Bob Wills barbered in 1927 & 1928. I also own the 1948 "Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys" tour bus parked on Main street in Turkey.
Merle is truly channeling Bob Wills in both voice and manner!
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Wow what a great presentation Merle did!! Just so nice! The great San Joaquin Valley...from Fresno where Bob lived for awhile and or course one of the two the Bakersfield greats...Merle Haggard!
My father was a native born okie and loved texas swing & Merle Haggard. My mom was from ozarks of Missouri (Joplin/Neosho) so she favored Porter wagoneer & others. I grew up listening to both & actually love texas swing, Merle haggard, Porter Wagoner, bluegrass & Bakersfield sound. Im glad to have had such a variety of music in our home!
ed p At one point, Merle was somewhat absent from the public eye. He said he decided he was going to learn to play the fiddle, after being a guitarist his entire professional life. He took about a year making the effort. He said he didn’t want to embarrass himself or push a vanity on the band. This performance doesn’t show the extent of his abilities, he was here to honor the Playboys, and memories of Bob. Not many people have stopped down in mid career and achieved this level. Merle was a musician, not someone who just played around. His talent, on guitar and violin will be missed by everyone.
Damn, those old boys could play!! And Merle's voice is just velvet. They just don't do it like that anymore. Thanks to whoever posted this! On a side note, I don't believe I have ever seen a cymbal that freaking big! I think you could fit all their hats under that monstrosity!
I caught Asleep at the wheel 10 or so years ago here in the UK and as I was also performing at the same festival we got back stage with our artists passes, ASATW were touring with a Bob Wills tribute show and my band colleague Gordon Doel ( The Doel Brother's) commented that he loved the Tommy Duncan tune in their set, now I guess a band like this gets a lot of folks who think they know all about country music and then even more about Bob Wills so the lad that sung the Duncan tune countered with a really obscure track that requires a 2 vocal harmony that Gordon matched perfectly, the look on this guy's face... finally someone who gets it!! Gordon's family were brought up on country music and particularly Bob Wills and Asleep at the wheel who championed Bob's sound at a time when it was no longer fashionable, my fave was Luke Wills "nickel in the jukebox", this slice of the Texas Playboys is perfection!!🙏
Hello Mark, how are you doing. I hope you are safe and in good health. Looking for a new friend and i saw your pic here. I hope you don't mind thank you.
My whole family got to see one of Bob's last performances in Cuero, TX. Bob and the Playboys put on a hell of a show and we talk about it every time we get together. Todays country is just so hollow.
Where's Eldon Shamblin, Johnny Gimble and Leon Rouch? I miss them. Used to do some twin fiddling with Johnny Gimble when I lived in Austin in the 70's and he had the heart of a teacher. He showed me his melody licks on all those old tunes the band is doing on this video and brought them to life as he added the harmony parts. Said Bob Wills wasn't really impressed with fancy all that much as long as everyone could count and started and finished together it was okay. He was a really good old man. Sitting around and playing with him was about as big a thrill as I ever had. I'm still an old time fiddler at heart, but that Texas swing gets me going.
Bob Wills is still the King. I always hear him callin my name in some songs-Jess. Stoner alternative lyrics to Ida Red ,My eyes are red, my eyes are red, smoked too much dope, now my eyes are red, I always throw in some seriously wacked improv lyrics and my ol`lady says do you have to destroy every song?...Gawd. Dad gum ,ol Merle is an accomplished fiddle player too ,many talents
I was thrilled to see Merle on one of his last appearances, here in Tacoma. He was frail, he was thin and tired, but he teared up when he talked of my Dad, Tiny and Mom, Dean Moore. That voice was weak for a few measures, but he managed to sound marvelous, that deep baritone I loved to listen to. Playing with Merle was one of Dad's all time favorite accomplishments.
I saw him in Albuquerque on his last tour and i appreciated it sooo much that he made time for me... to see the legend. I will never get over it. Still sometimes i listen and CRY!!! Haha. My Hero.
I always was amazed when your Dad & Johnny Gimble played mandolin together, they played to each other on duets but like in this video, when it came to hot licks Johnny would stand back & listen! They're out in the cosmos serenading the stars now, Rest in Peace.
