Comments on: Album Review: Hot Club of Cowtown – What Makes Bob Holler

By: Paul W Dennis

Paul W Dennis — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 23:18:37 +0000

other western swing bands produced some good music – Bob Wills did it over an extended period of time, using a wide variety of band sizes and compositions

By: Fizz

Fizz — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 20:03:10 +0000

It’s your football, so to speak.

By: Brady Vercher

Brady Vercher — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 19:12:12 +0000

I’m with Libby regarding the back and forth pissing contest.

By: Fizz

Fizz — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 19:09:49 +0000

Awww! But his buttons are so easy to push! A guy like Barry Mazor, who is equally knowledgeable, would be no fun to wind up, because he doesn’t invite it.

By: Dr. No

Dr. No — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 17:20:27 +0000

I enjoy watching it. I bought a Sam’s Club crate of microwave popcorn for these moments.

By: Libby

Libby — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 17:12:24 +0000

FIZZ, because, as you just said, Jon hates speculation. I don’t like it either and I appreciate the fact that he’ll call people out when they are doing it. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but to project their feelings/thoughts on what any given artist is doing and/or why they are doing it doesn’t add anything to the discussion. For me it takes away from any credibility that person might have.

But, if it makes you feel any better, he’s losing me fast by stooping to the type of back and forth you two are currently having.

By: Larry Cordle Schedules New Album; Will, Wills and Willie; Introduction to the Westbound Rangers | The 9513

Thu, 10 Feb 2011 17:04:21 +0000

[...] the latest Hot Club of Cowtown record, What Makes Bob Holler, the band paid tribute to the influence of Bob Wills with a collection of covers. Will Taylor and Strings Attached used their new record to [...]

By: Jon

Jon — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 16:31:06 +0000

No, I’m trying to learn you something, dude. Western swing includes “those other dabblings,” a fact recognized by everyone from Ray Price (who included a couple of sentimental ballads on his 1961 tribute to Wills) to Merle Haggard (who included a couple of sentimental ballads on his 1970 Wills tribute) to Asleep At The Wheel (whose version of “Heart To Heart Talk” is probably the one you’re familiar with) to Hot Club Of Cowtown (see “a sultry version of “Keeper of My Heart”” above). It’s ok for you to just like one part of western swing, not ok for you to insist that it’s the alpha and omega of the style; like country music, it’s been multi-faceted from the start.

By: Fizz

Fizz — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 16:15:20 +0000

“Jon, you especially. I expect better from you.” <—-WHY?

And last I checked, Bob Wills is the king of western swing, not the king of those other dabblings. You just playing devil's-advocate because this particular song tickles your ears?

By: Jon

Jon — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 16:06:33 +0000

“Heart To Heart Talk” sounds like, “Bob’s Broke, So Let’s Try And Ressurect His Career By Having Him Do Something Current, Rather Than What He’s Known For.”

Who’s supposed to be saying that? Oh, right, Da Man. Do you know anything about those sessions, or about any of WIlls’ sessions? Or indeed, anything at all about him, other than what music of his you’ve happened to stumble across that you happened to like?

The point is that right from the start of his career, Wills was recording a variety of material, from blues to old fiddle tunes to Tin Pan Alley (a/k/a pop) ditties to covers of popular big bands to, yes, romantic ballads and sentimental songs and even the occasional gospel song. And that – the whole ball of wax – is what Bob Wills was really about.