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Steel guitariste US né Wesley Webb West, le 25 Janvier 1924. Speedy West est décédé le 15 Novembre 2003 à Broken Bow (Oklahoma).
One of the greatest virtuosos that country music has ever produced, Speedy West bridged the western swing and rockabilly eras with eye-popping steel guitar. Besides contributing to literally thousands of country sessions, West cut many of his own instrumentals, as a solo act and with his guitarist partner Jimmy Bryant. Adept at boogie, blues, and Hawaiian ballads, West played with an infectious joy and daring improvisation that, at its most adventurous, could be downright experimental. It's doubtful whether anyone could collect all of Speedy's solos under one roof, but it was his sessions of the 1950s and early '60s -- especially those with Jimmy Bryant -- that found his genius at its most freewheeling and dazzling.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speedy_West
Talents : Steel Guitar, Composer, Record Producer
Style musical : Traditional Country, Instrumental Country
OLD JOE CLARK
(1954)
(with Jimmy Bryant) SLEEP WALKER'S LULLABY (1955) (with Jimmy Bryant) YODELING GUITAR (1960) (with Jimmy Bryant) Tabasco Road (1966) (Orville & Ivy) |
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Years in activity :
1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 | 10 | 20 |
DISCOGRAPHY
78 t., Singles & EP
04/1951 | 78 t. CAPITOL 1464 (US) | . | Stainless Steel / Railroadin' |
04/1951 | SP CAPITOL F1464 (US) | . | Stainless Steel / Railroadin' |
09/1951 | 78 t. CAPITOL 1805 (US) | . | Hubcap Roll / Truck Drivers Ride |
09/1951 | SP CAPITOL F1805 (US) | . | Hubcap Roll / Truck Drivers Ride |
03/1952 | 78 t. CAPITOL 1991 (US) | . | Roadside Rag / Crackerjack |
03/1952 | SP CAPITOL F1991 (US) | . | Roadside Rag / Crackerjack |
04/1952 | 78 t. CAPITOL 2057 (US) | . | Speedy WEST & Jimmy BRYANT - Bryant's Shuffle / Yodelling Guitar |
04/1952 | SP CAPITOL F2057 (US) | . | Speedy WEST & Jimmy BRYANT - Bryant's Shuffle / Yodelling Guitar |
07/1952 | 78 t. CAPITOL 2160 (US) | . | Speedy WEST & Jimmy BRYANT - Georgia Steel Guitar / Midnight Ramble |
07/1952 | SP CAPITOL F2160 (US) | . | Speedy WEST & Jimmy BRYANT - Georgia Steel Guitar / Midnight Ramble |
11/1952 | 78 t. CAPITOL 2310 (US) | . | Speedy WEST & Jimmy BRYANT - Pickin' The Chicken / Comin' On |
11/1952 | SP CAPITOL F2310 (US) | . | Speedy WEST & Jimmy BRYANT - Pickin' The Chicken / Comin' On |
04/1953 | 78 t. CAPITOL 2444 (US) | . | Speedy WEST & Jimmy BRYANT - Bryant's Bounce / Serenade To A Frog |
04/1953 | SP CAPITOL F2444 (US) | . | Speedy WEST & Jimmy BRYANT - Bryant's Bounce / Serenade To A Frog |
07/1953 | 78 t. CAPITOL 2519 (US) | . | Speedy WEST & Jimmy BRYANT - Speedin' West / Skiddle Dee Boo |
07/1953 | SP CAPITOL F2519 (US) | . | Speedy WEST & Jimmy BRYANT - Speedin' West / Skiddle Dee Boo |
09/1953 | 78 t. CAPITOL 2620 (US) | . | Steel Guitar Rag (Speddy WEST with Cliffie Stone & His Hometown Hepcats) / The One Rose (That's Left In My Heart) (Cliffie Stone & His Hometown Hepcats) |
09/1953 | SP CAPITOL F2620 (US) |
