TOMMY ALLSUP, Grammy Award Winner

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Tommy Allsup, Grammy Award Winner

Bob Wills' Texas Playboys Band SET TWO Recorded Live August 09, 2002, Featuring Legendary Western Swing Vocalist Leon Rausch and Grammy Award Winner Tommy Allsup

Bob Wills' Texas Playboys Band SET ONE Recorded Live August 09, 2002, Featuring Legendary Western Swing Vocalist Leon Rausch and Grammy Award Winner Tommy Allsup

Bob Wills' Texas Playboys Recorded Live May 21, 2000 © SR-7711 Featuring Legendary Western Swing Vocalist Leon Rausch and Grammy Award Winner Tommy Allsup, 21 Song CD

Tommy Allsup, "True Love Ways" (10 Songs on CD Only) $11.99 plus S/H

Tommy Allsup, A Fool Such As I, (10 Songs available on CD Only) $11.99 plus S/H

Tommy Allsup, "Tommy Allsup's Gospel Guitar, 10 Great Gospel Classics", (10 Songs available on CD only) $11.99 plus S/H. OUT OF STOCK

"The Buddy Holly Songbook" featuring the guitar of Tommy Allsup (12 songs available on CD Only) $11.99 plus S/H

Leon Rausch & Tommy Allsup, Grammy Award Winner, A 50 Song Tribute to the Music of Bob Wills

"Seven decades of Western Swing--Leon & Tommy are carrying on the tradition." Box Set available 3 Compact Disk $41.99 plus $3.00 for S/H on SIMS Records (SRBS-100) RELEASED 1997

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Bob Wills' "A Tribute to Bobs' 100th Birthday" from Leon Rausch and Tommy Allsup (0-97037-72302-6 Twenty One Songs on CD) $15.99 plus S/H

1. Big Beaver 2:48 (Texas Playboys) 2. New Worried Mind 3:29 (Leon Rausch) 3. Heart to Heart Talk 3:02 (Tanya Tucker) 4. Stay All Night 2:53 (Charlie Daniels) 5. Misery 3:11 (Merle Haggard) 6. San Antonio Rose 3:04 (Joe Diffie, Robin English) 7. Turkey Texas Blues 3:20 (Billy Grammer) 8. Milk Cow Blues 3:20 (Cody Canada of CCR) 9. Ten Years 3:15 (Dierks Bentley) 10. Lilly Dale 3:22 (Gene Watson) 11. Warm Red Wine 2:52 (Archie Bell) 12. I Want to be Wanted 3:38 (Glen Campbell) 13. Snap Your Finger 3:20 (Terry Bradshaw, Rachel Bradshaw) 14. Keeper of My Heart 3:24 (B.J. Thomas) 15. Take Me BAck to Tulsa 3:00 (Porter Waggoner, Terry Bradshaw, Tanya Tucker) 16. Across the Alley (From the Alamo) 3:28 Wilford Brimley) 17. Faded Love 4:02 (Johnny Rodriquez, Lynn Anderson) 18. Right or Wrong 2:46 (George Jones) 19. Sugar Moon 3:09 (Larry Gatlin) 20. That's What I Like About The South 2:48 (Chance/Muzik Mafia) 21. Bob's Got A Swing Band in Heaven 3:07 Red Steagall)

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Bob Wills & Friends - The Best Of Western Swing - Three CD Set (0-1130-15220-2-3 Thirty Six Songs on CD) $29.98 plus $4.00 S/H

Volume One Featuring Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys: 1. San Antonio Rose 2.Stay A Little Longer 3. New Spanish Two-Step 4. A Maiden's Prayer 5. Roly-Poly 6. Take Me Back To Tulsa 7. Time Changes Everything 8. Texas Playboy Rag 9. Corrine Corina 10. Steel Guitar Rag 11. Cotton-Eyed Joe 12. Let's Ride With Bob

Volume Two Featuring Asleep At The Wheel: 1. House of Blue Lights 2. Miss Molly 3. Choo Choo CH"Boogie 4. Blood-Shot Eyes 5. Tulsa Straight Ahead 6. Coast To Coast 7. Way Down Texas Way 8. Blowin' Lake A Bandit 9. Don't Ask Me Why (I'm Going To Texas) 10. Boogie Back To Texas 11. Dead Man 12. Chattanooga Choo Choo

Volume Three Featuring Ray Price & The Cherokee Cowboys: 1. Faded Love 2. Deep Water 3. Twinkle Twinkle Little Star 4. My Confession 5. Bubbles In My Beer 6. Rubber Dolly 7. Home In San Antone 8. Hang Your Head In Shame 9. Liberty Bell 10. The Kind of Love I Can't Forget 11. Your Old Love Letters 12. Lil' Liza Jane

