Oklahoma Musicians

Musician

Billy Jack Wills

Western Swing Society and the Los Angeles Times document Billy Jack Wills as a bass/drums musician in the Johnnie Lee Wills Tulsa band and later connected to Shawnee; Oklahoma Digital Prairie supplies state recognition context.

Musical work

bassist; drummer; bandleader. Instruments recorded in the collection: bass; drums. Genres: western swing; country.

Evidence and identity

Instrumental roles and Tulsa/Shawnee connections are supported by specialist, newspaper and state-repository sources.

Billy Jack Wills

Billy Jack Wills identity, bass/drums and Tulsa career

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Billy Jack Wills dies at 65

Billy Jack Wills identity, instrumental roles and later Oklahoma residence/death

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Texas Playboys state document

Billy Jack Wills recognition and Oklahoma western-swing context

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Sources

  1. westernswingsociety.net/Billy_Jack_Wills.html
  2. www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-03-06-mn-1353-story.html
  3. digitalprairie.ok.gov/digital/api/collection/stgovpub/id/26536/download

Related source accounts

These records use the same display name in different source contexts. They remain separate accounts.