I learned a lot from this thread by going to Youtube. It led me to Jerry Reed and Glen Campbell videos.
I just learned that they were both considered some of the greatest session guitarists of their time for Elvis, and Country and Western acts of the 60s and 70s. The things you learn sometimes!
Not being much a fan of their genre of music, I always thought Jerry Reed was just some cornball in stupid movies and that Glen Campbell was kind of a boring singer that held a guitar basically as a prop.
Very interesting and I have more respect for both of them now.
Glen Campbell took Brian Wilson’s place in The Beach Boys when Brian quit touring in the late 60’s. Glen and Jerry are both bad ass guitarists.
My favorite Jerry Reed song from my childhood and Dads 8 track tapes.
Amos Moses (with Glen Campbell)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58ig8FP7oDA
I just learned that they were both considered some of the greatest session guitarists of their time for Elvis, and Country and Western acts of the 60s and 70s. The things you learn sometimes!
Glen, a session guitarist, with the Wrecking Crew, also played on literally hundreds of pop and Rock 'n Roll records in the '60s, including not only the Beach Boys (check out Glen's Guitar work on the instrumenatal break in "Help Me Rhonda") to the Byrds, Gary Lewis & The Playboys and many, many more.