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Tommy Allsup

Tommy Allsup, Grammy Award Winner

If you ask Tommy Allsup "What kind of music do you enjoy performing?" He'll tell you "Good Music". In a career that spans close to fifty years as a musician, arranger, and record producer, he has enjoyed the wide spectrum of all musical forms and styles. He was a member of "Buddy Holly's Crickets", and anyone who has heard them realizes the enormous influence this group has had on rock and roll and country rock. Tommy's life was literally, and profoundly changed through his association with Holly. Allsup, remember, lost the coin toss to Ritchie Vallens for a seat on the plane that crashed on February 3, 1959, killing Vallens, Holly and the Big Bopper. In 1990 Paul McCartney brought the London hit play "Buddy" to Broadway. That same year Paul threw his annual "Buddy Holly Birthday Bash" at the legendary Lonestar Roadhouse Cafe in New York. Playing those old Holly hits like "That'll Be The Day" and "Oh Boy", with Paul brought back great memories for Allsup who, the very next night was in Pawhuska, Oklahoma playing a dance with "The Great Bob Will's Texas Playboys". How's that for a musical trip in time.

Tommy is still a member of "The Bob Wills' Texas Playboys Band", having joined the Johnnie Lee Wills Band in 1952. He started producing records with Bob Wills in 1961 for Liberty Records. Today The Bob Wills' Playboys are playing Wills' music all over the Country. Sometimes it gets a little tough trying to balance his time taking care of his recording studio, performing with The Playboys, and having time to spend at home. As a record producer, his credits read like an encyclopedia: Bob Wills; Willie Nelson; Johnny Bush; Hank Thompson; Micky Gilley; Gene Watson; Leon Rausch; George Jones; Lorrie Morgan; Ron Gaddis; Joe Carson; Clay Hart; Tex Williams; Chill Wills; Stan Hitchcock; Asleep At The Wheel and on and on. Tommy has spent more than thirty years playing guitar, and bass guitar as a session musician in Nashville, and L.A., logging more than "10,000" sessions. He not only enjoys working with the stars of the industry, but also the new unknowns, the potential stars of the future. "You never know when the next new super star might walk into the studio"

To those who know him, Tommy is a man at ease, whether he's talking about the music business, politics, or the new crop of vegetables growing in his garden at home. When you listen to this collection of great country standards. You will hear and feel that ease with which he flawlessly plays the melodies and harmonies keeping them fresh and timeless as the day they were written. So sit back and relax, and take a musical journey with "Tommy Allsup and his Guitar".

Liner notes Written by Ken Youngblood for the following recording: Tommy Allsup "True Love Ways"

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Tommy Allsup, Grammy Award Winner

Bob Wills' Texas Playboys Band SET TWO Recorded Live August 09, 2002, Featuring Legendary Western Swing Vocalist Leon Rausch and Grammy Award Winner Tommy Allsup

Bob Wills' Texas Playboys Band SET ONE Recorded Live August 09, 2002, Featuring Legendary Western Swing Vocalist Leon Rausch and Grammy Award Winner Tommy Allsup

Bob Wills' Texas Playboys Recorded Live May 21, 2000 © SR-7711 Featuring Legendary Western Swing Vocalist Leon Rausch and Grammy Award Winner Tommy Allsup, 21 Song CD

Tommy Allsup, "True Love Ways" (6-52017-76672-3 10 Songs on CD Only) $11.99 plus S/H

Tommy Allsup, A Fool Such As I, (10 Songs available on CD Only) $11.99 plus S/H

Tommy Allsup, "Tommy Allsup's Gospel Guitar, 10 Great Gospel Classics", (10 Songs available on CD only) $11.99 plus $2.00 S/H or Cassette $9.99 plus S/H. OUT OF STOCK

"The Buddy Holly Songbook" featuring the guitar of Tommy Allsup (12 songs on available on CD only) $11.99 plus S/H

Leon Rausch & Tommy Allsup, Grammy Award Winner, A 50 Song Tribute to the Music of Bob Wills

"Seven decades of Western Swing--Leon & Tommy are carrying on the tradition." Box Set available 3 Compact Disk $41.99 plus $4.00 for S/H on SIMS Records (SRBS-100) RELEASED 1997

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Leon Rausch & Tommy Allsup, Grammy Award Winner

