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| | Product Details | | Audio CD Release Date: | April 19, 1994 | | Studio: | Capitol | | Number Of Discs: | 1 | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 30 reviews |
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| | Track Listing | | 1. | Playboy Theme | | 2. | Yearning (Just For You) | | 3. | Faded Love | | 4. | What Makes Bob Holler | | 5. | Stay All Night (Stay A Little Longer) | | 6. | Goin' Away Party | | 7. | Big Ball's In Cowtown | | 8. | Keeper Of My Heart | | 9. | Twin Guitar Boogie | | 10. | Bubbles In My Beer | | 11. | Blue Bonnet Lane | | 12. | When You Leave Amarillo (Turn Out The Lights) | | 13. | San Antonio Rose | | 14. | I Wonder If You Feel The Way I Do | | 15. | My Shoes Keep Walking Back To You | | 16. | Miss Molly | | 17. | I Can't Go On This Way | | 18. | That's What I Like 'Bout The South | | 19. | Silver Lake Blues | | 20. | Milk Cow Blues | | 21. | Comin' Down From Denver | | 22. | Baby, That Would Sure Go Good | | 23. | She's Really Gone | | 24. | Crippled Turkey | |
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25 of 25 found the following review helpful:
I wonder why I dont listen to it all the time! Jun 16, 2003
By Tony Thomas
I have hundreds of CDs, and more tapes. If I had to have one, this would be it. This is a masterwork. In fact, thinking about it, I wonder why I dont listen to it all the time!
Wills is joined by the best of the survivors (although I would have preferred having Joe Holly there along with Johnnie and Keith), along with Tommy Allsup (bass player in Johnnie Lee Will's band and in the second edition of Buddy Holly's Crickets) Haggard, Jody and Hoyle Nix (whose band Wills performed with after the Playboys disbanded). Smokey Montgomery the virtuoso tenor banjo player of the Light Crust Dough Boys ran the control boards. Wills suffered a stroke the second day of the session and never recovered full consciousness.
The work is superb. Even though all of these men had worked with Wills in the 30s and 1940s, it's all up to date. I think a lot of it invokes some of the advances in Western Swing represented by Leon McAuliffe's Western Swing Band, particularly the jazzy and quirky fiddling of Keith Coleman who worked with McAuliffe on tenor and violin, but not with Wills. The fiddle work by Johnnie Gimble and Keith Coleman is excellent. There's also a great old time fiddle tune done by Hoyle Nix with some grade back beat drum work by Jody Nix. Leon McAuliffe's work all over the album is really great.
It's hard to believe that this was just a pickup date with head arrangements and that players on the album had been with wills in different periods. Only Eldon Shamblin, the guitarist who worked with wills the whole stretch from 1937 until the Playboys disbanded in the 1960s, as either guitarist or band manger manager), could have said to have worked with most of the players. Some were in the prewar group; a few were in the groups in the 1940s and early 1950s. However, these were the players Bob asked for, or players Leon McAuliffe, who Bob asked for first and wanted to run the session, selected.
I would advise listeners to pay special attention to the rhythm work done by Smokey Dacus, Eldon Shamblin, and Tommy Allsup. It is much better than first rate. It sets a level of rhythm playing for Western Swing that aspires to the quiet fire that the all American rhythm section performed for the original Basie Band. If you are serious about playing any kind of music, sit and listen to it.
Finally, there is Leon Rauch. Rauch was one of Bob's last singers. On the historic Liberty sessions in the 1960s he only appeared as a backup singer for Tommy Duncan. He does most of the vocals on this record and shows what a master of voice and its subtleties he is.
This record is fun, instructional for those of us who aspire to musicians, and fun to listen to.
No wonder, it is the first album ever put into the Country Musical Hall fame on its own.
12 of 12 found the following review helpful:
Heartbreaking Final Farewell From a Living Legend Jan 04, 2006
By James Morris
There is pure magic in this album, which has been one of my favorites for years. I have often named Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys as my favorite band. Although I am very fond of his 1930's and 1940's recordings, this album is special.
As others have noted, Bob only participated in a quarter of the songs that appear on this album. The next day, he had his final stroke and entered a coma from which he did not regain consciousness, and died about a year later. An oft-told story is how the Playboys did San Antonio Rose with tears streaming down their faces, as they knew they would never see their beloved leader again.
