Anthology 1935-1973Amazon. com Building on the sacred tradition of the Texas fiddle band, Wills's Western swing became country music's answer to big band jazz. Wills gave his Playboys ample room for advanced improvisation, adding instruments (drums, horns, piano, electric guitar) that were not associated with country music. He drew on a variety of styles not just fiddle tunes and jazz standards, but also polka, blues, mariachi, and Dixieland punctuating the music with