Sunday, April 20, 2014

Don Sowards - Laurel Mountain Boys



2nd version

By Praguefrank
SESSIONS

Mid 1961 unknown – Don Sowards
001 5999 GONNA GET TOUGH Rena 2004
002 6000 SOMEONE LOVES ME YET Rena 2004
003 PORT FOR ME Rena 2005
004 VOICE FROM THE DARKNESS Rena 2005
1964 unknown – Don Sowards and Laurel Mountain Boys
005 1084A NELLIE JOE Laurel 1084
006 1084B I LOVE YOU YES I DO Laurel 1084
1970s unknown – Don Sowards and Laurel Mountain Boys
007 PICKIN' IN THE LAUREL Starr SF-11206
008 A SMILE CAN'T HIDE Starr SF-11206
009 HE RODE ALL THE WAY TO TEXAS Starr SF 318
010 FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN Starr SF 318
1972 Lemco Sound Studio, Lexington, KY – Laurel Mountain Boys (Don Sowards [vcl/mandolin], John Dunaway [vcl/ld gt], Kevin Coll [vcl/banjo], Ray Norris [bass], Dewey Thacker [fiddle])
011 SOMETIME, SOMEWHERE Lemco LEM 055
012 TOOK ME AFTER DARK Lemco 114/LEM 055
013 DON'T TURN YOUR CHARMS ON ME Lemco LEM 055
014 NORTHFIELD EXPRESS Lemco 114/LEM 055
015 LONELY MOUNTAIN SWEETHEART Lemco LEM 055
016 NELLIE JO Lemco LEM 055
017 GEE LITTLE GIRL Lemco LEM 055
018 IT'S A LONG WAY BACK Lemco LEM 055
019 ROCK CREEK Lemco LEM 055
020 EVEN MORE Lemco LEM 055
021 I LOVE YOU YES I DO Lemco LEM 055
022 SINCE YOU WENT AWAY Lemco LEM 055
1978 unknown – Laurel Mountain Boys (John Green [ld vcl/gt], Don Sowards [vcl/mandolin], Mark Alan Sowards [vcl/banjo], Danny Milhon [dobro], Mike Smith [bass])
023 LONG BLACK BEAUTY Old Homesetad OHS-90096
024 I CALL HER SUNSHINE Old Homesetad OHS-90096
025 THE SOUTH'S GONNA DO IT AGAIN Old Homesetad OHS-90096
026 HE RODE ALL THE WAY TO TEXAS Old Homesetad OHS-90096
027 CRY OF THE WIND Old Homesetad OHS-90096
028 LIVING FREE AND EASY Old Homesetad OHS-90096
029 ALL I CAN TODAY Old Homesetad OHS-90096
030 DANGEROUS DAN Old Homesetad OHS-90096
031 GARDENS AND MEMORIES Old Homesetad OHS-90096
032 FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN Old Homesetad OHS-90096
033 ALL THAT JAZZ Old Homesetad OHS-90096
034 FLYIN' FINGERS Old Homesetad OHS-90096
035 I WISH YOU WAS SOMEONE I LOVED Old Homesetad OHS-90096
036 MEDALS FOR MOTHER Old Homesetad OHS-90096
ca 1979 unknown – Laurel Mountain Boys (John Green [ld vcl/gt], Don Sowards [vcl/mandolin], Mark Alan Sowards [vcl/banjo], Danny Milhon [dobro], Mike Smith [bass])
unknown tracks for OHS-90126
1980 unknown – Don Sowards and Laurel Mountain Boys
050 FOREVER ONE DAY AT A TIME Leather LBG-7710
051 SONG FOR LIFE Leather LBG-7710
052 RAMBLIN' SHOWBOAT GAMBLER Leather LBG-7710
053 BLUE SUMMER SONG Leather LBG-7710
054 WHILE I'M GONE Leather LBG-7710
055 SOMEONE IS LOOKING FOR SOMEONE Leather LBG-7710
056 CAROLINA SUNSHINE Leather LBG-7710
057 THIS IS MY YEAR FOR MEXICO Leather LBG-7710
058 MIDNIGHT LONELINESS Leather 7710/LBG-7710
059 MARY'S NOT THE MARY THAT I KNEW Leather 7710/LBG-7710
060 SANDCASTLES Leather LBG-7710
061 I'M HEAD OVER HEELS IN LOVE Leather LBG-7710
1981 unknown – Don Sowards and Laurel Mountain Boys
062 I CALLED HER SUNSHINE Apex 45
063 I'LL TAKE THE BLAME Apex 45


