Steel Guitar Rag
id:
steel-guitar-rag-170-14759367
title:
Steel Guitar Rag
text:
"Steel Guitar Rag" is the seminal Western swing instrumental credited with popularizing the steel guitar as an integral instrument in a Western band. Written by Leon McAuliffe, it was first recorded by Bob Wills and The Texas Playboys in 1936. The song bears a striking resemblance to "Guitar Rag" recorded by guitarist Sylvester Weaver in 1927., although others have claimed stylistic similarities to a popular Hawaiian song, "On the Beach at Waikiki", which was widely performed on the vaudeville c
brand slug:
wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
1936 instrumental performed by Bob Wills
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steel_Guitar_Rag
date created:
2008-04-28T18:49:33Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T00:04:09Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q7605677","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7605677"}
image:
fields total:
13
integrity:
15