Jimmy Bryant

*05-03-1925 Moultrie, GA, +22-09-1980

2nd version

By Michel Ruppli, Praguefrank, Mario Manciotti, Steve Hathaway
SESSIONS see also Tex Williams

29 September 1949 Hollywood, CA - Jimmy Bryant and Sons Of The Saddle (Jimmy Bryant [gt], Corky Carpenter [vcl-1], Albert Hal Moore [vcl-2],  Sam Nichols [gt], Alan Barker [bass], Andrew Cactus Soldi [fiddle], Albert Winter [piano])
001 MH 1212-6 JUST REMEMBER -2 unissued/BCD-15956
001 MH 1213-3 JELLY BEANS DADDY -1 Modern 20-1021/BCD-15956
003 MH 1214-1 BOOGIE BARN DANCE –instr.-  Modern 20-1021/BCD-15956
004 MH 1215-5 GAMBLIN’MONEY -2 unissued/BCD-15956
1950 Hollywood, CA - Jimmy Bryant
005 BLU LOVE MARKS Fiddle and Bow 1950-1
006 FROM HAPPY TO HURT Fiddle and Bow 1950-1

25 September 1950 [no. 1919, 15:00-18:00] Capitol Recording Studio, 5515 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA – Jimmy Bryant and Speedy West (Jimmy Bryant [gt], Speedy West [steel], Eddie Kirk [gt], Cliffie Stone [bass], Muddy Berry [drums], Harold Hensley [fiddle], Billy Liebert [accordion], Paul Sells [piano]. Producer: Ken Nelson)
007 6630-6 BRYANT’S BOOGIE F1275/T1314 SEE-267 BCD-15956 Sundazed 11134
008 6631-10 RED HEAD POLKA F1406/BCD-15956 JASMCD-3537 Sundazed 11134

18 January 1951 [no. 2029] Capitol Recording Studio, 5515 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA – Jimmy Bryant and Speedy West   (Jimmy Bryant [gt], Speedy West [steel], Eddie Kirk [gt], Cliffie Stone [bass], Muddy Berry [drums], Harold Hensley [fiddle], Billy Liebert [piano]. Producer: Ken Nelson)

009 7016 RAILROADIN‘ unissued lost

8 February 1951 [no. 2052, 20:30-24:00] Capitol Recording Studio, 5515 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA – Jimmy Bryant and Speedy West  (Jimmy Bryant [gt], Speedy West [steel], Eddie Kirk [gt], Cliffie Stone [bass], Muddy Berry [drums], Harold Hensley [fiddle], Billy Liebert [organ/piano]. Producer: Ken Nelson)

010 7016-4 RAILROADIN‘ F1464/T1341 BCD 15956 JASMCD 3537 Sundazed 11134
011 7120-7 STAINLESS STEEL F1464/T1341 BCD 15956 JASMCD 3537 Sundazed 11134

18 June 1951 [no. 2195, 14:30-17:30] Capitol Recording Studio, 5515 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA – Jimmy Bryant and Speedy West  (Jimmy Bryant [gt], Speedy West [steel], Eddie Kirk [gt], Billy Strange [gt], Cliffie Stone [bass], Muddy Berry [drums], Billy Liebert [piano/organ]. Producer: Ken Nelson)

012 7664-20 HUB CAP ROLL F1805/SEE 2349 JASMCD-3537 BCD 15956
013 7665-9 T-BONE RAG F1765/SEE 267 BCD 15956 JASMCD-3537 Sundazed 11134
014 7666-6 TRUCK DRIVER’S RIDE F1805/T1341 BCD 15956 JASMCD-3537 Sundazed 11134
015 7667-6 LIBERTY BELL POLKA F1765/ BCD 15956 SEE 267 Sundazed 11134

28 January 1952 [no. 2508, 14:15-17:45] Capitol Recording Studio, 5515 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA – Jimmy Bryant and Speedy West (Jimmy Bryant [gt], Speedy West [steel], Billy Strange [gt], Cliffie Stone [bass], Roy Harte [drums], Billy Liebert [piano]. Producer: Ken Nelson)

016 9657-11 CRACKERJACK F1991/SEE 249 BCD-15956
017 9658-10 BRYANT’S SHUFFLE F2057 /JASMCD-3537 BCD-15956 Sundazed 11134
018 9659-10 ROADSIDE RAG F1991/SEE 249 JASMCD-3537 BCD-15956
019 9660-15 YODELING GUITAR F2057/T1314 JASMCD-3537 BCD-15956 Sundazed 11134

6 May 1952 [no. 2621, 19:30-23:00] Capitol Recording Studio, 5515 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA – Jimmy Bryant and Speedy West (Jimmy Bryant [gt], Speedy West [steel], Billy Strange [gt], Cliffie Stone [bass], Roy Harte [drums], Billy Liebert [piano]. Producer: Ken Nelson)

020 10049-10 GEORGIA STEEL GUITAR F2160/T 520 JASM 3537 BCD-15956 Sundazed 11134
021 10050-10 PICKIN‘ THE CHICKEN F2310/SEE 267 BCD-15956 Sundazed 11134
022 10069-16 MIDNIGHT RAMBLE F2160/T520 JASM 3537 BCD-15956
023 10070-3 COMIN‘ ON F2310/SEE 267 BCD-15956 Sundazed 11134

25 November 1952 [no. 2830, 14:00-17:00] Capitol Recording Studio, 5515 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA – Jimmy Bryant and Speedy West  (Jimmy Bryant [gt], Speedy West [steel], Billy Strange [gt], Cliffie Stone [bass], Roy Harte [drums], Billy Liebert [piano]. Producer: Ken Nelson)

