Bob Wills: Hubbin' It

by Ruth Sheldon

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0915608405
• ISBN13: 9780915608409
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.8" x 8.8"