1. Playboy Theme - Bob Wills, Dorsey, Thomas A.
2. Yearning (Just for You) - Bob Wills, Burke, Joe [2]
3. Faded Love - Bob Wills, Wills, Bob
4. What Makes Bob Holler - Bob Wills, Walker, Cindy
5. Stay All Night (Stay a Little Longer) - Bob Wills, Duncan, Tommy
6. Goin' Away Party - Bob Wills, Walker, Cindy
7. Big Ball's in Cowtown - Bob Wills, Nix, Hoyle
8. Keeper of My Heart - Bob Wills, Irby, Jerry
9. Twin Guitar Boogie - Bob Wills, McAuliffe, Leon
10. Bubbles in My Beer - Bob Wills, Duncan, Tommy
11. Blue Bonnet Lane - Bob Wills, Walker, Cindy
12. When You Leave Amarillo (Turn off the Lights) - Bob Wills, Walker, Cindy
13. San Antonio Rose - Bob Wills, Wills, Bob
14. I Wonder If You Feel the Way I Do - Bob Wills, Wills, Bob
15. My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You - Bob Wills, Ross, Lee
16. Miss Molly - Bob Wills, Walker, Cindy
17. I Can't Go on This Way - Bob Wills, Rose, Fred
18. That's What I Like About the South - Bob Wills, Razaf, Andy
19. Silver Lake Blues - Bob Wills, Wills, Bob
20. Milk Cow Blues - Bob Wills, Arnold, Kokomo
21. Comin' Down from Denver - Bob Wills, Nix, Hoyle
22. Baby, That Would Sure Go Good - Bob Wills, Walker, Cindy
23. She's Really Gone - Bob Wills, Haskins, Charles
24. Crippled Turkey - Bob Wills, Nix, Hoyle
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In 1973, 40 years after founding the Texas Playboys, Bob Wills gathered many of his Playboy stars from the past in a Dallas studio for a final hurrah. On December 2 the Playboy alumni enjoyed a homecoming meal at the Wills house, and the following day they entered the studio as Wills guided the session from his wheelchair (put there by a debilitating stroke in 1969). Among the musicians were three vital contributors to the very first Playboy session in Dallas in 1935--pianist Al Stricklin, drummer Smokey Dacus, and steel player Leon McAuliffe--as well as guitar great Eldon Shamblin (who joined in 1937) and disciple Merle Haggard, who'd waxed his own Wills tribute in 1970. With Wills mustering only the meekest of hollers, the Playboys joyously rolled through an assortment of Wills favorites, not knowing they would never see their leader again. Tired from the session, Wills left after only six songs and was unable to return for the next day's session. With Hoyle Nix filling in for Wills, the musicians completed the record with tears in their eyes. Wills had a second stroke the next day, lapsed into a coma, and never regained consciousness, perhaps content in his final long sleep for having heard his distinctive music one last time. --Marc Greilsamer
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For the Last Time
- Audio CD: 0 pages (1994-04-19)
- Publisher: Capitol
- Label: Capitol
- Studio: Capitol
- Average Customer Review:
 based on 21 reviews
- Sales Rank in Music: #18904
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: This is the one 2008-03-13
Comment: As another reviewer said, "For the Last Time" is the album to take to the desert island or the fallout shelter. If you don't own any Bob Wills music, buy this first. Great musicians (most from the Texas Playboys at one time or another), great vocals (but too bad Tommy Duncan wasn't still alive), and first-class old-fashioned recording: everyone in the studio at the same time, performing like they were on the stage, and having a great time. It shows! And super liner notes.
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Summary: You won`t believe it! 2007-12-30
Comment: At the end of this collection of music you`ll only stop grinning long enough to start the music again! In my opinion the best collection of music ever recorded at one time by Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys. I would try to pick my favorite but once you buy this CD and listen you will realize "favorite" and Bob Wills music are mutually exclusive. "Favorites" plural if I do say so myself!
You`re gonna wear this one out!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: Addional reasons to add this to your collection 2007-09-09
Comment: The reviews above are mostly excellent, reflecting a sincere appreciation of the music and the musicians. "For the Last Time" is remarkable because it is both an historical monument and thoroughly enjoyable entertainment. There are several additional reasons to add this to your collection.
Merle Haggard is the lead vocalist on three tracks, "Playboy Theme," "I Wonder If You Feel the Way I Do," and "Yearning," and plays fiddle on other tracks. Merle was a Texas Playboy for a single day.
The liner notes alone are worth ordering the record. They were written by Dr. Charles Townsend who subsequently published "San Antonio Rose," the definitive Bob Wills biography. He won a Grammy for the liner notes. Dr. Townsend also is the announcer who kicks off the record with "The Texas Playboys Are On The Air!" which started their radio broadcasts for years.
Of the 24 tracks, seven are songs written by the extraordinary Cindy Walker. Cindy had a long and very prolific songwriting career, and Bob recorded more than 50 of her songs (she had about 500 recorded by some of the most famous performers in C/W and popular music). Cindy died in Mexia, Texas in March, 2006. A few days earlier Willie Nelson had released an excellent tribute, "You Don't Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker."
The recording picks up the musicians' chatter between some of the songs, and it's funny and interesting.
The recording's only downside is that Bob Wills was unable to contribute his "hollars" except in a very strained way. As another of the reviewers suggested, get a recording of a little earlier vintage to appreciate Bob's "hollars."
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: The King Is Dead... Long Live The Knig 2007-03-29
Comment: Nowhere in the world can you get a better piece of American music history for less than $8!!! I bought this album when it was first released in the early 70's. It was my first real "Country" music purchase as I was trying to find music that sent shivers up my spine. At the time, my two favourites were Jimmy Reed and Frank Zappa!!!!!!! Then along came Bob Wills and I found another. This album started my long and fruitful journey into country music and I find it difficult to recall a better album. Most of the reviewers here have got it right, except that Take Me Back To Tulsa was NOT on the original album. I particularly endorse the reviewer who wrote about the rhythm section and guitars. I am a guitarist of humble expertise and have been trying to copy some of the rhythm guitar patterns off these songs for the last 30 years or so and still struggle to work out how it's done. This is very sophisticated music, make no mistake. It may sound slight at first listen but delve deeper into the music and you will be richly rewarded. This album contains some of the best music and songs (esp. the late, great Cindy Walker) performed in the last century of American "roots" music. It is not a tribute album but the final Texas Playboys record and, given the technology of the day, probably the finest album made by one of the finest groups in music history. "Take it away Leon".
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Summary: Bob Wills, For the Last Time! 2007-03-24
Comment: I love this disc! Based on reviews by other customers I bought it and I am very satisfied! If you are not a big fan of Bob Wills already you will be after you listen to it.
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