024 10851-5 LOVER unissued/ BCD-15956 Sundazed 11134
025 10852-2 SKIDDLE-DEE-BOO F2519/SEE 249 BCD-15956
026 10853-12 SERENADE TO A FROG F2444/T 520 JASMCD-3537 BCD-15956 Sundazed 11134
027 10854-2 BRYANT‘S BOUNCE F2444/T 520 T 1314 JASMCD-3537 BCD-15956 Sundazed 11134

27 May 1953 [no. 3054, 19:00-22:00] Capitol Recording Studio, 5515 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA – Jimmy Bryant and Speedy West  (Jimmy Bryant [gt], Speedy West [steel], Billy Strange [gt], Cliffie Stone [bass], Roy Harte [drums], Billy Liebert [piano]. Producer: Ken Nelson)

028 11560-15 OPUS I unissued/BCD 15956
029 11561-5 WHISTLE STOP T 1314 SEE 267 BCD 15956 Sundazed 11134
030 11562-9 SPEEDIN‘ WEST F2519/T 1341 BCD 15956 JASMCD-3537
031 11563-8 HOMETOWN POLKA F 2762/T 1314 BCD 15956 JASMCD-3537 Sundazed 11134

4 September 1953 [no. 3125, 15:00-18:00] Capitol Recording Studio, 5515 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA – Jimmy Bryant and Speedy West  (Jimmy Bryant [gt], Speedy West [steel], Billy Strange [gt], Cliffie Stone [bass], Roy Harte [drums], Billy Liebert [piano]. Producer: Ken Nelson)

032 11765-10 THIS AIN’T THE BLUES F2675/T 1341 BCD 15956 JASMCD-3537
033 11766-11 JAMMIN‘ WITH JIMMY F 2762/T 1314 BCD 15956 SEE 267 Sundazed 11134
034 11767-9 TWO OF A KIND unissued/ BCD 15956 Sundazed 11134
035 11768-10 SUNSET F 2675/T 1341 BCD 15956 JASMCD-3537

9 September 1953 [no. 3151, 14:30-18:00] Capitol Recording Studio, 5515 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA – Jimmy Bryant and Speedy West (Jimmy Bryant [gt], Speedy West [steel], Billy Strange [gt], Cliffie Stone [bass], Roy Harte [drums], Harold Hensley [fiddle], Billy Liebert [piano], Charles Tise [sax], George E. Burns [trombone], Ray Merrill [vcl], Bucky Tibbs [vcl]. Producer: Ken Nelson)
035 11860 STEEL GUITAR RAG F2620/BCD 15956

28 December 1953 [no. 3275, 20:00-23:00] Capitol Recording Studio, 5515 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA – Jimmy Bryant and Speedy West   (Jimmy Bryant [gt], Speedy West [steel], Billy Strange [gt], Cliffie Stone [bass], Roy Harte [drums], Billy Liebert [piano]. Producer: Ken Nelson)

036 12190 SWINGIN‘ ON A STRINGS EAP2-520/H 520 T 520 JASMCD-3537 BCD-15956
037 12191 OLD JOE CLARK EAP1-520/H 520 T-520 JASMCD-3537 BCD-15956 Sundazed 11134
038 12192 THIS IS SOUTHLAND EAP2-520/H 520 T 520 JASMCD-3537 BCD-15956
039 12193-10 ARKANSAS TRAVELER EAP2-520/H 520 T 520 BCD-15956 Sundazed 11134

6 January 1954 [no. 3288, 20:00-23:00] Capitol Recording Studio, 5515 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA – Jimmy Bryant and Speedy West  (Jimmy Bryant [gt], Speedy West [steel], Billy Strange [gt],  Allen Williams [bass], Roy Harte [drums], Billy Liebert [piano]. Producer: Ken Nelson)
040 12225-8 BLUE BONNET RAG EAP1-520/H 520 T 520 BCD-15956
041 12226-8 HOP, SKIP AND JUMP EAP1-520/H 520 T 520 BCD-15956
042 12227-12 COUNTRY CAPERS EAP2-520/H 520 T 520 SEE 267 BCD-15956 Sundazed 11134
043 12228-6 LOW MAN ON A TOTEM POLE EAP1-520/H 520 T 520 SEE 267 BCD-15956 Sundazed 11134

11 May 1954 [no. 3424, 09:00-12:00] Capitol Recording Studio, 5515 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA – Jimmy Bryant and Speedy West (Jimmy Bryant [gt], Speedy West [steel], Bily Strange [gt],  George E. Burns [bass], Roy Harte [drums], Billy Liebert [piano]. Producer: Ken Nelson)
044 12634-9 SLEEP WALKER’S LULLABY F3150/RE2067 SEE 267 BCD-15956 Sundazed 11134
045 12635-14 OUR PARADISE F2892/T 1341 BCD-15956 JASMCD-3537
046 12636-7 COTTON PICKIN‘ F3150/SEE 267 BCD-15956 Sundazed 11134
047 12637-5 BUSTIN‘ THRU F2892/SEE 249 BCD-15956

2 September 1954 [no. 3524, 9:15-12:45] Capitol Recording Studio, 5515 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA – Jimmy Bryant and Speedy West   (Jimmy Bryant [gt], Speedy West [steel], Billy Strange [gt],  Allen Williams [bass], Pee Wee Adams [drums], Billy Liebert [piano]. Producer: Ken Nelson)
048 12999-12 FLIPPIN‘ THE LID F3026/T 1341 BCD-15956 Sundazed 11134
049 13000-8 DEEP WATER F2964 EAP1-1314/T 1314 SEE 267 BCD-15956 Sundazed 11134
050 13001-11 STRATOSPHERE BOOGIE F2694 EAP1-1314/T 1314 SEE267 BCD-15956 Sundazed 11134
051 13002-12 WEST OF SAMOA F3026/ST-1341 JASMCD-3537 BCD-15956

