Daddy That'll Walk the Line". He can also be heard playing fiddle on the Monkees' "Sweet Young Thing". In the early 1970s Bryant ran a recording studio in Las Vegas, but finally relocated to Georgia before settling in Nashville in 1975, the same year he reunited with Speedy West for a reunion album produced by Nashville steel guitarist Pete Drake. Bryant played in Nashville bars and did some recording work but his personality did not mesh well with Nashville's highly political music and recording industry. In 1978, in declining health, Bryant learned that he had lung cancer; He played his final performance in August, 1979 at a club in North Hollywood before he returned to his Georgia hometown. He died in Moultrie in September 1980 at the age of 55. References External links Brief biography Jimmy Bryant on Find A Grave 1925 births 1980 deaths 20th-century American guitarists American country guitarists American male guitarists American session musicians Guitarists from Georgia (U.S. state) People from Moultrie, Georgia Military personnel from Georgia (U.S. state) Country musicians from Georgia (U.S. state) 20th-century American male musicians