vid: speedy west and bing crosby

My thoughts on Bing Crosby are outlined in depth elsewhere on this blog.

In the early 50s (or so), Bing attempted his own TV show for GE. One of the great surviving gems of it is a clip of Bing singing "Y'all Come" with a band that featured the incredible Speedy West on steel guitar.

Years ago, my dear pal and most reliable drummer Howard Greene told me he had this record and always loved the steel solo. So, Howard, here's that record, that steel player, and on skipheller.com (for which you we the first webmaster).

By the way -- we're fortunate that Speedy was filmed prolifically compared to other great country instrumentalists of the period. Ain't like there's hours of Benny Martin or even Jethro Burns crowding youtube these days.