A 50 Song Tribute to the Music of Bob Wills

"Seven decades of Western Swing--Leon & Tommy are carrying on the tradition." Box Set available 3 Compact Disk $41.99 plus $3.00 for S/H on SIMS Records (SRBS-100) RELEASED 1997

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Tommy Allsup

Compact Disk One

1. Faded Love 4:02; 2. Convict And The Rose 3:57; 3. Rosetta 2:47; 4. Mexicali Rose 3:10; 5. Lilly Dale 3:27; 6. South Of The Border 4:13; 7. I Don't Know Why 3:58; 8. Old Fashion Love 3:14; 9. I Wonder If You Feel The Way I Do 3:39; 10. Cherokee Maiden 2:58; 11. My Mary 2:53; 12. I Wish Your Picture Was You 2:40; 13. You Don't Love Me But I'll Always Care 3:50; 14. Dusty Skies 2:46; 15. Bring It On Down To My House 4:01; 16. Yearning 3:11; 17. Why Do I? 2:19

Compact Disk Two

1. Blue Bonnet Lane 2:25; 2. The Waltz You Saved For Me 3:35; 3. My Life's Been A Pleasure 3:05; 4. Across The Alamo 3:09; 5. My Confession 3:07; 6. Spanish Fandango 2:25; 7. Ten Years 2:41; 8. That's What I Like About The South 2:39; 9. When You Leave Amarillo, Turn Out The Lights 3:18; 10. Bubbles In My Beer 2:17; 11. Brain Cloudy Blues 3:36; 12. Spanish Two Step 3:18; 13. Still Water Runs The Deepest 2:43; 14. Miss Molly 2:37; 15. Honeysuckle Time In The Valley 2:43; 16. The Warm Red Wine 3:35; 17. Four Or Five Times 4:32

Compact Disk Three

1. San Antonio Rose 3:58; 2. The Kind Of Love 3:22; 3. Deep Water 3:15; 4. I Can't Go On This Way 2;19; 5. Sugar Moon 2:30; 6. Party For The Old Folks 2:51; 7. Worried Over You 3:12; 8. Right Or Wrong 3:49; 9. Keeper Of My Heart 3:19; 10. Li'l Liza Jane 2:14; 11. King Without A Queen 3:57; 12. It's The Bottle Talking 3:49; 13. Stay All Night (Stay A Little Longer) 2:37; 14. Blues For Dixie 3:22; 15. Goodnight Little Sweetheart 3:29; 16. Under The Double Eagle

The Band

Leon Rausch (vocals); Tommy Allsup (guitar, banjo, harmony vocals); Tom Morrel l (steel guitar, electric guitar); Rich O'Brien (guitar, *fiddle The Warm Red Wine); Bob Boatright (fiddle); Buddy Spicher (fiddle, *electric mandolin San Antonio Rose); Curley Hollingsworth (piano); Tommy "Dee" Thatcher (drums); Mark Abbott (upright bass); Dave Alexander (trumpet); Glen Rothstein (sax, clarinet); "Tumbleweed Tex" (trombone)

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Tommy Allsup

Cindy Walker

I consider it a high honor and privilege to be one of the song writers whose songs are included in this history making music event album. A Tribute to the Music of Bob Wills (featuring Tommy Allsup & Leon Rausch) and featuring, also the greatest musicians of our time. My heartfelt thanks too, to Russell Sims and Harold Hitt for making this truly wonderful dream come true. Sincerely, Cindy Walker

Russell Sims

In my opinion, when Bob Wills recorded "Roly Poly", that was the birth of Western Swing, The union of two music greats such as Bob Wills and Tommy Duncan can only happen once in a lifetime, and the contribution they have made to the music industry will be in our hearts and minds forever.After four decades, Leon Rausch, Tommy Allsup and I are still collaborating together with as much dedication as we can possibly give to honor the "King of Western Swing" . We believe he is completely responsible for its genesis and for this reason we have given our time and efforts to bring to you our tribute to Bob Wills in this 50 song box set. Words cannot describe the loss I have experienced with the passing of such dear friends such as; Tommy Duncan, Leon McAuliffe, Keith Coleman, Cecil Briar, Glenn "Bub" Rhees, and Johnnie Lee Wills.I would like to personally thank Tommy Allsup, the music director and Leon Rausch, whose heavenly vocals never cease to amaze us. Thanks to all the great pickers on the project; Tom Morrell, Rich O'Brien, Bob Boatright, Buddy Spicher, Curley Hollingsworth, Glen Rothstein, Dave Alexander, Tumbleweed Tex, Mark Abbott, Tommy Dee Thatcher and also to Bill Forshee, Buddy, Dewey, Gloria, & Maureen Miers. Special thanks to Ed Burnet, Cindy Walker, Harold Hitt; my partner, and Ruby and Diamond for their love and support. Russell Sims, Producer, Sims Records.