14 June 1955 [no.3725, 19:30-22:30] Capitol Recording Studio, 5515 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA – Jimmy Bryant and Speedy West   (Jimmy Bryant [gt], Speedy West [steel], Jimmie Widener [rh gt], George Bruns [bass], Roy Harte [drums], Billy Liebert [piano]. Producer: Ken Nelson)
052 13640-20 SHUFFLEBOARD RAG F3348/SEE 249 BCD-15956 Sundazed 11134
053 13641-6 STEELIN‘ MOONLIGHT F3208/T 1341 BCD-15956
054 13642-11 CAFFEINE PATROL F3208/T 1341 BCD-15956 Sundazed 11134
055 13643-15 YANKEE CLOVER F3348/SEE 249 BCD-15956

5 August 1955 [no. 3857, 13:30-17:30] Capitol Recording Studio, 5515 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA – Jimmy Bryant and Speedy West (Jimmy Bryant [gt], Speedy West [steel], Billy Strange [gt], Cliffie Stone [bass], Roy Harte [drums], Billy Liebert [piano]. Producer: Ken Nelson) [*overdub session October 5, 1955]
056 14086 PICKIN‘ PEPPERS F3454 EAP1-1314/T 1314 BCD-15956 Sundazed 11134
057 14087-13 CHATTERBOX F3276/SEE 267 BCD-15956 Sundazed 11134
058 14088 FRETTIN‘ FINGERS* F3276 EAP1-1314/T 1314 BCD-15956 Sundazed 11134
059 14089 PUSHIN‘ THE BLUES F3454/T 1314 BCD-15956 Sundazed 11134

1 August 1956 [no. 4486, 19:30-23:00] Capitol Recording Studio, 1710 North Vine St., Hollywood, CA – Jimmy Bryant and Speedy West (Jimmy Bryant [gt], Speedy West [steel], Jimmie Widener [gt], George Edward Burns [bass], Roy Harte [drums], Billy Liebert [piano], Rudolph Hermann [sax], Jules Jacobs [sax], Edward Rosa [sax], Charles Tise [sax]. Producer: Ken Nelson)
060 15570-11 SAND CANYON SWING F3537/SEE 249 BCD-15956
061 15740-8 WATER BABY BLUES F3537/SEE 249 BCD-15956
062 15741-5 SHAWNEE TROT F3669/SEE 249 BCD-15956
063 15742-2 ON THE ALAMO F3669/SEE 249 BCD-15956

9 October 1956 [no. 4610, 19:00-22:30] Capitol Recording Studio, 1710 North Vine St., Hollywood, CA – Jimmy Bryant and Speedy West (Jimmy Bryant [gt], Speedy West [steel], Jimmie Widener [gt], Deuce Spriggens [bass], Pee Wee Adams [drums], Merrill E. Moore [piano]. Producer: Ken Nelson)
064 16069 ROLLING SKY F3635/T 1314 BCD-15956 Sundazed 11134
065 16070 THE NIGHT RIDER F3635/T 1314 BCD-15956 Sundazed 11134
066 16071-6 HILLCREST (OPUS 3) unissued/ BCD-15956 Sundazed 11134
067 16072-3 CHINA BOY unissued/BCD-15956 Sundazed 11134 [t.-1] BCD-15956

1961 Hollywood, CA – Jimmy Bryant
068 LONESOME TRAIN Sage 45-340
069 42 CHATSWORTH ROAD Sage 45-340
1962 [soundtrack: The Skydivers] Hollywood, CA - Jimmy Bryant
070 HA-SO Big J 162 Ecco Fonic 1005/ Sundazed 11134
071 TOBACCO WORM Big J 162 Ecco Fonic 1005 / Sundazed 11134

1962 Hollywood, CA – George Tracy and Jimmy bryant Band

T01 BJ 0013 MAMA’S BOY Big J 163

T02 BJ 0014 PUMPKIN SEED Big J 163

1966 Hollywood, CA – Jimmy Bryant
072 STRINGS Sundazed 11134
073 LONG WALK HOME Sundazed 11134
074 FRETIN’ FINGERS Sundazed 11134
075 WHISTLE STOP Sundazed 11134
ca January 1966 Hollywood, CA – Jimmy Bryant (Jimmy Bryant [gt], Leon Russell [piano] + unknown musicians. Producer: Scott Turner)
076 MODEL 400 BUCKBOARD Imperial 66155/LP-12310 Sundazed 11134
077 BLOW YOUR HAT IN THE CREEK Imperial 66155/LP 12310 Sundazed 11134
078 PEACH GROVE EXPRESS Imperial LP 12310 Sundazed 11134
079 ELENA GOODBYE Imperial LP 12310
080 RATTLE DANCE Imperial LP 12310 Sundazed 11134
081 FRAULEIN Imperial LP 12310
082 SCOTTISH EAGLE Imperial LP 12310 Sundazed 11134
083 BUGGY RIDE Imperial LP 12310 Sundazed 11134
084 LONESOME Imperial 66176/LP 12310
085 FENDER BENDER Imperial LP 12310 Sundazed 11134
086 HAPPY GUITAR Imperial LP 12310
087 JULIE'S GONE Imperial 66176/LP 12310 Sundazed 11134
ca May 1966 Hollywood, CA – Jimmy Bryant (Producer: Scott Turner)
088 LAUGHING GUITAR Imperial LP 12315 Sundazed 11134
089 JOYRIDE Imperial LP 12315 Sundazed 11134
090 SPANISH TWO-STEP Imperial LP 12315
091 FREIGHT TRAIN, TAKE ME HOME Imperial LP 12315
092 SHIVAREE MOUNTAIN Imperial LP 12315
093 CORN BALL Imperial LP 12315 Sundazed 11134
094 CRYING GUITAR Imperial LP 12315
095 I'M SO LONESOME I COULD CRY Imperial LP 12315
096 CRYING IN THE CHAPEL Imperial LP 12315
097 WHY SHOULD I CRY Imperial LP 12315
098 LAUGHING FACE, CRYING HEART Imperial LP 12315
099 THE HEART OF A CLOWN Imperial LP 12315 Sundazed 11134

