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Western swing is a genre of American music that emerged in Texas in the 1930s, blending country, jazz, and blues into danceable big-band arrangements.
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys popularized the style, which features fiddles, steel guitars, and jazz-influenced improvisation: The honky-tonk had a western swing band on Saturday nights.
- steel guitarSlide-played stringed instrument
- lap steelFlat-played slide instrument
- fiddleAdjust restlessly; folk violin
- TexasSecond-largest American state
- Fort WorthNorth Texas metropolis
country · Oklahoma · saxophone · jazz · improvisation · 1930s · danceability · dance floor · upright bass · big band · rockabilly · dance halls · beer joint · blues · vocal harmonies · drums · twang · cowboy
- American musicjazz, blues, country music, rock, country
- Country Musichonky tonk, Grand Ole Opry, Nashville, CMT, country pop
- American Rootsblues, bluegrass, country, folk, jazz
- Honky-Tonksjukebox, dance floor, live band, neon signs, bar stools
- Southern Musicbluegrass, country, delta blues, Dixieland, gospel
- Texas MusicWillie Nelson, Buddy Holly, Stevie Ray Vaughan, George Strait, Selena
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Acoustic Appalachian folk music
New Orleans jazz · Chicago blues · bebop · Dixieland · classical music
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Older style of country music
mountain music · old-time music · bluegrass · honky-tonk · Nashville sound
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