Tag Archives: Western Swing

Rewriting The Record For The Electric Guitar Again

Posted on September 9, 2018 by sixstrstories

One sentence. “On September 23-25, 1935, Leon McAuliffe, a brilliant player from Tulsa, Oklahoma, whose phrasing could have well influenced Charlie Christian, featured both electric steel and electrically amplified Spanish guitar on the first recordings of Bob Wills’s Texas Playboys.” … Continue reading →

Posted in Posts with Video, Random Topics | Tagged Art Satherley, Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys, Dallas Texas, Discography of Western Swing and Hot String Bands, Four Or Five Times, Get With It, Jas Obrecht, Jim Boyd, Leon McAuliffe, Rich Kienzle, St. Louis Blues, Talking Guitar, Vocalion Records, Western Swing | 2 Comments

Hot Dog! P.S.: Jim Boyd

Posted on June 27, 2013 by sixstrstories

Ok, Google. Search: Jim Boyd. About 6,970,00 results in 0.20 seconds and the first ten are for Jim Boyd, the television news anchorman; Jim Boyd, the insurance agent; Jim Boyd, the musicain (born in 1956); and Jim Boyd, the member of the Florida House … Continue reading →

Posted in Random Topics | Tagged Bill Boyd, Electric Spanish Guitar, Jim Boyd, Roy Newman and His Boys, The Cowboy Ramblers, The Light Crust Doughboys, The Men of the West, Western Swing | Leave a comment

Hot Dog!

Posted on June 23, 2013 by sixstrstories

On June 15, 2010, I wrote and posted an essay called “Recent Discoveries.” In it, I relayed the story behind my exciting discovery of the very first use of an electric guitar – “Spanish,” not “Hawaiian” – on a commercially-released record! I had … Continue reading →

Posted in Posts with Video, Random Topics | Tagged Corrine Corrina, Electric Guitar, Hot Dog Stomp, Jim Boyd, Lloyd T., Roy Newman and His Boys, Western Swing | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Western Swing

Rewriting The Record For The Electric Guitar Again

Hot Dog! P.S.: Jim Boyd

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