CIMARRON RAG-Leon McAuliffe

Here's music by Leon McAuliffe, "Cimarron Rag."



This version was recorded in Dallas between 1958 and 1960 and released on Cimarron album #CLP-2001 in 1960.

LEON McAULIFFE Blacksmith Blues COLUMBIA 1952

Here's music by steel guitar legend Leon McAuliffe with a ditty called "Blacksmith Blues."



Recorded in Dallas on January 28, 1952 and released on Columbia Records February 29 (Leap Day!) of that year.

Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys - Steel Guitar Rag (1936)

Here's music by Bob Wills and his Playboys.  "Steel Guitar Rag" features the song's composer Leon McAuliffe on steel guitar.



Recorded in Chicago on September 29, 1936 and released on Vocalion Records, an American Record Corporation label.

I have decided to rename this blog (The Spice of the Program) and redirect its' focus from Educational Pictures' short subjects of the 1930s to Western Swing (as well as Hillbilly Boogie) from the 1930s to the 1950s (and sometimes later).