ALBUMS
Lemco LEM-055 Sometime, Somewhere:
Sometime, Somewhere; To Me After Dark; Don't Turn Your Charms On Me; Northfield Express; Lonely Mountain Sweetheart; Nellie Jo; Gee Little Girl; It's A Long Way Back; Rock Creek; Even More; I Love You Yes I Do; Since You Went Away – 76
Old Homestead OHS-90096 Long Black Beauty: Long Black Beauty; I Call Her Sunshine; The South's Gonna Do It Again; He Rode All The Way To Texas; Cry Of The Wind; Living Free And Easy; All I Can Today; Dangerous Dan; Gardens And Memories; Fire On The Mountain; All That Jazz; Flyin' Fingers; I Wish You Was Someone I Loved; Medals For Mother – 78
Old Homestead OHS-90126 Laurel Mountain Boys: (tracks unknown) - 80
Leather LBG-7710 Carolina Sunshine: Forever One Day At A Time; Song For Life; Ramblin' Showboat Gambler; Blue Summer Song; While I'm Gone; Someone Is Looking For Someone; Carolina Sunshine; This Is My Year For Mexico; Midnight Loneliness; Mary's Not The Mary That I Knew; Sandcastles; I'm Head Over Heels In Love - 80


SINGLES
Rena (1961)
2004 Gonna Get Tough / Someone Loves Me Yet – 08-61 (rev. Aug. 7, 1961)
2005 Port For Me / Voice From The Darkness - 61
Laurel (1964)
1084 Nellie Joe / I Love You Yes I Do - 64
Starr (unknown)
SF-11206 Pickin' In The Laurel / A Smile Can't Hide
SF-318 He Rode All The Way To Texas / Fire On The Mountain
Lemco (1972)
114 Northfield Express / Took Me After Dark - 72
Leather (1980)
7710 Mary’s Not The Mary I Knew / Midnight Loneliness - 80
Apex (1981)
45 I Called Her Sunshine / I'll Take The Blame - 81

Saturday, April 19, 2014

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

 


Baylou



By Praguefrank

SESSIONS
2012 unknown, AUS – Baylou (Barb Baillie, Victoria Baillie + unknown musicians. Producer: Craig Portelis)
001 TARGET ON MY HEART ABC EP/ ABC 3729312   
002 CAN’T STOP LOVING YOU ABC EP/ ABC 3729312   
003 THINKIN' ABOUT DRINKIN' ABOUT YOU ABC EP
004 MAN UP (Acoustic)  ABC EP
2012 ABC Studios, Sydney, AUS – Baylou (Barb Baillie, Victoria Baillie + unknown musicians)
005 HOEDOWN ABC 3729312   
006 NOVOCAINE ABC 3729312   
007 GO TO HELL AND I LOVE YOU ABC 3729312  
008 FOR YOU ABC 3729312  
009 MISS ME ABC 3729312   
010 THESE LIPS ABC 3729312   
011 SWEET RED WINE ABC 3729312   
012 WRECKLESS ABC 3729312   
013 WAKING UP THE NEIGHBOURS ABC 3729312

2017 unknown – Baylou, *with The Wolfe Brothers
014 RATTLIN’ CHAINS
015 BANG BANG
016 HEAVY
017 HYPNOTIC
018 CLOSING THIS MEMORY DOWN
019 IF YOU LET IT
020 EVEN WITH A BROKEN HEART*
Tracks above issued on EP Bang Bang

 


ALBUMS

ABC Music [AUS] 3729312 Go To Hell And Love You:  Hoedown;  Can’t Stop Loving You;  Novocaine;  Go to Hell and I Love You;  For You;  Miss Me;  These Lips;  Target on My Heart;  Sweet Red Wine;  Wreckless;  Waking Up the Neighbours – 12-03-13

EP
ABC Music [AUS] ? Baylou:  Target On My Heart;  Can’t Stop Loving You;  Thinkin' About Drinkin' About You;  Man Up (Acoustic) – 17-08-12 (digital only)