Shiboof- Your dad was Tiny Moore? Wow!...he was a great innovative musician. I, of course, love his work with Bob Wills but one of my favorite records he did was the one he did with Jethro Burns: "Back to Back".
I was in Fort Worth one evening back in the early 60s and stopped in a small venue on River Oaks Blvd for a quick refreshing cold beer. When I realized that Mr. Bob Wills was on the stage, I forgot about everything else and just sat there with a huge grin on my face and listened. Then some time later (mid-80s) I was privileged to meet and shake hands with the great Johnny Gimble.
As a 9 year old kid, I was absolutely thrilled when my Dad was transferred to Randolph A.F.B. outside of San Antonio! I grew up with Western Swing especially Bob Wills' music. I may not be a native Texan; but i got here as quick as I could! God Bless Texas!
Glad to see this in it's entirety instead of that chopped-up edit version by Radio Bob Richardson who decided to remove the 'dull' parts. Aint nothing dull about one second of this performance!
BTW, I'm from SE KS, only about 90 miles from Tulsa. Johnny Lee & band came to Pittsburg, KS when I was in high school (mid '50's) and he had some fabulous talent with him too. Bob played in Pittsburg, Nov 24, apparently in the late 1940's (see The Tiffany Transcriptions Vol 8) when I was almost too young to appreciate all that great music. Bob Wills certainly had an influence on my musical tastes..........jwe
we need stuff like this in dancehalls. i kid you not they still play bob wills on the radio, atleast where i am in rural america, its how i discovered this.
@Buster Homely 1978. Pinned by saucerblock Paul Nott 1 year ago This was 1978, not 1976. Part of the TV show "50 Years of Country Music" Recorded over 5 nights at Opreyland I was there each night and this was a highlight for me. th-cam.com/video/vbTJ8gDAvn8/w-d-xo.html Check this out if you want more Haggard: th-cam.com/video/KZXRJpVTBZo/w-d-xo.html
No matter where you go or who you talk to, any place there is western swing ALL will agree without a doubt, Bob Wills Is Still The King. AND that will never change.
Old George Jones was right! Whose going to fill there shoes? This newer generation is NOT preserving our music the way it was meant to be! As our beloved stars such as George and Merle have passed (RIP) Who is going to keep the music alive?
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Bob is gone, so is Merle, but the great tunes they left to us will never, never die! Long live western swing!
Western swing ain't dead! It's just Asleep at the Wheel!
@@rapbattlefan2008 Saw them in concert with my Dad a lot of years ago!! It was absolutely awesome!!! Big ol' Ray Benson walked right along on the edge of the stage and all kinds of stuff, he had the agility of a cat! It was crazy and cool as could be!!!
One thing about Merle is he NEVER closed his shows without doing his mentor (Bob Wills) songs regardless it it was 1 or 3 or 4. Merle always kept Bobs music alive during his performances. Most artists can’t say they’ve kept other artists music alive in their performances but Merle can & has. He’s also kept other artists music alive in his performances. Merle was a natural. Sad that he’s gone RIP Merle
I’m grateful I got to see Merle playing Bob’s fiddle. He was playing in NW Arkansas, and a lot of his kinfolks were there. He kept talking about the squirrel dumplins his cousin, Mary, had cooked for him that day. I know several of Merle’s cousins, The Villines. A lot of them play music too. 🤠🤠
"I'll fix your flat tire Merle!" ... What a great singer and performer!
I grew up listening to Bob Wills & Merle Haggard in our living room every weekend, while my Daddy Denton Wills practiced their songs as lead singer in a local band and stills plays & sings at age of 82....and the good ole music still lives on.... to all those who love it! It's still the best!
I can hardly believe I've seen so many familiar names here! Jimmy Rogers whom My Daddy loved, Merle Haggard which I have his first album to play on my then New Circle of Sound record player-plus most of his Albums . Also, someone has the same name as Daddy's Dad's name. And one of my Dad's friends when I was a child; played fiddle for awhile with Mr. Bob Wills. Thinking it was just after WWII..
Ain't Bob Wills' music grand? Yep, it is! And Merle does a great job of presenting it in tribute. Rest in Peace Bob and Merle.
It figures he could saw a fiddle, too!