Bob Wills left a legacy of hundreds of wonderful recordings, and if you like this one, I urge to check out his classic records from the 1930's and 1940's (his 1950's and 1960's sessions aren't bad, either).
There are two comments here that I would like to correct - the original vinyl album contained every track on this CD; nothing is missing. One reviewer said that the vinyl contained only ten tracks; mine has all 24 tracks. Another reviewer complained that Take Me back To Tulsa is missing from the CD release; but that song doesn't appear on my two-record vinyl.
If you're unfamiliar with Bob Wills, For The Last Time - his last album - is not a bad place to start - highly recommended.
11 of 11 found the following review helpful:
"The Last Time" brings it full circle Jul 05, 1999
By cwjaj@aol.com
Bob Wills bucked the odds and and played his own brand of ecclectic Western/Swing (he pretty much invented the genre) much to the raised eyebrows of "legite" musicians of his day. Unwittingly, he created a monster. This album was concieved and recorded by those who loved him and helped create the Legend of Bob Wills, The Texas Playboys. Knowing his days were numbered, they gathered in Dallas TX in 1973 and made these cuts with their old master (wheelchair bound) and paid homage. Bob made it through the first day's session and managed a few "Ah haas!" to the delight of the old guard. He suffered a stroke and fell into a coma the following night. The Playboys completed the session the next day without his watchful eye. The music is sweet, poignant and necessary for every seeker of a slice of western music. Bob's last few strained hollers in these cuts mark the end of a voice that will haunt generations of music lovers come. A must for your collection of classic americana
7 of 7 found the following review helpful:
Addional reasons to add this to your collection Sep 09, 2007
By Aubrey C. Doggett
The reviews above are mostly excellent, reflecting a sincere appreciation of the music and the musicians. "For the Last Time" is remarkable because it is both an historical monument and thoroughly enjoyable entertainment. There are several additional reasons to add this to your collection.
Merle Haggard is the lead vocalist on three tracks, "Playboy Theme," "I Wonder If You Feel the Way I Do," and "Yearning," and plays fiddle on other tracks. Merle was a Texas Playboy for a single day.
The liner notes alone are worth ordering the record. They were written by Dr. Charles Townsend who subsequently published "San Antonio Rose," the definitive Bob Wills biography. He won a Grammy for the liner notes. Dr. Townsend also is the announcer who kicks off the record with "The Texas Playboys Are On The Air!" which started their radio broadcasts for years.
Of the 24 tracks, seven are songs written by the extraordinary Cindy Walker. Cindy had a long and very prolific songwriting career, and Bob recorded more than 50 of her songs (she had about 500 recorded by some of the most famous performers in C/W and popular music). Cindy died in Mexia, Texas in March, 2006. A few days earlier Willie Nelson had released an excellent tribute, "You Don't Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker."
The recording picks up the musicians' chatter between some of the songs, and it's funny and interesting.
The recording's only downside is that Bob Wills was unable to contribute his "hollars" except in a very strained way. As another of the reviewers suggested, get a recording of a little earlier vintage to appreciate Bob's "hollars."
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
The King Is Dead... Long Live The King Mar 29, 2007
By Anthony S. Prowse
"Blues Cowboy"
Nowhere in the world can you get a better piece of American music history for less than $8!!! I bought this album when it was first released in the early 70's. It was my first real "Country" music purchase as I was trying to find music that sent shivers up my spine. At the time, my two favourites were Jimmy Reed and Frank Zappa!!!!!!! Then along came Bob Wills and I found another. This album started my long and fruitful journey into country music and I find it difficult to recall a better album. Most of the reviewers here have got it right, except that Take Me Back To Tulsa was NOT on the original album. I particularly endorse the reviewer who wrote about the rhythm section and guitars. I am a guitarist of humble expertise and have been trying to copy some of the rhythm guitar patterns off these songs for the last 30 years or so and still struggle to work out how it's done. This is very sophisticated music, make no mistake. It may sound slight at first listen but delve deeper into the music and you will be richly rewarded. This album contains some of the best music and songs (esp. the late, great Cindy Walker) performed in the last century of American "roots" music. It is not a tribute album but the final Texas Playboys record and, given the technology of the day, probably the finest album made by one of the finest groups in music history. "Take it away Leon".
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