[starsailor]

Hi Dave, Hope you're well, not too sure how much help I can be but I enjoy a bit of research, seems when Western swing is mentioned the name Bob Wills always pops up he's sort of the Godfather of Western Swing, you probably came across him he hails from the 30's and 40's so I'm not too sure that's what you're looking for but most later guys follow his lead, if you want some more Modern proponents of it you could check out Asleep at the Wheel and Commander Cody and some of their songs, the list of performers who are into it also includes Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard etc. Heres a Wiki on it.

Western swing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


all I've found chord wise so far are these.

Western Swing: Roping in the Rip-Roarin’ Riffs of Cowboy Jazz,

Guitar Player Music Sheet Image:The Top Ten Western Swing Chord Forms

Western Swing - Online Guitar Lesson Video

Seems to hinge on the walking bass line, seems to have crossed over and been absorbed into mainstream Country Music there are bands who play a form which is close to Django Reinhardt and then it tends to stroll all the way to Country Music, bluegrass etc, interesting Genre.

Don't know how much this helps Dave but hope it helps a little bit, cool video enjoyed that, he's some player

Best Wishes

Chris