Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant Bustin' Thru - Flippin' The Lid (CD)

1-CD DigiPac (4-plated) with 40-page booklet, 34 tracks. Total playing time approx. 81 mns.

• Hillbilly boogie, fantastic guitar and steel guitar duets featuring two of the finest players to ever touch a musical instrument!
• Instrumentals and session work for well-known country singers!
• Contains Jimmy Bryant's impossibly rare 1949 recording for Modern Records!
• Bear Family sound mastering!

Fans of hillbilly boogie and hot guitar are not complete without this collection of fantastic guitar and steel guitar duets from Speedy West and Jimmy Bryant, two of the finest players to ever touch a musical instrument. In addition to fantastic instrumental treats like Stratosphere Boogie and Speedin' West, you'll hear some of the recordings that Speedy and Jimmy did as session men for other singers such as'Tennessee' Ernie Ford, Jean Shepard, and Spike Jones. As a bonus, you'll also hear both sides of Jimmy Bryant's first recording, the impossibly rare Jelly Beans Daddy/Boogie Barn Dance originally cut for Modern Records in 1949. If you don't already own the 'Flamin' Guitars' box set Bear Family put out on Speedy West and Jimmy Bryant, this single-CD compilation is an absolute must! The usual Bear Family superb packaging, liner notes and sound mastering apply here - this is the finest these recordings have ever sounded.

TRACK LISTING: 
Flippin' The Lid • Stratosphere Boogie • Jelly Beans Daddy • Bryant's Boogie • Lover • Wild And Woolly West • Hawaiian War Chant • The Night Rider • Ain't Nobody's Business But My Own (Kay Starr & 'Tennessee' Ernie Ford: vocal) • This Ain't The Blues • Bryant's Shuffle • Cotton Pickin' • Steel Guitar Rag • Water Baby Blues • Totem Pole Dance • On The Beach Of Waikiki • Truck Driver's Ride • Boogie Barn Dance • Wild Card (Tex Williams: vocal) • Okie Boogie (Ella Mae Morse: vocal) • Jammin' With Jimmy • Sand Canyon Swing • Hop, Skip And Jump • Yodeling Guitar • I've Turned A Gadabout (Eddie Kirk: vocal; Marilyn Tuttle: vocal; Spike Jones: leader) • Speedy's Special • Space Man In Orbit • Swingin' On The Strings • Pushin' The Blues • Speedin' West • Twice The Lovin' (In Half The Time) (Jean Shepard: vocal) • Hillcrest (Opus 3) • Pickin' Peppers • This Must Be The Place ('Tennessee' Ernie Ford & Betty Hutton: vocal)