Fall 1966 unknown – Jimmy Bryant
113 WILDWOOD FLOWER Dolton BTS-17505
114 COLUMBUS STOCKADE BLUES Dolton BTS-17505
115 BOOGIE FOR GUITAR Dolton BTS-17505 Sundazed 11134
116 STEEL GUITAR RAG Dolton BTS-17505 Sundazed 11134
Fall 1966 Nashville, TN – Jimmy Bryant (Producer: Scott Turner)
117 FOR WE ARE YOUNG Imperial LP-12338
118 ISLAND OF CORINA Imperial LP-12338
119 TABASCO ROAD Imperial 66235/LP-12338 Sundazed 11134
120 MOODY AFTERNOON Imperial LP-12338
121 MELISSA Imperial LP-12338
122 COME ALIVE POLKA Imperial LP-12338 Sundazed 11134
123 LITTLE STAR Imperial LP-12338
124 PEDRO'S GUITAR Imperial LP-12338
125 LONG WALK HOME Imperial LP-12338
126 LAZY GUITAR Imperial 66235/LP-12338 Sundazed 11134
127 WHISTLE STOP Imperial LP-12338
128 RAPID TRANSIT Imperial LP-12338
Fall 1966 Hollywood, CA – Jimmy Bryant and Red Rhodes as Orville and Ivy (Producer: Red Rhodes

00 SHINBONE Imperial 66219/LP 12349 Sundazed 11134
103 TABASCO ROAD Imperial 66219/LP 12349
ca early 1967 Hollywood, CA – Jimmy Bryant and Scott Turner as by Norval and Ivy. (Producer: Scott Turner)

101 SLOWPOKE Imperial 66249/LP 12349
102 BUCKAROO Imperial LP 12349
104 PLEASE PASS THE BISCUITS Imperial 66249/LP 12349
105 COTTON FIELDS Imperial LP 12349
106 COTTON PICKIN' Imperial LP 12349
107 WATERLOO Imperial LP 12349
108 YAKETY AXE Imperial LP 12349
109 OH LONESOME ME Imperial LP 12349
110 TREVOR'S THEME Imperial LP 12349 Sundazed 11134
111 FLOWERS ON THE WALL Imperial LP 12349
112 LIVERPOOL Sundazed 11134
1967 unknown – Jimmy Bryant and Sunset Strings and Voices
129 RELEASE ME Sunset SUS-5185
130 MAKE THE WORLD GO AWAY Sunset SUS-5185
131 AM I LOSING YOU Sunset SUS-5185
132 MISSING YOU Sunset SUS-5185
133 LOCK, STOCK AND TEARDROPS Sunset SUS-5185
134 FOUR WALLS Sunset SUS-5185
135 STILL Sunset SUS-5185
136 AM I THAT EASY Sunset SUS-5185
137 JUST OUT OF REACH Sunset SUS-5185
138 WHEN TWO WORLDS COLLIDE Sunset SUS-5185
Summer 1967 Hollywood, CA – Jimmy Bryant (Jimmy Bryant [gt], Barney Kessel [gt], Ak Bruno [gt], Red Callender [bass], Shelly Manne [drums], Jim Horn [sax]. Producer: Scott Turner)
139 TWELFTH STREET RAG Imperial LP-12360 Sundazed 11134
140 LITTLE ROCK GETAWAY Imperial LP-12360 Sundazed 11134
141 CARAVAN Imperial LP-12360 Sundazed 11134
142 DOWN YONDER Imperial LP-12360 Sundazed 11134
143 GEORGIA BOOGIE Imperial LP-12360 Sundazed 11134
144 ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL Imperial LP-12360
145 TICO-TICO Imperial LP-12360 Sundazed 11134
146 INDIANA (BACK HOME AGAIN IN INDIANA) Imperial LP-12360 Sundazed 11134
147 TEN WHEELS Imperial LP-12360 Sundazed 11134
148 STUMBLING Imperial LP-12360 Sundazed 11134
149 VOXWAGON Imperial LP-12360 Sundazed 11134
150 SUGARFOOT RAG Imperial LP-12360 Sundazed 11134
1967 unknown – Jimmy Bryant
Unknown tracks for unissued LP-12379

Ca 1970 Unknown, CA – Jimmy Bryant and John Gore
162 CATFISH* L-O 1006 Cowpokes
163 JOHN'S TURKEY* L-O 1006 Cowpokes
1971 Conway Recording Studio, 5100 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA – Jimmy Bryant

164 L17-71L SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EARTHQUAKE Sundi 318

165 I AIN’T GONNA SWING THAT HAMMER Sundi 318

1972 unknown, CA – Jimmy Bryant and The Pacesetters
166 1217 HANICH POLKA Ad-Korp 1217/8
167 1218 HEART STRINGS Ad-Korp 1217/8

1973 unknown, CA – Harold Hensley and The Western Swingers featuring Jimmy Byant and Noel Boggs