Amen! What a treasure 👍
Pure, honest music that touches your soul from Times gone bye. Bob would be proud of Merle!
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72 years ago I sat on Bob WIlls lap at Wills Point, in Sacramento; got sick when he smoked his fat cigar...Later took guitar lessons from Tiny Moore (Mandolin Player). Wills point was "the" spot in Sacramento, expanded over time to include Wills Plunge ! Billy Jack came later and Rose Maddox. Great times, great talent. Great memories.
Old Merle had the perfect country voice, did he not? Still a bit of a shock to think that he's no longer with us as of 2016.
Loved him
Demef I agree
He really did...ha, ha..once I was able to forgive him for 'Okie from Muskogee' (anthem of the "lifers' in 'Nam) and got to know his music, I became a fan for life...
Seems Merle always get credited for his fantastic talent writing songs and performing them, sometimes credited for his eminent guitarplay - but never for his arrangements... it is SWINGING and every tune stands razorsharp! In his band as well as with the Texas Playboys! AMAZING and so inspiring❤️ Best regards just an Oki from Denmark🇩🇰
@@TheDontCheat I agree. Bob Wills was a master at arrangements and if there is anyone that ever stood in comparison it was Merle Haggard.
It don't matter who's in Austin, Bob Wills is still the king. God bless you Bob where ever you are. 🇺🇲
Okay, I'm just turning it off for tonight. This was absolutely amazing. Thank you for posting, and to those who voted thumbs down, I feel terribly sorry for you.
Hello John, how are you doing. I hope you are safe and in good health. Looking for a new friend and i saw your pic here. I hope you don't mind thank you.
@@allysonhanks7367 I'm so grateful to stumble on this, tears rolling down
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My dad had a club in the mid 40s. The guys would set me on their lap when I was there. When I got to the age of teen dances I would call him and he would send some of the guys to play for us. He was my hero
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Merle's voice was in it's tip top prime right here. There has never been a more perfect voice than what he had at this time!
My grandpa Jimmy widener Played with Bob Wills and The Texas Playboys. He was married to my grandma aileen. Loved his music room! Listened to Merle and many others with my grandpa as he liked to walk down memory lane. Miss him. Love hearing this!
Isn't it exhilarating watching great musicians being great?
I grew up with Bob Wills music and matured listening to Merle Haggard. I was absolutely thrilled when my Father received orders to Randolph Air Force Base outside of San Antonio. For the next 63 years Texas has been my home! RIP Bob & Merle. Two greats!
I grew up off Randolph Blvrd. on the North West side of San Antone and Walzem and Perrin-Beitel ,I do not miss the summers there, you gotta use baby powder so your huevos and nalgas dont chafe`. Gottdam family sold Grandmas casa ,so I dont know if I will ever come back,So I been listing to Bob Wills and Ernest Tubb ,Grandpa Jones and Antonio Aguilar ,Tristes Recuerdos marching band sounding Mariachis {mucho gusto } .I live in a Mayberry ass town now with ,tweekers and hippies and artists and chingos of Californians that sold their holdings and absconded up here to the Olympic Peninsula around Port Townsend /Port Hadlock at least mota aint illegal here, it takes a little bite owt {Tom and Jerry}of it raining 9 months of the year. So I listen to mine loud and proud ,to show em what righteous country sounds like AAAAAAAHHHHHHH-HHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAA
@@bungieflute I know whereof you speak. Here in Texas we've been invaded by Kalifornikators too!
Miss Herb and that steel guitar. He was my neighbor my whole life. Me and my boys took care of him until he passed last October at home. He was still telling Bob Wills stories!
Take capsions off
I hope you wrote some down Wow so lucky .
You should share some of those stories with the rest of us .
Merle was so awesome. Truly a country music legend. Believe it or not Merle had one of Bob’s fiddles, Bob gave it to him as a present. Rumor has it that he helped pay for Bob’s funeral when he passed away in 1975. and not to mention in the early 70s he helped Bob with medical expensed. Rest In Peace Merle and Bob Wills.
Yes Bob was in a coma for a long time.
Merle did indeed have Bobs fiddle. He also had Lefty Frizzells guitar that he bought for like $450,000. I wonder which one of his sons has those instruments now.
