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Topic: Young Leon with Wills 1937 photo |
Bill Quinn
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Posted 22 Apr 2006 9:34 am |
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1937 photo of Leon McAuliffe (far right) with the Texas Playboys. I got it on Ebay, it was from an Oklahoma estate. There is a list of the player's names on a seperate sheet. It has Bob Will's autograph which looks authentic but can't be proven, although a crease in the photo does goe right across the autograph.
Just thought I'd post it to see if anyone has more info or comments on the photo. Thanks.[This message was edited by Bill Quinn on 22 April 2006 at 10:35 AM.] [This message was edited by Bill Quinn on 22 April 2006 at 10:48 AM.] [This message was edited by Bill Quinn on 22 April 2006 at 10:49 AM.] [This message was edited by Bill Quinn on 22 April 2006 at 10:50 AM.] |
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Roger Shackelton
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MINNESOTA (deceased)
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Posted 23 Apr 2006 8:06 am
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Nice photo Bill. I believe Bob Wills & Spade Cooley had the biggest bands in C&W music,in those days.
Roger |
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Bill Quinn
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Posted 23 Apr 2006 10:12 am
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I would like to thank Evelyn Granny Beavers
(Randy's mom)of Tulsa for her email to me with wonderful memories: Leon, Eldon, Speedy West, Johnny Lee Wills and her families ties to them. Randy being brought up with these players. The ballrooms and radio shows. Evelyn is sure that it is Bob's signature on the photo. Thank you so much for the information and heartfelt reflections! |
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Dick Wood
From:
Springtown Texas, USA
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Posted 23 Apr 2006 5:06 pm
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That's a 14 piece band if I didn't miss anyone which brings up the some questions.
How many nights a week did they usually work and what kind of money did they make?
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Craig A Davidson
From:
Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin USA
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Posted 24 Apr 2006 6:16 am
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| Dick, Bob and the boys played several nights a week and didn't do to bad moneywise. In a book I have about Bob, it tells in there that in 1944 Bob made somewhere around 400,000 dollars for the year. It also says he paid his band members accordingly. That factor always impressed me. In their day Bob Wills and The Texas Playboys were band of bands in their genre of music. |
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Dick Wood
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Springtown Texas, USA
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Posted 24 Apr 2006 10:05 am
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WOW! I would have never imagined them making that kind of money back then.
Thanks Craig.
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James Morehead
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Prague, Oklahoma, USA - R.I.P.
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Posted 24 Apr 2006 12:54 pm
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And looky there! They made that kind of money with out having holes in their pants and looking like street people---IMAGINE THAT!!!  |
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Ray Montee
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Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 24 Apr 2006 1:47 pm
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| What kind of guitar does Leon have on his lap? It appears to have a shiney aluminum type thingie that is visible. |
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