This is the guy from the Burt Reynolds movies! I had no clue who he was.
Jerry Reed was certainly a master of the guitar. Often overlooked and forgotten. Here he is in 1977 proving that he's no slouch.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qqq1N...related&search=
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This is the guy from the Burt Reynolds movies! I had no clue who he was.
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Roger that good buddy. He was an extremely talented guy.Originally Posted by Hogfullofblues
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Jerry was chicken pickin' and grinnin' long before he was a famous "movie star". He sang the theme for Smokey and the Bandit, "East Bound and Down" (recently covered by Canada's "the Roadhammers"). When I was a kid, we had an 8-track of a live country show that featured Jerry and Chet together. THAT was some amazing pickin'!Originally Posted by Hogfullofblues
Thanks for the link!
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Thanks for posting that. Jerry Reed is a great player. One of my grade school friends' dad was really into Jerry Reed when I was a kid. He would play these records of Jerry Reed and Chet Atkins playing together. What a great player that guy is. I remember reading an interview with Eric Johnson and he mentions Jerry Reed as one of his influences.
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He's a monster player, for sure!
...............................but never seems to get the props the he so justly earned.
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He's one of my all time favorite old school pickers! I used to think he slayed back when I was a kid. I was always amazed at his talent. I remember watching Smoky and the Bandit in the theater when it came out and thinking they should have made his character a gigging musician just so that he could play.
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Very impressive!
He had a really weird cutaway on his guitar, but the guitar sounds really good.
Btw, I havent seen smokey and the bandit in ages.. He was the truckdriver, right?
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I saw Smokey and the Bandit again the other night on DVD and it reminded me of this thread. For us old guys (damn I never thought I'd ever say that)...here's Jerry again with the help of the incomparable Mr. Chet Atkins. AND Chet was sweep pickin' arpeggios long before Yngwie!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ni8KB...elated&search=
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Good ol'Jerry Reed! Wow, I hadn't thought about him in a while...when I was in the 6th grade I bought his album that had "The Claw" on it....used to listen to it all the time back then. He can definitely play!
I didn't even know he was in Smokey & the Bandit, I've never seen it. One of these days...!
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They apparently just pulled the vid. :-(
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That's completely idiotic. It would only increase the desire to get his albums.Originally Posted by sunvalleylaw
There's waaaaayy too many screws loose in the music biz today.
I had the Preacher & the Bear single when I was young. I was the only kid in my town who had even heard of him.
I must'a bought it at a garage sale.
Boy! I was weird...still am.
Love Jerry Reed.
I pick a moon dog.
The video worked for me and it's friggen awesome!
My brain will never work the way it takes to play like that.
So pay attention kids...head trauma is NOT a good thing.
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