I don’t care how old I am, this music will always get me to toe tappin’ and two stepping’. Merle did a fantastic job.
Man these ole dude can still swing...outstanding musicians all... wow, and a young Merle Haggard. Great stuff.
As a man brought up in NJ and a huge music fan you learn that you gotta give the Texas / Oklahoma music scene its due. Texas is big enough for everything. Where else can you hear Country, Texas blues. Singer songwriters by the score, western swing and so much more. Bob Wills was one of the best of his time. Thanks for posting this little gem.
It's 2022 and Bob Wills is still the king! His music will never die. That's a pretty good tribute from another legend, Mr Haggard.
Looks like Fenders ruled the roost back then, only the guitar player used a Peavy. Great times.........
I was also kind of surprised by the Fenders although they could have been backline with Eldon probably wanting to playthorgh his own amp.
Once upon a time there were men like these. I hope they weren't the last. The greatest moment was when those two magnificent gentlemen joined in on each side of Merle at the microphone in San Antonio Rose. That sounded so great. My face smiled without conscious effort! That's legends, right there! When I hear this music, my spirit just lifts above the doom and gloom of today. Merle Haggard, what a talent! The men who made this song...greatness. Thanks for sharing this!!
Will never grow out of style.
Always GREAT.
RIP Merle and Bob!
Oh my. This is a precious performance. From a time when entertainment was at a very high level of talent and polish. It's gone to heaven.
Wow, look at all them old Fender amps lined up behind Merle! And of course Merle sounds great with the Playboys!!
Wow. If this doesn’t get you tapping your toes and grinning from your heart on up to your teeth, you’re clinically dead. Perfect!
I grew up listening to this music. Johnny Gimble was my uncle, and I loved hearing him with his brothers, Bill, Jack, Gene, and Jerry jam when they were together. Roly Poly and Tater Pie were two I always requested.
I have a tape of my uncle, Doyce "Pee Wee" Poe, playing with Johnny Gimble.
He’s my uncle to
I`m a ding dong daddy from Dumas , Thats my jam, one of the best by Bob and the Boys
Love Johnny's Mandolin work on "Milk Cow Blues" off of "For the Last Time" cut in Dallas Texas.Bob stayed alive long enough to get the Playboys back together one last time.Merle came down to be there for that recording too.Bob Sullivan of "Louisana Hayride" fame was the engineer.Bob could tell some Bob Wills tales.
Bakersfield boy here! I'm 22, but I grew up on Bob Wills!
Man MERLE is THE MAN. Great. Thanks for the post.
I noticed that Merle even has the Bob Wills moves down. Merle also has perfect pitch. Rare.
Not rare for Merle!
Not rare
@@codyping2165 approximately 1 in 10000 people according to the web
Holy Hell, I did not know this exisisted! I can now die a happy, happy man.
That’s what I said how long has this been around I know a long time
He made an album entitled A Tribute To The Best Damn Fiddle Player. It is really good.
Merle's voice is the cherry on top of the cake. Few come close.
My grandpa loved Bob Wills and Merle Haggard. I wish he was still alive so I could show him this 😔
What a great sound! Wish I'd had the same appreciation back in '78 for this that I do now. Amazing what a few years will do.
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I was at this show.
Taped over 5 nights for a TV show called 50 Years of Country Music at Opryland
January 1978. Hosted by Glenn Campbell, Roy Clark and Miss Dolly
Wow, that woukd have been awesome. Great memories for sure!
You are lucky
Thank you for sharing. I was wondering what year this was from. Great musicians on that stage I'd say they're all gone now.
Lucky you!
I’ve watched this video several times and each time I think any minute Bob and Tommy is going to walk out onto the floor and join right in because every song was so authentic. Great Entertainers ❤ 😢 Sad so many in the group are not with us , but we have these wonderful videos. Thanks to When the Cowboy Sings and others who keep True Country and Texas Swing Alive 🎻 🎼💃 🕺
Great stuff! Merle inherited Bob’s fiddle.
I believe Wills gave Merle a fiddle when the latter recorded his Capitol tribute to Bob. Check that album out. Amazing stuff.
Mercy!! Thank you!! My Nana has been dead 50+yrs but was Ida Red some moments/times. Yes, she was a red head and name Ida. 🥰 wonderful memories.