168 FOR THE GOOD TIMES Ubande 1973

169 BOODLE DEE BEEP Ubande 1973

1973 [live] unknown - Jimmy Bryant[gt], Jody Reynolds [gt], Les Paul [gt] (Frank Myron/Kirk Seeley [bass], Greg Eckler/Gene Alden [frums])
16901 OUT OF NOWHERE C Five C5 CD 611
16902 I CAN'T GET STARTED C5 CD 611
16903 JAMMIN' THE BLUES C5 CD 611
16904 YEKETY AXE/UNDECIDED C5 CD 611
16905 BACK HOME AGAIN IN INDIANA C5 CD 611
16906 CARAVAN C5 CD 611
16907 MARKET STREET BLUES C5 CD 611
16908 ROSE OF DESERT VIEW C5 CD 611
16909 ROSE ROOM C5 CD 611
16910 SPEEDO C5 CD 611
16911 HOW HIGH THE MOON C5 CD 611

September 1975 Nashville, TN – Jimmy Bryant and Speedy West (Producer: Pete Drake)
170 MOONLIGHT VALLEY Step One SOR-0060
171 BOOGIE MAN Step One SOR-0060
172 THE WEST IS CALLING Step One SOR-0060
173 ON THE MOVE Step One SOR-0060
174 SPEEDY RECOVERY Step One SOR-0060
175 CHASE Step One SOR-0060
176 WOUND TIGHT Step One SOR-0060
177 JUMPIN' JEEPERS Step One SOR-0060
178 ROLLING SKY Step One SOR-0060
179 LAZY GUITAR Step One SOR-0060

3 March 1976 [jam session] Nashville, TN - Speedy West, Julian Tharpe, Buddy Emmons, Jimmy Day, Hal Rugg, Lloyd Green, Maurice Anderson, Curly Chalker, Doug Jernigan (+Jimmy Bryant [gt], Henry Strzelecki [bass], Louis Bellson [drums],  John Gore [sax])

17901 TWELVE MIDNIGHT [8:38] WOW 1001

17902 COTTONTAIL BLUES  [14.51] WOW 1001

17903 LONESOME ROAD   [20.47] WOW 1001

1976 [live] Rogers Musicland, Muskegon, MI – Jimmy Bryant and Buddy Emmons
17904 JIMMY BRYANT AND HIS GUITAR Dab 4015
17905 LAZY GUITAR Dab 4015
17906 UNDECIDED Dab 4015
17907 RAISIN THE DICKENS Dab 4015
17908 MISTY Dab 4015
17909 FOUR WHEEL DRIVE Dab 4015
unknown info – Jimmy Bryant and Matt Denning

GABE’S GUITAR Kool 45-102

THE DEVIL IN ME Kool 45-102

ALBUMS
Capitol H-520 2 Guitars Country Style: Hop, Skip And Jump; Old Joe Clark; Blue Bonnet Rag; Low Man On A Totem Pole; Country Capers; This Is Southland; Arkansas Traveler; Swingin' On The Strings – 54 w. Speedy West (10“ LP)
Capitol T-520 2 Guitars Country Style: Hop, Skip And Jump; Old Joe Clark; Blue Bonnet Rag; Low Man On A Totem Pole; Country Capers; This Is Southland; Arkansas Traveler; Swingin' On The Strings; Georgia Steel Guitar; Bryant's Bounce; Serenade To A Frog; Midnight Ramble – 56 w. Speedy West
Capitol T-1314 Country Cabin Jazz: Frettin' Fingers; Night Rider; Deep Water; Jammin' With Jimmy; Whistle Stop; Stratosphere Boogie; Pickin' Peppers; Pushing The Blues; Rolling Sky; Yodeling Guitar; Bryant's Bounce; Hometown Polka - 60 w. Speedy West (not credited; reissued on Stetson HAT 3078)
Capitol T-1341 Steel Guitar: Speedin' West; Railroadin'; West Of Samoa; Caffeine Patrol; Our Paradise; Flippin' The Lid; This Ain't The Blues; Stainless Steel; Steelin' Moonlight; Truck Drivers Ride; Sunset; Steel Strike – 60 w. Speedy West (Reissued on Steel Guitar Vintage Classics No-10, Stetson HAT 3045 and Sundazed 9007)
Imperial LP-9310/LP-12310 Bryant's Back In Town: Peach Grove Express; Elena Goodbye; Rattle Dance; Fraulein; Scottish Eagle; Blow Your Hat In The Creek; Buggy Ride; Lonesome; Fender Bender;. Happy Guitar; Julie's Gone; Model 400 Buckboard - 04-66 (reissued on Stetson HAT 3137)
Imperial LP-9315/LP-12315 Laughing Guitar, Crying Guitar: Laughing Guitar; Joyride; Spanish Two-Step; Freight Train, Take Me Home; Shivaree Mountain; Corn Ball; Crying Guitar; I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry; Crying In The Chapel; Why Should I Cry; Laughing Face, Crying Heart; The Heart Of A Clown – 08-66
Dolton BLP-16505/BST-17505 Play Country Guitar With Jimmy Bryant: Wildwood Flower; Columbus Stockade Blues; Boogie For Guitar; Steel Guitar Rag – 12-66
Imperial LP-9338/LP-12338 We Are Young – The Country Guitar of Jimmy Bryant: For We Are Young; Island Of Corina; Tabasco Road; Moody Afternoon; Melissa; Come Alive Polka; Little Star; Pedro's Guitar; Long Walk Home; Lazy Guitar; Whistle Stop; Rapid Transit – 01-67
Sunset SUL-1185/SUS-5185 Release Me: Release Me; Make The World Go Away; Am I Losing You; Missing You; Lock Stock And Teardrops; Four Walls; Still; Am I That Easy; Just Out Of Reach; When Two Worlds Collide – 67 w. Sunset Strings And Voices
Imperial LP-9349/LP-12349 Wingin' It With Norval and Ivy: Shinbone; Slowpoke; Buckaroo; Tobacco Road; Please Pass The Biscuits; Cotton Fields; Cotton Pickin'; Waterloo; Yakety Axe; Oh Lonesome Me; Trevor's Theme; Flowers On The Wall - 06-67 w.Scott Turner as by Norval and Ivy
Imperial LP-9360/LP-12360 The Fastest Guitar In The Country: Twelfth Street Rag; Little Rock Getaway; Caravan; Down Yonder; Georgia Boogie; Orange Blossom Special; Tico-Tico; Indiana (Back Home Again In Indiana); Ten Wheels; Stumbling; Voxwagon; Sugarfoot Rag – 11-67
Imperial LP-12379 no title – unissued