ABC Music [AUS] ? Bang Bang: Rattlin’ Chains; Bang Bang; Heavy; Hypnotic; Closing This Memory Down; If You Let It; Even With A Broken Heart (feat. The Wolfe Brothers) – 21-07-17
 

Southern Show Boys



By Praguefrank

SESSIONS
1973 unknown – The Southern Show Boys (Edward Lewis [vcl/gt], Rick Lewis [vcl/gt], Charlie Tuttle [vcl/mandolin], Leonard Styles [vcl/banjo], Kenneth Patterson [bass])
001 SO-12764 HILLS OF CAROLINE Old Homestead 45-5024/OHS 90034
002 REBEL SOLDIER Old Homestead OHS 90034
003 TODAY I COUNT AND TREASURE Old Homestead OHS 90034
004 WHEN YOUR LIPS TOUCHED MINE Old Homestead OHS 90034
005 THE TIMES THAT WE HAD Old Homestead OHS 90034
006 SECRET OF THE WATERFALL Old Homestead OHS 90034
007 YOU NEVER MENTIONED HIM TO ME Old Homestead OHS 90034
008 GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS Old Homestead OHS 90034
009 LAST REQUEST Old Homestead OHS 90034
010 SAY IT'S NOT SO Old Homestead OHS 90034
011 COUNTRY AND PROUD OF IT Old Homestead OHS 90034
012 WHY DID I LET THIS HAPPEN Old Homestead OHS 90034
013 BRASSY KNOB Old Homestead OHS 90034
014 LORD I'M COMING HOME Old Homestead OHS 90034  
015 SO-12765 HOME SWEET HOME IN DIXIE Old Homestead 45-5024
1975 unknown – The Southern Show Boys
016 DIXIE BOUND Old Homestead OHS 90050
017 STANDING ON THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN Old Homestead OHS 90050
018 BENDING THE STRINGS Old Homestead OHS 90050
019 LETS ALL PULL TOGETHER Old Homestead OHS 90050
020 FOX ON THE RUN Old Homestead OHS 90050
021 WE'RE ALL LOST SINNERS Old Homestead OHS 90050
022 YOUR LOVE GOES ON AND OFF Old Homestead OHS 90050
023 HEART DON'T CRY Old Homestead OHS 90050
024 YANCEY LOU TWIST Old Homestead OHS 90050
025 I DON'T BELONG HERE ANYMORE Old Homestead OHS 90050
026 MOTHER'S LOVE Old Homestead OHS 90050
027 I WILL SING YOU A SONG Old Homestead OHS 90050
1981 unknown – The Southern Show Boys
028 LOVE BEFORE MY TIME Old Homestead OHS 90097
029 I'LL NEVER FORGET Old Homestead OHS 90097
030 I WAS A FOOL Old Homestead OHS 90097
031 LITTLE GEORGIA ROSE Old Homestead OHS 90097
032 HUGO'S RUN Old Homestead OHS 90097
033 MY HEART CAN SEE Old Homestead OHS 90097
034 SIMON CRUTCHFIELDS GRAVE Old Homestead OHS 90097
035 LET ME WHISPER Old Homestead OHS 90097
036 DARK AS A DUNGEON Old Homestead OHS 90097
037 DARK HOLLOW Old Homestead OHS 90097
038 ARKANSAS REEL Old Homestead OHS 90097
039 PREACHING PRAYING SINGING Old Homestead OHS 90097

ALBUMS

Old Homestead OHS 90034 Hills Of Caroline: Hills Of Caroline; Rebel Soldier; Today I Count And Treasure; When Your Lips Touched Mine; The Times That We Had; Secret Of The Waterfall; You Never Mentioned Him To Me; Great Smoky Mountains; Last Request; Say It's Not So; Country And Proud Of It; Why Did I Let This Happen; Brassy Knob; Lord I'm Coming Home - 73
Old Homestead OHS 90050 On The Road With Bluegrass: Dixie Bound;  Standing On The Outside Looking In;  Bending The Strings;  Lets All Pull Together;  Fox On The Run;  We're All Lost Sinners;  Your Love Goes On And Off;  Heart Don't Cry;  Yancey Lou Twist;  I Don't Belong Here Anymore;  Mother's Love;  I Will Sing You A Song- 75
Old Homestead OHS 90097 New Addition: Love Before My Time; I'll Never Forget; I Was A Fool; Little Georgia Rose; Hugo's Run; My Heart Can See; Simon Crutchfields Grave; Let Me Whisper; Dark As A Dungeon; Dark Hollow; Arkansas Reel; Preaching Praying Singing
  - 81


