Bob Wills - San Antonio Rose [Inst.] - [ORIGINAL] - [1938].**

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PIC SHOWS
Bob Wills Standing At Left
O.W.Mayo Standing At Right
Top Row From Left - Herman Arnspiger - Leon McAuliffe - Everett Stover - Tommy Duncan
Bottom Row From Left - Johnnie Lee Wills - Al Stricklin - Smoky Dacus - Conrad Galvan -
Zeb McNally - Sleepy Johnson

** [Written by Bob Wills]
Art Satherley [Producer] wanted another "Spanish Two-Step".
He said to Bob "You got one"...Bob replied "We sure have".
Someone in the Band said "We haven't got one".
Bob replied "We'll just play "Spanish Two-Step" backwards.
What Bob meant was to play it in different Keys.
Leon McAuliffe added Chimes.
Art liked it and wanted to call it "San Antonio Rose".
Band Members Added Lyrics Re - Titled New San Antonio Rose
Recorded Late 1940 by Hank Williams on Radio Show
[unissued - released 1998]

Issued as BOB WILLS and HIS TEXAS PLAYBOYS
on Vocalion 04755 [1939]

SAN ANTONIO ROSE [inst] - 1st. Recorded 28 November 1938
also 1955 [vcls Jack Lloyd] 1960 ]vcls Tommy Duncan] 1967 [inst]
NEW SAN ANTONIO ROSE [vcl] 1st. Recorded 1940 [vcls Tommy Duncan]
and 1941 [vcls Tommy Duncan] - unissued [released 1982]

Recorded 28 November 1938 Dallas, TX – -
Eldon Shamblin [gt], Herman Arnspiger [gt], Johnnie Lee Wills [banjo],
Leon McAuliffe [steel gt/chimes], Son Lansford [bass],
Bob Wills [fiddle/speech], Jesse Ashlock [fiddle], Smokey Dacus [drums],
Al Stricklin [piano], Sleepy Johnson [fiddle].

BOB WILLS
Born James Robert Wills near Kosse TEXAS [1905 - 1975]
aka "The King of Western Swing"]

1968 - Country Music Hall of Fame
1968 - Honored by Texas State Legislature
for Contribution to American Music
1969 - Pioneer Award
1970 - Songwriter's Hall of Fame
1972 - Citation from
American Society of Composers, Authore and Publishers in Nashville, TN
1995 - Western Music Association Hall of Fame
1999 - Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
2000 - Texas Country Music Hall of Fame
2002 - Western Swing Society Hall of Fame
2007 - Oklahama Music and Jazz Hall of Fame

Studio Recordings 1932 to 1973

Married FIVE times Divorced FOUR Times