{"product_id":"4000127176462-bands-a-rockin-gonna-shake-this-shack-tonight","title":"JOHNNIE LEE WILLS | BAND'S A-ROCKIN': GONNA SHAKE THIS SHACK TONIGHT","description":"\u003cp\u003eWelcome to a new edition of Bear Family's popular series Gonna Shake This Shack Tonight,\" this time featuring none other than Johnnie Lee Wills!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohnnie 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 in their home base, Tulsa, steady, Bob entitled Johnnie Lee to remain in Oklahoma and form his own group - Johnnie Lee Wills and All the Boys.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis compilation offers many interesting sides issued on Decca, Bullet Records, and RCA Victor. The Decca and Bullet sides have long been unavailable on CD.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohnnie 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeeply 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! They also remained a radio fixture on KVOO, Tulsa, until 1958.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRare, hot, and swinging - let's all ball with Johnnie Lee Wills and his Boys: Best on Bear Family Records®!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOutstanding western swing from Bob Wills' younger brother Johnnie Lee in the long-running 'Gonna Shake This Shack' series on Bear Family Records®.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRecordings for Decca, Bullet Records and RCA Victor from 1941 to 1953, including classics such as Rag Mop, Milk Cow Blues and Square Dance Boogie - some on CD for the first time in years.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCarefully remastered from the best available sources.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLiner notes by our expert Roland Heinrich Rumtreiber in the full-color illustrated booklet.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe Band's A-Rockin': Gonna Shake This Shack Tonight  \/  Johnnie Lee Wills\u003c\/h3\u003e\"","brand":"ALLIANCE ENTERTAINMENT LLC","offers":[{"title":"USA Supplier - 4-10 Days","offer_id":67634512527660,"sku":"al-4000127176462","price":46.95,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0825\/5186\/5644\/files\/4406778-3330775.jpg?v=1792418132","url":"https:\/\/realgroovy.com\/products\/4000127176462-bands-a-rockin-gonna-shake-this-shack-tonight","provider":"Real Groovy","version":"1.0","type":"link"}