SINGLES
Old Homestead
45-5024 Hills Of Caroline / Home Sweet Home In Dixie – 73

Friday, April 18, 2014

Speedy West



Wesley Webb West, *25-01-1924 Springfield, MO, +15-11-2003
2nd version

by Michel Ruppli, Praguefrank, Thieu Van De Vorst, Mario Manciotti
SESSIONS
10 January 1950 [no. 1592, 16:00-19:00] Capitol Recording Studio, 5515 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA – Cliffie Stone and His Orchestra (Eddie Kirk [gt], Speedy West [steel], Al Williams [bass], Harold Hensley [fiddle], Billy Liebert [accordion]. Producer: Ken Nelson)
001 5385-4 STEEL STRIKE –instr.- F966/T1341 BCD 15956
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)
002 6630-6 BRYANT’S BOOGIE F1275/T1314 BCD 15956 Sundazed 11134

003 6631-10 RED HEADED POLKA F1408/ BCD 15956 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)
004 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)
005 7016-4 RAILROADIN‘ F1464/T1341 BCD 15956 Sundazed 11134
006 7120-7 STAINLESS STEEL F1464/T1341 BCD 15956 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)
007 7664-20 HUB CAP ROLL F1805/BCD 15956
008 7665-9 T-BONE RAG F1765/BCD 15956 Sundazed 11134
009 7666-6 TRUCK DRIVER’S RIDE F1805/T1341 BCD 15956 Sundazed 11134
010 7667-6 LIBERTY BELL POLKA F1765/BCD 15956 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)
011 9657-11 CRACKERJACK F1991/BCD 15956
012 9658-10 BRYANT’S SHUFFLE F2057/BCD 15956 Sundazed 11134
013 9659-10 ROADSIDE RAG F1991/BCD 15956
014 9660-15 YODELING GUITAR F2057/T1314 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)
015 10049-10 GEORGIA STEEL GUITAR F2160/T 520 BCD 15956 Sundazed 11134
016 10050-10 PICKIN‘  THE CHICKEN F2310/ BCD 15956 Sundazed 11134
017 10069-15 MIDNIGHT RAMBLE F2160/T520 BCD 15956
018 10070-3 COMIN‘ ON F2310/ 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)
019 10851-5 LOVER unissued/BCD 15956 Sundazed 11134
020 10852-2 SKIDDLE-DEE-BOO F2519/BCD 15956
021 10853-12 SERENADE TO A FROG F2444/T 520 BCD 15956 Sundazed 11134
022 10854-2 BRYANT'S BOUNCE F2444/T 520 T 1314 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)
023 11560-15 OPUS I unissued/BCD 15956
024 11561-5 WHISTLE STOP T 1314 BCD 15956 Sundazed 11134
025 11562-9 SPEEDIN‘ WEST F2519/T 1341 BCD 15956
026 11563-8 HOMETOWN POLKA F 2762/T 1314 BCD 15956 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)
027 11765-10 THIS AIN’T THE BLUES F2675/T 1341 BCD 15956
028 11766-11 JAMMIN‘ WITH JIMMY F 2762/T 1314 BCD 15956 Sundazed 11134
029 11767-9 TWO OF A KIND unissued/ BCD 15956 Sundazed 11134
030 11768-10 SUNSET F 2675/T 1341 BCD 15956
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)
031 11860-4 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)
032 12190 SWINGIN‘ ON A STRINGS EAP2-520/H 520 T 520 BCD 15956
033 12191 OLD JOE CLARK EAP1-520/H 520 T-520 BCD 15956 Sundazed 11134
034 12192 THIS IS SOUTHLAND EAP2-520/H 520 T 520 BCD 15956
