Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Bryant’s Boogie
2. Red Headed Polka
3. Railroadin’
4. Stainless Steel
5. T-Bone Rag
6. Truck Driver’s Ride
7. Liberty Bell Polka
8. Bryant’s Shuffle
9. Yodeling Guitar
10. Georgia Steel Guitar
11. Pickin’ The Chicken
12. Comin’ On
13. Lover
14. Serenade To A Frog
15. Bryant’s 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. Sleepwalker’s Lullaby

Disc 2:

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. Julie’s Gone
24. Buggy Ride
25. Blow Your Hat In The Creek

Disc 3:

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. Trevor’s 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

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #24772 in Music
• Released on: 2003-12-09
• Number of discs: 3
• Format: Box set

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.

Customer Reviews

The amazing Mr. Bryant.
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!
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.

Django Reinhardt with a beltbuckle
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.