EP-3 This is a rare undiscovered recording by Bob Wills and The Texas Playboys on January 2, 1958. It was recorded during a KVOO On-Air Radio Broadcast from the Cain’s Ballroom in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Bob and the Boys are talking with the radio announcer and performing live on stage. The song they are performing in this video is “Guitar Boogie”.
The instrumental on this KVOO broadcast spotlights Benny Garcia. This may be a super-charged version of Arthur “Guitar Boogie” Smith hit record from 1948 – or a close cousin.
Benny Garcia played in the bands of Tex Williams (1948-1952) and later with Hank Penny.
He joined the Johnnie Lee Wills organization after the conclusion of the Korean War in the early 1950’s and was soon a mainstay of Bob Wills’ Texas Playboys. Born in 1926, Benny Garcia died in September 2005.
This is a rare recording of Bob Wills and The Texas Playboys performing “Guitar Boogie” live on stage during the KVOO On-Air Radio Broadcast at the Cain’s Ballroom in Tulsa, Oklahoma on January 2, 1958.
I have digitally remastered the original recording for clarity and stereo effect.
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