The Ole Pea Picker was born on this date.

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1. I met Tennessee Ernie Ford, decades ago, when he was autographing books, in Washington, DC.

Anyway, I've got your video right here.

Mon Nov 15, 2021: On this day, November 15, 2003, Speedy West died.

Speedy West

Birth name: Wesley Webb West
Born: January 25, 1924
Origin: Springfield, Missouri, United States
Died: November 15, 2003 (aged 79)

Wesley Webb West (January 25, 1924 – November 15, 2003), better known as Speedy West, was an American pedal steel guitarist and record producer. He frequently played with Jimmy Bryant, both in their own duo and as part of the regular Capitol Records backing band for Tennessee Ernie Ford and many others. The duo also recorded with non-Capitol artists in Los Angeles. In 1960, Speedy played on and produced Loretta Lynn's first single. West, who began playing a pedal steel guitar built by Paul A. Bigsby in 1948, was the first country steel guitarist to use a pedal guitar. Nashville players like Bud Isaacs would adopt it in the early 1950s.

He was photographed by Herb Wise, the American photographer who found critical success with his portraits of artists from the 1960s and 1970s.

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Jimmy Bryant & Speedy West w-Tennessee Ernie Ford Live 1950s- 4 songs
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Chris Clem
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I didn't have good video for this but I did have some decent audio from this 16mm film which I tried to sync.Video footage of Cliffie Stone's Hometown Jamboree Band with Jimmy Bryant and Speedy West backing Tennessee Ernie Ford in 1951 or 52 ? (Not sure of this date). There are 4 songs here.I do know they also did the song (Women is a Five letter word) at this session but I didn't have the video for it.Video quality is bad but any footage of Jimmy and Speedy playing together is rare ......great stuff!

Guitar - Jimmy Bryant
Guitar - Eddie Kirk
Steel Guitar - Speedy West
Piano / Accordian Billy Liebert
Bass - Al Williams
Drums - Roy Harte

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2. Thanks for posting my dads favorite song.

Dad loved to sing, sang solos at church, but this was his very favorite song to sing. He would walk around the house singing this all the time. I'd join in and we'd have a great time. This brings Good memories of dad and me singing together! Thanks!