Frettin' Fingers: The Lightning Guitar of Jimmy Bryant [Box set]

Product Description:
Here at last is the ultimate 3-CD box set that illumi-nates guitarist Jimmy Bryant’s fretboard genius once and for all, spotlighting the dizzying technique, the flu-ent lines and the electrifying flights of improvisation that have made Bryant a legend with guitar cognoscenti everywhere. To say Jimmy Bryant was as important to country-guitar picking as Charlie Parker was to bebop is a tribute to both legends. This deluxe-edition, 75-track, career-spanning collection is loaded with the gravity-defying, Capitol-era duets of Bryant and Speedy West, the never-reissued Bryant solo material from the Imperial and Dolton labels, as well as a large handful of ultra-rare singles, unissued material and previously unheard alternate versions. Blessed with the heart of a country boy and the soul of a ground-breaking jazzman, Jimmy Bryant is of that rare breed whose work will always sound ahead of its time.

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Average customer rating: Django Reinhardt with a beltbuckle The amazing Mr. Bryant. Bryant's an Overlooked Virtuoso You Should Hear!

Frettin' Fingers: The Lightning Guitar of Jimmy Bryant Jimmy Bryant Manufacturer: Sundazed Music Inc. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Western Swing | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Country | Box Sets | Stores | Music Similar Items: Hank Garland & His Sugar Footers Move! The Guitar Artistry of Hank Garland Stratosphere Boogie: The Flaming guitars Of Speedy West and Jimmy Bryant Country Pickin': The Don Rich Anthology Corn Pickin' and Slick Slidin' ASIN: B0000DG01T Release Date: 2003-12-09

Tracks:

1. Bryants Boogie
2. Red Headed Polka
3. Railroadin
4. Stainless Steel
5. T-Bone Rag
6. Truck Drivers Ride
7. Liberty Bell Polka
8. Bryants Shuffle
9. Yodeling Guitar
10. Georgia Steel Guitar
11. Pickin The Chicken
12. Comin On
13. Lover
14. Serenade To A Frog
15. Bryants Bounce
16. Whistle Stop
17. Hometown Polka
18. Jammin With Jimmy
19. Two Of A Kind
20. Old Joe Clark
21. Arkansas Traveler
22. Country Capers
23. Low Man On A Totem Pole
24. Cotton Pickin
25. Sleepwalkers Lullaby

Tracks:

1. Stratosphere Boogie
2. Flippin The Lid
3. Deep Water
4. Shuffleboard Rag
5. Caffeine Patrol
6. Pickin Peppers
7. Chatter Box
8. Frettin Fingers
9. Pushin The Blues
10. Rolling Sky
11. The Night Rider
12. Hillcrest (Opus 3)
13. China Boy
14. Ha-So
15. Tobacco Worm
16. Strings (take 6 - early version of Joy Ride) (previously unissued)
17. Long Walk Home (take 1) (previously unissued)
18. Frettin Fingers (take 1 - early version of Rapid Transit) (previously unissued)
19. Whistle Stop (take 1) (previously unissued)
20. Peach Grove Express
21. Rattle Dance
22. Scottish Eagle
23. Julies Gone
24. Buggy Ride
25. Blow Your Hat In The Creek

Tracks:

1. Fender Bender
2. Model 400 Buckboard
3. Laughing Guitar
4. Joy Ride
5. Corn Ball
6. In The Heart Of A Clown
7. Tabasco Road
8. Come Alive Polka
9. Lazy Guitar
10. Shinbone
11. Trevors Theme
12. Liverpool (previously unissued)
13. Boogie For Guitar
14. Steel Guitar Rag
15. 12th Street Rag
16. Little Rock Getaway
17. Caravan
18. Down Yonder
19. Georgia Boogie
20. Tico Tico
21. Indiana
22. Ten Wheels
23. Stumbling
24. Voxwagon
25. Sugar Foot Rag

Album Description

Here at last is the ultimate 3-CD box set that illumi-nates guitarist Jimmy Bryant's fretboard genius once and for all, spotlighting the dizzying technique, the flu-ent lines and the electrifying flights of improvisation that have made Bryant a legend with guitar cognoscenti everywhere. To say Jimmy Bryant was as important to country-guitar picking as Charlie Parker was to bebop is a tribute to both legends. This deluxe-edition, 75-track, career-spanning collection is loaded with the gravity-defying, Capitol-era duets of Bryant and Speedy West, the never-reissued Bryant solo material from the Imperial and Dolton labels, as well as a large handful of ultra-rare singles, unissued material and previously unheard alternate versions. Blessed with the heart of a country boy and the soul of a ground-breaking jazzman, Jimmy Bryant is of that rare breed whose work will always sound ahead of its time.

Album Description

Here at last is the ultimate 3-CD set that illuminates guitarist Jimmy Bryant's fretboard genius once and for all, spotlighting the dizzying technique, the fluent lines and the electrifying flights of improvisation that have made Bryant a legend with guitar cognoscenti everywhere. To say Jimmy Bryant was as important to country-guitar picking as Charlie Parker was to bebop is a tribute to both legends. This deluxe-edition, 75-track, career-spanning collection is loaded with the gravity-defying, Capitol-era duets of Bryant and Speedy West, the never-reissued Bryant solo material from the Imperial and Dolton labels, as well as a large handful of ultra-rare singles, unissued material and previously unheard alternate versions. Blessed with the heart of a country boy and the soul of a groundbreaking jazzman, Jimmy Bryant is of that rare breed whose work will always sound ahead of its time. Standard double-size

Customer Reviews:

Django Reinhardt with a beltbuckle.......2005-11-16

This set is a great introduction to Jimmy Bryant. It covers most of his work with Speedy West and the majority of his later singles of the 60's. My title for this review pretty much says it all. It's bebop in a cowboy hat. If you are a musician and don't know who Django Reinhardt is, listen to him; then listen to Bryant; then hit the woodshed. Good Luck.

The amazing Mr. Bryant........2004-10-04

Usually, when I think of an "original", the originality itself is the issue, while the pure chops have since been surpassed by some youngblood hot-shot. In Jimmy Bryant's case,(and I truly believe that James Burton, Albert Lee, and the Hellecasters would agree), the world's -first- Telecaster player is -still- the -hottest-.

Bryant's an Overlooked Virtuoso You Should Hear!.......2004-05-01

I first heard Jimmy Bryant on satellite radio doing a song called "Little Rock Getaway." I knew if there was any other song on this set half as impressive as that one, then the set was worth the price. In fact, there are several. The speed of his licks and the clean sound he gets combines to inspire awe in the listener. The first CD in the set is obviously a group of older recordings -- less polished and less produced -- which may be a good thing. Not that the first CD isn't amazing in its delivery of scorching hot guitar licks, but by the third CD, Bryant has simply moved to another plane. This is a style of picking that reminds me of Roy Clark -- only much faster, cleaner, and with a more serious nature... but the same kind of tone. You'll definitely be impressed with Bryant's delivery. As a guitarist, I stand in complete reverence of the late Mr. Bryant. "Awe Inspiring" is too cliche for this stuff -- it's just mind-boggling lightning strapped down to the neck of a guitar.

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