Bob Wills Day, 50 and counting

Tumlinson paints bright tribute to Bob on Turkey brick

  • Bob Wills Day, 50 and counting
    Bob Wills Day, 50 and counting
  • BOB WILLS WALL Leaving Bob Wills’ familiar visage till last, muralist Matt Tomlinson works atop a ladder last week in Turkey, spraying some paint to delineate the edge of Wills’ traditional Western hat. A plaster surface would have made the job easier, but brick walls are less likely to deteriorate. | HANABA MUNN WELCH
    BOB WILLS WALL Leaving Bob Wills’ familiar visage till last, muralist Matt Tomlinson works atop a ladder last week in Turkey, spraying some paint to delineate the edge of Wills’ traditional Western hat. A plaster surface would have made the job easier, but brick walls are less likely to deteriorate. | HANABA MUNN WELCH
Cowboy poet-singer Red Steagall is likely to break into song when he sees the newest mural in Turkey, Texas. Everybody else does. The obvious inspiration for Matt Tumlinson’s latest grand piece of outdoor art is Steagall’s song “Lone Star Beer and Bob Wills Music.” That second line? “When I hear ‘Faded Love’ I feel at home.” They mural is very much at home in Turkey and not likely to fade soon…

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