JIMMY BRYANT AND SPEEDY WEST, "FLYIN' HIGH"

Here's the great Jimmy Bryant, playing a tune that was eventually recorded as "Cotton Pickin'". This live version from TV is arguably not as hot as the studio version, but who cares? It's still killer, and although the kinescope is pretty grainy, you get some chances to see Jimmy's technique up close. It's amazing how much of the soloing is up above the 12th fret-- it really jumps out at you sonically in that register.

Bonus-- you get to see the interaction between Jimmy and Speedy-- Bryant does a few goofy Speedy-esque moves while comping. I never noticed anything like this on the studio stuff; maybe on the show Bryant got more into the clowning and upmanship.

thanks to Howard Parker for sending this; he says there's more of it so I'll investigate and keep you posted.