THUMBS CARLILLE WITH AUNT FANNY, "CRAWDAD HOLE"

Thumbs Carlille plays a great solo here on "Crawdad Hole." (I poached this one from Deke Dickerson's youtube site, www.youtube.com/user/KoolKlipsFromDeke)
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TUXES, BATSHIRTS, THUMBS CARLILLE, A PRETTY BLEARY-EYED ROGER MILLER, ETC.

http://youtu.be/Mc5WLLjsd7c
(NOTE--since posting this, the link with the entire TV appearance has flown. Here's a healthy chunk of it, and there is more on youtube.) 
This clip has Thumbs Carlille, some country-jazz playing, another excellent unsung picker named Jimmy Colvard (he played on Dave Dudley's "Six Days On the Road") and much, much more. There's really too much great music and weirdness to explain. Enjoy, and thank Charlie McCardell for passing this along. (Bill Kirchen passed it to him, evidently.)

I am quite sure I have never seen anything on TV in my life that was as real and strange as this long clip. (I didn't even mention a hung-over Roger Miller.)
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THUMBS CARLILLE, "SPRINGFIELD GUITAR SOCIAL"

This is pretty similar to the Phil Baugh showcase I posted a while back, with the bonus that more obscure guitarists are included. Even a sick Speedy West imitation!
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more sick THUMBS CARLILLE "MYSTERY TRAIN"

Here's more of Thumbs.
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more THUMBS CARLILLE, WITH BRENDA LEE

Here's young Brenda Lee's cover of "Hound Dog," with Thumbs Carlile on guitar. Nice fills, but wait til the solo-- definitely the hottest guitar solo ever played by a guy wearing a dog suit. After the solo, more hot fills.
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THUMBS CARLILLE AND CURLY CHALKER, "LITTLE LIZA JANE"

Any footage of these unsung greats is welcome. On this clip, Curly is more or less playing in Speedy West's style. Cool as that is, it's only a tiny fraction of the sophisticated stuff Curly could play. Thumbs, as you can see, is playing in his own totally bizarre personal style-- brilliant.


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