Bob Wills Roundup

The Black and White Rag

English · Radio

Bob Wills Roundup is a radio program associated with Western swing musician Bob Wills. The title pairs the program name with “The Black and White Rag,” a well-known ragtime tune that became part of the Western swing repertoire.

Wills’s music blends country fiddle traditions with jazz and dance-band influences, creating a lively sound shaped by fiddles, guitars, steel guitar, and a swinging rhythm section. The program offers a musical listening experience rooted in that distinctive mix, with the tune named here providing a connection to the ragtime side of the repertoire.

Warm, rhythmic, and made for an easygoing listen, the recording brings together the spirit of a radio music program and the buoyant character of Western swing.

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.