Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant - China Boy

[robbourassaguitarist]

I love how Jimmy throws in "Stumbling" at 2:15.

[robbourassaguitarist]

Jimmy was the best.

[robbourassaguitarist]

@robbourassaguitarist I love how Jimmy throws in "Stumbling" at 2:15.

[Corrosive1]

haha this is fucking awesome and uplifting

[horriblequin]

brutal as hell!!!

[blahman178]

legend has it that the producer put the stop light on in the studio 3 or 4 minutes in but they kept going and the tapes kept recording

[jarrjo]

thank you so much for all the posts

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[scottduncan44]

Shades of Les Paul. This is some seriously fast picking.

[Beck19781]

@scottduncan44 An interesting and apt comparison, as both of these musicians were influenced by Django Reinhardt.

[ralphcraddock]

man they were the works.

who now? ah well it dont matter,

it is what it is.............!

[orbodman]

Wow. recordings in 1953 didn't go for 6 minutes did they? pekoe67 may be right. But I for one am glad they kept rolling. Jimmy may be be all over this track but Speedy has his name on the cover twice. He'd be happy with that.

[pekoe67]

Supposedly the engineer/producer was frantically signalling Jimmy to end the song.

We're basically hearing Mr. Bryant give the guy a middle finger.

[Kirke182]

Remember this stuff came out in 1953 when the Telecaster was a new-fangled instrument.  They didn't have all the fancy studio gizmos to make you sound good like they do today. You had to be as good as you sounded and this recording is simply astounding.

[MrLongtimegone]

I would love to hear some of todays hot pickers play this kind of guitar Good stuff

man hot hot hot

[notsoflexibleflyer]

Leo & George had it right when they marketed through these guys!!

[5strRJB]

Hot damn! I am a Bluegrass picker and this is hot number!!