Tommy Allsup, Grammy Award Winner

Tommy started his musical career in Claremore, Oklahoma in 1949 with the "Oklahoma Swingbillies". In 1950 he went to work with fiddle player Art Davis in Miami, Oklahoma; from there to the Cowboy Inn in Wichita, Kansas with singer, fiddle player Jimmy Hall. In 1952 and 1953, he moved back to Tulsa, Oklahoma to join the Johnnie Lee Wills Band. From 1953 to 1958, he had his own band, "The Southernaires" in Lawton, Oklahoma with homebase being the Southern Club.In 1958, Tommy's career would take a different direction. On a trip to Clovis, New Mexico to record at Norman Petty's famous studio, he met the late Buddy Holly. In April, he started playing lead guitar with Holly and the Crickets. He continued playing with Buddy until the fatal plane crash that took Buddy's life, along with the Big Bopper, and Ritchie Valens. It was Allsup who flipped a coin with Ritchie Valens for a seat on the ill-fated plane.After Holly's death, Allsup moved to California to join Liberty Records as A & R Director of all Country and Western product to begin producing the great Bob Wills' and the Texas Playboys. His association with Wills lasted through Wills' For the Last Time LP, recorded on December 3 - 4, 1973, Dallas, Texas, where Bob Wills recorded his first records in 1935. Allsup used some of the original Texas Playboys on the last recording (McAuliffe, Shamblin, Dacus, Strickland). Bob Wills directed the sessions from his wheelchair.While at Liberty, Tommy would produce Tex Williams, Willie Nelson, Joe Carson, Warren Smith, Billy Mize, and Cliff Crofford. While there, he worked with great artists such as Walter Brennan, Bobby Vee, Johnny Burnett, Julie London, and Vickie Carr, who sang harmony with Bob Wills on the LP Bob Wills Sings and Plays. After leaving California, Allsup moved to Nashville to head up Metromedia Records in 1968. In 1972, he met Ray Benson and Asleep at the Wheel and produced their first LP for United Artist Records. Later he produced 4 LP's for Capitol Records with the group.Tommy has been a big supporter of Western Swing music over the years. He has produced 5 LPs with the great Hank Thompson and his Brazos Valley Boys, 2 LP's with the Original Texas Playboys, and 2 LP's with the Great Western Swing vocalist Leon Rausch on SOUTHLAND RECORDS ® . Tommy has produced Swing LP's with Jody Nix, Curley Chalker, Mack Sanders, Johnny Bush, Willie Nelson, Tex Williams, and Billy Mize.Tommy still lives in Nashville where he remains active in the music business. He has played guitar or bass on over 10,000 recording sessions. All of this is good enough for Tommy Allsup, who has no regrets. "I never really wanted to be a big star, I figured I'd leave that to someone else."

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Bob Wills' Texas Playboys Band SET TWO Recorded Live August 09, 2002, Featuring Legendary Western Swing Vocalist Leon Rausch and Grammy Award Winner Tommy Allsup

Bob Wills' Texas Playboys Band SET ONE Recorded Live August 09, 2002, Featuring Legendary Western Swing Vocalist Leon Rausch and Grammy Award Winner Tommy Allsup

Bob Wills' Texas Playboys Recorded Live May 21, 2000 © SR-7711 Featuring Legendary Western Swing Vocalist Leon Rausch and Grammy Award Winner Tommy Allsup, 21 Song CD

Tommy Allsup, "True Love Ways" (10 Songs on CD Only) $11.99 plus S/H

Tommy Allsup, A Fool Such As I, (10 Songs available on CD Only) $11.99 plus S/H

Tommy Allsup, "Tommy Allsup's Gospel Guitar, 10 Great Gospel Classics", (10 Songs available on CD only) $11.99 plus S/H. OUT OF STOCK

"The Buddy Holly Songbook" featuring the guitar of Tommy Allsup (12 songs available on CD Only) $11.99 plus S/H

Leon Rausch & Tommy Allsup, Grammy Award Winner, A 50 Song Tribute to the Music of Bob Wills

"Seven decades of Western Swing--Leon & Tommy are carrying on the tradition." Box Set available 3 Compact Disk $41.99 plus $4.00 for S/H on SIMS Records (SRBS-100) RELEASED 1997

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