From a UK fan of both Bob and Merle, this is a joy to behold! great show many thanks for sharing this it's a classic
Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys. Bob gave his fiddle to Merle, I believe Merle is using Ole Rose there. Great post, thank you.
Bob Wills May have been instrumental in creating the sound Merle Haggard created, but Merle took it up a few notches! Merle had so much music in him that he seems to have to harness it in for appearances! Lol ❤️❤️❤️❤️ I love this man to this day!
What a group of pure talent! I’m from Fresno and I’ve always heard stories of Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys playing out at a place they called the “Fresno Barn” when he lived here. I wish I was around back then.....Music was so much better in my opinion!
I was fortunate enough to see Bob Wills Texas Playboys at a street dance about 2 miles from Santo, Texas at a truck stop on I-20 when I was 19 years old in 1978!!! Omg!!! they were awesome! Unfortunately it got a little rowdy.....too close to Misgus, Tx. I guess! Lol But they were awesome, doesn't get any better!!! What a wonderful memory!🎶🎹🎸🎼❤💞🎻🎷🎵🎶❤❤❤
Hello Donna , how're you doing, I hope you are doing fine. I'm Roy from Houston, Texas. Where are you from? You seems like a real Country girl😊🌹
@@roygraham1388 ciao Roy!🙋😍😘💘🍀
i remember seeing this show on tv. merle looked great with the white hat and leading the band. thought i'd never see it again, everything on youtube. thnx and a big HOWDY!!!!
Impressive!!! This is just amazing music. Hail Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys! We will never be blessed like this again.
I saw Merle Haggard in 1973 at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo in the Astrodome. I never got to hear Bob Wills in person, but I own Ham's Barber Shop in Turkey, TX where Bob Wills barbered in 1927 & 1928. I also own the 1948 "Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys" tour bus parked on Main street in Turkey.
The multitalented Merle Haggard! RIP.🙏🇺🇸
Merle is truly channeling Bob Wills in both voice and manner!
Wow what a great presentation Merle did!! Just so nice! The great San Joaquin Valley...from Fresno where Bob lived for awhile and or course one of the two the Bakersfield greats...Merle Haggard!
That brings a tear of joy to my eye. I loved Merle's singing, and I do love them Texas Playboys! Awwww!
Gold std of country music. San Antonio Rose. Nothing quite like it. Steel guitar and brass..... Absolutely fabulous. 🎻🎶💕💥
My father was a native born okie and loved texas swing & Merle Haggard. My mom was from ozarks of Missouri (Joplin/Neosho) so she favored Porter wagoneer & others. I grew up listening to both & actually love texas swing, Merle haggard, Porter Wagoner, bluegrass & Bakersfield sound. Im glad to have had such a variety of music in our home!
Your parents had great taste in music.
Merle has such a great singing voice. And, apparently, he could also play the violin.
ed p At one point, Merle was somewhat absent from the public eye. He said he decided he was going to learn to play the fiddle, after being a guitarist his entire professional life. He took about a year making the effort. He said he didn’t want to embarrass himself or push a vanity on the band. This performance doesn’t show the extent of his abilities, he was here to honor the Playboys, and memories of Bob. Not many people have stopped down in mid career and achieved this level. Merle was a musician, not someone who just played around. His talent, on guitar and violin will be missed by everyone.
@@allenkennedy6748 Merle flew my Uncle Johnny (Gimble) out to California to give him lessons.
Merle did a whole album in tribute to Bob Wills.
Not just twin fiddles- quad fiddles in unison!
@@allenkennedy6748 Didn't know that! Always assumed he grew up playing the fiddle because of his chops. Interesting!
Damn, those old boys could play!! And Merle's voice is just velvet. They just don't do it like that anymore. Thanks to whoever posted this! On a side note, I don't believe I have ever seen a cymbal that freaking big! I think you could fit all their hats under that monstrosity!
Classic Western Swing... so much super talent on that stage!!!
I saw Merle on his Bob Wills tribute tour. Man, he was having a good time.
