associated_acts death_date death_place years_active birth_place name background birth_date instrument genre article_title birth_name occupation
light leon mcauliffe and his western swing band leon mcauliffe and crust his cimarron boys doughboys bob wills and his texas playboys 20 august 1988 tulsa , oklahoma , u.s. 1930s & ndash ; 1980s houston , texas , u.s. leon mcauliffe solo_singer 3 january 1917 guitar , slide steel guitar western swing leon mcauliffe
 william leon mcauliffe musician , bandleader
leon mcauliffe

leon mcauliffe -lrb- january 3 , 1917 -- august 20 , 1988 -rrb- , born william leon mcauliffe , was an american western swing musician from houston , texas .
he is famous for his steel guitar solos with bob wills and the texas playboys , inspiring wills 's phrase , `` take it away , leon . ''