035 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)
036 12225-8 BLUE BONNET RAG EAP1-520/H 520 T 520 BCD 15956
037 12226-8 HOP, SKIP AND JUMP EAP1-520/H 520 T 520 BCD 15956
038 12227-12 COUNTRY CAPERS EAP2-520/H 520 T 520 BCD 15956 Sundazed 11134
039 12228-6 LOW MAN ON A TOTEM POLE EAP1-520/H 520 T 520 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)
040 12634-9 SLEEP WALKER’S LULLABY F3150/RE2067 BCD 15956 Sundazed 11134
041 12635-14 OUR PARADISE F2892/T 1341 BCD 15956
042 12636-7 COTTON PICKIN‘ F3150 BCD 15956 Sundazed 11134
043 12637-5 BUSTIN‘ THRU F2892/ 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)
044 12999-12 FLIPPIN‘ THE LID F3026/T 1341 BCD 15956 Sundazed 11134
045 13000-8 DEEP WATER F2964 EAP1-1314/T 1314 BCD 15956 Sundazed 11134
046 13001-11 STRATOSPHERE BOOGIE F2694 EAP1-1314/T 1314 BCD 15956 Sundazed 11134
047 13002-12 WEST OF SAMOA F3026 /T 1341 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)
048 13640-20 SHUFFLEBOARD RAG F3348/ BCD 15956 Sundazed 11134
049 13641-6 STEELIN‘ MOONLIGHT F3208/T 1341 BCD 15956
050 13642-11 CAFFEINE PATROL F3208/T 1341 BCD 15956 Sundazed 11134
051 13643-15 YANKEE CLOVER F3348/ 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)
052 14086 PICKIN' PEPPERS F3454 EAP1-1314/T 1314 BCD 15956 Sundazed 11134
053 14087-13 CHATTERBOX F3276/ BCD 15956 Sundazed 11134
054 14088 FRETTIN' FINGERS F3276 EAP1-1314/T 1314 BCD 15956 Sundazed 11134
055 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)
056 15570-11 SAND CANYON SWING F3537/ BCD 15956
057 15740-8 WATER BABY BLUES F3537/ BCD 15956
058 15741-5 SHAWNEE TROT F3669/ BCD 15956
059 15742-2 ON THE ALAMO F3669/ 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)
060 16069 ROLLING SKY F3635/T 1314 BCD 15956 Sundazed 11134
061 16070 THE NIGHT RIDER F3635/T 1314 BCD 15956 Sundazed 11134
062 16071-6 HILLCREST (OPUS 3) unissued/ BCD 15956 Sundazed 11134
063 16072-3 CHINA BOY unissued /BCD 15956 Sundazed 11134 [take-1:] BCD 15956
30 September 1957 [no. 6287, 13:30-16:30] Capitol Recording Studio, 1750 North Vine St., Hollywood, CA – Speedy West (Speedy West [steel], Elmer Schmidt [piano]. Producer: Ken Nelson) [overdub session October 11 [1]: + Sam Koki and Seven Seas Serenaders]
064 17600 SONG OF THE ISLANDS [1]  T 956/BCD 15956
065 17601 HAWAIIAN WAR CHANT T 956 BCD 15956
066 17608 MY TANE T 956 BCD 15956
067 17609-11 ON THE BEACH AT WAIKIKI EAP1-956/T 956 BCD 15956
4 October 1957 [no 6327, 13:30-17:00] Capitol Recording Studio, 1750 North Vine St., Hollywood, CA – Speedy West (Speedy West [steel], Elmer Schmidt [piano]. Producer: Ken Nelson)
068 17655 DRIFTING AND DREAMING (SWEET PARADISE) T 956 BCD 15956
069 17656 MY LITTLE GRASS SHACK IN KEALAKEKUA, HAWAII T 956 BCD 15956
070 17657 SWEET HAWAIIAN CHIMES T 956 BCD 15956
071 17658 BLUE HAWAII T 956 BCD 15956
