Bob Wills: Hubbin' It (Distributed For The Country Music Foundation Press)

An expert fiddler and a magnetic showman, Bob Wills (1905-1975) popularized a style of Southwestern dance music known as western swing, a rhythmic hybrid of fiddle music, blues, and big band swing. In 1938, when Wills was thirty-three and nearing the height of his fame, journalist Ruth Sheldon chronicled Wills's rags-to riches rise. She produced a biography that captures the ebullient personality of Wills and reflects the bandleader's vision of himself. Hubbin' It provides a window into the daily life of a working musician during the Depression and a rich source of historical detail on one of America's great musical innovators.

• | Author: Ruth Sheldon
• | Publisher: University Of Illinois Press
• | Publication Date: Oct 24, 2023
• | Number of Pages: 128 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0915608405
• | ISBN-13: 9780915608409