Catalogue: JASMCD 3514
Price Code: A
Release Date: 01/06/2001
Bar Code: 604988 35142 2
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Leon McAULIFFE & His Cimarron BoysTake It Away The Leon Way!
 
Leon’s big chance came in 1933 when W. Lee O’Daniel
wanted a steel guitar in the Light Crust Doughboys, which included Bob Wills on
fiddle. Being in such short supply, the sixteen-year-old Leon was given a shot
at the job.Wills also bought the still teenaged Leon an amplified instrument,
which enabled him to ‘compete’ in volume with other instruments in the band and
play solo choruses. It was by exploring the possibilities of the steel guitar
that the famous "Steel Guitar Rag" was born. Leon had made up the tune whilst
with the Doughboys, and subsequently Bob Wills incorporated an augmented version
into his dance hall repertoire. When it was first recorded with the Texas
Playboys in 1936, Wills added the memorable words, "Look out, friends, here’s
Leon. Take it away, my boy, take it away!" And ever since, "Take it away, Leon!"
has been the self-appointed McAuliffe catch-phrase.Featured here are rare studio
recordings from the 1950s, showcasing the very polished Western Swing style of
Leon McAuliffe and His Cimarron Boys, with an added final bonus track from 1950
written in tribute to that famous line "Take it away, Leon!".
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£5.99 / $9.88
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