7 October 1957 [no. 6331, 14:00-17:00] Capitol Recording Studio, 1750 North Vine St., Hollywood, CA – Speedy West (Speedy West [steel], Producer: Ken Nelson) [overdub session October 11 [1]: + Sam Koki and Seven Seas Serenaders]
072 17692 THE MOON OF MANAKOORA [1] EAP1-956/T 956 BCD 15956
073 17693-12 YAAKA HULA HICKEY DULA [1] EAP1-956/T 956 BCD 15956
074 17694 LUNA [1] T 956 BCD 15956
075 17695 KA-LU-A EAP1-956/T 956 BCD 15956
Ca 1960 (or 1956) Hollywood, CA –  Jim Malloy and his Range Riders (Speedy West [steel] + Speedy West Orchestraa: Billy Strange [gt] + unknown musicians)
076 WHEN PAYDAY ROLLS AROUND Golden Tone C 4003  
077 RIDIN' DOWN THE CANYON Golden Tone C 4003  
078 PISTOL PACKIN' MAMA Golden Tone C 4003  
079 COOL WATER Golden Tone C 4003
080 TUMBLING TUMBLEWEEDS Golden Tone C 4003  
081 DEEP IN THE HEART OF TEXAS Golden Tone C 4003  
082 TAKE ME BACK TO MY BOOTS AND SADDLE Golden Tone C 4003
083 HOME ON THE RANGE Golden Tone C 4003
084 BESIDE THE RIO GRANDE Golden Tone C 4003
085 COWBOY HAS TO SING Golden Tone C 4003  
086 RED RIVER VALLEY Golden Tone C 4003
087 EL RANCHO GRANDE Golden Tone C 4003
3 April 1962 [no. 10566, 13:00-16:30] Capitol Recording Studio, 1750 North Vine St., Hollywood, CA – Speedy West (Speedy West [steel] Roy Lanham [gt], Billy Strange [gt], Red Wooten [bass], Earl Palmer [drums], Billy Liebert [paino]. Producer: Ken Nelson)
088 37462 REFLECTIONS FROM THE MOON ST 1835 BCD 15956
089 37463 LAZY SUMMER EVENING ST 1835 BCD 15956
090 37464 SPECE MAN IN ORBIT ST 1835 BCD 15956
091 37465 DOUBLE OR NOTHING ST 1835 BCD 15956
4 April 1962 [no. 10568, 13:00-16:30] Capitol Recording Studio, 1750 North Vine St., Hollywood, CA – Speedy West  (Speedy West [steel] Roy Lanham [gt], Billy Strange [gt], Red Wooten [bass], Earl Palmer [drums], Billy Liebert [paino]. Producer: Ken Nelson)
092 37432 AFTERNOON ON A SWAN ST 1835 BCD 15956
093 37433 RIPPLING WATERS ST 1835 BCD 15956
094 37436 WILD AND WOOLY WEST ST 1835 BCD 15956
095 37437 TOTEM POLE DANCE ST 1835 BCD 15956
096 37481 SLOW AND EASY ST 1835 BCD 15956
5 April 1962 [no. 10574, 13:00-16:30] Capitol Recording Studio, 1750 North Vine St., Hollywood, CA – Speedy West (Speedy West [steel] Roy Lanham [gt], Billy Strange [gt], Red Wooten [bass], Earl Palmer [drums], Billy Liebert [paino]. Producer: Ken Nelson)
097 37478 SPEEDY’S SPECIAL ST 1835 BCD 15956
098 37479 SUNSET AT WAIKIKI ST 1835 BCD 15956
099 37480 TULSA TWIST ST 1835 BCD 15956
September 1975 Nashville, TN – Jimmy Bryant and Speedy West (Producer: Pete Drake)
100 MOONLIGHT VALLEY Step One SOR-0060
101 BOOGIE MAN Step One SOR-0060
102 THE WEST IS CALLING Step One SOR-0060
103 ON THE MOVE Step One SOR-0060
104 SPEEDY RECOVERY Step One SOR-0060
105 CHASE Step One SOR-0060
106 WOUND TIGHT Step One SOR-0060
107 JUMPIN' JEEPERS Step One SOR-0060
108 ROLLING SKY Step One SOR-0060
109 LAZY GUITAR  Step One SOR-0060
 