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Steel Guitar Rag (Speddy WEST with Cliffie Stone & His Hometown Hepcats) / The One Rose (That's Left In My Heart) (Cliffie Stone & His Hometown Hepcats) |
12/1953 | 78 t. CAPITOL 2675 (US) | . | Speedy WEST & Jimmy BRYANT - Sunset / This Ain't The Blues |
12/1953 | SP CAPITOL F2675 (US) | . | Speedy WEST & Jimmy BRYANT - Sunset / This Ain't The Blues |
03/1954 | 78 t. CAPITOL 2762 (US) | . | Speedy WEST & Jimmy BRYANT - Jammin' With Jimmy / Hometown Polka |
03/1954 | SP CAPITOL F2762 (US) | . | Speedy WEST & Jimmy BRYANT - Jammin' With Jimmy / Hometown Polka |
08/1954 | 78 t. CAPITOL 2892 (US) | . | Speedy WEST & Jimmy BRYANT - Bustin' Thru / Our Paradise |
08/1954 | SP CAPITOL F2892 (US) | . | Speedy WEST & Jimmy BRYANT - Bustin' Thru / Our Paradise |
10/1954 | EP CAPITOL EAP-1-520 (F) | Speedy WEST & Jimmy BRYANT - 2 GUITARS COUNTRY STYLE - PART 1 - Hop, Skip And Jump / Old Joe Clark / Blue Bonnet Rag / Low Man On A Totem Pole | |
10/1954 | EP CAPITOL EAP-2-520 (F) | Speedy WEST & Jimmy BRYANT - 2 GUITARS COUNTRY STYLE - PART 2 - Country Capers / This Is Southland / Arkansas Traveler / Swingin' On Strings | |
11/1954 | 78 t. CAPITOL 2964 (US) | . | Speedy WEST & Jimmy BRYANT - Stratosphere Boogie / Deep Water |
11/1954 | SP CAPITOL F2964 (US) | . | Speedy WEST & Jimmy BRYANT - Stratosphere Boogie / Deep Water |
01/1955 | SP CAPITOL F3026 (US) | . | Speedy WEST & Jimmy BRYANT - West Of Samoa / Flippin' The Lid |
06/1955 | SP CAPITOL F3150 (US) | . | Speedy WEST & Jimmy BRYANT - Cotton Pickin' / Sleepwalker's Lullaby |
09/1955 | SP CAPITOL F3208 (US) | . | Speedy WEST & Jimmy BRYANT - Steelin' Moonlight / Caffeine Patrol |
11/1955 | SP CAPITOL F3276 (US) | . | Speedy WEST & Jimmy BRYANT - Frettin Fingers / Chatterbox |
02/1956 | SP CAPITOL F3348 (US) | . | Speedy WEST & Jimmy BRYANT - Shuffleboard Rag / Yankee Clover |
06/1956 | SP CAPITOL F3454 (US) | . | Speedy WEST & Jimmy BRYANT - Pickin' Peppers / Pushin' The Blues |
09/1956 | SP CAPITOL F3537 (US) | . | Speedy WEST & Jimmy BRYANT - Water Baby Blues / Sand Canyon Swing |
02/1957 | SP CAPITOL F3635 (US) | . | Speedy WEST & Jimmy BRYANT - Night Rider / Rolling Sky |
03/1957 | SP CAPITOL F3669 (US) | . | Shawnee Trot / On The Alamo |
1958 | EP CAPITOL EAP 1-956 (US) |
Speedy West with The Seven Seas Serenaders - WEST OF HAWAII - Yaaka Hula Hickey Dula / A2: Ka-Lu-A / On The Beach At Waikiki / Moon Of Manakoora |
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1958 | EP CAPITOL EAP 1-956 (NL) | Speedy West with The Seven Seas Serenaders - Hawaii Specials - West Of Hawaii - My Little Grass Shack / Song Of The Islands / Drifting And Dreaming / Luna | |
12/1966 | SP IMPERIAL 66219 (US) | . | ORVILLE & IVY - Shinbone / Tabasco Road (ORVILLE = Speddy West / IVY = Jimmy BRYANT) |
1967 | SP LIBERTY LIF 66219 F (F) | ORVILLE & IVY - Shinbone / Tabasco Road (ORVILLE = Speedy WEST / IVY = Jimmy BRYANT) | |
1967 | SP IMPERIAL 66249 (US) | . | ORVILLE & IVY - Please Pass The Biscuits / Slow Poke(ORVILLE = Speedy WEST / IVY = Jimmy BRYANT) |
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Albums
