Lawrence Arthur "Speed" Webb (18 July 1906 - 4 November 1994) was an American jazz drummer and territory band leader especially active in the late 1920s and early 1930s.Webb first began playing on violin and mellophone before switching to drums. By 1923 he was performing locally around Peru, Indiana, and in 1925 co-founded the Hoosier Melody Lads, a cooperative band.