The Famous Leon McAuliffe Star At Cains Ballroom In Tulsa - Bob Wills Editorial Image

A great tourist attraction at the Cain`s Ballroom Sidewalk in Tulsa! When Leon was sixteen he was a member of the Light Crust Doughboys, playing both rhythm guitar and steel guitar. In 1935, at age 18, he played with Bob Wills in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He stayed with Wills until World War IIWith Wills, he helped compose `San Antonio Rose`. He is more noted, however, for his most famous composition, `Steel Guitar Rag`, and his playing, along with that of Robert Lee Dunn of Milton Brown`s Musical Brownies, that popularized the steel guitar in the United States.