1. San Antonio Rose - Bob Wills, Wills, Bob
2. Eight'r from Decatur - Bob Wills, Powell, Mac
3. Deep in the Heart of Texas - Bob Wills, Hershey, June
4. Silver Bells (That Ring in the Night) - Bob Wills, Stark, Mel
5. Across the Alley from the Alamo - Bob Wills, Green, Joe
6. Cimarron - Bob Wills, Bond, Johnny
7. South of the Border - Bob Wills, Carr, Michael
8. Milk Cow Blues - Bob Wills, Arnold, Kokomo
9. My Adobe Hacienda - Bob Wills, Massey, Louise
10. Southwestern Waltz - Bob Wills, Horton, Vaughn
11. A Big Ball's in Cowtown - Bob Wills, Nix, Hoyle
12. Panhandle Rag - Bob Wills, McAuliffe, Leon
The Best of Bob Wills, Vol. 1
- Audio CD: 0 pages (1999-07-27)
- Publisher: Mca Special Products
- Label: Mca Special Products
- Format: Original recording reissued
- Studio: Mca Special Products
- Average Customer Review:
 based on 8 reviews
- Sales Rank in Music: #86393
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: Great Gift 2007-01-09
Comment: I bought this as a gift for my parents and they love it.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: Not the Texas Playboys, but still fun 2005-11-09
Comment: As others have noted, this is Bob Wills, but not the Texas Playboys, but even so, it's a fun, toe-tapping listen. The songs are classics, and Bob is his usual rambunctious self. "Panhandle Rag" is especially good.
In answer to a question in an earlier comment, there's a two-disc collection of the Texas Playboys' MGM work called "Boot Heel Drag", and I believe it includes all the songs you mention.
3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: Bob Wills ~ Genius 2005-11-07
Comment: I'm much too young to know what this band sounded like live, but I checked out two cds from the library, one of them this one, and I can't help but love them. I don't know if Bob Wills himself plays any intstruments. I like to think of him more as the bosstone, or maybe as another band member's mildly retarded little brother who they keep around just cause he's a little wacky and they want him to feel wanted.
Ahhhhhhhhah! That San Antonio Rose!
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: This is NOT REALLY the best of Bob Wills... 2004-07-16
Comment: If you are new to Bob Wills, you should know that this album title is a lie. These recordings were made in Nashville toward the end of Bob's life, and they do not capture the authentic sound of Bob Wills and HIS TEXAS PLAYBOYS.The good stuff was recorded from 1935 to 1947 WITH HIS TEXAS PLAYBOYS. If you want the best of Bob Wills, buy something (anything) on Columbia or CBS. I also recommend Tiffany Transcriptions Volumes 2 and 3, but know that even those great albums are not his original classic Texas Playboys. Do yourself a favor and steer clear of his recordings on MGM or MCA.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: Perplexed 2001-04-15
Comment: This is not a review of this particular Bob Wills CD. Bob & his band made some great recordings for MGM, I believe it was. I can't find these on any of his CDs. I have them on 78s. They are: " I laugh when I think how I cried over you", " The end of the Line", " Snatchin' and grabbin'" sung by Joe Holly. , " I want to be wanted", etc. Where are they? Maybe someone knows what CDs they're on. Thank you, GR bemshaw@earthlink.net
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