Pickup, thanks bunches for that link to Bob Wills. Makes one respect Waylon Jenning's comment that Bob Wills is still the king.
In 1947 my father returned form Europe and mustered out; my mother had her 5 yr old, me learn Smoke on The Water to sing for dad when he returned. Still one of only two times I can remember him cry.
When we started the gulf war I looked all over for this tune to give to a friend who was shipping out. It is still one of the greatest war tunes of all times.
BTW, I learned to dance to Bob Wills and the Texas Playboy's playing at the Pioneer Club on Research Blvd in Austin about where Anderson Mill crosses.
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