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. Jimmy Bryant (10“ LP)
Capitol T-520 2 Guitars Country Style: Hop Skip And Jump; Old Joe Clark; Bluebonnet Rag; Low Man On A Totem Pole; Country Capers; This Is Southland; Arkansas Traveler; Swinging On The Strings; Georgia Steel Guitar; Bryant's Bounce; Serenade To A Frog; Midnight Ramble - 56 w. Jimmy Bryant
Capitol T-956 West Of Hawaii: On The Beach At Waikiki; Blue Hawaii; Ka-Lu-A; Moon Of Manakoora; Hawaiian War Chant; Sweet Hawaiian Chimes; Yaaka Hula Hickey Dula; My Tane; Drifting And Dreaming; Luna; My Little Grass Shack; Song Of The Islands – 58 (Reissued on Steel Guitar Vintage Classics No-9)
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. Jimmy Bryant (credited to Jimmy Bryant only)
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 (Reissued on Steel Guitar Vintage Classics No-10, Stetson HAT 3045 and Sundazed 9007)
Golden Tone C-4003/14003 Western Favorites: When Payday Rolls Around; Ridin' Down The Canyon; Pistol Packin' Mama; Cool Water; Tumbling Tumbleweeds; Deep In The Heart Of Texas; Take Me Back To My Boots And Saddle; Home On The Range; Beside The Rio Grande; Cowboy Has To Sing; Red River Valley; El Rancho Grande –  60s as by Jim Malloy and His Range Riders
Capitol T/ST-1835 Guitar Spectacular: 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 – 63 (Reissued on Steel Guitar Vintage Classics No-8, Stetson HAT 3093, and Sundazed 9008)
Steel Guitar No.11 Speedy: Bustin' Thru; Skiddle Dee Boo; Yankee Clover; This Is Southland; Sand Canyon Swing; Sleepwalker's Lullaby; Midnight Ramble; - Shawnee Trot; Swinging On The Strings; On The Alamo; Shuffleboard Rag; Cracker Jack; Water Baby Blues; Steel Guitar Rag - 77 (Capitol tracks)
Danny [GER] SW-7908 The 1950's Speedy West Transcriptions: Two Of A Kind; At Sundown; Blue Steel Blues; Sentimental Journey; Penhandle Rag; Tennessee Border; Missouri Waltz; Texas Playboy Rag; I Love You So Much It Hurts; Farewell Blues; Birth Of The Blues; Honeysuckle Rose; Draggin The Steel; How Come You Do Me Like You Do; Lover; Steelin' The Blues; Marie; Don't Sing Aloha When I Go; Indian Love Call; Bye Bye Blues; Moonlight And Roses; Kentucky Waltz – 79 (1950s Radio transcriptions, reissued on Bronco Buster [GER] CD-9054 Steel Guitar Transcriptions Of Speedy West)
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. Jimmy Bryant
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. Jimmy Bryant
Cowgirlboy [GER] LP-5115 The King Of The Steelguitar: Two Of A King #217; At Sundown #28; Blue Steel Blues #94; Sentimental Journey #100; Panhandle Rag #64; Tennessee Border #87; Missouri Waltz #227; Texas Playboy Rag #203; I Love You So Much It Hurts #173; Farewell Blues #244; Birth Of The Blues #182; Honeysuckle Rose #75; Dragging The Steel #73; How Come You Do Me Like You Do #13; Lover #18; Steeling The Blues #27; Marie #132; Don't Sing Aloha When I Go #49/168; Indian Love Call #172; Bye Bye Blues #187; Moonlight And Roses #117; Kentucky Waltz #249 – 10-93 (all tracks from transcribed Tennessee Ernie Ford Shows. Recorded In 1954 for Radiozark In Springfield Missouri. Musicians: Speedy West, Jimmy Bryant, Billy Liebert, Harold Hensley, George Bruns)
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; [CD 4 as session musician:] 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) (Capitol complete) – 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
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 (radio transcriptions)
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 – 02-05 w. Jimmy Bryant
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 – 07 (Transcriptions ca. 1954)
Jasmine [UK] JASMCD 3818  Man Of Steel /Speedy West In Session 1949/1960:  Steel Guitar Rag (w. Cliffie Stone And His Hometown; Hepcats;  Hillbilly Bebop (Alternative Take) - Hank Penny;  Candy Kisses - Eddie Kirk; Steel Strike - Cliffie Stone And His Hometown Gang; Boogie Woogie Fever - Gene O'quin; Tater Pie - Cliffie Stone And His Hometown Gang;  Hey Good Looking - Frankie Laine And Jo Stafford;  Run Little Eva - Red Ingle;  Home Sweet Oklahoma - Roy Rogers With Frank Worth's Orchestra And The Roy Rogers Riders; You're My Sugar-  Kay Starr And Tennessee Ernie Ford;  Oakie Boogie (First Version) - Ella Mae Morse;  Cool Cool Kisses - Helen O'connell And Tennessee Ernie Ford;  I've Turned A Gadabout - Spike Jones And His Country Cousins;  A Full Time Job - Doris Day And Johnnie Ray With Paul Westion And His Orchestra; Tennessee Newsboy -Frank Sinatra With Orchestra Under The Direction of Alex Stordahl;  Fatback, Louisiana,U.S.A. - Tennessee Ernie Ford With Cliffie Stone's Orchestra;  Settin' The Woods Of Fire - Frankie Laine And Jo Stafford;  Honky Tonk Blue - Jan Garber And His Orchestra;  Mister Tap Toe - Doris Day With Paul Weston And His Orchestra And The Norman Luboff Choir;  Shenandoah Shuffle- The Lancers With Nelson Riddle‘s Orchestra;  Crying Steel Guitar Waltz - Jean Shepard And Speedy West ; Y'all Come - Sheb Wooley;  Blue Guitar  - Sheb Wooley;  Commin Folks - Roberta Lee;  Hey Joe! - Frankie Laine With Paul Weston And His Orchestra And The Norman Luboff Choir; Sweet Thing - Dinah Shore With Harry Zimmerman And His Orchestra;  Look-A-Here,Baby - Ramblin' Jimmie Dolan;  Blue Moon Of Kentucky - Cliffie Stone And His Orchestra;  Blue Suede Shoes - Bob Roubian With Cliffie Stone And His Orchestra;  I'm A Honky Tonk Girl -  Loretta Lynn - 08-08-25 (various artists)