WOW WW-101 It’s The First Time: Twelve Midnight; Cottontail Blues; Lonesome Road – 7-  (jam session from 1976)

Goldsmith [GER] GMLP-5304 Steel Guitar Artistry: Speedin’ West; Skiddle-Dee-Boo;

Comin’ On; Railroadin’; Stainless Steel; Steel Strike + 10 unknown tracks - ? w. Jimmy Bryant (Capitol tracks)

See For Miles [UK] SEE-249 Steel Guitar From Outer Space: Steel Guitar Rag; Hub Cap Roll; Roadside Rag; Cracker Jack; Skiddle Dee Boo; Bustin' Through; Yankee Clover; Shuffleboard Rag; Sand Canyon Swing; Shawnee Trot; On The Alamo; Water Baby Blues; Space Man In Orbit; Sunset At Waikiki; Lazy Summer Evening; Totem Pole Dance; Afternoon Of A Swan; Speedy's Special; Double Or Nothing; Slow And Easy; Reflections From The Moon; Tulsa Twist; Rippling Waters; Wild And Woolly West – 89 w. Jimmy Bryant
See For Miles [UK] SEE-267 Guitar Take-Off: Bryant's Boogie; Leetle Juan Pedro; T-Bone Rag; Liberty Bell Polka; Okie Boogie; Pickin' The Chicken; Comin' On; Jammin' With Jimmy; Deep Water; Stratosphere Boogie; Arkansas Traveller; Low Man On A Totem Pole; Catfish Boogie; Country Capers; Old Joe Clark; Gotta Give Me Whatcha Got; Whistle Stop; Chatterbox; Cotton Pickin'; Sleepwalker's Lullaby – ca 90 w. Speedy West
Step One SOR-0062 For The Last Time: Moonlight Valley; Boogie Man; The West Is Calling; On The Move; Speedy Recovery; Chase; Wound Tight; Jumpin' Jeepers; Rolling Sky; Lazy Guitar – 90 w. Speedy West
See For Miles/C-Five [UK] C5 CD-611 Suntide Desert Jam 1973: Jimmy Bryant – Jody Reynolds – Les Paul, Guitar Legends: Out Of Nowhere; I Can't Get Started; Jammin' The Blues; Yakety Axe/Undecided; Back Home Again In Indiana; Caravan; Market Street Blues; Rose Of Desert View; Rose Room; Speedo; How High The Moon - 94
Razor and Tie RE-8-2067-2 Stratosphere Boogie: Flaming Guitars Of Jimmy Bryant and Speedy West: Stratosphere Boogie; Blue Bonnet Rag; Cotton Pickin'; Old Joe Clark; Sleepwalker's Lullaby; Arkansas Traveler; Night Rider; Low Man On A Totem Pole; Speedin' West; Comin' On; Bryant's Bounce; Midnight Ramble; Pickin' Peppers; Shuffleboard Rag; Bustin' Thru; Flippin' The Lid – 23-05-95
Bear Family [GER] BCD-15956 Flamin' Guitars: Jelly Beans Daddy; Just Remember; Boogie Barn Dance; Gamblin' Money; Steel Strike; Bryant's Boogie; Red Headed Polka; Railroadin'; Stainless Steel; Hub Cap Roll; T-Bone Rag; Truck Driver's Ride; Liberty Bell Polka; Crackerjack; Bryant's Shuffle; Roadside Rag; Yodeling Guitar; Georgia Steel Guitar; Pickin' The Chicken; Midnight Ramble; Comin' On; Lover; Skiddle-Dee-Boo; Serenade To A Frog; Bryant's Bounce; Opus I; Whistle Stop; Speedin' West; Hometown Polka; This Ain't The Blues; Jammin' With Jimmy; Two Of A Kind; Sunset; Steel Guitar Rag; Swingin' On The Strings; Old Joe Clark; This Is Southland; Arkansas Traveler; Blue Bonnet Rag; Hop, Skip And Jump; Country Capers; Low Man On A Totem Pole; Sleep Walker's Lullaby; Our Paradise; Cotton Pickin'; Bustin' Thru; Flippin' The Lid; Deep Water; Stratosphere Boogie; West Of Samoa; Shuffleboard Rag; Steelin' Moonlight; Caffeine Patrol; Yankee Clover; Pickin' Peppers; Chatter Box; Frettin' Fingers; Pushin' The Blues; Sand Canyon Swing; Water Baby Blues; Shawnee Trot; On The Alamo; Rolling Sky; The Night Rider; Hillcrest (Opus 3); China Boy; China Boy; Hawaiian War Chant; Song Of The Islands; On The Beach Of Waikiki; My Tane; Drifting And Dreaming (Sweet Paradise); My Little Grass Shack In Kealakekua, Hawaii; Sweet Hawaiian Chimes; Blue Hawaii; Yaaka Hula Hickey Dula; The Moon Of Manakoora; Ka-Lu-A; Luna; Reflections From The Moon; Space Man In Orbit; Lazy Summer Evening; Double Or Nothing; Afternoon Of A Swan; Wild And Woolly West; Rippling Waters; Totem Pole Dance; Slow And Easy; Speedy's Special; Sunset At Waikiki; Tulsa Twist; Candy Kisses (Eddie Kirk); Ain't Nobody's Business But My Own (Kay Starr and Tennessee Ernie Ford); I'll Never Be Free (Kay Starr and Tennessee Ernie Ford); Wild Card (Tex Williams); Okie Boogie (Ella Mae Morse); Down South (John Spike); I've Turned A Gadabout (John Spike); Stop Your Gamblin' (John Spike); There's A Blue Sky Way Out Yonder (John Spike); Okie Boogie (Ella Mae Morse); Twice The Lovin' (In Half The Time) (Jean Shepard); Crying Steel Guitar Waltz (Jean Shepard); Nobody Else Can Love You Like I Do (Jean Shepard); Keep It A Secret (Jean Shepard); Y'all Come (Bing Crosby); Under The Double Eagle (John Spike); Hot Lips (John Spike); Hotter Than A Pistol (John Spike); Keystone Kapers (Bag Of Rags) (John Spike); Whistle Stop (Billy May); This Must Be The Place (Betty Hutton and Tennessee Ernie Ford); The Boys In The Backroom (John Spike) – 07-04-97 w. Jimmy Bryant (4 Cd Box)
