Bob Wills Museum in Turkey, Texas

In the panhandle of Texas, on what was once Comanche land, a museum dedicated to Bob Wills draws intrepid tourists in modest numbers. The king of Western swing claimed Turkey as his hometown, although it wasn’t. It just sounded down-home to him, an image he and his Texas Playboys cultivated. Turkey was probably the third closest town to where Bob grew up, but Kosse and Lakeview certainly didn’t roll off the tongue quite as well. In Texas, Bob Wills is a legend. Elsewhere, not so much. Supposedly, Wills invented the…

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