The Band's A-Rockin' - Gonna Shake This Shack Tonight CD

Johnnie Lee Wills 
The Band's A-Rockin' - Gonna Shake This Shack Tonight CD

This addition to the popular Gonna Shake This Shack Tonight series features none other than Johnnie Lee Wills!
Johnnie was the younger brother of Bob Wills, for whom he played tenor banjo during the early years of Bob's success.
In 1940 Bob Wills decided to split up the Texas Playboys to meet the ever-growing demand for live appearances nationwide.
To keep radio work and dances steady in their home base, Tulsa, Bob entitled Johnnie Lee to remain in Oklahoma and form his own group - Johnnie Lee Wills and All the Boys.
This collection offers many interesting sides issued on Decca, Bullet Records, and RCA Victor.
The Decca and Bullet sides have long been unavailable on CD.
John Lee Wills did not record as much as his brother, but he had two major hits that helped define the genre and spur many cover versions: Rag Mop and Milk Cow Blues.
Johnnie Lee Wills was quintessentially Western Swing and a great band leader, employing quality sidemen.
Deeply rooted in the rhythms and styles of the 1930s, Johnnie kept his arrangements tight, simple, and danceable.
Thus, Johnnie Lee Wills and All the Boys were hugely successful with dancers, swinging and rocking Cain's Ballroom in Tulsa until disbanding in 1964!