Speedy West and Jimmy Bryant Video Clip

Terry Downs · Post by **Terry Downs** » 1 Feb 2006 7:30 pm

I found this video on the Telecaster page with reference to Jimmy Bryant. I thought you folks would like the Speedy West action.

http://www.youtube.com/w/Tennessee-Ernie-Ford---Kissing-Bug-Boogie?v=oI1gQseQobM&search=telecaster

I haven't posted here in quite a while, so I hope I haven't duplicated another posting of this.

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Gordon Borland · Post by **Gordon Borland** » 1 Feb 2006 7:45 pm

Thatwas fun! Thanks.

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Glenn Womack · Post by **Glenn Womack** » 1 Feb 2006 8:16 pm

First I've seen of them in years (decades). My favorite of their songs was "Caffeine Patrol". Speedy got a bit wild on that one.

Glenn

Dave Van Allen · Post by **Dave Van Allen** » 1 Feb 2006 8:53 pm

hot dang! Thanks Terry!

looking deeper on that site there's a video of "Shot Gun Boogie" which is even better for Speedy watchers!!
Man he was a firecracker to watch as well as hear!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9IgiDlv5eE

Ray Montee · Post by **Ray Montee** » 1 Feb 2006 10:13 pm

Did anyone notice Speedy West's right hand on the TONE CONTROL as he spun it forward and back while bar slamming up the neck on "Shotgun Boogie?

No electronic buttons or foot pedal action?

Ben Jones · Post by **Ben Jones** » 1 Feb 2006 11:15 pm

So I shouldnt use an auto wah for that effect then Ray?

just kiddin, I am trying to get that bar slam down but my tone control knob seems a little "dead" ?

Bobby Boggs · Post by **Bobby Boggs** » 1 Feb 2006 11:23 pm

Thanks Terry. Enjoyed the clips.Was this taped in maybe the early 50's?? I would love to see Speedy on film doing that twitch thing with his left hand.You know the thing most everyone thought he was doing with a tone defeat switch?...bb

Darryl Hattenhauer · Post by **Darryl Hattenhauer** » 2 Feb 2006 7:56 am

I remember Tennessee Ernie ord's tv show from the early to mid 50s. Is this clip from that?

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Bob Carlucci · Post by **Bob Carlucci** » 2 Feb 2006 8:38 am

SO cool... love that crazy console guitar...Speedy/Jimmy were from another dimension....

Joseph Meditz · Post by **Joseph Meditz** » 2 Feb 2006 12:43 pm

Oh, is that what it is. I thought it was a modesty panel!

Enjoyed the clips.

Joe

Dave Van Allen · Post by **Dave Van Allen** » 2 Feb 2006 2:48 pm

"modesty panel"

yeah, it is little known that Speedy worked sans pants on the TN Ernie Ford shows

Jordan Shapiro · Post by **Jordan Shapiro** » 3 Feb 2006 11:16 pm

Folks, if you haven't been to Terry Downs' site, I strongly suggest you go there and check out his Roy Nichols tele dvd. I bought it, and think it's a great learning aid for anyone looking to cop some sweet Nichiols licks.

terry is also a AAA+++ guy to deal with.

He also has a soldering dvd for sale that is very informative and well worth the $$.

Thanks again Terry,

Jordan

Ricky Littleton · Post by **Ricky Littleton** » 4 Feb 2006 8:56 am

The man was a riot, genius, and all around entertainer!

Ricky...

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Ian Finlay · Post by **Ian Finlay** » 4 Feb 2006 2:03 pm

Are the full Snader Telescriptions available for Tennessee Ernie? Or Bob Wills?

Ian

Jussi Huhtakangas · Post by **Jussi Huhtakangas** » 5 Feb 2006 10:19 am

The Wills Snader clips are included in the new Bear Family Bob Wills box set, I don't think these Ernie Ford transcriptions have ever been commercially rereleased anywhere. Merle Travis recorded about a dozen Snader clips, half of which Speedy is included. Stefan Grossman's Vestapol-label has released them both as VHS and DVD and Speedy can be seen demomstrating the "boo wah" in a big way on Merle's "Sweet Temptation", he was THE show man of the steel guitar!!

Terry Downs · Post by **Terry Downs** » 5 Feb 2006 8:14 pm

Thanks Jordan for the kind words.

David L. Donald · Post by **David L. Donald** » 5 Feb 2006 9:18 pm

Up in ther north east we mostly got TEF doing maudlin ballads, not much of him
doing boogie, fast pickin or proto rock.
Like this.
Pretty cool it updates my opinion of him considerably.

Maybe he was pretty old by the time I saw him...

Still he did have Speedy and Jimmy,
so logically he MUSTA let them break out a harness
from time to time.

J D Sauser · Post by **J D Sauser** » 7 Feb 2006 11:15 am

Have any of you figured a way to download and actually save that clip?

Help would be appreciated... J-D.

Ian Finlay · Post by **Ian Finlay** » 7 Feb 2006 2:48 pm

Download them with this tool:
http://javimoya.com/blog/youtube_en.php

I'm still trying to convert them - google "convert flash video" and see if you get any more success than I have so far.

Ian

Herb Steiner · Post by **Herb Steiner** » 7 Feb 2006 3:23 pm

Jussi
I assume you recognized Eddie Kirk on rhythm guitar, and Billy Liebert on piano.

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Jussi Huhtakangas · Post by **Jussi Huhtakangas** » 7 Feb 2006 10:47 pm

Hey Herb, yes I did!! What do you say, takes a geek to know another?

I'd still like to know who's the drummer though, since it's not Roy Harte.

J D Sauser · Post by **J D Sauser** » 10 Feb 2006 1:13 pm

Ian Finlay wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Download them with this tool: http://javimoya.com/blog/youtube_en.php
I'm still trying to convert them - google "convert flash video" and see if you get any more success than I have so far.

Ian<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Thanks Ian.
I did visit the page and I encountered problems. However I now got it working.
What the page does (or intends to do) is to generate a re-direct link... but it does not catch it. When I found out what it was trying to do, I just did it manually:
These videos have an 11 digit ID attached at the end of each link related to it:
For Kissing Bug Boogie it is oI1gQseQobM and for ShotGunBoogie it is o9IgiDlv5eE.
The link the page tries to gnerate is: w w w .youtube.com/get_video.php?video_id= plus the relative 11 digit ID at the end.
So, for Kissing Bug Boggie the link would be
http://www.youtube.com/get_video.php?video_id=oI1gQseQobM
and for Shot Gun Boogie
http://www.youtube.com/get_video.php?video_id=o9IgiDlv5eE
Once you click here, paste and copy or create a new one with an other ID in the address bar or a IE-window, it will open the little download-and-open-or-save window. Click on save, select name and location and let it come to you.
So now you got it on your computer and most likely nothing will run it. First you need to rename it... give it any name you want and make sure you end it with .flv
Now it's an flv-file (what ever that means) and you probably still can't run it.
You can do either of two things:
Get (download) a FLV player (haven't found one) or get a format converter. I got a free sample copy of a format converting program called "CinemaForge" from http://www.download.com/CinemaForge/3000-2169_4-10373646.html and with that tool I succesfully converted the .flv file to .mpeg which plays on your Windows Media Player

Hope it helps! ... J-D.
[This message was edited by J D Sauser on 10 February 2006 at 01:21 PM.]