1954 | LP 10" CAPITOL H-520 (F) | SPEEDY WEST & JIMMY BRYANT - Hop, Skip And Jump / Old Joe Clark / Blue Bonnet Rag / Low Man On A Totem Pole Country Capers / This Is Southland / Arkansas Traveller / Swingin' On The Strings | |||||
1956 | LP 12" CAPITOL T-520 (US) | 2 GUITARS COUNTRY STYLE - Speedy WEST & Jimmy BRYANT - 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 | |||||
1958 | LP 12" CAPITOL T-956 (US) | 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 | |||||
1960 | LP 12" CAPITOL T-1314 (mono) / ST-1314 (stereo) (F) | COUNTRY CABIN JAZZ - Speedy WEST & Jimmy BRYANT - 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 | |||||
1960 | LP 12" CAPITOL T-1341 (US) | STEEL GUITAR - Speedy WEST & Jimmy BRYANT - 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 | |||||
1963 | LP 12" CAPITOL T-1835 (US) | 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 | |||||
1977 | LP 12" Steel Guitar VINTAGE CLASSICS No.9 |
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 |
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197? | LP 12" Steel Guitar VINTAGE CLASSICS No.10 |
Steel Guitar - This Ain't The Blues / Stainless Steel / Stealin' Moonlight / Truck Driver's Ride / Sunset / Steel Strike / Speedin' West / Railroadin' / West Of Samoa / Caffine Paradise / Our Paradise / Flippin' The Lid |
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1977 | LP 12" Steel Guitar RECORD CLUB 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 |
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1979 | LP 12" Danny SW-7908 (GER) |
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 |
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1984 | LP 12" PATHE MARCONI 155 0831 (F) | 2 GUITARS COUNTRY STYLE - Speedy WEST & Jimmy BRYANT - Serenade To A Frog / Georgia Steel Guitar / Bryant's Bounce / Midnight Ramble / Hop, Skip And Jump / Blue Bonnet Rag / Low Man On A Totem Pole / Old Joe Clark / Country Capers / This Is Southland / Swingin' On The Strings / Arkansas Traveler | |||||
1989 | LP 12" SEE FOR MILES SEE-249 (UK) | 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 | |||||
1990 | LP 12" STEP ONE SOR-0062 (US) | FOR THE LAST TIME - Speedy WEST & Jimmy BRYANT - Moonlight Valley / Boogie Man / West Is Calling / On The Move / Speedy Recovery / Chase / Wound Tight / Jumpin' Jeepers / Rolling Sky / Lazy Guitar | |||||
10/1993 | LP 12" Cowgirlboy LP-5115 (GER) |
The King Of The Steelguitar - Two Of A King / At Sundown / Blue Steel Blues / Sentimental Journey / Panhandle Rag / Tennessee Border / Missouri Waltz / Texas Playboy Rag / I Love You So Much It Hurts / Farewell Blues / Birth Of The Blues / Honeysuckle Rose / Dragging The Steel / How Come You Do Me Like You Do / Lover / Steeling The Blues / Marie / Don't Sing Aloha When I Go / Indian Love Call / Bye Bye Blues / Moonlight And Roses / Kentucky Waltz |
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05/1995 | CD RAZOR & TIE RE-8-2067-2 (US) | STRATOSPHERE BOOGIE - THE FLAMING GUITAR OF SPEEDY WEST & JIMMY BRYANT - Stratosphere Boogie / Blue Bonnet Rag / Cotton Pickin' / Old Joe Clark / Sleepwalker's Lullaby / Arkansas Traveler / The 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 | |||||
