Bob Wills was the driving force behind Western Swing, a form of country & western that was broader in scope than the parent genre. A master at synthesizing styles, Wills brought jazz, hillbilly, boogie, blues, big-band swing, rhumba, mariachi, jitterbug music and more under his ecumenical umbrella. He has been called “the King of Western Swing” and “the first great amalgamator of American music.” Wills grew up in a part of Texas where diverse cultures and forms of music overlapped. His …

Music video by Mark Wills performing 19 Somethin’: Version 1 with Erich Welch, Scott Simmons, Scott Long, E$, Stephanie Reeves (C) 2002 Mercury Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.

“Our goal is clearly NOT TO FIND a qualified and interested US worker.” The most infamous quote by immigration lawyer Larry Lebowitz during the Cohen & Grigsby seminar on employment visas, May 15th, 2007 in Pittsburgh. Lebowitz coached immigration attorneys and employers how to avoid hiring US workers in order to hire foreign workers on green cards. The video conference was removed from YouTube but you can still view the original Cohen&Grigsby videos by going here: lyrelyrepantzandfier.com …