16” TRANSCRIPTION DISCS
AFRTS W-1361 Country Cabin Jazz


SINGLES
Capitol (1950-62)
F1464 Railroadin' / Stainless Steel - 04-51 (German issue on Telefunken 80191)
F1765 Liberty Bell Polka / T-Bone Rag - 06-51 w. Jimmy Bryant
F1805 Hub Cap Roll / Truck Driver's Ride - 09-51 (German issue on Telefunken 80210)
F1991 Roadside Rag / Cracker Jack - 03-52 (German issue on Telefunken 80358)
F2057 Bryant's Shuffle / Yodelin' Guitar - 04-52 w. Jimmy Bryant
F2160 Georgia Steel Guitar / Midnight Ramble - 07-52 w. Jimmy Bryant
F2310 Pickin' A Chicken / Comin' On - 11-52 w. Jimmy Bryant
F2444 Bryant's Bounce / Serenade To A Frog - 04-53 w. Jimmy Bryant
F2519 Speedin' West / Skiddle Dee Boo - 07-53 w. Jimmy Bryant
F2675 Sunset / This Ain't The Blues - 12-53 w. Jimmy Bryant
F2762 Jammin' With Jimmy / Hometown Polka - 03-54 w. Jimmy Bryant
F2892 Bustin' Thru / Our Paradise - 08-54 w. Jimmy Bryant
F2964 The Stratosphere Boogie / Deep Water - 11-54 w. Jimmy Bryant
F3026 West Of Samoa / Flippin' The Lid - 01-55 w. Jimmy Bryant
F3150 Cotton Pickin' / Sleep Walker's Lullaby - 06-55 w. Jimmy Bryant
F3208 Steelin' Moonlight / Caffeine Patrol - 09-55
F3276 Frettin' Fingers / Chatterbox - 11-55 w. Jimmy Bryant
F3348 Shuffleboard Rag / Yankee Clover - 02-56 w. Jimmy Bryant
F3454 Pickin' Peppers / Pushin' The Blues - 06-56 w. Jimmy Bryant
F3537 Water Baby Blues / Sand Canyon Swing - 09-56 w. Jimmy Bryant
F3635 The Night Rider / Rolling Sky - 02-57 w. Jimmy Bryant
F3669 Shawnee Trot / On The Alamo - 03-57
(EP's)
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 - 54 w. Jimmy Bryant
EAP 2-520 Two Guitars Country Style, part 2: Country Capers; This Is Southland / Arkansas Traveler; Swingin' On The Strings  - 54 w. Jimmy Bryant
EAP1-956 West Of Hawaii: Yaaka Hula Hickey Dula;  Ka-lu-a / On the Beach at Waikiki; Moon of Manakoora - 58


EAP1-1314 Country Cabin Jazz: Frettin' Fingers; Pickin' Peppers / Deep Water ; Stratosphere Boogie - 60 credited to Jimmy Bryant only