Background
He was born in Canyon, Texas and died, aged 28, in an accident near Tulia, Texas.
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Leon Rusk
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He had been badly injured during World World War II and began a musical career after the war recording for King records. His recording, Air Mail Special On The Fly, has been covered by David Grisman and Jim & Jesse. He wrote several songs with Merle Travis including Petal From A Faded Rose which was variously recorded by Hank Snow, Wilma Burgess, Jimmy Dickens and George Morgan.
Rusk himself recorded the joint effort Until Dawn (78 rpm B-side: Dream Train Engineer.
King 546). In 1947, he was working at the Silver Spur in Los Angeles with Jack Rogers. They collaborated on a few tunes which Leon intended to record on the King label.
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Born
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Died
1950 (aged 28) -
Nationality
United States