Editing Bob Wills (section)

===Early years===
He was born on a cotton farm in [[Kosse, Texas]],<ref>[http://www.wideopencountry.com/bob-wills-turkey-texas/ This Tiny Texas Town is a Must-See for Bob Wills Fans] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180414011733/http://www.wideopencountry.com/bob-wills-turkey-texas/ |date=April 14, 2018 }} Retrieved 2018-04-13.</ref> to Emma Lee Foley and John Tompkins Wills.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wargs.com/other/wills.html|title=Ancestry of Bob Wills|publisher=Wargs.com|access-date=2010-05-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070914062058/http://www.wargs.com/other/wills.html|archive-date=September 14, 2007|url-status=live}}</ref> His parents were both of primarily [[English American|English ancestry]], but had distant [[Irish American|Irish ancestry]], as well.<ref>San Antonio Rose: The Life and Music of Bob Wills by Charles Townsend and Charles R. Townsend, p. 2</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Kc7yZGTFXUgC&pg=PA2 |title=San Antonio Rose: The Life and Music of Bob Wills |author=Charles R. Townsend|year=1986 |page=2|publisher=University of Illinois Press |isbn=978-0252013621 }}</ref> The entire Wills family was musically inclined. His father was a statewide champion fiddle player, and several of his siblings played musical instruments.<ref>''Milton Brown and the Founding of Western Swing''. Cary Ginell. 1994. University of Illinois Press; {{ISBN|0-252-02041-3}}.</ref> The family frequently held country dances in their home, and while living in [[Hall County, Texas]], they also played at "ranch dances", which were popular throughout West Texas. In this environment, Wills learned to play the fiddle and the [[mandolin]] early.<ref>''San Antonio Rose: The Life and Music of Bob Wills''. Charles R. Townsend. 1976. University of Illinois. p. 17; {{ISBN|0-252-00470-1}}.</ref>

Wills not only learned traditional music from his family, but he also learned some [[Blues music|blues songs]] directly from [[African Americans|African-American]] families who worked in the cotton fields near [[Lakeview, Texas]]. As a child, he mainly interacted with African-American children, learning their musical styles and dances such as jigs. Aside from his own family, he knew few other White children until he was seven or eight years old.<ref>''San Antonio Rose: The Life and Music of Bob Wills''. Charles R. Townsend. 1976. University of Illinois. p. 4;
{{ISBN|0-252-00470-1}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfsu.edu/~news/2005/spring/18.htm|title=SF State News|publisher=San Francisco State University|author=Denize Springer|date=February 23, 2005|access-date=2010-05-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071117073216/http://www.sfsu.edu/~news/2005/spring/18.htm|archive-date=November 17, 2007|url-status=live}}</ref>