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His repertoire drew from frontier fiddle tunes, pop, jazz, and dance band numbers learned from Milton Brown and phonograph records, plus other influences such as Emmett Miller minstrel songs and Bessie Smith blues. But Wills' fanciful claim to have learned blues from Black farmhands in Texas cotton fields is not borne out by the 131 commercial recordings he made for ARC between 1935 and 1938. In this talk, Milton Brown biographer Cary Ginell will analyze Wills' recorded repertoire during this key period between Brown's death and the next phase in western swing's development when a new catalog of western-oriented tunes, many composed by Cindy Walker, cemented Wills' legacy and influence.\u003c/p\u003e"]}},{"label":{"en":["Publisher"]},"value":{"en":["Association for Recorded Sound Collections"]}},{"label":{"en":["Rights Statement"]},"value":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eCopyright Association for Recorded Sound Collections\u003c/p\u003e"]}},{"label":{"en":["Language"]},"value":{"en":["English"]}}],"summary":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eAs the titular \"King of Western Swing,\" Bob Wills assumed leadership of the development of the genre after the tragic death of its founder, Milton Brown, in 1936. After being driven out of Texas by vengeful flour magnate W. Lee O'Daniel, Wills arrived in Tulsa in 1934 with a growing band that included strings, electric instruments, horns, and drums. 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