Razor and Tie RE-8-2192-2 Swingin' On The Strings: Collection, Vol. 2: Frettin' Fingers; Lover; Two Of A Kind; Yodeling Guitar; West Of Samoa; Opus 1; Truck Driver's Ride; T-Bone Rag; Skiddle-Dee-Boo; China Boy; Railroadin'; Jammin' With Jimmy; Deep Water; This Ain't The Blues; Rolling Sky; Whistle Stop; Hillcrest (Opus 3); Pushing The Blues; Swingin' On The Strings; Caffeine Patrol – 29-03-99 w. Speedy West
Jasmine [UK] JASMCD-3515 There's Gonna Be A Party...: Lover; Blue Bonnet Rag; There's Gonna Be A Party For The Old Folks; Tag Along; The Birth Of The Blues; The Missouri Waltz; Speedin' West; Indian Love Call; Cracker Jack; Limehouse Blues; Arkansas Traveller (w. Harold Hensley); Whistle Stop; T-Bone Rag; Sleepwalker's Lullaby; Two Of A Kind; Country Capers; Honolulu; I Love You So Much It Hurts; This Ain't The Blues; Texas Playboy Rag; Kentucky Waltz; Flippin' The Lid; Let The Rest Of The World Go By; Railroadin'; I'm Confessin'; Skiddle Dee Boo; Hop, Skip And Jump; Snow Deer; Dragging The Steel; Comedy: with Tennessee Ernie Ford – 14-11-00 w. Speedy West
Sundazed 11134 Frettin' Fingers: The Lightning Guitar Of Jimmy Bryant: Bryant’s Boogie; Red Headed Polka; Railroadin’; Stainless Steel; T-Bone Rag; Truck Driver’s Ride; Liberty Bell Polka; Bryant’s Shuffle; Yodeling Guitar; Georgia Steel Guitar; Pickin’ The Chicken; Comin’ On; Lover; Serenade To A Frog; Bryant’s Bounce; Whistle Stop; Hometown Polka; Jammin’ With Jimmy; Two Of A Kind; Old Joe Clark; Arkansas Traveler; Country Capers; Low Man On A Totem Pole; Cotton Pickin’; Sleepwalker’s Lullaby; Stratosphere Boogie; Flippin’ The Lid; Deep Water; Shuffleboard Rag; Caffeine Patrol; Pickin’ Peppers; Chatter Box; Frettin’ Fingers; Pushin’ The Blues; Rolling Sky; The Night Rider; Hillcrest (Opus 3); China Boy; Ha-So; Tobacco Worm; Strings (take 6 - early version of Joy Ride) (previously unissued); Long Walk Home (take 1) (previously unissued); Frettin’ Fingers (take 1 - early version of Rapid Transit) (previously unissued); Whistle Stop (take 1) (previously unissued); Peach Grove Express; Rattle Dance; Scottish Eagle; Julie’s Gone; Buggy Ride; Blow Your Hat In The Creek; Fender Bender; Model 400 Buckboard; Laughing Guitar; Joy Ride; Corn Ball; In The Heart Of A Clown; Tabasco Road; Come Alive Polka; Lazy Guitar; Shinbone; Trevor’s Theme; Liverpool (previously unissued); Boogie For Guitar; Steel Guitar Rag; 12th Street Rag; Little Rock Getaway; Caravan; Down Yonder; Georgia Boogie; Tico Tico; Indiana; Ten Wheels; Stumbling; Voxwagon; Sugar Foot Rag – 03 w. Speedy West (3CD set)
Jasmine [UK] JASMCD-3537 Travellin' From Georgia To West Of Samoa: Georgia Steel Guitar; Steel Strike; Bryant's Bounce; Red Headed Polka; Railroadin' ; Stainless Steel; Hub Cap Roll; Truck Driver's Ride; Bryant's Shuffle; Roadside Rag; Yodelling Guitar; Midnight Ramble; Serenade To A Frog; Hometown Polka; Speedin' West; Sunset; This Ain't The Blues; Old Joe Clark; Swingin' On The Strings; This Is Southland; Our Paradise; Stratosphere Boogie; West Of Samoa - 05
Cattle Compact [GER] CCD 339 Speedy West Meets Jimmy Bryant In Hollywood: [Jimmy Bryant:] Bryant's Boogie; Limehouse Blues; Midnight Ramble; Old Joe Clarke; Red Head Polka; [Jimmy Bryant and Speedy West:] Country Capers; T-Bone Rag; Whistle Stop; Speedy West: Blue Bonnet Rag; Bustin' Thru; Hop, Skip And Jump; I'm Confessin' (That I Love You); Let The Rest Of The World Go By; Moon Of Manakoora; My Little Grass Shack In Kealakeku, Hawaii; My Tane; On The Alamo; Paradise Island; Railroadin'; Roadside Rag; Skiddle-Dee-Boo; Speedin' West; Steel Guitar Jubilee; Steel Guitar Rag; Sunset; Our Paradise; Swingin' On The Strings; Tag Along; This Ain't The Blues; Yours – ca 07 (Transcriptions ca. 1954)
Dab 4015 Dave Burleys Jamfest Live At Rogers Musicland: Jimmy Bryant and his guitar; Lazy Guitar; Undecided; Raisin the Dickens; Místy; Four Wheel Drive - 09 w. Buddy Emmons (rec. 1976 live at Rogers Musicland, Muskegon, MI)