I caught Asleep at the wheel 10 or so years ago here in the UK and as I was also performing at the same festival we got back stage with our artists passes, ASATW were touring with a Bob Wills tribute show and my band colleague Gordon Doel ( The Doel Brother's) commented that he loved the Tommy Duncan tune in their set, now I guess a band like this gets a lot of folks who think they know all about country music and then even more about Bob Wills so the lad that sung the Duncan tune countered with a really obscure track that requires a 2 vocal harmony that Gordon matched perfectly, the look on this guy's face... finally someone who gets it!! Gordon's family were brought up on country music and particularly Bob Wills and Asleep at the wheel who championed Bob's sound at a time when it was no longer fashionable, my fave was Luke Wills "nickel in the jukebox", this slice of the Texas Playboys is perfection!!🙏
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My whole family got to see one of Bob's last performances in Cuero, TX. Bob and the Playboys put on a hell of a show and we talk about it every time we get together. Todays country is just so hollow.
can I ask when that was. My Papaw was from Cuero and played steel guitar in the band in the late 40s and 50s
Todays country if you can call it that Is either all twangy or has a rap style Or they all sing thru their nose t
Turkey,Tx the end of April Celebrates Bob Wills Day
Merle was allways my favorite Country entertainer, hes even more special to me he and my little sister died on the same day.
Where's Eldon Shamblin, Johnny Gimble and Leon Rouch? I miss them. Used to do some twin fiddling with Johnny Gimble when I lived in Austin in the 70's and he had the heart of a teacher. He showed me his melody licks on all those old tunes the band is doing on this video and brought them to life as he added the harmony parts. Said Bob Wills wasn't really impressed with fancy all that much as long as everyone could count and started and finished together it was okay. He was a really good old man. Sitting around and playing with him was about as big a thrill as I ever had. I'm still an old time fiddler at heart, but that Texas swing gets me going.
What a great clip.. never knew Merle played fiddle.. Bob Wills is still the king ;)
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I wish musicians today could be so happy as these men were.... America was really special while it lasted.
I first learned of Bob Wills from a Red Steagall song, “Lonestar Beer & Bob Wills Music”.
When you you cross that old Red River hauss, it just don't mean a thing, 'cause when you're down in Texas.....
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Bob Wills is still the King. I always hear him callin my name in some songs-Jess. Stoner alternative lyrics to Ida Red ,My eyes are red, my eyes are red, smoked too much dope, now my eyes are red, I always throw in some seriously wacked improv lyrics and my ol`lady says do you have to destroy every song?...Gawd. Dad gum ,ol Merle is an accomplished fiddle player too ,many talents
WOW! So much talent on one stage! This was the best period of Merle's long, illustrious career. Thanks for the video...it was great!
Don't forget Merle's tribute to Jimmie Rodgers, "Same Train, Different Time." Merle was red hot with the talent these years.
I was thrilled to see Merle on one of his last appearances, here in Tacoma. He was frail, he was thin and tired, but he teared up when he talked of my Dad, Tiny and Mom, Dean Moore. That voice was weak for a few measures, but he managed to sound marvelous, that deep baritone I loved to listen to. Playing with Merle was one of Dad's all time favorite accomplishments.
why was Merle haggard so weak was he sick or something.
I saw him in Albuquerque on his last tour and i appreciated it sooo much that he made time for me... to see the legend. I will never get over it. Still sometimes i listen and CRY!!! Haha. My Hero.
I always was amazed when your Dad & Johnny Gimble played mandolin together, they played to each other on duets but like in this video, when it came to hot licks Johnny would stand back & listen! They're out in the cosmos serenading the stars now, Rest in Peace.
Shiboof- Your dad was Tiny Moore? Wow!...he was a great innovative musician. I, of course, love his work with Bob Wills but one of my favorite records he did was the one he did with Jethro Burns: "Back to Back".
@@Royelsworth He had suffered with pneumonia that last year, yes. Merle lived like he played, all out.
This is one of my favorite videos on youtube. I watch it at least once a week. I was born 1982, so its before my time, but I love it.
Now this is what you call good music. If this don't get your feet to tapping nothing will. RIP Bob and Merl the world is a little darker without you.