04/1997 | 4 CD BEAR FAMILY BCD 15956 (GER) | FLAMIN' GUITARS - Speedy WEST &
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03/1999 | CD RAZOR & TIE RE-8-2192-2 (US) | SWINGIN' ON THE STRINGS - Speedy WEST & Jimmy BRYANT - 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) / Pushin' The Blues / Swinging' On The Strings / Caffeine Patrol | |||||
2000 | CD BRONCO BUSTER CD 9054 (GER) |
The Steelguitar Transcriptions Of Speedy West - Two Of A Kind / At Sundown / Blue Steel Blues / Sentimental Journey / Panhandle Rag / Tennessee Border / Missouri Waltz / Texas Playboy Rag / I Love You So Much It Hurts / Farewell Blues / Birth Of The Blues / Honeysuckle Rose / Dragging The Steel / How Come You Do Me Like You Do ? / Lover / Steeling The Blues / Marie / Don't Sing Aloha When I Go / Indian Love Call / Bye Bye Blues / Moonlight And Roses / Kentucky Waltz |
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11/2000 | CD JASMINE JASMCD-3515 (UK) | THERE'S GONNA BE A PARTY - Speedy WEST & Jimmy BRYANT - Speddy WEST : Lover / Blue Bonnet Rag / There's Gonna Be A Party For The Old Folks / Tag Along / Birth Of The Blues / Missouri Waltz / Speedin' West / Indian Love Call / Cracker Jack / Jimmy BRYANT : Limehouse Blues / Arkansas Traveler / Speddy WEST & Jimmy BRYANT : Whistle Stop / T-Bone Rag / Sleepwalker's Lullaby / Two of a Kind / Country Capers / Speddy WEST : 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' (That I Love You) / Skiddle-Dee-Boo / Hop, Skip And Jump / Snow Deer / Dragging The Steel / Tennessee Ernie FORD : Comedy With Tennessee Ernie Ford | |||||
02/2005 | CD JASMINE JASMCD-3537 (UK) | TRAVELLIN' FROM GEORGIA TO WEST OF SAMOA - Speedy WEST featuring Jimmy BRYANT - 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 | |||||
2007 | CD CATTLE CCD 339 (GER) | SPEDDY WEST MEETS Jimmy BRYANT IN HOLLYWOOD - Jimmy BRYANT : Bryant's Boogie / Limehouse Blues; Midnight Ramble / Old Joe Clarke / Red Head Polka / Jimmy BRYANT) & 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 | |||||
2013 | CD BEAR FAMILY BCD 17335 (GER) |
Bustin' Thru - Flippin' The Lid - Speedy WEST & Jimmy BRYANT - 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 / 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 / Okie Boogie / Jammin' With Jimmy / Sand Canyon Swing / Hop, Skip And Jump / Yodeling Guitar / I've Turned A Gadabout / Speedy's Special / Space Man In Orbit / Swingin' On The Strings / Pushin' The Blues / Speedin' West / Twice The Lovin' (In Half The Time) / Hillcrest (opus 3) / Pickin' Peppers / This Must Be The Place |
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???? | LP 12" Goldsmith GMLP-5304 (GER) (bootleg) |
Steel Guitar Artistry - Jimmy BRYANT & Speedy WEST - Speedin' West / Skiddle-De-Boo / Pickin' The Chicken / Comin' On / Our Paradise / Bustin' Through / Flippin' The Lid / West Of Samoa / Railroadin' / Caffine Patrol / This Ain't The Blues / Stainless Steel / Steelin' Moonlight / Truck Driver's Ride / Sunset / Steel Strike |
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