EP's

Capitol

EAP 1-520 Two Guitars Country Style, part 1: Hop, Skip And Jump; Old Joe Clark / Blue Bonnet Rag; Low Man On A Totem Pole – 10-54 w. Speedy West
EAP 2-520 Two Guitars Country Style, part 2: Country Capers; This Is Southland / Arkansas Traveler; Swingin' On The Strings  - 10-54 w. Speedy West

EAP1-1314 Country Cabin Jazz: Frettin' Fingers; Pickin' Peppers / Deep Water ; Stratosphere Boogie - 60        

SINGLES

Modern (1949) w. the Sons of The Saddle
20-1021 Boogie Barn Dance / Jelly Beans Daddy - ca. 11-49
Fiddle and Bow (1950)
1950-1 Blu Love Marks / From Happy To Hurt - 50
Capitol (1951-57)
F1406 [Jimmy Bryant And Cliffie Stone And His Hometown Jamboree Gang:  Red Head Polka / [Cliffie Stone And His Hometown Jamboree Gang:] Amen, Brother Ben – 03-51

F1765 Liberty Bell Polka / T-Bone Rag - 06-51 w. Speedy West
F2057 Bryant's Shuffle / Yodelin' Guitar - 04-52 w. Speedy West
F2160 Georgia Steel Guitar / Midnight Ramble - 07-52 w. Speedy West (rev. July 26)
F2310 Pickin' A Chicken / Comin' On - 11-52 w. Speedy West
F2444 Bryant's Bounce / Serenade To A Frog - 04-53 w. Speedy West
F2519 Speedin' West / Skiddle Dee Boo - 07-53 w. Speedy West
F2675 Sunset / This Ain't The Blues - 12-53 w. Speedy West
F2762 Jammin' With Jimmy / Hometown Polka - 03-54 w. Speedy West
F2892 Bustin' Thru / Our Paradise - 08-54 w. Speedy West
F2964 The Stratosphere Boogie / Deep Water - 11-54 w. Speedy West
F3026 West Of Samoa / Flippin' The Lid - 01-55 w. Speedy West
F3150 Cotton Pickin' / Sleep Walker's Lullaby - 06-55 w. Speedy West
F3208 Steelin' Moonlight / Caffeine Patrol - 09-55 w. Speedy West
F3276 Frettin' Fingers / Chatterbox - 11-55 w. Speedy West
F3348 Shuffleboard Rag / Yankee Clover - 02-56 w. Speedy West
F3454 Pickin' Peppers / Pushin' The Blues - 06-56 w. Speedy West
F3537 Water Baby Blues / Sand Canyon Swing - 09-56 w. Speedy West
F3635 The Night Rider / Rolling Sky - 02-57 w. Speedy West

Sage (1961)
45-340 Lonesome Train / 42 Chatsworth Road – 05-61 (rev. May 29)
Big J (1962)
162 Ha-So / Tobacco Worm - 62 (reissued on Ecco-Fonic EF 1005 in 1995)

163 Mama’s Boy / Pumpkin Seed – 62 George Tracy and Jimmy Bryant Band
Imperial (1966-67)
66155 Model 400 Buckboard / Blow Your Hat In The Creek – 07-02-66
66176 Lonesome / Julie's Gone - 05-66
66219 Tabasco Road / Shinbone - 12-66 w. Red Rhodes As Orville and Ivy
66235 Lazy Guitar / Tabasco Road - 02-67
66249 Please Pass The Biscuits / Slow Poke - 05-67 w. Scott Turner as Norval and Ivy
L-O Cowpokes (ca 1970)
L-O 1006 Catfish / John's Turkey – w. John Gore
Sundi (1971)
318 Southern California Earthquake / I Ain’t Gonna Swing That Hammer - 71

Ad-Korp (1972)
1217/18 Hanich Polka / Heart Strings - 72
Ubande (1973) w. Harold Hensley
1973 Boodle Dee Beep / For The Good Times - 73
Kool

45-102 Gabe’s Guitar / The Devil In Me –   w. Matt Denning

 

16” TRANSCRIPTION DISCS

AFRTS W-1361 Country Cabin Jazz