Did you ever hear Merle imitate other artists gosh he’s good
That’s Bob’s fiddle Merle is playing there. Merle inherited it. I’ve seen him play it before. 🤠🤠🤠♥️♥️♥️
I was in Fort Worth one evening back in the early 60s and stopped in a small venue on River Oaks Blvd for a quick refreshing cold beer. When I realized that Mr. Bob Wills was on the stage, I forgot about everything else and just sat there with a huge grin on my face and listened. Then some time later (mid-80s) I was privileged to meet and shake hands with the great Johnny Gimble.
This is so good it's making me cry! Thanks all!
All these guys were the show for sure---Dolly didn't hurt anything though. Wonderful post, glad Merle got this together.
My dad played with Bob Wills and many others and I met Merle on numerous occasions.
Omg love it thats mighty fine fiddling an Merle ❤ your voice omg . you can swang with them
As a 9 year old kid, I was absolutely thrilled when my Dad was transferred to Randolph A.F.B. outside of San Antonio! I grew up with Western Swing especially Bob Wills' music. I may not be a native Texan; but i got here as quick as I could! God Bless Texas!
Glad to see this in it's entirety instead of that chopped-up edit version by Radio Bob Richardson who decided to remove the 'dull' parts. Aint nothing dull about one second of this performance!
I have been going into a Playboys rabbit hole, and I am so glad I did.
Merle Haggard was a master band leader
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He learned that from Wynn Stewart
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BP right on, and Bob Wills a lead worth following, what a blessing.
He could be a tyrant, but he knew what he wanted.
He learned from Bob Wills.
The Playboys always had superlative musicians!
The ones who voted thumbs down are tone deaf,and probably young ,as today’s music is garbage, but it’s all they’ve been brought up on.
This is why I love TH-cam.
The Old men band was awesome. Thanks for uploading we love them
Thank you kindly for sharing!! Awesome 👍
Surely do miss those days..good music…good times….good people🥲
Beautiful Music, it seems Better today than 60 years ago when I first heard it...🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
BTW, I'm from SE KS, only about 90 miles from Tulsa. Johnny Lee & band came to Pittsburg, KS when I was in high school (mid '50's) and he had some fabulous talent with him too. Bob played in Pittsburg, Nov 24, apparently in the late 1940's (see The Tiffany Transcriptions Vol 8) when I was almost too young to appreciate all that great music. Bob Wills certainly had an influence on my musical tastes..........jwe
HAIL yes! Gives me joyful chills, and sometahms even tears of joy. Thank you so much!
My grandfather loved Bob Wills. These ole dudes still swinging. Oh Lord. Merle was awesome.
Merle kept the Bob Wills memory alive, thank you, wherever you are now Merle I hope you meet up with Bob and play your fiddles
What a treat! Thanks for this Playboys and Merle Haggard "fix".
Thank you!!! It is like being transported to the past. What a show!
we need stuff like this in dancehalls. i kid you not they still play bob wills on the radio, atleast where i am in rural america, its how i discovered this.
The 14 guys (as of this post) who pressed thumbs down should have their thumbs removed.
@@dukeofmecklenburg-strelitz8030 Obvious dumb asses.
@Buster Homely 1978.
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Paul Nott
1 year ago
This was 1978, not 1976.
Part of the TV show "50 Years of Country Music"
Recorded over 5 nights at Opreyland
I was there each night and this was a highlight for me.
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I totally AGREE! Who would not LOVE this????
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There is nothing not to like about this...if the music is not your style, no reason to dislike it....
Such a wonderful display of talent in this highly spirited performance inspired by a hearty tribute to a great musician.
Merle was a California boy. Born, lived, and died there.
Make country music great again!!!!
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No matter where you go or who you talk to, any place there is western swing ALL will agree without a doubt, Bob Wills Is Still The King. AND that will never change.
Old George Jones was right! Whose going to fill there shoes? This newer generation is NOT preserving our music the way it was meant to be! As our beloved stars such as George and Merle have passed (RIP) Who is going to keep the music alive?
Alan Jackson had a great song about that....Murder on Music Row.
Really sad the garbage they try to pass off as country music these days. Thang God for TH-cam.
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What joy, to be able to give so much unalloyed pleasure to so many. Thank you playboys all. Where was Leon?
What an awesome group of musicians, so fun to watch and listen.Thanks a bunch !!
Very beautiful I love that old music. R.i.p haggard n Bob